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| | My laptop has been working for years - now it won't boot. I press the power button, the fan whirrs up as normal. About 3-5 seconds of normal whirring. Then it dies. Nothing appears on screen. It sounds like it does when I try to boot from battery when the … |
| | I got this blemish t23 IBM Thinkpad Laptop that did not come with a hard drive, a hard drive caddy, RAM, RAM cover, and some other things. I got all the stuff for it and installed WinXP on it. I got all the needed updates and Anti-Virus and everything. It …  |
| | So my computer was orginally just shutting off by itself, at perhaps 30 minute intervals, then at quicker and quicker intervals until it would just start up and instantly shut down. When it did start up the processor fan would stutter and there would be no image on screen. Took …  |
| | I know that there is a sticky about not being able to turn on your computer, but none of those answers applied to me. I really hope someone can help me with this, I'm utterly helpless without my computer. (Sadly.) I was doing some stuff on my computer, then I … |
| | Greetings, Like many people in the US, we've had some very extreme cold weather here that caused the state to implement rolling blackouts. Of course, this was done without notice. I went to bed two nights ago, with four computers on as I rarely shut them down. You guessed it, … |
| | Can anyone please help me? I have a computer with athlon processor and 1 and a half Gig ram, two hard discs. It was a very expensive machine that in a few months after I bought it needed a new main board because the original was of poor quality and … |
| | [quote=hawk4561]laptop will not start. Intermitent lights. Power supply is good and there is power to the motherboard. I have seen a lot of postings of people having the same problem. Is there any help out there? :rolleyes:[/quote] I'm having a similar problem with an Inspiron 8000. Did you ever resolve … |
| | Hello, I think my laptop problem may be quite serious, so I would be glad to read what anyone has to say. I’m just hoping to make the right decision, about whether or not I have to buy new hardware for example. My laptop is an ASUS A8JS (a little … |
| | i am unable to bypass the administrator accounts password, it gives me a hint but i dont know it. when it is started up it automatically go to a screen where the username is the administrator and u put in the password, i have tried everything from f8 to f10 … |
| | I just replaced a fried hard drive, I don't know much about computers, but this is what happened. With the old drive a got a fatel error blue screen, replaced the hard drive, and now it's a black screen that reads Primary drive 0 or 1 not found. Hit F1 … |
| | Hello Everyone Glad I found what looks like to be a nice forum with knowledgable people. I have a big problem that has been haunting me for a while now. About 8 months ago, my younger sister was using my laptop, a Compaq Persario X1000, she called me and said …  |
| | I format my windows xp and reload xp but my some folder are encrypted they do not open ! they are in another drive . How to open? |
| | Thank you for taking the time to read this. I had been using my slightly older HP laptop (Windows XP) to scan and crop a few photos and had left it idle while eating dinner. When my wife later moved the cursor on the touch pad to awaken the machine, … |
| | Hi! please help!! someone recently removed the hard disks from the server as they were doing some preventive maintain. Now, the server is not booting. the model is a dell poweredge 2850. |
| | I recently received a used Toshiba Tecra 9000 from my brother. It has several problems, but I'm only bothered by one. I"ll list all the problems though. 1(the one that bothers me). I've been using Ubuntu Live to test/operate the computer, but recently (last two days) it has started freezing … |
| | hi all hope someone can help. my girlfriend has a toshiba satellite pro the other day she desided to tell me her avg ran out and was not protected so i installed a new 2011 avg unfortunatly she got a virus called windows scan i tried everything poss to get … |
| | hello i have this Hp Pavillion machine, its is somewhat new and when i was working on it one day, it froze, and when i try to turn it on it just beeps , a long beep for like 10 seconds, and another long after that and it goes like … |
| | I have a problem with my pc .. My pc start and completely on .. After comletely on. They doesnt work just hange.... Ram and power supply working properly.... |
| | Hi, I have got a hp pavilion dv5000, when I turn on it the screen goes blank. Power led glows, I hear for a few time the fan, disk led flashes intermittently and also I feel that the DVD player tries to load. If I try to click on caps … |
| | Help! My emachine is dead. I mean really dead. It will not do anything! When I plug it in, I do see one green light on the MB, and an almost inaudible (decreasing)whine. That is all. I emailed the emachines support, but they were little help. They kept telling me … |
| | Hi I have a toshiba setellite pro a100, CD /DVD rom is working fine, but i am not able to boot from CD/DVD rom. any help is highly appreciated Thanks |
| | I am working on a friend's computer (Dell Inspiron 1525 3 yrs old) and it won't boot. I've tried reinstalling Windows Vista to no avail and it won't boot from the cd either. I am now running a DST short test on the hard drive and it has been reading …  |
| | Hello can anybody help me. I loaded server 2008 on my laptop. I tried to load windows 7 on to my laptop. But it would not load. So i downloaded a free program for wipping the hard drive. Iused it and now my hard drive is locked. What shpuld i … |
| | Exactly my main board is MCP61PM-am rev 1.0a. I try to search on support for beep code but they don't have the code for continuous beep, I seach other place they say this main board is awards type and cont can try to reset the settiing.so i tried switch jump, … |
| | My roommate walked away from her laptop, and when she came back about an hour later, it was off and wouldn't power up. The little light that says your plugged in doesn't even come on. Likely culprit? |
| | I have a PC that I built about two years ago and it will not boot. When I power it on, nothing happens on the screen, the fans work, lights light up, and then the computer beeps. The beeps are two long beeps followed by a short beep, then it … |
| | hello and thanks for taking the time to read this. i have a gateway mx7120 and it will not turn on. when i hit the power button the laptop tries to turn on (i hear the usual noises and beeps) and then after 5 seconds it shuts itself off and … |
| | Another one of my friends called to come an look to see what was wrong with his computer. It is a home built computer built in July of 07. Here is the problem. I went and checked it out and this is what happened. I turned it on and just … |
| | I recently find another big player providing data recovery hardware solutions and systems in USA, this is actually the first manufacturer in USA according to my research. Their company name is called American SecuData and I learnt they provide data recovery systems for servers, SAS/SCSI/IDE/SATA/Flash USB Drives, as one data … |
| | Hi, i have been reading some post about this but it seem we need to list some information to have the respone answered. first off this problem happen because my ipod shuffle kept getting a I/o error when i plugged it in. but my computer would not read the shuffle. … |
| | Hey guys, first of all if this is the wrong category than I'm sorry but I really didn't know where to post this thread. Anyway I recently installed ubuntu on an external hard drive and it was booting up fine for a while, but later on the pc starting taking … |
| | Hi Have had a problem with the Tecra, hoping for some assistance. The screen froze whilst surfing on the internet. The only way I could switch it off to force it to shutdown by keeping my finger on the silver off switch for a few seconds. It did switch off. … |
 | Ok My problem, My 3yr old X205 Toshiba with Phonix bios is asking for a bios password.My account is admin & never has had a bios password set. Press on switch,bios splash screen comes up then goes to password request.This is not a windows pass request but a bios pass … |
| | Hello Everyone, First and foremost, I have looked all over the internet and various forums looking for people that have had a similar problem to mine but I have found very few of those posts helpful so now I am making my own post. Before I get to the problem … |
 | Hi all, My computer seems to have a problem with its peripherals (no display on the monitor, no red light on the mouse and lights on the keyboard won't light up). The computer does power up (blue led lights, fans, motherboard lights) and I can open and close the DVD … |
| | I have a Mac G5 late 2005 dual 2GHz. After moving to Germany, I did a lot of research before starting the system. However, all sources said that both the desktop and the monitor would auto-switch the voltage. So I started the system. First there is the normal start sound, … |
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| | Hello, I am considering buying a Dell inspiron E1505 off of craigslist that is missing a battery, hard drive and possibly ram. I was wondering if there is anything I can do while before I buy it to see if there are more serious problems with it? I have an … |
| | My computer gets stuck at the Windows logo screen with the blue bar going side to side...it has been doing this for about 30mins and won't boot up. What can I do?  |
| | Laptop: Acer Travelmate 290 Ok heres the problem, i hit the power button, it turns on, but it wont start up.. Once in a while i am able to make it to the windows xp loading screen, then the screen goes black again! I thought it was a power problem, … |
| | It's an old system of mine I haven't used in a few years. It worked fine when I stuck in the closet, but now it's being weird. Sometimes I could make it into Windows but then it'd crash; BSOD. So I threw it back into the closet for another 6 … |
| | My computer is a bit of a Frankenstein - I bought it in 2002 but have replaced several parts of it over the years. (Motherboard was replaced under original warranty, new hard drive about 2-3 years ago, new RAM a couple years ago, new DVD drive last year, etc) It …  |
| | My problem is that I cannot start the machine. After switching it on select bios setup I get a logo showing a lock and what looks like a battery then a series of xxxx I triad f12 temp boot device no luck. Help |
| | My computer restarts itself after some time of use. It's not a virus problem or a bad on my hard-drive. What should it be then? |
| | Theres a light on my motherboard that is lit does that mean its not the power supply? What could it possibly be, hard drive, CPU or the tower? Nothing at all happens when I power up. Thanks for the help. Its maybe two years old I bought it from ibuypower.com. |
| | I have what my father lovingly refers to as the blue screen of death. I use my laptop for work and out of the clear blue sky, I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't boot. It begins to load(gives me an F2 option that when I press does … |
| | 0 Vaio Desktop wont start Expand Post » My Sony Vaio Desktop Rx 660 will not start. I turned my computer off for the weekend and after returning on Monday I tried turning my computer on and nothing will happen. I took apart my computer and after inspection and some …  |
| | I recently upgraded both my mobo, cpu and ram. The new mobo and cpu are 64-bit. When I try to boot into my old hard drive, it does not see any operating system and wants to load cd/dvd. I had previously used a 64-bit Windows 7 install disk to install … |
| | Approx (x3) weeks ago my dell crashed out of the blue. Working away then i get a green screen and the laptop crashes. Could not start it up for about (x2) days and on the third day it starts up oput of the blue. Now a couple of days ago … |
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