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I tend to post in both tech and coffee house however more in the coffee house of late due to a few rather interesting topics

My first guess would have to be hardware. There are 2 things that you can do: 1. take the side off your case and make sure that the IDE cable that runs from your motherboard to you CD rom is firmly in place. 2. Try a new CD rom drive …

Hey Alex, Are you getting any warning beeps? It sounds as if your laptop may be overheating however due to the age of these laptops i do not think there is any way to check/change bios settings on this machine. So i would say that your comuter may be starting …

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Sounds like the Ethernet port/controller (the one you plug your network cable into) has been damaged. At what point do you get this error message is it before or after the Bios Screen if it is after then go into your bio usually f2 or something similar and disable your …

Hi all, I have several .odt files with password protection on them for various reasons however i was never really sure how secure this is. So i was just wondering if anyone knows of a way to either access the Data in a .odt, gain access to the password or …

To find out if it is just ctrl alt del try pressing enter and seeing if it comes up with a help screen. Also you might like to try waiting for 5 minutes or so after plugging in the USB keyboard so that microsoft has plent of time to load …

I would say if you do not need any Data that is on the computer to Format your computer completely and reinstall windows and then before you install any other programs that are not crucial then install SP2

Just curious how you worked out the old PSU was broken? Sounds like you may have had a power surge or something like it while u were out. Try putting a new video card in there as well. It could acctually be getting all the way into windows when you …

To be honest i think it is quite stupid the way companies do regulate those kinds of things because usually even with the Discount they are making the same amount of money for the item as they would if they were selling the things to a large company. Not sure …

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i don't get it. Its just kids with paintball guns being idiots with very poor camera skills (ugh makes me motion sick) but its nothing i havn't seen on jackass before.

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I occurs to me that you have way to much time on your hands.

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Try Running all avalible updates for your OS

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Sounds like you might not have the cases power switch attached to the mothboard problem. This may not be the only problem with your machine if it shut down however it would account for the powering on when the computer is plugged in and the power button now working.

how long have you left your computer in the black screen before you give up and shut it down again. Also have you added any new hardware into your computer recently?

This may sound like a really silly question to ask but its usually better to ask the stupid question first lest you run around in circles checking everything but. You did attach the keyboard up to the new motherboard properly diddn't you? Try using a USB keyboard and seeing if …

WELCOME TO THE WOORRRRLLLLLDDDD OF TOMORRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWW!!! yes vista sucks. What sort of computer are you using? The drivers for XP are probably not the same as the ones you will need for vista. I am assuming that you are using onboard sound so i think you have 2 options. 1. …

Does not sound like you have lost your hard drive from the information that you have given us. However it is a good idea to keep things that you really need backed up as these kinds of this happen all the time.

Ok yeah Vista and XP are plug and play however that is differnt to the bios. When you first turn your computer on it will come up with the logo of whatever brand computer you have bought. Down the bottom of this page there should be something that says press …

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Do you have any sort of sound elsewhere like startup noises etc. or is it just no sound all together? Try checking in your driver list and making sure that your audio drivers are installed properly.

You may like to check the brightness settings and see if you can turn those up manually on your monitor. if you are getting all the way into the OS before the monitor goes dead then there may be a brightness setting somewhere in windows that needs to be fixed. …

I agree with DCC about it being wired properly. Check the cable that runs from your cases power switch to your motherboard.

see if you can get into windows using safe mode.

The Coffee may have something to do with your probelem its hard to say however the first thing that i would suggest is trying to find another power cable for it and seeing if that makes any difference. you might also (if your feeling technical) try giving the whole thing …

[quote=boiler80027;343732] This time we had about 5 programs running, listening to music and running a movie. [/quote] Can i ask why you would listen to music and watch a movie at the same time? Seems a bit silly to me..... It really all depends on how computer savy u feel …

Have you added in any extra drives to your computer recently? If not then itSounds like one of 2 things either either the Video card or the PSU like mike said. Try finding just an old video card and swapping it out to see if you can get a picture …

Isn't the 8800gtx a directX 10 compatible card?

Could just be that your grapgics card still isnt getting enough juice for it to work properly i would suggest an even bigger psu at least 450w as from what i rember the 7800 is a bit of a power hog.

If its a new laptop then i suggest either calling Acer and seeing what they have to say about the problem or sending it away for repairs. obiously the later may not be the best option especially with her finals coming up however if it is unable to be fixed …

I would suggest restoring your system to an earlier state(XP machines only) and seeing if that reinstalls the program for you. To do this 1.click start 2. controll panel 3. Switch to category view(if it is not on that already) 4. performance and maitanence 5. System restore in the sidebar …

Not sure about your particular type of laptop but you might just have to replace the Cmos battery.

Was there any software that came with the MP3 player if there was try installing that plugging in your player and seeing if there is a restore to factory settings option

Strange. I would suggest trying a new graphics card and seeing if it still does the same thing.

First off i would check and see what the Max. Allowed temperature is set to on your motherboard and make sure that its not set to anything ridiculous like 50 degrees change it to about 70 if it is. However from what you have said it sounds to me like …

What sort of disc have you burnt the files on + or - R and check that whatever format it is matches up with the sort of drive that you have. Also just wondering what country you live in and what country you vistited on holidays. I dont know if …

Sounds to me like it your power supply. You can either go out and buy a tester usually for about $15-20 USD depending on what country you live in and test that and make sure that is the problem. Or you can just go straight out and buy a new …

Could we please have a bit more background information about this problem like what sort of mac you have and what version of OSX you are running

It sounds to me like u just need to replace the cable if everything is working ok. my other suggestion would be to read up in its manual if u still have it (will be online somewhere if not) and find out what the blinking means. you may also like …

I agree try using the disc that should have come with it to reinstall the sound drivers. If your laptop did not come with a disc like so many computers today are then go to this website and download them from there. [URL]http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?PRODTYPE=1,24,26,66,9,70,5,72[/URL]

Well if it was me i would simply say get a new PC although computers can last longer then 3 years that is when they start to get sloppy and things start to go wrong. What it sounds to me like is either one of two things. 1) Your power …

You might also like to try loading the CMOS defaults and see if that makes any difference i have had a few machines that do this and restoring thos defaults usually fixes the problem.

[quote=jbennet;316864]i know for a fact that XP had issues with systems having over 4gb ram so maybe vista still has this problem[/quote] That was because XP was made to only support up to 4GB of ram. As for your Ram issue i would first check that all four Dimm's are …

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