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What are the dell diagnostic lights, 4 lights on the back panel. showing when you try and boot up

the easiest way to check the capacitors is to look at them, when they have overheated the top will "dome" and split, you will see where they have leaked. by the way a capacitor can take a major battering and still work, I've seen motherboards with several blown still functioning. …

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you get a good graphics card, i put in an ISA extender from a 486

could try checking the thermal paste on the proscessor. if it's heavily used this will take a pasting (appologies for the bad pun) and may need replacing. laptop proscessors tend to run hot due to the lack of available cooling/airflow and maybe hitting it's cuttout temp.

morally (i'm not religious) i believe it's wrong to take another life practically wrong because too many mistakes have been made in the past and 20/20 hindsight is no good when the switch has been pulled

remove the main battery and mains power supply, hit the power switch to drain any retained charge. then remove the cmos battery and short out the contacts. the cmos battery is on the right under the panel at the top of the keyboard, which can be popped out by gently …

the soraci virus also causes machines to "loop" on boot. this can be sorted by connecting the hard drive to another machine as a slave(set the drive's jumpers accordingly), set the bios to see it then don't open it but scan it with a good virus scanner to sort any …

i'd reconnect the drive then go onto the bios and check that it's set to see the drive on primary master. i don't see how the dell guy can tell if the drive is dead without running a good diagnostic tool to test it. i believe dell use ibm/hitachi you …

You can try a manual fix of the startup. boot from the Vista install disk. select country region etc then instead of re installing select the repair my computer option (it may want to run through the painstakingly slow auto repair, and will probably fail) When it finishes. don't close …

Can anyone help with possible whistler@mbr. I am an experienced it professional and no stranger to malware removal of all types, in fact I am generally quite expert in this field, but this one has me stumped.# I am running W7 ultimate Avast detected Whistler@mbr on my system however there …

You can quite happily install SQL 2008 R2 Express, Though I would ensure you get the with tools installer. It will support up to 10Gb. Though you will not get SQl Agent functionality.

If it's a brand new laptop and you've done nothing significant to it. Back up any stored data and return it under warranty. However I would suggest first uninstalling any software you have put on it just to be sure that it's not a conflict with something you put in. …

On a laptop of that spec I wouldn't even try to run & on a VM. it will work but i'll run like a dog. the most effective option is to start with windows 7 as the main system then download and install UBuntu with windows installer and just install …

To Get your old style interface and start button back go to Control panel - System or right click on My Computer in the start menu and select "Properties" then Click on "advanced System Settings" on the left hand panel. this will bring up the system properties window. Select the …

You will have to set up the multiboot again, a nice easy way to do it would be to just set up your system drive again as normal. Once that is running nicely download and install easyBCD. When you run it it will pick up the other installations and you …

you can still clear the cmos by disconnecting the cmos battery and then shorting the contacts on the battery connector this will have the same effect as jumpers would, however you must remove the laptop battery and power supply first or it will not work.

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Which version of W7 are you using. Also you may need to run as administrator to use Telnet try right click on command prompt and run as administrator see if that works or enable the run command in your start menu and use run cmd

1) England cos it's about bloody time and living here (strangely on account of being english) i wish our lot would finally shut the hell up about 1966 IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO! 2) Brasil cos they just will

if you bought the pc with xp pre installed the product key on the tower or case will work to run reinstalls or repairs with almost any xp or installation disk. i'd just borrow or get a backup copy from a mate

Which os is this you don't say. if you have a windows disk boot from it and go into recovery console or repair and type; fixboot then enter if xp then type; fixmbr then enter this will repair your boot files if they are repairable the try and boot up.

Taskmanager is effectively a small standalone app. have a look at C:\windows\system32 see if you can find taskmgr.exe If it is missing, you can copy the executable from any windows xp pc and paste it back into system32 on your pc.

First thing i'd do is reseat all your cards and ram see where you go from there

This is very symptomatic of the cpu heat cutout kicking in try putting some fresh cpu heat paste on and cleaning the cpu fan

Push F12 on the bios screen instead of f2 this will allow you to select the boot device you wish to use directly.

How clean is the system physically, ie how much dust in the box etc, how clean is the cpu fan. this can and will make a real difference. or it could just be vista being vista even after you beat it round the head with a stick to make it …

Are you seeing any disk activity. A common problem with laptops like this is when the lcd backlight fails. all you will see is a black screen. try connecting a a different monitor and pushing the alternative display button. if it works thats yr problem, replace the backlight. also you …

sound like you may have a hardware issue as well. first thing I'd do is try a diffrerent windows disk though next remove the all ram and re seat it but try it with one stick at a time, see if you get the same error, if that makes no …

It sound like a hardware fault. the two beeps are the clue, if you check the manufacturers website it should give an indication of what the beep codes mean. the other option is basic troubleshooting. remove all additional cards drives etc and all but one ram stick. try booting, if …

There can be quite a few issues if upgrading to w7 from xp or even vista with drivers and software. I would suggest backing up your files and running a clean install of w7 with the pc connected. you will find w7 will pick up most if not all of …

sounds like the phone line is just a coincidence, i think you have a loose connection in the VGA cable so you're only getting one or two colour signals. try another screen/cable you know to be good, or replace the cable if poss.

Just dont use remote pc services for repairs and diagnoses whatever anyone says this kind of work can simply not be done effectively by remote. ask about get a good local tech or tech company. word of mouth or local reputation is a much better choice. big companies that generally …

sounds like the charging circuit is fried. this would explain why a charged batt will work but will not charge and why yours is dead. I assume it will not run off mains either as the mains input will usually run through the charging circuit before powering the the motherboard. …

Put in your windows disk and cancel the install window when it pops up then go to run and type: sfc /scannow hit enter this will check the windows system files and may resolve the situation. if not try downloading defraggler from the ccleaner website and use that. However from …

go to control panel, select sound and check what the default set to speakers or line out are set to. try changing them it will make no difference what the default player is

When you say 2 drives running as one can you clarify? is this just a spanned drive or are you running a raid 1 or 0 setup? if this is just a spanned drive an xp boot disk or an xp based bootable disk like ultimate boot cd should just …

Ouch that one is a B**ch. There are a number of forums and av sites that will help you but it will take some time and involve some fairly in depth manual removal of registry entries etc. a trial varsion of spyware doctor is quite handy for this one as …

Just borrow an xp disk and use the format function on that or xp based bootable cd like UBCD and use that to run a FULL format, that should be more than adequate for your needs

is it getting very hot? does the same happen if you try to go into the bios? could be a cooling prob causing the processor to cut out. the fans on laptops tend fail more often than desktops. and laptops run hotter. try new thermal paste and check the airflow …

10,00 eh sounds like a central park bash, Jemb

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Hi I'm trying to find a technical/service manual for a compaq presario700. looked everywhere but no joy. any ideas anyone? thanks. JemB :?:

Binary though it's not a language in the modern sense it's been around for thousands of years (since the invention of the abacus and maybe earlier) and still sits there now underneath all the others

Whatever anyone says, drag racing at these speeds is pushing the envelope for anyone including so called professionals. we all know the risks, all we can do is minimise them as best possible. besides the great northrun claims several lives each year, do you hear safety campaigners clamouring about that, …

ewido is primarily an antispyware and will work fine with avg( i use both). but avg and norton will clash. if you need to take norton out, once uninstalled you will need to run the norton removal tools from their website 1st SymNRT to remove any remnants then Sysclean to …

Before you try anything else, is power getting thru, are the fans spinning/lights on. is the HDD spinning up, you should hear it. if all seems ok,clear the cmos. disconnect power lead, hit the start button to drain any residual power in the system. then move the cmos jumpers across …