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if you keys worked fine before sending it for repair and never worked after getting it back, i'd bet that the ribbon connector is not properly seated in it's connector on the mother board. this should be an easy fix if youb aren't afraid to remove the keyboard.. should have …

not trying to hijack somone else's answer,,, but i think having any power source connected while doing the CMOS batt drain would defeat the purpose of draing the the CMOS... i would remove AC,, remove BATT,, then press power button a few times to drain any excess power before attempting …

i had the same error and resolved the problem by flashing the BIOS... but usually that STOP error is related to a device driver or program trying to access a portion of memory that is in use by a differnet device driver or program do a search at microsoft for …

check Ebay search for PC POST test card they can be had for 10 to 30$us,, they can test the MOBO but i think you have to have it populated w/ CPU and ram to get them to function... just a thought bigO

what kind of laptop,,, what OS,,, what updates,, did you try to update the BIOS?? need more info to begin to try to help later, bigO

first step,,, turn off machine,, pull all cards out of machine (except video),, unhook all floppy/hdd cables... now reboot machine and see if you can get into BIOS settings i've seen faluty modems and sound cards cause PCs to hang on boot and refuse to accept any keyboard input... just …

if you do attempt to update the BIOS again... besure to have the laptop connected to the AC power,, and make sure the battery is at full charge before starting.... and by no means should you ever unplug, turnoff,, or try to stop a BIOS update once it has started.... …

one quick question,,,, when trying to power up w/ ram removed did the PC give any POST BEEPS at all? i would try removing all cards from the PC (except video),, and unhooking all floppy/hdd cables from the MB.. then try to boot... if problem still occurs try w/ RAM …

my Compaq 2700us has been giving me fits... i decided to use the quickrestore cd to wipe and reinstall XP (just to 'clean house'). I had no Stop errors prior to this. The QuickRestore CDs copy all the image file to the HDD, then when rebooting i recieve the following …

TechTJ is correct that this is a hardware problem, first thing i'd try, before opening the case, would be using a different keyboard... do the CAPS LOCK & SCROLL LOCK lights on the keyboard come on when the power is first turned on?? if so they should blink back off …

the previos poster is correct about a new pc NOT having the newest drivers... when i last bought a DELL 8250 there were many newer drivers at the dell support page. i'd recomend downloading and updating all the drivers and also check to see if there is a BIOS update. …

CAUTION::: DO THIS ONLY AS A LAST RESORT..... You may wish to try this as a LAST RESORT before FORMATTING and RE-INSTALLING the OS and all your software. removing a few key items in the SYSTEM DEVICES area of the device manager will cause the PC to reinstall all the …

is this a laptop?? with a touchpad?? try changing it to a Ccompatible mouse in the device manager... my laptop was doing that alot so i uninstalled the software in the add aremove programs,, then just installed it as PS2 mouse. loose a lot of cool functions, but no more …

use JB-WELD epxoy... @walmart in automotive section. iswear u can glue water together with that stuff (j/K). but for $4 it's worth a try.

:icon_idea: log on to other account,, reinstall drivers but not the other software... try that... worse thing that would happen would be to reinstall the epson drivers and apps again. just a thought... who knows it might work :icon_cool:

i assume that you have proper ventilation around the pc ??? try raising the laptop up by placing something under each side of the PC this will help with getting more air flow under and thru the case. use a pencil on each side to increase the airflow. the fan …