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:$ I really hope someone can help me. My webpages (when they load at all) load extremely slowly and I'm downloading at just under 2 Kb a second. Something has shut down my McAfee for Small business and when I contacted tech support for the computer (my brother is homeschooled) …

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1st and foremost i'm not too familiar with the internal workings of computers :(. The problem i'm having with my Compaq desktop computer is the orange light on the front comes on and stays on as soon as i push the power. No green light at all. My HD isn't …

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3 yr old Systemax, XP Pro, Intel mb, dual processor, Raedon 300 graphics card, won’t boot. I have a 3-year old Systemax mid-tower computer. I was reading a web page, when my mouse became an animated hourglass. The computer was completely locked up and unresponsive to keyboard or mouse. Ctrl, …

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Hello all--my first post in the forums Anyway, I have a Maxtor One Touch II 200GB USB external hard drive as a backup. I had problems with my system, so I reloaded everything from scratch on my main HDD. I made an attempt to get my data from my Maxtor, …

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Hello all.. I am a new user of Windows Vista (came installed on my new laptop). Which Microsoft Office Suite is the best version to run with Vista. I want to install one that does not hog all my resources and take up too much space. Also, when you install …

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I bought this machine about 2 weeks ago and it was working fine until yesterday. Each time I turn on the machine it brings up the boot menu list (safe mode, Last known good config, etc.) I have selected every option on the list and all it does is reboot …

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I have an HP Laptop with Windows Vista. I have had problems with spyware and viruses and such and now the thing runs slowly in whatever i am doing. How do i restore to original factory settings? I understand there may be "better" solutions, but i really don't mind restoring …

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Ok - I am soooo frustrated. I was surfing the net when I got a C++ error (I don't have that program on my computer). I tried to fix it when prompted to - it didn't respond, so I decided to shut it down. After that it would not start …

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I'm not sure how this happened but sometime during the operation of my laptop the software for running my Cd-Rom drive was deleted or something. When I put a cd in the light will flash like it's reading it but that's all that happens. When I go to My Computer …

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I'm working on an old Compac Presario. First I had to hot wire the on switch, now when I plug it in it only works for 4-5 seconds then shuts off. I've already replaced the PSU and checked the RAM, but no change. It has an INTEL CPU, haven't looked …

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my father bought one p4 computer from our family friend for my educational purpose. the computer has worked only for the first day next day computer's keyboard stops working after some hours windows doesn't start then the our family friend came and we also put earthwire. then he installed new …

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I have a computer that started freezing after a few minutes from being turned on. The OS is Vista. I have tried reinstalling Vista as well as XP on both the original hard drive and a new hard drive. During installation of both OS's it froze. I would retry and …

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A couple days ago, I started up my computer and it failed POST. It gave me a long beep, followed by two short beeps. The LCD on the rear of my motherboard gives me a DRAM error. I shut the power off and turned it back on and the computer …

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I have a Compaq Presario SR1901WM desktop that will not power up. When I press the power button the first time, the green light on the front and the light that indicates the drive is working flashes on then right back off. I get no sounds coming from the tower …

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My computer will switch on, stay on for about 3 seconds, and switch off. It just keeps doing this over and over and over. I have removed everything and replaced the power supply. Right now I have the motherboard (Asus P5B Deluxe w/wifi) out on my bench with power supplied. …

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I have an HP Pavilion a520n machine with 2-256mb ram modules, 184 pin ddr sdram, pc2700 333mhz non-ecc raring. Per hp spec and motherboard spec. It's expandable to 1 gig ram max per HP, although the motherboard allows 2 gig max. There are 2 ram slots on board. I want …

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Hello All, Recently I built a new pc, with the following specs: [LIST=1] [*]Ultra Aluminus midtower case [*]ultra xpro 600watt power supply [*]core 2 duo e7200 with stock fan [*]2gb of pny ddr2-800 ram [*]gigabyte P35 motherboard (very stable) [*]HIS Radeon HD2600Pro Graphics Card 512MB DDR2 [/LIST] Ok, now to …

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My Hp Pavillion was exhibiting symptoms of a dying power supply--it would boot but only stay on for a few minutes, then flash morse code that it was dying. So I got a new power supply (LONG painful story for another time but avoid buy.com unless you KNOW you won't …

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My computer randomly shuts down, its like someone unplugged, but my monitor, speakers, printer, external hard drive right next to the computer remain on when the computer shuts down...and it doesnt go through the normal shut down process, it just switches off...than when i turn it back on it says …

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hey everyone, i've had my toshiba satellite a215 for about a year now, and its been through a move as well as ONE drop which happened not to recently. when i turn it on it goes through the start up menu and just as its about to go to the …

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I have a 2yr. old dell desktop and I cant figure out what is wrong with it. I can't get it to start back up, when i plug the power cord in the power light just blinks very fast then slows down after some time. Please help!!!

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I removed the CMOS battery trying to clear charge but now I get this message when I try to boot: CMOS Settings Wrong CMOS Checksum Bad CMOS Display Type Wrong Unlock Keyboard Press F1 to run Setup Press F2 to load default values and continue ================= This system was my …

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Hi, this is my pc configuration: intel p4 3.4ghz asus p5nsli mobo 4gb 667mhz mem 1 maxtor 60gb hdd ide 2 seagate 250gb hdd sata dvd-burner asus 512mb 128-bit graphic card my problem is that couple of days ago i tried to set up my seagate hard disks as raid …

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I recently bought another video card hoping to squeeze a couple more years our of PC gaming but have since had a major system malfunctions. My current situation is that the computer does not seem to post (nothing on the monitor). I checked the video card and also the previous …

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hi all, i've had my laptop a while and my processor died on me, had it replaced with slower one since the lil IT shop couldn't find the exact same one like i had before. my latop is now painfully slow, i use it n all, but i'd like to …

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I had a windows xp problem...computer wouldn't boot up..and I decided to restore it with a quick restore cd. Thinking the restore cd would carefully prompt me through each step before proceeding to the final restore, it started to restore both the C and D drives. (My computer initially came …

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I am working on a Dell gx280 mini tower. I don't know the exact details of the 'power loss' but apparently the fan started making a noise like a 'hair dryer' and then the computer would not stay running. Eventually the computer would not start at all - another person …

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Hi Guys, We have just moved house and when I put our computers back together mine did not work. The wifes PC is just fine however mine is a different story when I initialy hooked everything up and turned it on the monitor showed CHECK SIGNAL CABLE. So I ran …

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my computers motherboard has the sata conectors on it but it wont read them and then i went and bought a sata controller it says it is installed corectly but still no hard drive what do i do

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