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My laptop won't boot, doesn't POST and am trying to see if it's terminal or prohibitively repairable. When powering up, it whirs, the fan starts and a few seconds later ( between 3 & 10) it shuts down never reaching the onscreen COMPAQ logo. Happened after a restart when I … |
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My question is...How do you do it???? Will I make money when my traffic improves? I have tried to place the ads according to the gurus and google, however I think I need a fair bit more traffic to get things really going... I am creating unique content so I … |
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I've been having this problem for a while now. Basically what happens is at random times my computer will lock up for about 2 seconds and then just turn itself off. If I try to turn it back on it will start up for about 3 seconds and then just … |
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HI, I was working on my laptop for few hours (just surfing/chatting)..and suddenly now screen went blank... and wont comeback... i tried rebooting it but still no avail.... it wont show even the initial bios setting.. i tried to connect it to desktop monitor still blank.. but hard drive light … |
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Howdy all, i have a dell inspirion 5100. It was not powering up at all so i took it apart and came up with this. I can get it to power up ONLY when i unplug the connector for the front lights and mouse. The screen powers up and i … |
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Hello, A customer of mine dropped off a Dell Latitude D600 notebook that runs fine using battery power but shuts off when plugged in. Short circuit maybe? The strangest part (to me) is that the battery charges when the laptop is off and plugged in. If you try to power … |
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Hello. This is my first post here and from what I have seen, this is the best site when in need of PC help. I have 2 PC's that are not working and I cant figure out why. The first one is a PC I have had for a while … |
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I have a Inspiron 8600 that will only power up when I put it some where cold. When it does power up everything appears to work normal but it only runs for 5-10 minutes then shuts off. It does this on or off the power cord, with or with out … |
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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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Is Anyone here good enough to know how to repair a motherboard. The basic basic problem is that my 760GXK8MC motherboard wont display anything on the monitor at all. I would like to know how to diagnose the problem and if you can how to repair Thank you sooooooo much … |
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I want to start 3 forums, but not at same time. One next week, another after one more week & third one in May so I was thinking to start with phpbb/smf and then in May buy vbulletin license in bulk when my third forum would be ready. But I … |
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I left my toshiba satellite a135-s487 on last night and this mourning it wont do anything. i manually shut it down and now when i try to turn it on the on light comes on in and is blue. nothing works but the cd drive wich will open and close … |
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My forum is just a month old and our new members numbers never stop increasing, but my biggest worry are spammers which make up to 10%. These guys are just too clever for me, i keep banning them but they keep coming back with a different IPs and host names … |
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I just built a computer for the first time and am having some problems. I believe everything is hooked up correctly. When I power on my computer, everything seems fine and the monitor shows the intel BIOS screen. Then after about 20 seconds, the whole thing just shuts off. If … |
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So name me your favourite piece of kit you repair with :D mine would be my trusty Weller Soldering Iron, its like an artificial arm ;) * |
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(not sure where I found this - but cracks me up every time, kudos to whoever wrote it originaly though) Dazza :cool: A Week in the Life Of a System Administrator MONDAY 8:05am User called to say they forgot password. Told them to use password retrieval utility called FDISK. Blissfully … |
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So I've been using the same self-made pc for about 2.5 years now. The other day it started acting funky and freezing/crashing. Last night, it just stopped booting period. Here we go with the fun diagnosis part... what's dead? At first I thought it was the HD as it usually … |
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I was hoping someone could give me some insight ot at least steer me in the right direction.I have a Dell Latitude D610 that when powered on displays the Dell splash screen then goes to a blank screen with a cursor that momentarily appears in the upper left.I Can access … |
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Hi, I am Lucy Ricardo, I have trouble using laundry detergent and for the life of me, I can not get these computer machines to work. I sure hope that I can find someone here that is nice enough to help me out. Do soap bubbles hurt a machine? I … |
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I have a custom gaming PC from Buyxg.com. It has worked flawlessly untill yesterday. I was using the computer and the power went out about 3-4 times in a 5 minute span. So after it finally went out for the last time, i turned the power off to the PC … |
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Hellou dear experts, My problem is quiet simmilar to others but i have been unable to find a satisfactory answer to that ,I have regreased my pentium 4 3.o ghz machine after 4 years of operation after fixing back the fan on the chip when i rebooted the system it … |
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ok my daughter says she only kicked the bottom cords and hit the shut off button but now my computer won't work, I've reconnected everything, makes lots of beeping sounds, monitor says no signal but light on front of computer is light up with lock button, no clue how to … |
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i start my system yesterday... it works finely for 20 minutes and shut down like a power cut.... after 5 miniutes it works... so can any body exlplain me what is the problem |
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How do I change my keyboard settings from the US version? When I press '' I get @ |
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Hi everyone. Just joined this great community. I have this problem with my computer, it is an old msi k7n2 motherboard, was working ok, but for some reason, don't know why I messed about with the bios settings and put it on 166mhz, as soon as I rebooted and every … |
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I assembled a pc a year ago and it worked well until recently. Once I press the power switch it starts but nothing comes on the screen and I don't get the *beep* sound either. After few attempts I found out a weird way to make it boot up. First … |
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I've owned a Toshiba Satellite L15-S104 Laptop for a couple years now, but a few months ago it died on me. I'm not all that knowledgeable when it comes to actual computer hardware, so please excuse my ignorance/stupidity. I don't have all of the machine's specs as of right now, … |