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VietNamVet who loves to fix computers as well ### the jungle.
- Interests
- hardware and software issues
- PC Specs
- Windows, Suse Linux
13 Posted Topics
 | Re: Windows licence The above is all very valuable information. One aspect that wasn't mentioned for those of you who do hardware repairs, in the case where you must replace the motherboard you will no longer have a valid key unless you have written down or saved to backup the key for the … |
 | A hot cup of licorice root tea mixed with toddy (cold steeped) coffee. Right tasty with no sweetener added.  |
| | Aloha, You don't say how old the ASUS is but if you are running Win7 it is likely at least 5 years old. It sounds to me like you have multiple problems likely due to age. If the BIOS keeps changing you probably need at least a new CMOS battery. … |
| | I recently installed Windows ten in an older Toshiba Satellite P755=S5182 laptop. I have done this installation many times before and thought I had turned off most of the annoyances. I installed drivers and updates and a few programs ie, Chome , Acrobat Reader, etc. When I insert a USB …  |
 | Aloha, I have used a method similar to "rproffitt" above. Using the the Windows defrag tool after you have uninstalled any programs and deleted the old user/admin account, (assuming you don't have an SSD) will re-write over some of the previously used space then use the CCleaner wipe and Reg …  |
 | Not knowing the generation or laptop/desktop configuriation, as has already been suggested above, the motherboard LED on(desktop) would suggest that it is getting power yet the power supply may not be providing other needed voltages to start the system. Test the power supply. RAM is ususally a suspect but a … |
| | I recently bought a new Dell XPS 8900 with a 1TB drive and only 8GB of RAM. It was loaded with Windows 7 but came witha Windows 10 disk and license. My intention was to put in an SSD to install Windows 7 then upgrade the original HDD to Windows … |
| | Have you tried this: go to support.dell.com drivers and downloads for home users then plug in your Service Tag # to the box and see if there are any updated drivers for your laptop. I would check for all hardware updates especially if you just reinstalled windows. It is a … |
| | I'm pretty sure that the E521 had IDE connections for Hard drives so the SATA connection on the Vostro 200 won't work; the drive probably won't fit in the slim case anyway. The RAID would only function if they two drives were installed with the OS at the same time …  |
| | It sounds like a software issue but there may be an errant piece of hardware in there causing problems. If you are competent enough to remove the hardware and clean out the dust that may be causing overheating problems, that may help. Unplug it first and wait until the LED … |
 | I would stick with Dell at their Small Business site. You can customize and not pay for what you don't need. Also their warranty is tops! I have used it quite a few times with dozens of machined. |
| | Aloha from the Big Island, I am using a dual boot system with Win 7 and Suse 11.4. I have experienced this problem before with XP and an earlier version of Suse. Fortunately Suse has a repair feature that will allow you to recover an installed system. I don't know … |
| | [QUOTE=Perry0059;843812]Did you replace the harddrive?[/QUOTE] Aloha, I found this very interesting since I have recently received the same error with a Dell XPS 410 computer. Here is a bit more info to add to the conundrum: I have a dual boot system(actually a triple boot system) with WinXP and Suse … |
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