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 | I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop (model L500 - 02H) that doesn't turn on when I press the power button. I bought a new battery, put it in the laptop, and let it charge for 24hrs (well theoretically at least - if the laptop is plugged into the wall through …  |
| | The brightness on my laptop is super dim all of a sudden. It worked fine yesterday, but then last night the brightness was gone. I've tried using the Fn key at the same time pressing F8 to increase the brightness, but nothing happens. I tried looking for any brightness option/setting …  |
| | Hey guys, I have a Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop, Intel CPU, 4gb ram, 320gb hdd, Windows Vista, using McAfee antivirus... No issues or problems after months of use until yesterday. I was browsing some photos, and a few messages popped up from windows alerting me that certain functions had stopped …  |
| | Hi friends ! I have a laptop model: Fujitsu Siemens (Amilo La1703). From last few days, it started giving problem of "Automatic turn off". Even screen used to flicker sometimes. I guessed it might be the problem of "Overheating". I decided to apply some thermal paste to CPU and clean … |
 | I have a laptop with a wirless card all set up for networking, it is connected to my host computer, the internet is shared, but I have no idea how to create an internet gateway. I am using Windows 2000 Pro and a Belkin F5D6050 ver.2 (drivers installed ;)) |
| | My Dell Inspiron 1525 (Vista Home Premium, Core 2 Duo processor, 4 GB RAM) has started to just shut down right in the middle of using it. No BSOD, just a completely turned off machine. I think it is getting too hot as this happened a few months back at … |
| | I want to adapt a newer .5Tb SATA 2.5" drive to my older HP laptop with Ultra ATA100 interface-- do-able? is there a super-compact adapter out there somewhere? |
| | Hello, I am having trouble with my laptop connecting to the wireless internet at home. Recently, a new internet router was installed and since then, I've been having trouble connecting to the internet wirelessly (not just at home). It connects to the network, but then says that I only have … |
| | i wanted to record a karaoke song with my voice.I have the software called Cool Edit Pro to record.But my microphone did work, and i tried to buy to new one but the neew one doesn't work either. Even chat voice my friend couldn't hear what i said. So what … |
| | Yesterday I put Windows 2000 driver CD into my CD-Rom drive and suddenly my laptop doesn't "see" that drive anymore. When I go to system/hardware, it's telling me that I'm having a Device Manager Error Code 19 and that my registry might be corrupted. I found this information that may … |
| | Hi guys, I had it with this laptop, I have no clue why this Compaq Presario V3000 w/WinXP Home SP2 won't recognize the CD/DVD drive. I looked at the BIOS, and it doesn't show up there. I looked at the Device Manager, and it doesn't show up there. (Yes, I … |
| | Recently bought new laptop Toshiba Satellite L555 with Windows 7 Home Pro, 4 Gb ram 320 Gb HD and everithing working perfectly. Only internet and e-mail start to work pretty slow even I have fast connection G2. Here's my scans and please if someone can help me to cleanup computer. … |
| | A friend of mine brought me her Toshiba Satellite Laptop and im trying to get in to it but it wont let me boot safe or last good know config or normal.. nada. I have tired F1 to change boot option to CD to go in and boot directly from … |
 | One of my friend had to do this surgery [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_syndrome[/url] I'm sooo sad.Many people say that working as a computer programmer is more safer than other jobs.But???? Actually my idea is when they design hardwaer like mouse keyboard and touchpads they should be more carefull.Otherwise ppl will suffer from the …  |
| | Thanks in advance for any help... I have an HP DV2000 laptop, the screen likes to start flashing, scrambling and usually goes black. The laptop is still running, but the screen won't come back on. This also happens to the external monitor. I have tried reinstalling drivers, even different version … |
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| | Windows 7 Pro x64. Should I run sysprep first? What parameters (/switches) should I use? |
| | Hello everyone! My friend had a strangest laptop problem ever. It started he was updating the avast anti virus that whole computer froze and he did not know that it because it is because that avast is updating and I have been using avast no problem. However; it was expired … |
| | Hi, I have recently purchased a Sony Vaio Laptop with wifi support that is inbuilt or onboard. I already have a Asus P5E3 Deluxe motherboard at my home with ram 2 gb, 9800 gtx card and a quad core processor. Now, I connect this pc with a broadband connection at … |
| | Hello My name is Brad. I am starting my first upper grade year for software engineering and I don't know what kind of laptop to buy. I am a partial gamer and want something that will still be effective for school. I was thinking about an MSI or an Asus, … |
| | This is a first post, and I hope that it is in the right place. My Toshiba XP Laptop no longer lights up. Info is there and is working, but almost impossible to see. Got it working a few times by quickly opening and shutting the lid, but no longer … |
| | I am unable to ping a laptop running XP Pro SP1. I have tried everything. Verified that the built in firewall is not turned on. Other that that i have complete connectivity to the network, just no connectivity to the laptop. Any ideas anyone??  |
| | Hi All, I ask for advice because I've tried all my best: The HP pavilion 5460, when power button pressed all lights (LEDs) go AND STAY on, but laptop does not boot, nothing comes on video, neither LCD nor external monitor, but DVD drive makes periodic noises, like getting requested … |
| | 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?  |
| | Hi all, I would like to replace the 400GB HDD in my Toshiba A350 with a 1TB drive. The existing drive is HDD 2H41, I've found a Toshiba 1TB internal HDD 2K11. My question is how do I find out if the drive is compatible with and will just slot …  |
| | HELP! Last night while doing some work for school on my pc, I realized that an update was being downloaded to my computer. I finished my work and was reading email, when prompted to install, which I did. After the install was complete, I was asked to restart the computer, …  |
| | hi everyone, and this is me officially making my first post. came here looking for some code and ended up doing lots of reading :-) anyways, im currently in computer programming and i use programs like netbeans, eclipse, visual studio, oracle (through a linux environment in vmware) and dreamweaver. right … |
| | Alright, here's the problem A girl on my floor came to me for computer help and i've tried everything i know to try. She has a Dell laptop and her keys were acting up. At first it seemed like it was the "Fn" keys, but then i realized it wasn't … |
| | Yesterday after using my laptop and noticing it was kind of overheating I decided to turn it off. But since I forgot to do something I decided to turn it on again(it was still kind of hot). When I turn it on I notice the screen is still black after …  |
| | Acer TXsomething(can't remember the rest of the name, other than it is a TX) Windows XP Home Edition 512mb RAM Ok, My desktop is completely screwed, literally. The screen won't turn on, and I mean it won't turn on, its completely plugged in and screwed tight. When I press the … |
| | [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecUvZu13htQ[/url] please watch this video, its just some of the footage about my laptop not being able to turn on when i press the power button. sorry about the audio. please if u can, tell me whats wrong with this laptop, so maybe i could look for help and fix … |
| | Hi, Some strange problem here. When I start it in the morning, it does not load windows and hangs on the first stage itself. Now interesting thing is that when I pick it up and keep it my lap, it starts loading windows. But If I put back on the … |
| | I have a Gateway ID79C with an intel i7-720QM processor and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 1 GB video card. I cant play starcraft 2 on max settings with this video card so I want to upgrade it. I know it will probably consist of taking everything apart to …  |
 | Hello there I have this problem. The signal of my router does not get long enough to get my wireless card in my laptop on the other part of the house. That is why I am thinking about the choices that I know: buying either an access point or a … |
| | I need information on how to go about replacing the mother board on an HP ze1115. My repairman told me it needed a new mother board but I could buy another for less than what he was going to charge. If you could list the steps and vendors where I … |
| | This started a couple days ago. The laptop was working fine until then. I dint know what went wrong. I closed it before and the next time I opened it, it wouldn't open. It just stayed the black screen and the lights flickered blue and then it just stopped doing … |
| | I own a Compaq laptop w/ the Windows Vista System (and Sempron). It's not verry old, about a year maybe two and I've had no issues with it so far. However, I was playing an online video from youtube that it was having no issues with. I do have it … |
| | Hi guys, I am thinking to buy Sony VAIO S Series VPC-S12L9E/B but I have an important question. Do you think SONY is Linux compatible? Or if you have any other suggestions? Thanks |
| | I had U-Verse installed for wireless and provided that key number into my 2006 Inspiron 6400 laptop. The laptop has a wireless card inside and it shows the connection status as "Authenticating". I cannot get into the Internet with the laptop. I don't know much about computers so not sure … |
| | Hi, My friend has just bought an Asus K52JC laptop. This laptop contains an onboard Intel video card and a NVIDIA 310 graphics card; it runs with Windows 7, 64 and has 4 Gb Ram. He wanted to use only the NVIDIA card, for gaming purposes. So, I went in … |
| | Hi I have a Dell D620 Laptop running Windows XP Pro. A few days ago, my computer crashed (blue screen) when I downloaded and started using Google Earth. Upon reboot, the screen is black -- but I hooked up an external monitor and everything looks fine. Once in a while …  |
| | Hi, Cant get my Medion laptop to boot up, i have tried the removing the battery and mains leads and holding down the power button to no avail. i bought another hard drive,still nothing. The power light comes on and the cd starts,but nothing from the hard drive light and … |
| | hi, Plz help me out. i want to buy external laptop battery for IBM laptop. plz suggest me where shold i buy.. i need to buy from that which provides warranty of at least 1 year + after sale services |
| | i want to ask a question, is it safe to buy a refurbished laptop? and what is the story of refurbished laptop? are they repaired ones? are they used laptops or what? |
| | When I login to Windows XP(home edition) under my name all of my desktop icons are missing and there is no task bar or start menu - only the wallpaper background. I can only hit (Ctrl Alt Del) to access the task manager, but nothing is listed. I tried running … |
| | Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 4720Z. I was on the Internet last night when my screen blinked. About 20 minutes later my screen froze, so I turned it off. This morning I turned it on, and logged in. The screen is blank. I've tried turning it off and on … |
| | Hi I'm new here and would be grateful for some advice. I have an Advent 9617 laptop. The DC power cord shorted out and was replaced along with the charger. The new charger works fine but laptop would not run so figured out it was probably the power jack at … |
| | I keep my Toshiba Satellite M45-S355 laptop powered on virtually all the time. One morning I woke up to a blue error screen that was full of text, but most notably said "Memory Dump". I restarted and it ran as normal for several days. But then it happened again. And … |
| | hi every one,i developed windows application and installed on laptop having 1900 higher resolution, the button, labels, text box controls are overlapped but i is working fine in low resolution laptop |
 | 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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