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Compaq Presario SR1010NX: Problem,Plug computer in and front panel light(long skinny green light below PWR button)blinks and computer does nothing. Replaced PWR supply and now no light nothing ! Have built many computers so know what I an doing but this is not mine so I do not know it's …

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Hello, I am pretty sure the answer for this is here... however I am not sure if it directly applies to my situation and I just want to confirm what my problem may be... I reformatted my laptop reinstalled Win XP... and the laptop was left alone for a few …

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hai guys i have a problem my pc (OS XP) is not able to connect to internet i have lan card installed on pc.both address local loop back and ip of lan card give reply when i ping both of these ,and in corner message appears "local area connection connected"but …

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I have a friend who has a water cooled pc. Isnt it dangerous coz you might get zapped when the hoses wear?

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I have a Dell XPS 400 and last week it went to a flashing Amber Light. I did order a new power supply and put it in. Still the same result. What is my next step? Helpless in seattle

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Hi there - I've had loads of problems with power supply to my vaio, for ages the dc port on my machine was loose and would only charge when it was plugged in at a wonky angle. Anyway last week the battery went down 2 zero and the the machine …

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Hi, My PSU probably died, but I was wondering if anyone here have seen similar symptoms. First of all the PSU turns on as soon as I flip the switch on the back of the PSU, previously I had to press the power button on the front of the case …

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i have ASUS M2N-E mobo with AMD 64x2 3800+ 2GHz with geforce 7100 GS gfx card. five days ago some wire burnt smell was there. then i 've opened the casing and checked everything. fine the pc worked. two days ago the pc didnt boot after succesful shutdown. the cpu …

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Hi all, Have an issue with my HP dv2000. When it is plugged in it charges to 50% but then says 'Plugged in, Not charging' I have not been able to make it charge any further. It is very frustrating as it did not hold its charge very long in …

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previously i had intel chipset 845 MB, celeron 2 Ghz processor with 512 RAM, it was very fast then, recently my board burned due to power fluctuation, i changed the board. System has become very slow since then, it does not hybernate at all. I even upgraded with more 512 …

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i was hoping someone might be able help me locate a cooling fan for a sony vaio pcg-k315b mine has broke and i have not been able to replace it i live in the UK so would need it to be shipped here. I am desperate for this fan so …

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I try and put my computer in standby mode and it wont let me. The error I get is : The device driver for the 'Communications Port (COM1)' device is preventing the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try again. If the problem persists, you may need …

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can anybody help me speeding up IE 7 in P4, with 1GB RAM, IE is very slow, i use mozilla. But iam very much addicted to IE, plz help me

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My Windows will shutdown but the computer will not power off. The OS has been reinstalled.

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I have a friend who needs her Acer Aspire 3680 keyboard replaced. I am an A+ certified technician, but I have not worked on an Acer- only Dell and IBM. Can someone tell me the tricks of removing the old keyboard? Bert

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How can I tell if my fan is working properly? I can hear it running but I think the computer is running hot.

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I think this post is in the right spot if not excuse my ignorence im stupid with computers. If i leave my compy on for a while it goes nuts and the xcreen goes black and a whole bunch of little a's with a \ over them start appearing i …

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Hello, After days of went-in-vain googling I finally wanted to start a thread here. I am using ubuntu 64bit 8.04 I just wanted to configure my fan settings. My fan starts when temperature is above 60C and stops when It reaches below it. I wanted to change my settings so …

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Hi Everyone, Odd question, can't seem to find an answer. I'm trying to track down the dimensional specifications (notably, screw-hole positions) for extended ATX motherboards and/or cases. I'm constructing a custom case and can't for the life of me find diagrams of this information. And yes, I've been to formfactors.org …

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Okay so I just picked up my laptop and discovered that next to the left hinge, on the back of the lid, there's a big crack! What method would you recommend to patch this up? A simple epoxy job? I know this is an incredibly simple question but I wanted …

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Greetings, I am looking for help regarding a Toshiba Equium EA60-155 laptop. I am thinking that my laptop has 'cooked' something on the motherboard OR I have a failure on the screen. Nothing at all appears on the screen. I did notice that it appearing to be still 'posting' on …

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My PC having the following configration.... Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz 256 RAM hard disk - western digital (80 Gb) recently replaced my hard disk (on 7/08/08) because the vendor said there was problem with the controller as it took a long time to strat up and even my pc …

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PC is a DELL Dimension E520 When I turn my PC on a yellow light flashes at the start button, the green light does not come on and the PC does not start up. I cleaned everything inside the PC and when I removed the cooling housing & the grey …

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my system is celeron 2 ghz, 1 GB ram with 4o GB hdd, it has intel 845 chipset motherboard, it is ver slow. I have applied classic theme and also removed wallpaper but still very slow, how to speed it up

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I just got this computer (not from a store) and I noticed that the damn thing wouldn't turn on. so the first thing I thought was that the power supply was shorted I checked for the light on the back of the power supply to kick on when I plugged …

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Hello All, Recently I built a new pc, with the following specs: [LIST=1] [*]Ultra Aluminus midtower case [*]ultra xpro 600watt power supply [*]core 2 duo e7200 with stock fan [*]2gb of pny ddr2-800 ram [*]gigabyte P35 motherboard (very stable) [*]HIS Radeon HD2600Pro Graphics Card 512MB DDR2 [/LIST] Ok, now to …

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Hey, I'm a first-time builder, and I just have some questions about what components to get. 1. How many watts do I need for my power supply? I know there are calculators for that online, but I'd rather get a rough estimate from a human. I'm getting an Intel Core …

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:( dont know if am posting in the correct thread...hope u guys will help me out.. recently got a pc & installed every thing as per the mobo drivers cd...except for sound card. the audio in device mgr dosent show yellow but on selecting sound/video & game controllers there is …

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how to remove windows exlrorer error, i havw xp sp2. In the middle of the work suddenly i get message windows exlorer has generated error and will be closed. How to sove this problem:$

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hi...... i am facing some problem while starting XP. my XP is automatically rebooting after i click on the link like start windows normaly., or safe mode, or start windows as in last state....etc. But after a few reboots it is then booted. Whats the problem with my M/C?

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