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[QUOTE=jonnyboyrich]Yesterday, as I was working on my computer, it died. Just as though someone had unplugged it. I knew I had a short, so I tried a new power supply cable. When I got the new one in, I hit the power button and the power supply unit popped and …

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Try locating three screws that hold the keyboard in place turn laptop over left keyboard out be gentle not to rip ribbion cable out and sure see batterie somewhere in the middle, if not remove all screws and take out lcd display then remove top part and located batterie, Hope …

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1. Have the ze 5185 removed the two screws in the back the top ones take a small flat head screw driver push lcd panel down as far as it goes and left the bezel where your power button is up ward the removed the four screws off the keyboard …

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Power supply sound bad don't try using the same powersupply twice if you heard a load bang coming from it. Will damage mobo and other parts if it hasn't yet.

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Easy way would be to use windows PE and install the harddrive in a different computer then use the program locksmith the come with (Windows PE) but try this tool at( [url]http://www.loginrecovery.com/[/url]) never use it always use edr commander or linux boots disk to recover the password but heard it …

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Base 64K RAM failure replaced ram, and no you wil see no display when you the out the ram. But if you get 1 long beep and 3 short beeps then it the video card which means replaced the motherboard.

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Try resetting CMOS by taking jumper and putting in pins 1-2 to clear and then put back. Jumper located where the batterie is on the motherboard. Then hit f1 to continued. Could be harddrive when bad that why it try to load from floppy check to make you see a …

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The problem is in Norton Internet Security even if you disable all security features if Norton Internet Security get corrupted in anyway it can changed your regedit values when will blocked certain ports 5050, 80, or etc. go to control panel administrative tools and then services symantec network drivers and …

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replaced ram, ram causes read error or device errors when installing windows xp if ram doesn,t work you have a bad motherboard.

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Check cpu, when a cpu goes bad it will sometime work or goes to bios and shut off, or will work ok with no problems at all intill you restart your system and doesn't post happen to me before build alot of systems and had someone bring one back because …

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[QUOTE=handsonsys] I noticed the cpu is totally black, is that normal?? [/QUOTE] If your cpu is totally black that not a good sign mean cpu got so hot thermal paste turn color. You cpu proably die a slow death.

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Not a fault in the motherboard , send video to ATI THEY WILL TEST IT AND IF FOUND FAULT WILL SENT YOU A NEW ONE, BEAWARE YOU WON'T GET ONE IN THE BOX THEY WILL SENT YOU ON IN A BROWN ANTI-STATIC BAG . IT TAKE THEM ABOUT A WEEK …

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99% Chance power supply failing (DON'T BUY NEW HARDDRIVE STILL GOOD CHECKED ON ANOTHER COMPUTER BEFORE REPLACING IT) blue screen of death usally ram related which idicated bad powersupply low voltage which why system freeze or you get hardware halted checked voltage if 12v rail drop replaced cheap power cause …

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Could be a bad power supply or it sould like you system is over heating bad fan maybe take the keyboard off, removed the bottom screws keyboard sure be loose left up carefully without removing the ribbion cable turn on computer see if fan is spinning if not replaced and …

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I can tell without even looking at your system just in what you say its spyware and viruse just because you say norton driver loading at startup which way it isn't detecting and is not not even working. how to fix load system in savemode installed adware professional if it …

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First step is to hit f8 when you first turnon computer, then go to (safe mode) to try and solve your problem is to make the error actually readable. Open your system properties, click the advanced tab and then the settings button under startup and recovery. Uncheck 'Automatically Restart' and …

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first need spec of computer so someone can tell you what ratio core voltage and etc sure be set at. but before any thing try clearing you cmos on your mobo by setting jumper to clear or removed battary with the computer unplug and take a piece of metel and …

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Would have replaced the mobo before the processor, but now that you got it to work with the 512k l2 CPU go on the website for that mobo and see if you flash the bios to a newer version if it will support the better CPU.

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First step is to hit f8 when you first turnon computer, then go to (safe mode) to try and solve your problem is to make the error actually readable. Open your system properties, click the advanced tab and then the settings button under startup and recovery. Uncheck 'Automatically Restart' and …

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I would have to say the the software is corrupted or not the right version for the motherboard your cpu won't work at those temps and would be damage. and you case and cpu temp shouldn't be the same unless you got the computer in a oven that on unlikely.

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POWER SUPPLY for sure have use these cases before and even if it say 420 watt its not it only have a 13 amp rail on the 12v side which is about only 280 watts and your running a GeForce 7800 GT and dual core processor get at lease a …

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[QUOTE=isuramukyouto]Hi, I have a very annoying problem here, it's like... I have a Intel D845WN motherboard, 256 MB RAM(133Mhz), nVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 Pro Graphics card... I had a 1.7 Processor, but I replaced it with a 2.0, which is not supported by the motherboard. Now the computer shuts …

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Been getting alot of these machines in T2685 emachine with bad motherboards. first thing I would do is check the motherboard for any leaked capacitor if there if replaced them, if this isn't the case and the system power on but the fan don't spin replaced the heatsink fan, if …

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Sound like the motherboard when then again knowing it a athlon xp could be the processor have die for no apparent reason. removed the cpu look for any dark spots on it if there is and it retail version RMA it. but if not go to a local store and …

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could be a couple of things could be fauty ram or video memory or just that cpu got damage when heatsink was loose, even though intel have the thermal diode that cut cpu off it only react to a certain amout of time on the pentium 3 they didn't inprove …

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[QUOTE=..:RUDI:..]:sad: I tried to boot it up and nothing not even the CPU Fan was on :eek: THe fans are whizzing away but nothing happens on-screen! What is happening? [/QUOTE]CPU is more likely fry can't say it the motherboard because it power everything on.You can get a p4 cheap nowadays …

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had the same with GA-81945P PRO on intel i buit recently the to fix the problem asuming you did the update from the @bios utility, you will need to download the bios file and extracted it to a floppy of course from a different computer put the floppy in the …

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First thing i would do is disconnect the hard drive see is it post any further when a harddrive fail they usally cause the computer to hang when bios try to access it, if it post all the way replace the drive if not disconected both cdrom could also cause …

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4pin fan connector for a 120mm not a three, those 4 pin are for the cpu fan on intel motherboard. The first thing I would do is check to make sure the the fan is plug in to thr right header and then reset the cmos, see if your computer …

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bring in to service it about $75 to $150 dollars to reflash bios need special equiment to do so not a removedable bios chip.

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Just by what you just said, its more likly your powersupply, which is the reason why your ram acting up. (Bootup your system without the new drive take a Meter and check the 12vdc and 5vdc if it lower then 12 or 5 replaced the power supply, and yes the …

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leading front edge at the base has three screws. Remove all of these and then the pad in front of the keyboard can be removed, you sould be able to access the keyboard then.

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[QUOTE=johno68]windows\systems32\ntoskrnl.exe. file is corrupt and needs re-installing can anyone tell how to remove the corrupted file and replace with the one on the installation disc. thanks johno :sad:[/QUOTE]. Use the Windows XP CD-ROM to start your computer. 2. When you receive the message to press R to repair Windows by …

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The first I would do is pull out the XFX GEFORCE 6800 PCI-E 128MB DUAL DVI card, and throw in a old PCI card in to your PCI slot and see is it power up if it does it could be powersupply or video card is bad. If it doesn't …

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The 5V on Pin 9 is always present when the power supply is plugged in. This connection supplies power to the various PC circuits that operate even when the PC is turned off, such as "Wake on Modem" or "Wake on LAN." It's also the reason you should never work …

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clear your RTC RAM buy changing jumper from 1-2 2-3 located where the two bottom pci slots and your sata raid controller. If this doesn't work you ether damaged the ram slot in your motherboard or worst the CPU since AMD uses DDR Controller on the cpu itseft.

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Replaced Motherboard sure fix problem depend on where coke spill to hopefully not by the harddrive goodluck. Here where you can buy one 1. [url]http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/devicetype-vendor-modelline-modelseries-partlist.aspx?devicetype=0&vendorlevel=ModelSeries&modelseriescatid=68705&partcatid=140747&filter=2[/url]

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Could be you termal sensors on th motherboard shock it run stable at 80 c P4 usally slow down around 65 c .

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I would take a look at the ram first most problem like this are cause by the ram going bad. If have another computer that uses the same type of ram swap it seee if the other computers ram make it load. If not checked the power supply make sure …

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[QUOTE=pcdoctor]Also look on the motherboard to see if there are any resitors that are leaking or bulged. [/QUOTE] Resistors leak or bulged! Those big round things are (Capacitors) I won't assume it the power supply yet because cdrom open if voltage drop below 11.75vdc on the rail cdrom won't open …

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[QUOTE=danielsale]I accidentally spilled a drink onto the keyboard of my Toshiba Satellite 2455S305 laptop. Immediately after this occurred, the computer turned off.[/QUOTE]Could be voltage regulator on motherboard is damaged could be more serve depend on where inside the coke spilled to hopefully didn't spilled to where harddrive is or cdrom …

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Need to know name and model of the laptop. see that you try eveything you could have on him. usally if you go over volt to much (12vdc - 20vdc at 3 amp regulator is only going to with stand about 10% higher or lower nothing more, resistors located by …

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motherboard is probably still good replaced the cpu, running stock AMD heatsink and fan and playing game will kill your AMD64 found the heatsink to be horriable. Built a few system with AMD64 with better heatsink and with stock heatsink tempertures are 42c with no load and 67c-78c with load …

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Depends if you are use ECC OR NON ECC RAM. Some motherboard do not use ECC RAM which is why you might work for hours then force to restart or get the blue screen of death. Replaced ram with non ECC RAM or different band and see what happen. if …

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