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hi I am Hoping some one here can shed some light on this. I have a toshiba satellite pro laptop but it's refusing to turn on. it was working fine 2 days ago and was last shutdown as normal. With the AC power supply plugged into the laptop the DC-in …

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I have a problem with an older computer (98-99) I turn it on, and it starts to turn on, and then as soon as it starts to load a little bit it turns off, The moniter stays on though. I have Tried putting in the recovery disk but the computer …

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how do you delete a hard drive completely so that no data can be obtained? ive heard of drilling holes in them, then starting it up.is it true and is there any other way to do it

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Hi, my mom has a Dell Dimension 4550 that has been running fairly smooth for several years. Recently she tried to install some new DDR ram in to the mobo, and VERY incorrectly seated it. She asked me to look at it (after the fact) cause her computer would power …

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First let me apologize for my lengthy post im about to make. Let me explain my situation. I recently took a weeks long vacation to florida, in which i had my computer turned off. Upon returning home i noticed the power had went out. And all my computer lights and …

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Due to some reason, my computer was not able to start up and it ends up with Safe mode Safe mode with networking Safe mode with command prompt Last known good config Start windows normally which none of the option works above. attempt format with the Operating System Disk(For installation …

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Please help. (NOVICE here...bear with me).... Installed SoundBlaster Video Card, (SB Audigy), some months ago. It has never worked. (Son's computer, recently had him bring it to me for help). Checked Audio Devices, (Device Manager) and found that Legacy Audio Drivers contain no information under "Properties." Searched further, (system devices) …

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I tried to switch on my HP pavillion dv6000, all the lights go on, bot nothing happens on the screen at all, it does not even go to BIOS. After several seconds the lights flash- it restarts and the story repeats over and over again. There is no beeps or …

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Hi, i recently bought two brand new Nanya 256mb sticks of DIMM ram, but when i try and out the pair in together there is no signal to my screen, then i take out the second stick and the screen works again, i think i might have a problem with …

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A friend of mine brought me her Toshiba Satellite Laptop and im trying to get in to it but it wont let me boot safe or last good know config or normal.. nada. I have tired F1 to change boot option to CD to go in and boot directly from …

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i have a dell dimension desktop e310. it was purchased in 2005 & runs window xp media. my video driver is an intel chipset 82915g/gv/910gl. i have gotten this display error several times over the past few days after attempting to play a game i downloaded. the trial version from …

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When i wanna reformat my friend PC i enter the BIOS to set the boot sequence but just enter the BIOS and just want to set the system reboot. I keep on trying but still cannot. WAITING FOR REPLY THX

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I have an Inspiron 6000 that will start to come on. The cap locks light blinks 9 times and then turns off. I'm sure that is a "post" code of some type, but can't find any documentation of that on this model. Thanks! Laura

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My laptop will not turn on completely. It powers up but I keep getting this message. IDE #0 Error Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13(021015) PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, Check cable PXE-Mof : Exiting PXE Rom Insert System …

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Hi a newbie here. Acer 2010 with 2 x 512mb, will not start, gets continuous beep during POST and no further. Fan runs for a moment, no screen display, LED light remain on. Tried to swap the two memory slots, tried with one mem card, same problem. Tried both ac …

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PLZ GUYS IM DYING HERE...IV HAD THIS PROBLEM 4 A WEEK AND I HAVENT SOLVED IT YET IM RUNNING A WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2, I FORMATTED MY PC AND I LOST MY SOUND CARD DRIVER , AND I CANT FIND IT ON THE INTERNET PLZ HELP....THE SOUND CARD IS …

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Hi, Ok, i have a compaq presario wunning windows 98 first edition. well, it used to run second edition but something went really rong and i had to re-install windows, only i didnt realise that the disk was first edition. anyway, once i re-installed it, my graphics wouldnt work properly. …

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I have a feeling this is probably a simple issue. I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 laptop. I recently had to replace the hard drive (If you don't backup, take my advice - start doing it TODAY!) Now when I boot up one of the first things I see …

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Ah. Yes... Another dead machine I'm afraid... When I start my Compaq Presario 6000 series desktop all I get is something like "Disk read error press ctrl, alt, delete to restart." There was a blue scream of death but it was too quick for me to note the code and …

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Hi, I have acquired a HP ZD8000 laptop, which wont turn on. When I press the on button the LED's light up, and sometimes the fans begin to fire up, but only for a split second. When I press the on button whilst both the battery is connected and the …

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My computer wont start up straight away, when holding down the start button it revvs like an engine and after 3 minutes if I am lucky it will turn on. The computer is an emachines about 2 years old and this has intermittantly happened over the las t6 months now …

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Hello people, this is my first post on this forum so be gentle :D I've bought a knew PC without any OS on it, cause I thought I could easily install Windows XP Pro on it myself as I have done a couple of times before. But alas I couldn't, …

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Compaq Evo N800v w/XP Pro gives the following message during boot; [COLOR="red"]1720-SMART Hard Drive detects imminent failure (Failing Attr:02).[/COLOR] If I ignore, it boots up and I log on normally (even the screeen, but then after a while it goes black and I have the SMART message... If I do …

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I plug the power cord into the computer, and the power buttons light up, i press it, and nothing... not the slightest sound. On the inside, there is one LED light that lights up, and other than that there is no sign of life. The computer doesnt do anything. …

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I'm having a problem with my IDE drivers. The primary/secondary IDE channels in my device manager have yellow exalamation points and the error is a code 31 "unable to load drivers". unisntalling/reinstalling/rebooting does nothing. I've tried uninstalling all of my cd/dvd burning software and that did not fix a thing. …

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Hello all, I'm hoping someone can shine some light on this problem. Recently my dell inspiron 2600 notebook started locking up and BSODing randomly.. Upon the restart from one of these failures, the computer would refuse to POST, and would emit a beep code of 1-3-3-1. Dell tech support identifes …

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i have made a pc and when i turn it on sometimes it turns on fot 2 secons turns off for 5 secons then turns back on is there anyway of moving this problem

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Compaq Presario S4000NX approximately 4 yrs old. Yesterday, I added a DVD player burner and everything was working fine. I was able to power up and down without any issue and use the all of the drives. It worked great! This morning, I woke up to find that my machine …

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hi I am using IBM PC and ever since I installed second DVD RW my computer has started giving following problem. sometime when I switch on a message appears in black background giving me the option to start in either Safe mode, normal mode etc etc when I opt for …

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My laptop will turn on, I can see the light but it does not seem to boot up. My screen stays black. I can open the CD but the caps lock and keys don't seem to do anything. I hook a monitor up to it and I still can't see …

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