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I have a Gateway P-6860fx. The operating system is Vista. When I turn the laptop upside down, I see two fans. There is a fan on the left side and a fan on the right side. What do these fans do? Should both these fans run while I am using …

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I have a Gateway P-6860FX. The operating system is Vista. I believe I need a new battery. If I buy a new battery how long should the charge be after it first fully charged?

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Ive got a Toshiba L300 series laptop, model #PSLB0C-07N08C running Windows 7. About a month ago, my computer showed a big red X on the battery icon, and recommended changing the battery. The model number of the battery was PA3534U-1BRS. As a result, I went looking for a new battery. …

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Hi, folks! Hope you can help me. I did a little searching here, but didn't find any info that seemed to fit exactly what I have going on ... I have a Toshiba Satellite M35-S320 (yeah, it's old, about 4-5 years old, but I love it.) I am on a …

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I have a Gateway P-6860fx. The operating system is Windows Vista. It has two fans. When I look at the fans when the computer is upside down, the fan on the left side does not spin. The fan on the right side spins. The laptop is out of warranty I …

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I have purchased a board on ebay only to find out once I had received it that the board does not fit the conventional cases ie: atx, mini atx, micro atx ect... The issue is that the board will only fit a gateway pc case and I am having a …

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Hi anyone help please, we have a Dell Inspiron 1525, was working fine then power started to flicker, it would go off then after a short time come back on again, this went on for a few weeks, then went off all togeather, not a scrap of power, green led …

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Decided that I'm prolly going to make a custom computer soon. Just wanted to make sure all of these parts will work together. Also anything im missing would be nice too. Motherboard - [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138186[/url] CPU - [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115221[/url] Video Card - [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102873[/url] Wireless Network Card - [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106039[/url] Ram - [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277[/url] Case …

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My daughter did a windows update (XP) to her computer shut it down now it won't do anything. No fans run and it appears to be dead. Righy after the update it would start for about 6 seconds then shut off. Any ideas what is wrong? It is about 6 …

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I've replaced various keyboards before. But I can't figure out how to removebthe bezel in this model. Detailed instructions greatly appreciated. Thank You.

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hi , been wondering if i can use more than 1 psu in my new rig ? i have found a thing called a lian li interlink cable on the net for use when using more than 1 psu . only problem is that going to the lian website does …

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I am worried about my laptop, Gateway P-6860fx, overheating. How do I check that the laptop is working correctly, that it is not overheating?

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hi guys i need a case study on any device which have all the required things in it.. its very urgent i have to submit dis on monday.. pls guys help me.. pls anyone of u send me the case study document on <snip>

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Hi guys, I'm considering purchasing a completely knackered G3 bubble iMac from eBay for a couple of pence. I really only want it for the case and screen for a little project I want to do. I want to replace the Mac core with an Intel board and load it …

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hi I am using Linux Fedora. My system is shutting down after rebooting. but smps is workng harddisk power is not coming and as well as keyboard and mouse also not getting the power but cpu light is showing as ON

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Today i tried turning off my computer, everything went normal, it shutdown and everything then the lights went off. but about 5 seconds the lights began flicking on and off, and siginal where being sent to the monitor also (because the stat' light was turning on to orange), when i …

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I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, but here goes. I'm running a home server from an old (not too old) PC, and have a cooling question as the title insists. It might seem stupid, but my question is, can I put my PC by my air …

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Hi everyone, I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop and everything is fine with it except that, as soon as I plug in an external monitor to it, some horizontal lines keep moving around. If I unplug my adapter and let it run on Battery, the lines disappear. I really …

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hello can you help me...My AVR(radius) gets into smoke when i plug my computer speaker... my avr have 110V and 3outlet 220V at the back...my monitor AOC has power rating 100-240V but there is tag on it's chord says 10A125V...my monitor plug it at the back of my AVR 110V..and …

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I have a GT5802 and the fan (8015606R) is running on high constantly. It use to be quiet. The motherboard recently failed (took it to Geek Squad) and the motherboard was replaced. I asked them to check the fan. They think it is OK but since their shop is so …

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I have a Gateway M675 PRR laptop. It boots but i am experiencing a fan error. It has three fans but I notice that only the two smaller fans are running, the main one does not run at all.I am wondering if the problem is in the motherboard as I …

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Hi, I'm having a bit of a computer issue (well technically it's my girlfriend's computer but yeah) and was wondering if someone on here could help. My girlfriend's computer's processor fan went out recently, and after searching for a replacement, I found one, ordered it, and installed it. It fit …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16841[/ATTACH]The Phantom is the latest "crafted series" case from NZXT and it has a stylized, futuristic design that is the result of a collaboration with the renowned case modder, Craig Bruger (craigbru). It isn’t all about looks though. NZXT included a generous fan setup and otherwise tailored the trimmings with …

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Ok this has been annoying me for months but I've finally decided to act on it. My asus G50v(bestbuy version) is running excessively hot. Ive opened it up, the video card and cpu both have heat pipes going into a single cooling fan... My problem is this fan has died …

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Hi--I have an older Gateway M675 laptop. All of a sudden, I boot it up and all is going well for about 1 min and then this incredible grinding noise starts. I am guessing that it is in the ventilation area. I have opened the back of my laptop, blew …

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Hello, I have a Gigabyte motherboard Model GA-8VM800PMD-775-RH Chipset VIA-P4M800 Pro, Intel 2.6 GHZ Celeron processor,I have 2 cd/dvd drives,4 harddrives,2 gig DDR memory,Radeon X1650 series, Running windows xp home. I am wondering if I can upgrade my power supply from 300 to 750 watt? If you need the model …

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I was wondering if I could connect a DC Motor to the HDD_LED pins of my motherboard. THen when the computer is turned on, it will turn on the motor, every-time the Hard Drive is accessed. This could then be used to do some cool stuff! Is this possible, and …

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Hi, I have been doing a ton of research on overheating, and still cannot figure out what is going on with my stupid computer. About a year ago (when it was about a year and change old; just out of warranty) my computer started acting up. It would shut down …

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Okay so the GPU on my laptop (nvidia card), has gone bad and I have confirmed this with Nvidia (cause Dell would have been a headache). Anyway I needed to turn it on to get some stuff off of it, and decided to put this temperature program to see what …

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