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my new advent laptop already has 2 paritions, but i am unhappy with these and would like to change the size of my existing partitions and create at least one more... does anyone know a program compatible with Windows Vista that i van use for this... thankyou Lonzdale...
It started with one vertical blue line on the screen. A week later I got another one. Later more came , some of them were yellow some were red. It was anoying at first, but I could still use the laptop. Now I have a bunch of lines and two …
Request for tech help. My computer uses Windows XP professional, when I use Internet Explorer 7, some web sites and pages appear blank although it appears they loaded okay as I receive a "done" at the bottom of the screen. Also I'm unable to download from nearly most all web …
OK, my problem is when i boot up my laptop (Hp pavilion zv6000 Dual 512mb) the screen wont light up, i can see where it says Windows, and can here it log in, i took of the keyboard cover and lifted the keyboard to check the connectors, and theres 3 …
My question is what exactly do a laptop lcd video cable do? Apart from taking data from board to lcd and back, does it also act as an identification mechanism? Sony vaio laptop, m/b and graphics card supposedly support 3 different lcds, each has its own video cable according to …
First, Hello everybody. I have an old laptop that I can not 'restore' with the WinXP cd. Seems the loaded XP is newer than the cd that came with it. Since it was almost toast I tried anyway and the product code is invalid. I want to load ubuntu (cd …
Okay, well i have recently changed from Windows Vista to Windows Xp Home Basic now i can't connect to the internet on my desktop. I reinstalled it but i cant connect to the internet my ethernet adapter is Accton EN1208 Model with the drivers installed. I dont even have a …
Drivers are updated and everything but when i hook it all up the monitor displays my laptop screen but just for a split second and then goes completely blank...I cant ever get it to show for more than a second
Hi, there, how are you all? I am experiencing a problem with this SATA nonsense. I have an IDE harddrive as my main HDD, I wish to keep it this way as I don't want to re-install windows, I basically don't have the time to go about fiddling with all …
I acted too quickly today and now I need help in restarting my computer. I hope this is the right section for posting this. I have a Dell Inspirion laptop with Windows XP. My computer wanted to do automatic updates and I clicked "restart later" because I didn't have time …
toshiba qosmio f30 Anytime i tried to boot the laptop, i get this massage: Bad Checksum ROM Data block press any key to continue after pressing any key i get this massage: bad checksum (ROM) check system then press f1 key
Please i need help. I was on internet when suddenly a bleu screen appeared saying that microsoft close my laptop for preventing the data to be lost. And one paragraph after, it said : if this screen appears again please install or déinstall software or harware. And this was writen …
My hard drive just went the way of my last auto-engine today... overheating crash. Run to the Hills. Has anyone ever had this problem before? My HDD has been hanging a lot lately, and today it hung 3 times in 5 minutes while playing music. That's all. Just mp3 files …
Hello all, I'm hoping someone can shine some light on this problem. Recently my dell inspiron 2600 notebook started locking up and BSODing randomly.. Upon the restart from one of these failures, the computer would refuse to POST, and would emit a beep code of 1-3-3-1. Dell tech support identifes …
Hi, My Acer laptop can read CD's and burn them but can't read or burn DVD's. At first it was able to read DVD's but could not burn them now it can't read them also. It's a year and half old. What is the problem and what would be the …
Hello Everyone. My XPS1710 has been acting up recently after i changed the ram in it. Whenever i play a game such a WoW for any period of time it crashes with a bluescreen saying "Hardware Failure, Please consult your distributor" and thats it, no stop errors or anything. Thinking …
i have a Toshiba p205-s7476 and after i turn the computer on it asks how do I want ti to boot up if i start it normally or not the black screen appears with the arrow pointer. Can anyone help?
I need help! I have a toshiba laptop that when powered on act as if its in sleep mode but will not respond. The power light is on but the screen never comes on. Does anyone know anything about these?
Hi, I am working on a Gateway 3018 laptop that has no video. It powers on. I have tested the CPU in another machine & it works. Removed the hard drive and the add-on RAM, but still no video. Any suggestions? thanks, Bob
Hi guys. I recently bought a new laptop, and a few days later i noticed something strange. I don't know if it was there when i bought it, but i see this bright pixel(s) which is always brighter than the others. It's not a stuck pixel or a dead one. …
I am not a programmer, but have used them as a large part of my job. My first real computer was a HP data acquisition machine, and from that progressed through the many systems from Silicon Valley and other parts of US and world. This included a PDP8, PDP11/48, and …
This morning my daughter was using her laptop (an HP Pavillion) when it just shut down. When we restarted it the screen is black and shows this: Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethenet COntroller v2.13 (020326) CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 …
THis Isn't Like all the other screen issues i've seen here. I Have a Toshiba Laptop. It's a Toshiba Satellite P25-S5262. It Was Working Properly a Few months Ago, But within the last month, its gotten to the point, of not being useable... Anymore. When I boot it on, it …
how to turn on the dhcp on acer laptop? please help. thank you
I am new to this please help if possible. I have a dell dimension 8100- I was told the motherboard must have a short in it. I purchased a used one from ebay with socket 423 as dell told me that is what i needed. It fits in casing perfect. …
It is a Toshiba Satellite L45-s7423, it is coming with 1GB of RAM and i want to order another GB for it, how to i find out if it comes with 2 512 chips or a 1GB chip from factory?
I have a dell laptop a little older version and it runs windows 98 when i turn on the lap top i recieve this error message. " This programhas performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists contact the program vendor. Explorer casued an invalid …
Hi all, I have a VAIO S4XP and after rebuilding it with XP my function keys have been playing up. Some work, some don't... most are not important but the ability to switch between the laptop screen and VGA (for a projector) is absolutely critical, and surprise surprise that function …
I have a presario laptop that's several years old. It started to just suddenly turn off when plugged in even if the batter was fully charged. Now it will not turn on at all and makes a clicking sound when it is plugged into the wall. The batter is fully …
I attempted to do a restore on my Gateway laptop from the restore DVD. The disk would keep stopping and a screen telling me to choice either F2 or F10 would come up. Nothing would happen after hitting either of these keys. Know when I try to start the disc …
OK, lets start with the basics. Sony Vaio PCG-FRV35 CD-ROM NO Floppy Initially I recieved a hard drive error and that a crash/failure was iminent. I ordered the same Hitachi hard drive that it came with, brand new. (Amazon) I physically installed the new hard drive, entered the BIOS setup, …
Hi, I'm trying to fix my housemate's laptop, it's a HP Pavillion dv4000. I turn it on, the screen with <f2> enter setup <f10> change boot order It then goes to the windows xp loading screen with the blue scrolling bar for an abnormally long time... maybe 2 minutes. Then …
ok so ive done tons of research trying to find out what is wrong with my screen and no luck so maybe you all can help. ok so when i start it up i sometimes have to tap the top of the screen to get it to show the part …
The easiest way that I've seen to make sounds with C++ is with [code]Beep (frequency,duration);[/code] But, I've run into a snag. This command only outputs to the internal speaker which was all good on my old computer, but on my new laptop I either don't have an internal speaker or …
Hey guys, I'm new here and really desperate to find a solution to a problem. My last webpage had some kind of trouble which I do not understand. I had the page for a little over a month but the stats climbed to over 100 000 hits, the reason why …
Hi ....the wife has a laptop that when booted gives 12 error messages such as "windows cannot access Program files \ibm thinkvantage\rescue and recovery\br_funcs.exe" and others like Reg,exe and 8 xcopy.exe messages. when I ok all of the messages all works fine ! I have downloaded Rescue and repair from …
i was sitting on msn and got a little worse. i have had it 4 3 weeks after they changed the main card on it and now the bluetooth and the bios have trouble.. i got a message on my screen and the only thing there stod was bios error. …
Thought time ripe (cheap) to get a 17" laptop, burn dvd's, maybe even partition hard drive. Even bought a Toshiba, grabbed some of my software, and...... What? Nothing would install because it wasn't Vista (got the software just before it's release). Calls to Toshiba, MicroSoft and 2 Geek guys (took …
You, like thousands of others, may have installed vista on a machine with a gig or less of ram, and thought you made a good choice because microsoft's total care advisor may have said it will run smoothly. Well that is just wrong!! If your pc wasn't preloaded with vista, …
When the computer is turned on, the screen ends up being totally light gray/white after flickering all black. Never had any issues with the laptop. Bubby in tech said it might be the "blue screen of death". Any ideas?
I was wondering if anyone else has had a problem with vista eating batter really fast. I had XP on my laptop when i got it well i got a free copy of vista from my school do i put it on my laptop now i only get about a …
I have had my laptop for about 2 years now and it has slowed down to a crawl. I defragmented my C drive and ran various spyware programs within the last month. I need some ways to speed up my computer to return it to tip-top condition.
I'm using Turbo Delphi 2006. I want to write a program for a data projector. I saw another program (something really different that I want to write) that let you choose what you want to show through the data projector. In other words what you see on the pc screen, …
Hey Everyone, I'm trying to get a detailed look into how I would remove the casing from my laptop. Also, I would like to know if anyone knows where the cmos/bios battery is on one of these.
Hey All- My cat knocked a glass of water on my DELL Inspiron 6000 around Xmas. Now the computer will turn on and than go immediately back off. I have done the following: Completely disassembled and let everything 'dry' out overnight Was able to hook up the laptop's hard drive …
I own a clevo 2700t laptop - it has been very very hot lately and it literally burns on my lap as im using it. I ran speedfan and it calculated to temperatures from 60 to 70 degrees? what should i do?
i dropped my laptop and broke the lcd screen. i want to hook my laptop up to my tv so that i can still use the computer. the laptop has a connection for a monitor on it but my tv does not. so, i got a vga to dvi adapter …
My laptop will turn on but the screen is just blank. :cry: <BLACK> :cry: When it turns on it gives me this code like a long beep followed by 3 short ones and then repeats the same beep. Like this: _ . . . _ . . . It was …
I recently acquired a positively ancient IBM ps/note 425 and i was hoping i could get it running at the very least windows 95 or 2000. Of course, i do not expect to do this with the current hardware or software current in the unit itself, however i would appreciate …
I have a pos Gateway laptop. Is there a way I can take a faster desktop prosseser and put it in my laptop? Also it runs slower when I onto my battery. Like 10 mins to get Mozzila runing. As soon as I plug the power in its fast as …
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