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Could be the PC hardware problem. Now, try reset the PC and see if works. Unplug the power cord, holding down the power button over 20 seconds to discharge and reset the PC. Then connect the power cord and power on the PC again. If there is other RAM, try …

Try reset the Bios. If the CD cannot boot the computer, seems the mainboard is faulty again. Try unplug the AC adapter and the battery, holding down the power button over 15 seconds to discharge and reset the laptop. Hope this helps! Bill

Try install the latest chipset driver and reboot PC, then make sure you got the correct drivers for all the rest of the devices. If there is mainboard hardware issue, this cannot be done by the drivers updated. Hope this helps! Bill

Try remove the power cord to the PC and holding down the power button over 20 seconds to discharge the PC. Connect the power cord again and press the power button. Hope this helps! Bill

[QUOTE=ocean2870;959207]ok now i got new power supply but is still giving me same problem fans are running but monitor, keyboard, mouse is not working. so far i have tried new motherboard, ram and now power supply but having same problem. anybody please tell me what to do to make this …

Please advise what type of PC and more details. Any beep sounds, what is the monitor LED status...etc

try update the Bios to the latest version. Then use 1 new RAM to test teh laptop. Compatibility maybe a problem. Or try backup data and reinstall the OS with both new RAM installed. Hope this helps! Bill

Replace the broken wire and see if your laptop POST. For me, I would say, probably not since CPU already overheated, maybe the mainboard not letting the PC to POST because it detects the wire is broken. Hope the previous overheating did not cause your laptop other parts to fail …

Try run from DOS the fixmbr and fixboot command to fix any boot file errors. Check the PSU as well. Hope this helps! Bill

Try reset the laptop by following steps: remove battery and AC adapter, remove all other removable devices like PC card, USB connections...etc. holding down the power button over 15 seconds, this will discharge and reset the laptop, then connect only AC adapter and power on the laptop. Also try look …

Check the power connectors and make sure there is no dust stuck the connection as well. Reseat CPU and RAM. Hope this helps! Bill

Try install the new hardware one by one at a time and power on the PC. Hope this helps! Bill

This problem seems the same as the PC keep rebooting when clicking on the logon logo in XP. Reinstall the XP works, the system has been infected by the virus and the XP needed to be reinstalled. Try use the HDD on other PC as a slave drive, then format …

Test the PSU first to find out if it is faulty. Reseat the CPU and the power connector to the mainboard may help! Hope this helps! Bill

"i have 10 years of info on the computer that i can't lose" Hope you are not using the HDD that is 10 years old as well. For PC keep rebooting itself, most of the time is the OS registry error caused by the virus or spyware. backup data and …

Try use the Last Known Good configuration to reload the working driver profile. You can do this by pressing the F8 key when PC boots, then select from the list LKGC and press enter. Also, you can download the latest chipset driver, install the driver and must reboot PC to …

[QUOTE=sammylucas4ever;892053]My laptop has AMD processor and it has not come up at all if powered on-the power light will just blink and withing a second goes off. what could be the problem[/QUOTE] Check the CPU fan if that is turning, maybe the CPU overheated! Hope this helps! Bill

I would suggest start with the system chipset driver first, install the latest chipset driver and reboot PC to take effect. After the system rebooted, check to see if the LAN card been installed as well, if not, proceed with all other driver including the VGA and LAN card install …

If you believed that the lightning damamged your PC, there are many parts could be faulty. Mobo and PSU is the best part to start with, but VGA RAM CPU could be the faulty part as well. Good luck on your new mobo. Hope this helps! Bill

For the Faulty Ram, I would suggest use a rubber to clean the lead contacts and try again. Taking the RAM from the system should not cause any problem to the file system, just slow down the performance. After removing the RAM, try configure the page file size to the …

Try take the battery away from the mobo for a few minutes, unplug the power cord as well, holding down the power button over 20 seconds to discharge the mobo. Also swap the RAM in different RAM slot and/or use a known good RAM to test. Then put the battery …

From the Start Run, type "shutdown –s" and hit enter to shut down your PC. you may try use system restore to get back to the date when you can shut down the PC without any problem. Hope this helps! Bill tech manager

try use RAM on other RAM slot and reseat the CPU. Check the monitor VGA cable connection as well. If possible, use the monitor on other working PC and see if the monitor is ok. Hope this helps! Bill tech manager

I wonder it the monitor ever been tested on other working PC. Sometimes the semi faulty RAM or oxidized RAM slot may cause no beep but no screen output and shut down. Hope this helps! Bill

I would suggest try check the keyboard if there is any stuck key(s). You may also try remove all removable devices like DVD, external KB/MS, PC cards, AC adapter, battery..etc. Then holding down the power button over 15 seconds, this will discharge and reset the laptop. Next is connect the …

[QUOTE=ronson;819999]When I take out everything but the processor I get no BIOS beep codes.[/QUOTE] So another faulty mainboard? without Ram, the system should beep. Hope this helps! Bill

[QUOTE=sly262;821345]Does anyone know what the problem could be?[/QUOTE] Could be your video card or RAM. try swap RAM in different slot and/or reseat the VGA card. Also check if the VGA card fan is working or not. Hope this helps! Bill

I would suggest you reseat the CPU. Also there may be more than 1 connector from the PSU that you need to connect to the mobo. If the PC shutdown in 1 second, I believed not a overheat problem. I wonder if you have paid attention when putting the mobo …

Hope the following helps you: Error Message: Sound Hardware Test: An error occurred during direct play voice setup. The error code is 0x80004005. Translation: This error message may also be seen with the following error message: Windows Error: Windows cannot execute Dpvsetup.exe. Use Add/Remove Programs Control Panel to install. The …

Seems you are having a windows keep logging you out automatically, right? If so, for me, I have to reinstall the OS. Hope this helps you! Bill

Sometimes installing the new hardware may cause the system not to recognize the original hardware. For me, I reset the laptop first by doing the following steps: (1)power off and remove AC adapter and battery (2)holding down the power button over 15 seconds to discharge and reset the system, then …

[QUOTE=sramservice;812874]When my system with Windows XP Log on and automatically Log Off what is th problem[/QUOTE] I have seen quiet a few problem like yours. The solution is reinstall the windows. Hope this helps! Bill

I have seen a lot of laptops with similar problem causing by the power management part failure/ electric shockand thus caused the damaged to the system chipset. Most of the time, the shocked power management part on the laptop may caused by other objects like the "ant" in your instance, …

try swap the RAM on different slot. reseat the HDD cable may help. if blinking cursor appear before the windows logo, the MBR may be corrupted, just boot to the windows CD, and run the recovery option to fix the MBR problem. Hope this helps! Bill

Is that the laptop always shows you the battery is charging but stop at 6%? Try get to teh BIO and reset BIO. Also check if there is any bettery reconfiguration option in the BIOs menu. The easiest step you can do without other parts is removing the battery and …

without DVD, you can try downloading the free or trial app if available from the internet. Or copy the DVD using other PC to your USB disk, then use the U disk to transfer the app to install on your PC. Hope this helps! Bill

Just try use 1 256mb RAM on different RAM slot. Then use the other RAM again the same way, when you reach the system no boot, the RAM connecting to the system is faulty, if certain RAM slot caused no boot on both RAM, that slot maybe faulty. This is …

There are CMOS password removal guide that may helps. The guide comes with major Bios manufacturer master passwords and hope that helps! For the xp system, I would suggest format and reinstall the xp. To backup the data before formatting, use the lapotp HDD on a desktop system or USB …

Try boot PC and pressing down the F8 key and select the Last Known Good Configuration from the boot menu. if this still not working, try safe mode then.

Try Last know Good configuration option. After pressed the power button to power on the PC, press the "F8" key and there will be a boot manual. select from the Last known good configuration" and hit enter. After boot to desktop, do the same games and the apps you have …

Hi, Have you used the monitor on the other PC or laptop to try? Try power off the PC and open teh PC case, then swap the RAM in different RAM slot, also unplug the VGA card and put it back. Power on the PC again and hope you can …

I would suggest installl vista or Xp on the new PC and install the vitual PC as well so you can install and run the windows 98 within the Vista/Xp. Hope this helps! Bill

check the CPU temperature. And swap the RAM slot. Hope this helps! Bill

I would suggest reseat teh CPU and RAM, when the PC POST, reset the BIOs to factory default. Try not to set the RAM speed too high, your mainboard may not work steadily. Hope this helps! Bill

Check the mainboard if there is any leaked capacitors. Hope this helps! Bill

Adding 1gb RAM and 500GB HDD genrerally may not speed up the system much. Hugh RAM only shows the diffrent when you run a huge game application or database software, otherwise, 1 extra GB not making too much differnce is normall. Also, after add the RAM, make sure updated the …

Check the power button and make sure it is not stuck and shuting down the PC like holding down few seconds to shut down manually. try swap the RAM slot will be a good try though. Hope this helps! Bill

Try pressing down "F8" key when PC powering on, then select from the boot manual, "Last Known Good Configuration" and hit enter. Also, have you try use windows CD to boot the PC? Clean the CMOS by removing the mainboard battery and reset the jumper is also a good try. …

"a Gateway hard drive and installed it into an older Dell I had." When using the other HDD on the Dell system, you need to install the Dell chipset driver and reboot the PC. After the Dell PC reboot, go through the LAN card driver again. Hope this helps! Bill