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| | Hey Everyone! I'm stuck and could use a hand ^-^ I have a Toshiba Portege M200 thats giving me a head ache :P I just got the machine, it was working great but was used, and I wanted to erase everything on it and start fresh. I preformed the steps … |
| | My wife has a presario R3000, infected by virus corrupted registry and affected DVD RW therefore cannot restore via disc in DVD drive. How do I restore it to factory settings. Tried system restore but for some reason calender only goes back to April 2007 which is no use at … |
| | My ASUS EeePC900HD Displays , Fatal system error |
| | I have been working on this laptop and only receive 2 options, one to repair and the other to start windows normally. The message states that software or hardware installation was done incorrectly. Either option takes me to a black screen where no activity is heard. I have tried the … |
| | Hi there, Everyone: I have a dead HP zv6000 laptop that just died on me after I tried to replace the CPU fan late last night. (replacing it required me to remove the thermal mount, replace the fan, and then put the thermal mount back on - among numerous other …  |
| | Well this laptop is having a problem. When you turn it on it won't boot (black screen) and then shuts down then boots up, then shuts down, then boots up and so forth. It has a Pentium 4. I took out a intel centrino chip from another laptop and the … |
| | Gateway GT5476e Windows Vista Home Premium Alright, so I'm trying to Restore to Factory Settings. I do the normal routine... F8 at startup Choose the "Repair your Computer" option Everything seems to go fine at first, until computer loads up to the Welcome Screen. Except on this screen, there are …  |
| | Hi When I boot up my PC i get the following error Drive 0 not found: Serial ATA, SATA-0 Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility I really need to fix my PC My PC is a Dell 5150C Thanks All help would be greatly … |
| | I have opened up my TravelMate 2300 and I'm looking for the cmos battery (I'm pretty sure it needs replacing) but I can't seem to locate the battery anywhere...does anyone know where I would find it? Thanks! Noelle |
| | A few days ago, after being on computer for about half an hour it randomly shut off by itself. I opened the case and cleaned all the dust out, turned it back on accordingly, and after being on another 30 minutes or so it shut down again. Sometimes I noticed … |
| | its got : cd-rom 52x intel p4 641 cpu Ultra 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory Golden Orb 2 cpu fan radeon 9200 videocard belkin wireless network card seagate 250 gb sata harddrive floppy drive PT88BS Pro motherboard from mach speed 500 watt powersupply anyone got ideas it would be much … |
| | I have a computer that I have recently built using an:ASUS M4A88T-M MOTHERBOARD,AMD PHENOM 2 multi-core processor,500W Eagle Voltas PSU,and I dont know if this helpful information but a Sector 5 Patriot DDR3 4GB MEMORY.After building the computer,I attempted to turn it on but everything in the computer(LED's,fans,ect.) Just turned … |
| | My desktop computer recently died on me. When I turn it on nothing shows up on the monitor. The fans and power are on (everything lights up at least) but there's nothing there. Then when I try to turn it off by holding the power button in it won't turn … |
| | ok so basically ive just installed a new evga 470 GTX. my power supply [url]http://www.apevia.com/ProductsInfo.asp?KEY=ATX-IB680W-BL[/url] my mobo nvida nforce 750i sli mcp wireless linkysys adapter g the problem is my pc randomly freezes up and i have to do a manual shutdown. I talked to the evga support they said … |
| | Hello, i have a problem when i play games on my pc...e.g. call of duty modern warfare 2 , call of duty black ops, rainbow six vegas 2.... my computer just totally freezes and i have to manually restart, the computer does not respond to ctrl+alt+delete or alt+tab, and when …  |
| | I've been reading some of the topics on here, and I'm not sure if anyone has the specific problem I have. I own a Sony VAIO PCG-K23. It's four years old and has only stopped working once due to an overheating issue about six months ago (has been working fine … |
 | Hello. Just had a brand new acer laptop. I had it in Linux and I just changed it to windows XP. I didn't copy any file from Linux, I deleted eveything immediately. Now, I can't connect to our wifi internet connection. It can't even open Movie Maker because the required …  |
| | When I turn on my computer, the screen comes up a weird light blues with Parser Message. taskmgr.exe-Application Error Then if I hit control alt delete, I get Window's can not load the user's profile but has logged on w/the default profile for the systme Also get this message Details: … |
| | I have an older laptop I am trying to repair. The problem started when one day last summer I had the laptop plugged in where I usually have it. I had left It plugged in after I read my e mail that morning and left it there for the day. … |
| | My PC is dead. I have taken out everything. The Cards, Drives, Memory. When I switch it on the light comes on but there is a sharp constant beep and it does not start.  |
| | Hi, Good day! My problem is that I can't install any anti-virus on a PC... I strongly believe it has many viruses because it slow-ups the unit. Almost all of the anti-virus I run ([URL="http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus"]Avira[/URL], [URL="http://www.avast.com/index"]Avast[/URL], [URL="http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_internet_security"]KIS[/URL], [URL="http://www.kaspersky.com/"]KAV[/URL] and [URL="http://free.avg.com/ww-en/homepage"]AVG[/URL]) cannot install successfully as if being destroyed or blocked by … |
| | I´ve got a PC HP Media Center m7350la. It´s got a GEForce 6200SE video card. I´m planning to buy a new monitor for it. Does anyone know the maximun monitor resolution it can handle? It´s got Windows 7 installed already. Any comment/suggestion would be greatly appreciated. |
| | my friend just updated his bois and when he did that some reason it saved the drivers in c drive he then formated the drive. he lost his bios drivers and is unable to install anything. any ideas on how to get it back? |
| | Hey guys this must be computer crappy week because i've had problems with two computers. One is SOLVED thanks to jholland and Crunchie. The other problem is with my laptop(not the current PC i'm using) yesterday for the first time i got a fuzzy screen like the static on a … |
| | When plugged in the battery light comes on but none of the battery lights are lit. When you push the power button the fan comes for a second or two and stops. The wifi lights start blinking then and the power light is on but it does nothing else, nothing … |
| | Hi, My two-year old Dell Dimension 2400 died three days ago in the middle of computing -- The notorious blue screen appeared and saying physical memory is dumped. When I tried to reboot, it says 'primary hard drive disk 0 not found'. In BIOS it says 'hard drive (device unknow)'. … |
| | So i have a 2005 compaq desktop. And i will from here post the specs then go on to describe my problem OS : ubuntu 10.04 G Card : Nvidia 8600 Ram : 1.5 gigs on 2 sticks So i did a thermal paste job on mny computer about 1 … |
| | Hey to all, I have a older Compaq Presario which has been upgraded with two hard drives, 512 MB of RAM. IT is basic, however, one day while playing music in Windows Media player the computer froze and stopped playing. I rebooted the computer and since then (Feb.) the computer … |
| | Hi everyone! I am sorry if this is a repeated post, I have tried looking for an answer before posting. I am not very computer savvy, but I know a tiny bit :-) Ok, we have a Compaq presario desktop which is relatively old (about 4 years). It is stock … |
| | I buy a new laptop battery from [URL="http://www.laptop-battery-chargers.com/toshiba-pa3536u-1brs.html"]http://www.laptop-battery-chargers.com/toshiba-pa3536u-1brs.html[/URL] we replaced the battery with the new 9 cell one . Unfortunately, the Toshiba laptop says that the battery is not connected. Sometimes when I reinstall the battery it says connected but not charging.....then will go back to battery not connected. I … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Emachine won’t boot. When power is applied, the keyboard leds and the hard drive led blink. That’s it, no output to monitor, no beeps from cpu. Through troubleshooting I have found I can boot by removing the CMOS battery and power to the hard drive. When I have these removed … |
| | A friend brought me their computer hoping I could fix it. No signal to the monitor. Tried new video card, did not help. Since Acer used a 250 watt power supply to run a 2ghz, 2 gig Ram, duo processor, I considered that perhaps the power supplied might be enough … |
 | Okay so I was pulling some hair off my motherboard and bumped the powercable that connects the PSU to the Motherboard (not the 4 pin one, the bigger one that is like 16-pin) any way the system all of a sudden just shut down all I can think is that … |
| | I have a thinkpad after i have written my password he cannot boot on windows i can't enter the bios either anyone could help me with that plz thank you |
| | I just received a system to see if i can 'salvage' anything from it. When i got home, i tore it all apart to clean the components and see what i had to work with... Decent antec case with card reader Intel E210882 desktop board P4 2.66ghz 800fsb CPU 1gb … |
| | So, my gaming rig crashed last night when I tried to quit the game I was playing, Team Fortress 2. The screen just went black. I couldn't get task manager or anything, so I held down power & did a hard shut down. I went to bed. Today I power …  |
| | OK – this is the worst of all horror stories. I purchased memory to upgrade a pair of Gateway machines (in preparation to upgrade the OS). The mother board is an INTEL DQ965MTG1 in a Gateway E-4610 workstation. Specs say you can upgrade to 8GB. Respecting limits of OS, only … |
| | I have hp DV6000 that I have abandoned for more than two years and now it has issues coming up. when i power on for the first time, i will have to press and hold the power button for like 10 secs after which i will have to wait for … |
| | ok so the other day i spilled pepsi all over the right half of my mom's netbook. now the keys are sticking. i wiped it all off right away but these keys stick (j k l ; n m , . u i and space) i have no idea how …  |
| | My HP dc5000 suddenly turned it's self off while i was browsing the Internet using it.It was running ubuntu 10.04.When I try to turn it back on the power LED does not light up but the one indicating hard disk activity does,the led on the mother board also blinks!After this … |
| | So I got home from work yesterday and I went to get on my Laptop (Hp Pavilion dv6000) and it was off, so I attempted to turn it on, but nothing happened, except the blue service light flashed real quick under the lightning bolt. I am assuming it has something … |
 | :( i had a laptop computer - Sony Vaio - K series - PCG-K315M I dont know what i did but now my computer is having no operation system. Before it was Window XP Home edition - Service Pack 2. Then, i tried to install another Window ( Window XP … |
| | Hey, TL;DR Computer restarted itself repeatedly, after leaving it on all night (presumably restarting itself occasionally) it no longer starts at all. No POST just a little fan spin. A few nights ago my computer began restarting randomly, doesn't seem to matter what I am doing, mid game or even … |
 | i have dell optiplex 360, i have use this pc for about six month now but this morning i put on my pc and is not booting but blinking amber or orange light on the power button, i pull off the power cable for some time and connect it again … |
 | Hi there, about a week ago, i managed to get my hands on an old compaq ml350 server. the server had two thirty gig seagate scsi hdds in it. these two drives were attached, via a scsi cable, to the features board of the server - a pci daughter board. … |
| | Ok. I have a Acer Laptop. I don't have the make or model in front of me. I'm actually at work. The other night I had my laptop on and open. My kitten was niffing around. He walked across it, nothing new. Then he laid down next to it. I … |
| | A windstorm knocked out power to my house for three days. I don not believe my Dell XPS 400 desktop was running, but after power was restored, neither the pc nor the monitor will start. I press the start button, and nothing happens. The printer is hooked up to the … |
| | Hi, Previously, my computer was showing "No A: Drive Found" and also after POST the"NTLDR" file was missing. So I tried to repair it with one of my windows CD. The repairing reached to "Starting Windows" before choosing windows installation destination. Then the computer automatically restarted. Now it is not …  |
| | Hello, Problem I have with my pc is :- start windows normally appears on boot up? It counts down then attempts to boot up windows but the same screen appears 2 to 3 times before boot up windows is successfull. After that I don't have a problem booting up windows, … |
| | Hi! I've just assembled a computer, and it's not starting up properly. I followed the advice from the sticky thread about troubleshooting from 'bare bones.' AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor GIGABYTE GA-880GM-UD2H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard CORSAIR XMS3 … |
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