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| | I need some help. Today I attempted to upgrade the memory in my daughter's Toshiba Satellite M35X laptop (256 to 1 Gig). Upon changing the memory I noticed the laptop was only registering one of the two new memory chips. I went through the process of trying to determine whether …  |
| | Right now iam in offshore industry. Upto yesterday my HP laptop working fine and in the morning i swithched on the screen showing nothing its a blue screen nothing else. While switching on i can see F9 and F10 after that screen going blank. So i tried to load XP …  |
| | Hi, I have an old Compaq Evo laptop that has been used sparingly for a few years as a company computer at home. But i decided to make it into a home computer, so i installed a new XP operating system, uploaded office, then plugged it into my broadband modem … |
| | Hey everyone, I have a custom made computer that I've used for a long time. Im not a noob at computers, and this one is a Pentium 4 proccessor. I didnt build it, but bought it from a guy. Ive been using it for maybe a year or probably 1.5 … |
| | Hello all!!! have a question about Sony VGN-AR150G laptop that keeps rebooting after 5 seconds as soon as i turn on the power. after few tries it turns on and is steady. I am able to work on. I imaged did Recovery and was able to go online, watch movies … |
| | hey guys, ummm im not that gewd with computers, but ummm ive been trying to copy movie files (mostly .avi) onto a thumb drive then copy them from the thumb drive onto other compters. everytime i do it the movie wont play on the computer. ive tried using a few … |
| | I developed a program using VB6 on my laptop. Then after taking a dump of my system and doing a system recovery which sets everything back to manufacturers settings, and reloading my files, the VB6 developement environment starts to run and then quits. I have tried re-installing the VB6 but …  |
| | Hello, I am having issues with visiting ANY website on internet explorer or firefox and it says I am connected(I am hardwired to a d-link modem). I have tried a lot of solutions from reading oher threads from this site and nothing seems to work. I went out and bought …  |
| | i had 2 repair the power jack inside the laptop and the keyboard came lose is there anyway 2 fix it. please help |
| | I have Verizon broadband Westell 6100 modem, a Linksys WRT300N router and a Compaq c714NR laptop. I also have a desktop computer plugged in. Both the desktop and laptop work wired. The laptop won't work wireless. The laptop can't find a network. The wireless adapter light on the lap top … |
| | Hi all. I'm wondering if the following is possible. I connect to the internet through an ethernet connection using pppoe. It's a simple dial-up connection. Now i'm getting a laptop, and so i'd like to connect to the internet through a wireless connection, using this same ethernet connection at the … |
| | Hi I have and apple mac laptop and use wireless in my house. i also have a compaq laptop but it will not find the wireless network i use in my house. i have had a friend come around with their laptop and it found the network straight away. why … |
| | I posted this in dead computers but now I see this is the right place for the question. Sorry. Anyway I have a fairly old, okay, really old Sony Vaio laptop and the left-click button started to function intermittently a week or so ago. Then it was fine. This morning … |
| | I apologize for my post last night I posted it and then read the rules this morning, again I am sorry. I am basically computer illiterate. I can log on and look for stuff that I need for work, send and receive emails, but I do need help with our …  |
| | Hello, I am a novice in the field of networking. I wonder if you can help me on a networking issue in my home. I have a HP laptop (have wireless capability) which is connected to the internet using a speed touch 330 ADSL modem. (no ethernet capability for the … |
| | We have an Inspiron 4150 that we use mostly for the kids homework, and emails. We recently purchased a kodak easyshare m833 digital camera we went to insert the disk that came with the camera and the disk made some noise when we inserted it and then nothing, no set … |
| | I had a wired network for years, no problems, I have a new wirless laptop and switched my router to a linksys wrt54g V8 my Lan works fine both computers network as always, I am encrypted and secure on wirless and have internet access, however everything I have tried to … |
| | Hi: I have a weird problem with my laptop. It's a 3-4 year old Dell Inspiron 8500. Basically, when I turn it on, it boots fine, loads up XP pro, I can login and work on it for 1-2 minutes. After 1-2 minutes, the display slowly starts to decay (these …  |
| | This is my first post to this forum. I have recently purchased the compaq presario V6409TU laptop. When I wnat to reinstall windows xp professional (service pack -2)in it.I am not able to do so some one told me to first disable SATA drive, then reinstall windows xp professional and … |
| | Hello there! The names Dennis, 16, I'm from the Netherlands, currently in my exam-year (vmbo), next year I'm going to study "ICT-Beheer", which means IT Management. I found this site because I was searching for info on Linux. I used to run SLAX, Ubuntu and Ark on my old 350mhz …  |
| | When I start a TFTP server on my laptop (Windows XP), I can get a file from it from the same host but can't if I try to get it from other PCs in the network (request time out). What kind of security options I need to change to make … |
| | Hello, A couple of months ago I was charging my iPod shuffle on my 3-years old Vaio VGN-T1XP/L using the USB pod. I clicked on remove hardware to unplug my MP3, got the message "it is now safe to remove your harware" clicked OK, removed my iPod from the base … |
| | Hi, first poster so bear with me, i'm not toooo good with technical things lol But anyway, nearly every time i start up my laptop now, it says i haven't shut it down properly, it comes up with the Last known good configuration/safe mode/start windows normally screen, even though i …  |
 | Got my woman a laptop for xmas... now i don't know what type of router to get. Is there a way to check whether the machine supports wireless G? This is the closest answer I got whilst googling: [url]http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2...3185712AA3ycuJ[/url] This states that wireless N is backwards compatible with G, but …  |
| | I recently removed, cleaned, and reinstalled the heatsink on a Toshiba 2435-S255 laptop. I was very careful, made sure I was properly gounded, never removed the uP, all this good stuff. After putting it together it powers up but never boots. It doesn't even go into BIOS. Not sure what … |
| | Can anyone help me, when I tried to recover my sony VGN-Fj1W/Z Laptop with recovery CD it display message stating that Sony.img file cannot be read. Can anyone advise me how can I recover my laptop. Hope to hear soon. Thanks |
 | hi everybody, im new to the forum and i was wondering if anyone can help me with the file called "sony.img" for my sony vaio laptop, my recovery cd doesnt read it for some reason. thanks |
| | Hello everybody, I had a problem with my vaio VGN-A130 laptop booting up (blue sreens).... took it to geek squad technicians and they told me my harddrive was going bad so it needs to be replaced and gave me a killer price. Then I thought I should do it myself … |
| | Have an HP8309 laptop. Works fine, but the sound cuts in and out and is "statically". At Best Buy, was told bad sound card and not repairable or replaceable on a lap top. Should buy a USB or PCMIA sound board which plugs into USB socket on side of unit. … |
| | Hi, i need help here. I have a laptop Asus W3, bought it in 2006, but it won't start up now. The power indicator is on, fan is ok just the on when i push the power button, dvd rom working properly, no sound of hd activities. And the screen … |
| | I have borrowed a Texas MP7730 projector, I have linked it to my Laptop and when I boot up the process is shown via the projector, but when boot up is complete the projector screen reads PC SEARCHING, I am an IT Pygmy so please be gentle. CHEERS Gav. |
| | 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 … |
| | I have been using one large monitor for the past several years, a Samsung SyncMaster 213T. Recently I purchased a 20" Viewsonic and made it my secondary monitor. I actually have three monitors - Laptop's native screen, Viewsonic and my Samsung running on my desktop but available as monitor 3 … |
| | Hello! I have been trying to clean out my laptop for the past few days and I think I've gotten most of it under control. However, these two items keep popping up in my AVG scans even after I've quarantined them. I have included my AVG and HJT logs. Any …  |
| | i have 2 computers, home & work, home is 2000 server on an IBM laptop, work is XP on a Dell i run Firefox & yahoo e-mail on both. both have office 2003 and both have same 3rd party programs installed. on work computer i can attach word.docs, send & … |
| | 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 …  |
| | Hi all, just wanted a bit of advice from somebody, my dell d610 processor fried a while ago and i wasn't sure what had happened at the time so i gave it in to be checked. The pc people said it was the processor n they changed it for another … |
| | I am using a HP DV8000 laptop which has 4 USB ports, it originally came with Windows XP Home installed but I have upgraded to XP Professional (genuine). Each time I plug in a USB device it is correctly recognised but when I plug in any USB 2.0 devices I … |
| | Problem: After installing the Windows Vista update that was recently released, whenever I boot my laptop there is a problem. It boots Windows fine, and after logging into my Windows account, and after my account loads, it goes to a black screen, with the cursor showing, and nothing else. About … |
| | i have 2 problems..one with a desktop alienware aurora, i tried to full reinstall windows xp, once i enter the set up screen and press enter to begin installation, i get an error saying windows does not detect a harddrive, though bios detects it, aswell as the p.o.s.t..im assuming its … |
| | (HP Pavillion laptop zv6000) I had a power outage today at home. Got home, turned on the computer (was completely powered off all day), and now the screen brightness/intensity is comparable to when the laptop is not connected to an AC power supply. If I unplug the AC, the screen … |
| | I have burned a bunch of CD-R's on my Max (OS-X). They are all datafiles, pictures and programs. I used "Disk Utility" to burn them. I can use the disks in computers running Windows XP, but when I put them into my new Windows Vista laptop, it looks like they … |
| | Hi I have wierd problem with LCD on HP compaq nx9000 laptop. It works if angle is less then 90 degrees and if I open it more it goes almost complitely black (I can hardly see some shapes on display). Does anybody have any clue? Thanks in advance, Engine. |
 | I have been given a laptop, which does absolutely nothing at all - no lights on it, no fans, nothing. The delta power adaptor has a green light on it. As soon as it is connected to the laptop, it goes pale and starts blinking. The power supply gives a … |
| | What's going on when loading an IE Desktop Shortcut and getting the message "IE has encountered a problem and must close". Spent 3hrs w/HP tech support, installed a bios update, worked, shutdown laptop overnight, problem back today.  |
| | hi all. my names daniel, and i'm joining out of necessity. having bad problems with some basic code. but it looks like there's some really interesting stuff going on, so i think i'll stick around and watch at the very least. well, watch the complicated threads, and comment on the …  |
| | IBM T30 notebook (over 3yr old). Recently the load up screen where it says windows the black background is red (looks as if my laptop is posessed). And when I use it in the main screen there is a red hue off most everything. Especially when I watch movies the … |
| | Hi all My Advent 7082 Keyboard & Mouse stop working after 2 mins. I first thought my laptop was freezing up but I done some investigating last night and found that the screen is not actually freezing what is happening is that the Keyboard and mouse stop working within 2 … |
| | Hello I'm having a problem with my Dell laptop. When it's in the docking station I want it to use the external monitor that is connected to the docking, and have the lid closed. The problem is that when I close the lid, the external monitor turns off. I have … |
| | Changing out CPU and HD on Dell laptop out of warranty. CPU running hot. I want to upgrade while I am doing it. Need more space on HD. I only have Dell recovery disk which is XP Home. It is not going to load because bios isn't going to recognize … |
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