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I am something of a Windows fanboy I guess, and will make no bones about the fact that I have always thought of the 13" Apple MacBook Pro in the same way that I have about Military Intelligence, European Community and Advanced BASIC: it's an oxymoron. Given that the smallest …

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Gateway Laptop M675 doesn't boot. the light at on button comes on I can hear the fan and the hard drive. screen just black.

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I have a compaq presario v5000 that keeps on turning off. I am fixing the laptop but everytime I go to install windows 7 the computer shuts off. I have tried new ram / new hard drives and etc But everything fails The computers fan works when it comes on …

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I have a T23 IBM Thinkpad Laptop with 512mb RAM and a 1.13ghz processor. just today(11-5-07), this morning, it was working fine. The most recent things i had downloaded were a few music files(.mp3) and i had installed updates with THinkvantage's System Update. (I had yet to reboot my computer …

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Hello, everyone! This is my first post. It appears that my issue was posted before, but nothing suggested has worked. PLEASE Help!!! My other computer is a Dell Lattitude laptop with 1.0 GHz running XP, and it will not properly boot. All it will do after POST and the "Starting …

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Hello, I have a Acer Aspire 5920 that currently has a 15.4" display, which has very low contrast and and low resolution(1280x800). I just recently had my old 17" Toshiba crap out on me, and it has a absolutely gorgeous screen, high contrast and the resolution is (1440x900). Now what …

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I have laptop Toshiba satelite L555 with MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M520; 4.0GB RAM; AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 and it working reasonably good, however I think is not fast eneough what specifications would say. For that reason I make …

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[B][COLOR=red]HELP PLEASE[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=black]When I put my laptop on it stated:[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000]Primary hard disk drive 0 not found[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000]No bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000](F1 Repeats the No bootable devices line again)[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000](F2 takes me to Dell Computer Corporation ([URL="http://www.dell.com"]www.dell.com[/URL]) [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000]Page 1 of 7 Dell …

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thx in advance....i have a acer travelmate4002lmi .is it possible to upgrade from xp to window 7.if possible pls let me know the step by step procedures pls.

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Hello I am new here in DaniWeb and I am currently studying Computer Science at my local University. I have a pretty old laptop and I want to upgrade but I do not know where to start ... my budget would be 300-400$ MAX Laptop: Laptop Gateway W350A My current …

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Hi, I am planning to buy a laptop and confused on which one to buy... 1. Lenovo Y560 (i3 proc) 2. Hp Pavilion DV6-3056TX 3. Sony Vaio VPCEB16FG which to buy from the above.....( i chose Lenovo Y560 but heard build quality is very poor..duno) If there is any other …

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[COLOR="Green"][/COLOR] compaq cq40 laptop when power light is on but dipla was not coming & nums lock ,caps lock key lights are blinking 4 times repeatedly........please telme if u guess the problem

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My laptop start black screen few days ago. now still happen every 5 minutes. it can wake the screen up when the screen saver run. Can anybody tell me how to fix it?

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Kind: HP ProBook 4510s hi all, I last time switched off my laptop after using it on projector. i disconnected projector fine, then turn it off normal. Then next day I turned on and screen was black and blue light at power button as usual. I decided that I would …

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Hey people. Basically, what I want to do is detach my laptop's LCD screen and have it less that a meter away from the laptop itself. The reason why I would like to do this is that I am constructing a small table, in which in the middle I plan …

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Hi. I hope question fits in this section. I am looking to buy a laptop. Going to use it for studies and work. Specs I'm looking for are: [LIST] [*]procesor: core 2 due up to cheapest i3 [*]RAM: 3-4 GB DDR3 [*]HDD: 320 GB or more [*]videocard: doesn't really play …

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Hi Guys! I Need Help Getting Into My Dell D600 Laptop, I Forgot My Password And Now I Cannot Use It Anymore. It Has No Cd Rom So There Is No Other Was. Please Help

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My sister has a problem with her laptop: whenever a menu/folder is opened there is mad scrolling through all the entries which you can't stop. This is driving her crazy because you can't run anything effectively without restarting the computer several times. Adaware, spybot, macafee and a few other malware …

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My laptop has been working for years - now it won't boot. I press the power button, the fan whirrs up as normal. About 3-5 seconds of normal whirring. Then it dies. Nothing appears on screen. It sounds like it does when I try to boot from battery when the …

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I got this blemish t23 IBM Thinkpad Laptop that did not come with a hard drive, a hard drive caddy, RAM, RAM cover, and some other things. I got all the stuff for it and installed WinXP on it. I got all the needed updates and Anti-Virus and everything. It …

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I use Microsoft Visual Studio Professional on my Desktop PC, but my GTX 260 just failed and im dojng an RMA, so I started trying to program on my laptop. I am around 1/3 of the way through Ivor Hortons Beginning Visual C++, the book covers Native C++ and C++/CLI, …

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Hello, I have a problem with my desktop computer's internet connection. I am running both my desktop and laptop through my router to connect to the internet. My laptop has no problems at all but my desktop internet browser's won't work. I can access the internet on other ports such …

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[quote=hawk4561]laptop will not start. Intermitent lights. Power supply is good and there is power to the motherboard. I have seen a lot of postings of people having the same problem. Is there any help out there? :rolleyes:[/quote] I'm having a similar problem with an Inspiron 8000. Did you ever resolve …

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Hello, I think my laptop problem may be quite serious, so I would be glad to read what anyone has to say. I’m just hoping to make the right decision, about whether or not I have to buy new hardware for example. My laptop is an ASUS A8JS (a little …

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Hi everyone! I'm hoping that someone might be able to provide me with a few ideas on what might be wrong with my LCD laptop display. (The laptop is reasonably aged, however, a couple of months ago, I replaced the LCD panel as the CCFL backlight stopped working) When I …

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i am unable to bypass the administrator accounts password, it gives me a hint but i dont know it. when it is started up it automatically go to a screen where the username is the administrator and u put in the password, i have tried everything from f8 to f10 …

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OK, here is the dilemma I am facing: which to buy, an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3? Currently we are a PS2 household, also have a PSP, with a library of 75 or so games I guess. Mainly used by myself and my 8 year old son/6 year old daughter …

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i dont really know.... it's a Compaq Presario C500T series and if anyone can help me out, thanx:)

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I have a lenovo 3000 n200 laptop. It does charge the battery 4% in whole the night. when i opened it i found a burnt IC in it. for more detial plz see this image.[URL="http://www.freeuploadimages.org/images/07ch5fypi7w92pkl6ph0.gif"]http://www.freeuploadimages.org/images/07ch5fypi7w92pkl6ph0.gif[/URL]

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Hello Everyone Glad I found what looks like to be a nice forum with knowledgable people. I have a big problem that has been haunting me for a while now. About 8 months ago, my younger sister was using my laptop, a Compaq Persario X1000, she called me and said …

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Okay fellow geeks, I hereby implore your wisdom........ My sister wants to buy a new laptop for personal use and to start her own business with. She uses a computer at work but isn't super experienced when it comes to IT....I'm not a guru by any means but I could …

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Thank you for taking the time to read this. I had been using my slightly older HP laptop (Windows XP) to scan and crop a few photos and had left it idle while eating dinner. When my wife later moved the cursor on the touch pad to awaken the machine, …

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i have a ACER travelmate ,when my laptop starting up it shows HDD password,i know the password but how can i deactivate this password? PLS help me!!!!!!!!.

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Hi everybody, I need your help, please. about two years ago I was able to make my home network work with no problems, 2 or 3 computers were able to connect to internet through a router at the same time with no problems at all. For the last two months, …

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i have a problem! When I switched on my laptop every thing is okay, but screen show blank.... I attached my monitor but same here. help me! Em in grade trouble... thnx

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I got extremely confused. I asked in many places, I got extremely random and contradicting answers. I even tried HP customer service. I got two contradicting answers from two different agents. My questions are: 1) Do I need drive caddies for HP dv7tqe? 2) The most important: Do the caddies …

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Every time I power on my laptop it restarts before it boots all the way. It shows the screen with the bios version on it and begins booting XP. The bar on the bottom does move, so i know it is not frozen. About 15 seconds after starting the computer, …

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hello and thanks for taking the time to read this. i have a gateway mx7120 and it will not turn on. when i hit the power button the laptop tries to turn on (i hear the usual noises and beeps) and then after 5 seconds it shuts itself off and …

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Hi, Guys! [COLOR="Green"]I am new to This forum and unfortunately i have come with a problem also. [/COLOR] I have a HP laptop which is giving me real problem. Laptop comes on, fan works, No Display, and after 5 sec it goes off. It was never fell any where. plz …

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[B]My laptop is an Hp Paviliondv6233se and just recently i received a computer virus it is called (MS) antivirus. I tried to get rid of it by deleting some files in my windows registry but i gave up, then i downloaded malware bytes, and it deleted some files, but the …

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Hello, I'm Dammy. Theres a problem i've been battling with for the past few days and i was hoping someone could help me out. Whenever i connect a particular acer laptop to the internet at work via the wireless, internet access is lost after a period that ranges from 30 …

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Hi everybody... I was woundering If i could upgrade my laptop's graphics...I currently have a NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 (UMA) Tech specs: Laptop: Presario F700 (F730US) [B][U]Product Specifications[/U][/B] [URL="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01150100&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN"]http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01150100&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN[/URL] I really want to know what I can upgrade, I want to use better graphics so i can do some gaming. …

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Hi Have had a problem with the Tecra, hoping for some assistance. The screen froze whilst surfing on the internet. The only way I could switch it off to force it to shutdown by keeping my finger on the silver off switch for a few seconds. It did switch off. …

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Hey guys i really need your help. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 4937G model. It came with Windows vista. However i recently upgraded it to Windows 7 and there was some slight problem eg unable to read from pen drive but able to read EHDD. So i decided to …

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Laptop: Acer Travelmate 290 Ok heres the problem, i hit the power button, it turns on, but it wont start up.. Once in a while i am able to make it to the windows xp loading screen, then the screen goes black again! I thought it was a power problem, …

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Hi Friends, I am vikas from india , i have just now joined the community and i am very happy to find all technical gurus in the community , i am pursuing engneering in electronics and communication (4 year cource). i have some problem and i hope here i will …

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i want to increase internal hdd and ram for my vista os in my laptop is it possible or i have to buy a external hdd and also tell the name of company whose hdd is best and of reasonable prices

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I have what my father lovingly refers to as the blue screen of death. I use my laptop for work and out of the clear blue sky, I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't boot. It begins to load(gives me an F2 option that when I press does …

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I have a laptop that I purchased from work, but it boots to the old network and I would like to remove this without having to reinstall XP. I am able to use the PC stand alone, but it is always trying to sycronize to the network, which can't be …

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I've been having an extremely frustrating problem with the wireless internet connection with my Laptop. I read a few of the other topics to check if anyone else has the same issues with most of them saying their connection drops after half an hour or so. However, mine only lasts …

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