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| | Hi any help with the following problem would be greatly appreciated as I have a deadline with my work!! (argh!), OK - I have an Advent laptop that has a dead screen, on starting it appears to start fine - I get the windows starting sounds all the right lights … |
| | The above named machine shows both local network and the internet are connected under the network sharing center menu but when i try and open Firefox or IE8 it does not connect at all! I tried clearing the cache, cookies but to no avail. i also tried system restore as … |
| | hi there, please help me I have a compaq laptop with me. at starting it is working well. i recently taken internet connection which is not working with my laptop. When PING the ip, it Gives me Reply but it not opening any website. but when i do it on … |
| | I'm having some trouble with my girlfriends laptop. It's a dell Latitude D505. the issue is when you turn it on, the hard drive makes this kind of grinding sound and will get to the windows boot screen and will remain there. and when it doesn't do that it sounds …  |
| | I am having Dell laptop Vostro 1500. Two years old. One bad day , While i Click the Power ON button in the laptop, the LED s are blinked and went OFF. I tried the same with direct without battery(by connecting charger pin).. But the same problem continuing.. Another one … |
| | Hello, I have an Acer Aspire 5520-5912 Laptop that has a geforce 7000m video card in it with 2gb ram. When I start the computer I get no POST screen, however the backlight is still on. I can plug in another monitor into the side of it and boot into … |
| | My Gateway laptop froze at the screen saver. I restarted and hit F11 during boot up to go to restore with backup. It did backup data and files but when applic. were reinstalling it froze at 17/73 (something called "wild tangent') Any ideas for a solution? |
| | Hello, I am having a problem burning a cd using the built in drive in my laptop. I am receiving the following error message. "Cd copier could not detect any supported cd recorders. Please ensure your cd-recorder is properly connected. If the problem persists, please re-install Easy Cd Creator". I … |
| | I have a dell ins 1501 recently upgraded to 320 gb hard drive. used the old hard drive to load windows xp on so I can use some older programs that I have. Problem is that my laptop won't boot the xp system. Tells me I have a fatal error. … |
| | I have a dell ins 1501 recently upgraded to 320 gb hard drive. used the old hard drive to load windows xp on so I can use some older programs that I have. Problem is that my laptop won't boot the xp system. Tells me I have a fatal error. … |
| | Hi I have a Dell inspiron 1100 which came with a DVD decoder..but when trying to free up some space on my laptop i seem to have deleted or lost the decoder. I can no longer play DVDs, the option is gone from Windows media player and dell media experience... … |
| | I have an ACER 1640, when powering up the fans tsarts for a few seconds then stops, i have taken the memory cards out and refitted , tried holding the power key on for 30 secs etc with no power attahed and then restarting, tried everything The power lightstays on … |
| | I cannot get my laptop to boot up. I get a blue screen with the message unmountable boot volume does anyone know what this means and what is the cure? |
| | I have an Acer aspire5100 laptop. I have been unable to use it going on 8 months now, because the mouse and keyboard stopped working. I have tried numorous things from resetting the BIOS from the motherboard (J2 switch) to loading with just the battery or just the AC power. … |
| | I have a new Toshiba Satellite 350 laptop that was working fine. For no apparent reason it shut down and I can't get it to start again. I've checked the obvious things like battery & and power supply and they check out ok. Any ideas on what to do? I … |
| | I have discovered an irritating problem with an Acer 5600 and can fix the symptom but not the cause. The problem is the the laptop defaults to number lock when it boots up, by pressing function + F11 this can quickly be overcome but when I switch off the laptop … |
| | OK heres the deal. i brought this refurbished laptop about six months ago, But when i did i noticed it a said something about validating the microsoft license message at the lower right corner of my screen that just would not go away until it crashed like 2 months later. … |
| | Trying to find the location of the cmos battery. I have found a "dime sized" battery, but it is soldered to the motherboard.  |
| | I have a wireless G router providing internet access to a laptop. My desktop is connected to the router using a cable. Both computers are using Windows 7 and connected to a homegroup. My laptop has no problems in assessing the desktop files but not the other way round. Windows … |
 | I was just wondering which laptop is the best for: speed,memory, wieght, and dependable.  |
| | I have a sony vaio laptop and i want to disable S.M.A.R.T. the only problem is it wont let me disable it through BIOS. there is no option. Do i have any other possible solutions? Thanks. |
| | Hi All I'm not sure really where to post this so I thought the would be as gooder place as any! - Any suggestions for a more appropriate place then let me know. I have recently (since January) had a lot of problems connecting to the internet in the evenings …  |
| | First off, I'm terribly sorry if there's another of these threads. I always seem to miss them, even if I check. So, I need a bit of help. My LifeCam arrived today, all nice and funky-looking. But, the setup won't work. I'll go through the motions, and then when it's … |
| | I didn't know where else to post this, so if it is in the wrong forum, please move it to the correct one. Anyway, I need wireless connection for my laptop, but I want it to work internationally, as I need to use it in both Europe or Asia (mostly …  |
| | I have a Dell E5500 laptop with Windows XP. It wanted to watch a DVD on it and display it on my Panasonic Viera TV. The TV has a VGA input labelled 'PC' at the back. I plugged in a VGA cable but nothing happened. The TV screen remained unmoved. … |
| | Hi My laptop is Lenovo 3000 it was infected with worm.win32.netsky and InternetSecurity 2010 i removed these and restarted my laptop but from then it starts shows wall paper and log off and then shuts down. It happens even in safe mode with networking. Is there a way where i … |
| | hie all i have a fujitso seimens amilo Li 2735. ive configured netgear wifi router. but m unable to connect my laptop to the wifi. i have windows 7 installed. i tried to trouble shoot. it tells me turn on wireless capability. i tried turning it on (Fn + F1). … |
| | Hi, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NS110E laptop, my friend was playing a game on it, then all the sudden he said it froze so i turned it off and turned it back on, then i get the message saying "A disk read error occurred." I grab the recovery disks … |
| | I have just purchased a brand new Laptop with Windows 7. My older PC will be decommissioned. I have all my disks for reloading my programs however although I have the disks for MS Office 7, I downloaded the BETA version of Office 10 and it seems to have overwritten … |
 | Some 22,000 Acer Aspire Notebooks are being recalled because, according to the [URL="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10103.html"]U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission[/URL], they represent a burn hazard. Mainly because they have the potential to melt. Hot laptops are nothing new, of course, but generally speaking the seat of the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry929.html"]fire risk is often to be … |
| | my laptop hard disk does not open for the operating system to even load that the hard disk has been locked can u help me |
| | It's a compaq thing. M700 PIII - 650, Just installed new processor fan. Restarted laptop everything is great. Loaded Windows Service Pac 2. Laptop went to "Sleep Mode" and will not wake up. Removed power supply - Removed Battery (actually I don't have the battery) - Unpluged the BIOS battery … |
| | This computer is giving me a headache..i have just formatted it and everything else is working fine except that it does not detect either the ethernet cable or the wireless network..i tried dowloading driver software from the internet and it still does not work! please help  |
| | HI, I`m looking to buy a laptop, I currently found two different brand laptops that I`m interested in. One is a sony, the other one is dell, I`m not too concerned about the brand, but since they have different processors I need a suggestion to which one is better. The … |
| | HP Compaq nx9420 laptop. XP Professional Intel Core 2 Duo 2 Ghz 2 GB ram cannot boot with slax linux. Kernel panic- not syncing: attempted to kill init! knoppix and systemrescuecd crash too. cannot boot Hiren disc in DOS or miniXP mode. Cannot boot in safe mode. hangs at hpdskflt.sys … |
| | I just switched to sbc global DSL. works fine on my desktop computer, but when i use a D-Link DWL-G132 USB adapter in my Dell XP laptop I frequently get a blue screen with the DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL error that shuts down my computer. At some point … |
| | Hi all, OK, I'm using Acer Aspire 1705SMi laptop that is supposed to be able to take up to 2gb of ddr333 sdram 184 pin dimm. The is a DIMM based model with a sis650 chipset. it also takes 3.5 ide hard drives. I've tried about 4 brands of ram … |
| | attempted to download a free version of a DVD ripper program last night. When I turned on my computer this morning, Windows Defender was freaking out! I tried to run search and destroy, Windows defender and even install Malewarebytes, but whatever it is has prevented me from doing that, or …  |
| | I got Acer Aspire 5570 Laptop when I try to connect it to the Wireless network I find that the signal is very low and after some time I find the length is very good but it gives me a message that connection limited or no connectivity anyone can suggest … |
| | Last time I broke my laptop's screen and I need new one. It's Medion WID 2000 Notebook PC. Which screen can fit in ? Have it to be the same model or this only depends on resolution and size ? Help me, Please. |
| | My laptop was plugged into my charger, and it fell off of my couch. Ever since it fell off, the charger won't plug in correctly. It doesn't feel tight when it plugs in. And it won't charge. What could be the problem? And what is the best/cheapes/easiestt way to fix … |
| | I need help deciding between two 13-in laptops to buy: - HP Pavilion - Toshiba Satellite Laptop price and warranty are about the same ($650 Ca). The Toshiba has more L2 Cache, but the HP seems to beat it in everything else (CPU Speed, RAM, Hardrive size and speed, etc...). … |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite A55 laptop, which I used for 2 years without any problems. Last month the system began slowing to a crawl and then either freezing up or crashing completely. Hard drive was making all sorts of scratching noises, and one time I got the error message … |
| | Hey everyone, I am having issues with my laptop computer. The problem is that it is dead sans the blinking yellow power cord looking light in the front the machine. I tried unplugging, replugging, taking out the battery, etc. etc. Well, when I took out the battery and unplugged it, … |
| | I have to buy a laptop for my friend. She's going to Cambridge university for some graphic designing course. Obviously, the university has asked for a high end laptop and 1.5 TB portable HDD. firstly, would it be better to buy from here itself or buy from UK?? one of … |
| | Hi All, I have a Gateway Portable SOLO 5300. I need to get the case off and I am having problems with one spot. Right above the phone modem port I can't seem to get it loose. I can't see any clip right around that area. Does anyone know what … |
| | hey all.........i m new here!!!!!! I am at my wits end on this problem.....i would appreciate it if you could give any help..................................................... i managed to compile and run a C++ program that intializes and reads/writes to a serial port . I was using the Dev C++ compiler to write … |
| | Sometimes when I am using my ~5 year old Compaq laptop, the parts of the screen that are supposed to be white turn purple. But I can touch the laprop screen frame and it will go away. Then if I nudge the computer or move it, the white parts will … |
| | hello, i have a dell inspiron 1000 running xp. the problem is that my laptop keeps randomly shutting off while on battery power.when i plug it back in i get this message "battery recalibration warning,your battery needs to be re-calibrated press f1 to boot to os or press f6 to … |
| | I have a Gateway MT6706 laptop that will not power up. I was using a replacement Targus AC adapter because the original one shorted out. The new AC adapter seemed to start shorting out as well, but if I held the cord just right, then it'd charge the battery. The … |
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