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| | I hope this hasn't been addressed elswhere. I looked but couldn't find anything. I have 2 Toshiba Satellite laptops. 1 is a L455-S5980 and the other is a c855-S5214. They both have SATA hard drives. The L455 has a broken screen and the c855 has a bad hard drive so … |
| | hello experts, i have a HP Elitebook 8460p, 4 GB RAM, HD intel graphics 3000 everything on the laptop ran smoothly and very good, until 2 weeks ago it started to lag really badly. I tried everything, i have latest driver updates, no maleware, spyware or virus on the laptop, …  |
 | long story short, this laptop had taken a beating and was trashed. but it was given to me afterwords and I'm typing this message off of it. :) problem is, I'm using the monitor I need for my secondary dev-machine, and have no other monitor to attatch to it... so … |
| | I have a HP Pavillon dv7 laptop. The screen went black, and when connected to an external monitor, it didn't work. Does that mean that the issue is from the motherboard. If that is the case, the most important thing here is, can I retrieve the information stored on the …  |
| | My Compaq 2500 (2538CL) laptop will not boot. The first error message that appears says a hard drive failure is imminent, press F1 to continue. I press F1 and then a message appears saying media test failure, then operating system not found. I have tried wiping the hard drive using … |
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| | Hi, I'm new to the forum, and I have a Dell Inspiron 14 laptop with a touchpad problem. When I use the touchpad, it would highlight everything and click all the buttons when I move the cursor over something. It's like I'm pressing the left button selecting constantly, while obviously … |
| | Guys After a bit of help please. I have a toshiba laptop running windows 7 that wont let me log in. What I have done in the past with other laptops is to remove the hard drive, set the switches on it as a slave drive and install it into … |
| | Hi, hope I'm posting this question in the right forum, been a long time since I've been on daniweb. Anyway, on to the issue: I'm working on my cousins laptop (HP G71), which won't power on, with the battery plugged in, charger and battery connected, or with charger and no … |
 | okay guys, well i have read every above post from previous threads relating to this topic as my daughters Compaq laptop was working 3 nights ago and when she went to reboot it the following morning it gave the black screen.. she could just barely see some writing on screen …  |
| | ok here is what I have done so far. I removed the battery removed power cable..no power going to the laptop now. pushed and held power button for minimum of 30 seconds or more. added battery only then tried to power up, only middle green light flashed, then nothing. I …  |
 | Laptop is on, but did not display on the screen, how come? |
| | The other night I was on my laptop (Gateway NV57H20u) playing a game and it was about to die so I plugged in the charger and it shut off shortly after. The laptop was working completely fine before hand and now it won't even turn on. There are also no … |
| | Had a spare bay in my laptop, and put a SATA 160 gig HD in purely for backup. Became apparent that I needed more space, so bought a Seagate 500 gig internal HD as a replacement. First thing I noticed is that the original 160 drive had SATA power, and … |
| | I have a dell inspiron n5010 with dual boot (windows 7 and ubuntu). It was running fine earlier but suddenly it started mistyping letters with multiple letters and special characters for 1 sec and then shuts down. After that laptop was not getting started for a while. Few hours later … |
| | So a while ago my [Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520s Keyboard](http://www.acompatible.com/keyboard/1005-lenovo-thinkpad-edge-e520s-keyboard-replacement-brand-new-us-layout.html) had a key that had broken off, and just about a year later, it was getting so frustrating I removed it and am about to order a new one in the mail. Since it's taking such a long time, I … |
| | I have a new Acer Aspire 1670 laptop which has worked fine for the past few weeks. However, I turned it on this morning (it worked fine last night) to find that my touchpad no longer works. I don't feel this is a hardware issue in the sense that the …  |
| | PLEASE HELP - I have forgotten my Windows 8 Password for my new HP Laptop. I can not find a way to bypass. I changed my Microsoft Account password and tried using a new one, yet I continue to receive an error indicating - I do not have access,try again …  |
| | Hello All, I am trying to fix my friend's Sony VAIO laptop which I think may have a dying hard drive. Naturally, he did not back up his files, so my current project is trying to rescue the picture and video files he has on it of his newborn daughter. … |
| | Hello. I had my Sony VGN-690 reballed to fix the graphics card solder connection ilness. When I got it back, I put in the power cord but never did see the charging amber light blink on the front. I thought it should have shown charge but the battery had been … |
| | Hi I have a hp pavillion laptop When I try to start it , hp logo screen comes up and that's it.nothing happens afterwards. Then I repeat the process to enter to bios menu,all is fine there.then I try to boot from an external source. Nothing happens there too.So m … |
| | I have a Gateway W650i laptop that suddenly stopped working prior to Thanksgiving. Days before the laptop was unable to power on, it would unexpectedly restart itself. Regardless if the laptop's battery or a/c adapter are plugged in, the LEDs show no sign of the laptop receiving any power. I've … |
| | Hi My laptop froze the other night, and wouldn't respond to anything i did, and so i had to manually take out its battery to turn it off. I think it froze again once i restarted it so i took out the battery a second time. Now, i cant get … |
| | Hi, I have a Sony VAIO Laptop VGN-NR21M/S which has been working fine. The only problem was the battery wasn't holding it's charge and I was planning to buy a new one. Last night it shut down while I was running Virtual DJ software. No warning, no error message or … |
| | Whenever I open my laptop, a Windows 7 HP Mini, all I see is my desktop background with no icons, task bar, or anything. When I right click, nothing happens. The only time I see something is when I "Alt+Space", which is useless. I can't even press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. When I …  |
| | I have purchased a new laptop (Toshiba) with Windows vista home basic. But the pc is shutting down unexpectedly. whenever i am putting a cd or dvd in the dvd drive the computer is shutting down. Pl suggest me the remedy. Thnaks in advance Regards, Ravi |
| | My On/Off button just blinks & computer won't turn on.. I tried reseating the hard drive & the ram.. |
| | Recently I installed a Verizon DSL line in my office. It is connected to a Dell Desktop and uses a Westell modem/router. When I run an ethernet cable from an older Compaq desktop to the Westell router, it connects fine, and I can access web sites.. However, when I switch … |
| | I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop, 1.5 years old. I have been having some VGA problems since 6 months: laptop hanging due to infinite loop caused by the VGA process (ati2dvag). But it was gone since 3 weeks. Now the Laptop isn't booting, yesterday it gave the same symptoms … |
 | Kryten is a Series 4000 mechanoid, the neurotic robotic servant appearing in cult British sitcom Red Dwarf. So what's he got to do with your computer, apart from the somewhat stereotypical link between geeks and science fiction? Well, the Kryten character was played (in all but the first appearance) by … |
| | How hard is it to replace the network card on Laptop? Recently my Laptop has not been able to get an internet connection, both wired and wireless. I updated drivers for the network adapters, disabled them and re-enabled them. I then took it to best buy and they want to …  |
 | I have a 2002 Gateway laptop running Windows XP that used to find our old linksys router network just fine, connect to it and easily connect to the internet. We had to replace the linksys and bought a new netgear router and now that same laptop will connect just fine … |
| | I logged off my laptop at night. When I turned it on in the morning, all lights were blue, but screen was black.. I tried holding the power button for 1 minute, then turning it on, still the same .. I tried to reseat the ram, now all I get … |
| | First i had the problem that my laptop could not run without having the screen shutt off cause the battery was too weak to give the screen some power but no i found out it wont even charge from its ac adapter! What can i do. I know this is …  |
| | Hello, My laptop power all of the sudden turned off. I was able to reboot the computer, but now it keeps shutting itself off about every five minutes. Does anyone have any tips on what I should be looking for or what component might be going bad and needs replacement. …  |
| | So I have a HP Pavilion Dv8000 that I am fixing for a friend. I am cmoputer savy enough to take it all apart and put it back together, but I'm stumped. His computer sometimes shuts down a few minutes to few seconds after staring up. If it makes it …  |
| | hello ,my Compaq V2000 model is melting the power cord where it plugs into the motherboard ,laptop still works ,any ideas as to why it getting hot enough to melt/soften the plastic tip and finger grip of the power cord . |
| | Hi, I have a Gateway Solo 1450 laptop and it seems to have a repeated problem with the power port breaking off inside the computer or loosening. Gateway will "fix" it for about $250 each time it breaks. This is the THIRD time it's broken and once again, Gateway's customer … |
 | I cannot get BlueTooth to work on my laptop. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 running Windows 7 Pro. When I got it back in 2008 the BlueTooth was working fine. I have re-installed Windows several times since then and have never had to use bluetooth. Today I got hearing … |
| | I recently reinstalled Windows XP on my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop with an GeForce Go440 video card. After I did so, my display settings were changed. What I found is that I can set the screen resolution to 1600 x 1200 and the display will take up the entire screen, …  |
| | Hello. I am having a problem on my Acer Extensa 5635ZG. My laptop freezes randomly only when I am connected to the internet using the wireless network. I don't have these sort of problems when I am using the cable internet connection. Do you have any suggestions for me please?  |
| | When pressing the start button the Hard Drive indicator flashes momentarily but doesn't startup. Let set for a few days and it will startup normally. Stays running till I shut down with Windows. Try to startup again and it will not start and I have to let sit for several … |
| | I am trying to use 2 external monitors with my laptop in a docking station and I cannot get the option to use the second monitor only one works. I have an HP elitebook and used to have a Dell and since switching I can't use the same set up … |
| | Hi For some reason my computer will not allow new usb devices to just automatically work. It will always ask for software, which it cant find. Ive recently tried using my new digital camera (an olympus Mini) and I plug it in, the computers beeps 3 times quickly (the beep … |
 | I'm having problems with my wireless connection. My laptop can't seem to detect any connections, saying only not connected - no connections are available. But that's impossible, as my neighbor laptops could detect the wireless modem we have and all the other random connections floating around. If I connect my … |
 | After installing new ram into my Qosmio x300 the screen doesn't display anything :/ The laptop had 2 RAM sticks in it Both of the RAM sticks were 2GB 533Mhz PC3-8500S I took them out and added one RAM stick with 8GB 1066 MHz PC-8500S |
| | My eMachine Laptop screen is splitted into 2.. the other one half looks darker. |
| | In my laptop (modelno:PSC2UG-00P001 toshiba) inbuilt bluetooth is not working. It is able to detect and search other bluetooth devices, but it is not able to send or receive any data ie my information exchanger is not working. How can I solve this issue. Please please help me.. |
| | I haven't spilled anything on my HP Pavilion DV6 laptop, but suddenly the "t" and "y" keys do not work. I've tried deleting the keyboard in Device Mgr and letting Windows 7 Home Premium refind and install the device. Didn't work. I've got compressed air and shot air under the …  |
| | I have a very simple question. Can you run games off of an external hard drive. I play World of Warcraft and many other games. My computer, which is a laptop, only has 40gb of space. I don't have anymore room for patches or anything else. So I was wondering … |
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