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Error on Gateway CX210S Ok, so my friends computer stopped working. I get an error message after the gateway boot screen or splash screen is gone. It allows you to press F10 for boot menu but it goes right to the error message. When trying to F2 for the bios …

My Compaq 2500 (2538CL) laptop will not boot. The first error message that appears says a hard drive failure is imminent, press F1 to continue. I press F1 and then a message appears saying media test failure, then operating system not found. I have tried wiping the hard drive using …

When I switch on my computer it gives a Long beeping sound and there is no display in the moniter. What will be the problem. Can anyone pls reply..?

If I run a 100 foot phone wire around the house to install another jack, will that lower my DSL speed.Is there a maximum length for phone wire, before it lowers the signal?

hey guys, i am kind'a new here.... i just wonder if u can help me with this... i would like to know how to format a computer with windows 2003 ... well basically it's a server... if sombody have an answer please post it as soon as possiable !! Thanks …

Hey everyone, I have a 1,5 year old pc (intel dual core E8400 3.0Ghz, 4 gb ram, Nvidia 8800GT, XP sp3) A month ago he started to have nv4_disp.dll errors. When i play a game for 5 to 60 minutes, the screen freezes and the textures get messed up (but …

OK, I've just finished setting up my dual boot system - WinXP Home Edition and Ubuntu Linux 5.10. I've installed all the upgraded drivers and BIOS needed for my system. (A Dell Dimension 8400) So I've just logged on to Windows and hear that familiar start-up sound, and think "Well, …

hi! guys.. i need some help here.... u know what.. my laptop is beeping while loading windows files.. but unfortunately after the loading is done it will goes through and the beeps is gone too... i couldn't diagnose it whether its the memory or the video... cause everything is fine... …

Hi friends, Please help me on this problem which i am having with my computer for 3 three days. I am using a Samsung Syncmaster 773s 17 inch CRT monitor with the following system. OS - Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service pack 3 (32 bit) CPU- Intel Pentium …

Hi, I have a problem with the sound on my PC. Windows claims that no mixer device is available. The volume control is gone from the taskbar, and the options in the sound control panel tabs for sound are disabled (greyed). I have an HP Pavilion running win xp and …

I have an HP dv6000 that will power up but not do anything else. It has xp pro w/sp2. There are two faint beeps after powering up. Nothing appears on the monitor. The cd/dvd drive spins up but the hard drive never engages. The system will then try to restart …

I have recently bought a second hand Dell Latitude D610 laptop but the previous owner does not know the BIOS security password, so I cannot go into the BIOS and change the boot sequence or activate the new wireless card I have bought for it. I have tried various methods, …

Hello guys i have a problem well i was having some weird artifacts on the screen (red dots all over) and my gpu temp was like 95c(Idle), well the thing is i opened the video card trying to clean it remove some dust. After i did that i reasembled the …

Hi All, i am getting following error in "Green Background" when i start the machine. WinXP SP2, PointSec 6.3.1 Invalid Opcode Exception Kernel Halted Press Key to Reboot Machine is not booting in any mode. Any one has any Idea, and know the root cause? Please help as Client is …

loaded xp on a Dell 170L last year, now putting it on the domain and I get this error message:" error loading C:\windows\system32\iedkcs32.dll cannot run %1 also: ordinal 654 iertutil.dll anyone recognize these? Thanks!

Hi everyone, I am new here and am in need of help. I have a laptop vostro 1500 and have windows xp. I was on the computer one night, then I turned it on on the morning to find a nightmare. after I turned it on, it asked for my …

When i try to boot up a message shows hard disk ###########595b the system primary HDD is protected by a password authentcation system. you cannot access data on this hard drive without the correct password. i dont know what the password is. then a ran a test and it says …

dell inspiron just quit running. and did nothing at all. i checked the power supply and fount that there was no 12 v power anywhere. replaced it with a new 300w unit and all the voltages are present but nothing hsppends...nothing at all

Hi, I am facing a problem, while I open any explorer window into my laptop having XP, It suddenly haults and for 1 to 2 min. it remains hault. what can be the possible causes, that I am feeling very much problem while checking my mails. please help me that …

Sir I have a compact laptop. When I am putting CD/DVD to my drive its showing the autoplay option but when I am opening the cd/dvd its not showing any content rather its showing some music file like file. I am unknown of the fact that whether its a hardware …

I have a hard disk which is 80gb in size, but when I open disk management I can only see 74.5 gb. can someone help me know why?. And is there a way to fix that? And is my hard disk dying? I have tried to run chkdsk but nothing. …

[B]I'm not very techno-savvy, but i know enough to get by. Not enough in this case though :P I start up the tower and it dose it's Memory test whereas I can hit F1 to get to set up.[/B] [I](There is no issue of freezing in the [BIOS?] Set up.) …

Sometimes my computer will not start-- it makes a beeping noise four times at which point it takes a 2.5 second pause and then starts the routine again. It's been plaguing me for about a month or so. Also, sometimes it crashes with random jumbles of pixels in rectangles on …

My PC is ten years old running Win 98 SE, and several years back I bought a CPU from Oregon to increase the speed, and this still works fine. Unfortunately, the PCI Ethernet Controller is bad and I keep getting a message on start up, "needs new drivers for PCI …

Error 1706 No Valid Source Could Be Found... hi i need your help guys..my pc was working ok,,since today when i turn on i get this error message "ERROR 1706 NO VALID SOURCE COULD BE FOUND FOR PRODUCT UPDATE MANAGER.THE WINDOWS INSTALLER CAN NOT CONTINUE SOURCE=1" so please if somebody …

I have a problem with my speakers as they don't work because there is "no mixer devices available" and system restore and downloading new hardware doesn't seem to make a difference because system restore hasn't saved any earlier dates apart from 2 days ago.. I have also tried going onto …

I'm not sure why the reason for my sound not working is but in the Device manager there is a problem with a new, audio compatibility driver because it has a yellow exclamation mark beside it. Under the device status it has written:A driver (service) for this device has been …

have windows xp. tried playing cds but wont read cdrom. says windows sucessfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device(code 41). have windows media player11. know its reading the disc. just want to listen to cds. is it hardware problem? or can i just …

hey please help me! i cant able to delete a registry entry in my startup [HKLM/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run]. this results to an error which pops up during the startup of my windows. when i delete it, it will gone and when i press F5, it will still be there. the registry entry …

i need help to fix my active dekstop recovery, whenever i open my computer i the active dekstop recovery stuff. and i can't open anything when i try to open system restore this dialog pops up and says "choose the program you want open this file". nothing works can someone …