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my computer's been acting weird lately. whenever i try to turn it on by the power button it won't turn on. After i hold the power button for about 9 seconds, i press it again and it will turn on. but as soon as i get it on.. it turns …

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Hi, Please bare with me as I am a computer novice, I have just inherited a Dell computer with windows 98 when I turn on the computer it works fine, it brings up the start screen with all the icons etc however for some reason I cannot connect a keyboard …

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I would first just like to say thank you for taking the time to read my post. Now onto the problem. When I switch on my computer to load windows xp it eventually states the following... [CODE]Novell Netware Ready Firmware v1.00 (940809) (C) Copyright 1991-1994 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved …

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I have a compaq presario v1000 laptop. It wont detect any hard drives. but windows setup can detect the hard disk. most likely the BIOS has a problem. i upgraded the BIOS to no avail, i even tried downgrading it. Right now im using the same laptop but i am …

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Hi there, i am new to this website and i dont know if i posted this in the right place, but the machine i have is a dying machine and has the ultimate problem ( its corrupt or something) almost 2 years ago, I was getting like 4 different types …

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Sometimes my computer will not start-- it makes a beeping noise four times at which point it takes a 2.5 second pause and then starts the routine again. It's been plaguing me for about a month or so. Also, sometimes it crashes with random jumbles of pixels in rectangles on …

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I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 which had a problem with the plug (solder cracked through normal use). I resoldered ii and put everything back together. Unfortunately, now the laptop won't start. The symptoms are: Power Light comes on. Fan comes on for a while, then shuts down. Screen is …

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I BAUGHT A LAPTOP FOR CHEAP BUT IT WONT LOAD WITHOUT A ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD, HOW DO I CHANGE,OR FIX IT?:sad:

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Hi daniweb, I've had this problem for several months. My computer should be clean of malware- i got help from another website for that. My computer freezes (and makes an unpleasant sound- a sharp "chugging") for about 2 or 3 seconds and then restarts. This happens randomly, mostly when I'm …

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Hi, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NS10L laptop, and i haven't a clue what has happened to it. It was running windows 7 upgrade, originally on Vista. Have owned it for just over 18mnths, no problems, and just under a year on windows 7. It is very very empty in …

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I dont know what is wrong with my computer. When i push the power button the tower turn on for about 3 seconds then turns back off for about 4 or 5 seconds then turns back on and remains on but the moniter still has a yellow light like the …

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Another dean Presario 2200!! When I turn the Laptop on, the power on/off light does no come on but the battery light flashes couple of times, then dead. When I remove the battery, then when I hit the power switch, nothing happens. Please direct, how to fix the Laptop?

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My Thinkpad T22 is having problems booting. The battery light and the left green light turn on okay, but more often than not (and the problem is getting worse) the machine won't start. I've read many, many threads on this all over the web, as it's apparently not an uncommon …

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I have a four year old e1705, when I hit the power, the power light goes on and stays on, the hard drive light goes on for maybe two seconds, then goes out. I get no display. The charging light will stay lit if I plug in the charger. When …

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Help you Techies please .I have owned a Dell Inspiron 2500 for 4years and now it has just decided not to start.... 1 > mains attached(new tested mains supply)/battery installed (new battery) no lights on. 2 > no battery and mains attached ,no lights..... HO HUM ....what now... I have …

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My custom built computer is not working. I am trying to freshly reinstall Vista x64. I got through the screens that say copying vista files, extracting... all the way to where it needs to restart machine. Then after it restarts it almost gets to the screens where it asks you …

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Hi guys, Need your help please folks my wifes laptop a hp pavilion zv6000 running on windows vista home premium,the laptop comes on and says configarating 3 of 3 gets to 75% ( but you dont see this happining) and shuts down. This happens all the time,she cant even get …

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I have a sony vaio and when i turn it on it comes up with the sony vaio screen then goes blank with a flashing curser in the top left of the screen for about 5 mins and in this time if you press a key it bleeps at you. …

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Hello, I recently made operable a computer based off of the Intel STL2 server motherboard, however when I try to start the computer and boot from the Windows XP CD, I get the following errors: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM. Operating System not found Upon …

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hello everyone, my computer just suddenly became unstable after some random event, i guess it was after a windows update, fist i had some audio issues whit some games and just a few days ago i was playing dawn of war and my comp froze from nowhere, after that did …

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My Hp Satellite notebook dead. The first problem came by when I turned off the machine it playing Media player. It simply display-> "Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0(build 082) Copy Right Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810x PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13(020326) PXE-E61: Media test failure, Check cable PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM." The …

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Hi , well, in addition the my problems with loading XP on my PC, I now have another problem. I have just bought a second hand Asus Hi-grade Laptop, not bad for an old one (4 years I believe) When I bought it i was told it had an intermittent …

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Help! My Compaq Pesario M2000 laptop's screen is going white and can't do anything!! Lost w/o my laptop, Suzie

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So here's my problem. I recently updated my BIOS on my notebook (Toshiba Satellite L450D-113, to be exact) to V1.2 so the recovery would work. But the flash went bad, and now the system will not boot. How can I reflash the BIOS?

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I formatted my computer and now when I restarted to put the operating system on I get a boot up error. It says keyboard error or no keyboard present. At the bottom it gives me the choice to press F1 to continue, DEL to enter setup. I go continue and …

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Ok - I am soooo frustrated. I was surfing the net when I got a C++ error (I don't have that program on my computer). I tried to fix it when prompted to - it didn't respond, so I decided to shut it down. After that it would not start …

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I have three Dell D510 motherbords with the same defect: they won't accept the adapter voltage and so they don't charge the battery either. But on battery power they work fine. I guess there must be one little component on the motherbord that blocks the incoming voltage, but as far …

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I read a post similar to my issue, but my situation's a bit different. See, my computer starts and then stops. I press the power button, the fan starts, the lights flicker and then nothing. I literally have to press the power button 15 to 25 times to finally get …

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I am working on a Compaq Presario SR1318NX. When I turn it on the fan starts out good but as soon as the COMPAQ logo appears the fan speeds up and then it turns off. I have tried running it in safe mode but it says system32\hal.dll is either missing …

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Good day folks... This may seem like an odd question and I apologize in advance for the limited information to work with in this case but I'll do what I can to give the needed info... My website [url]http://www.bariby-quance.com[/url] has a journal/blog component that I built within it that, on …

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hi, guys this is my first post anywhere. so, here's the thing...i'm working on an older daewoo mini atx box psu: hec 145 watts cpu: amd k6-2 550 mhz ram: 256 mb floppy, lg cd-rw hdd: quantum fireball 15gb mobo: msi ms5187 ver:1 i had to change the cmos battery …

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Help, please! I turned on my computer and got a black screen with the message: “Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key” I had no prior warning or problems with my computer. I hit F1 for the setup menu …

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I am new to laptops but anyway: My Vaio was working perfectly. I closed the lid (it was plugged in) and 30 mins later opened it and NOTHING. My cable had power to it so assume it is OK. The battery was very bad (I had already ordered a new …

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Hello everyone, I have a motherboard with a problem. The board was working fine when one day I tried to turn it on and nothing came on the display. Everything else worked fine, the drives started up, cooling fans run. At first I thought the processor had died, but after …

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lost user name and lost password for ibm thinkpad 2660 windowsxp please help. thanks big jeff

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Hi i turn off computer but when i turn on it after show mother bord logo befor show bootloader(grub) it be reset i did not add any new hardware . now i use ubuntu live cd . what`s probleam can any one help me ??? thanks

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Well, I have a very strange problem with my laptop: sometimes it wants to boot and sometimes it doesn't want to boot. First of all, I want to specify what I mean with doesn't want to boot: If I press the power button of my laptop, then the LEDs of …

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Hello everyone i have a Toshiba Satellite m55-s1001 with Ubuntu installed. I recently when on a trip and when i arrived at the other airport found my laptop dead. I don't know what might have caused it. I don't know if the airport's xray machines can cause static discharge into …

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Hey, I just put together my first custom built PC. I ordered all the parts from newegg, just for reference. Everything was going fine, put it together with little to no problems. Turned it on,it posted, and I started to install windows 7 on it. About a quarter of the …

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recantly had an issue with spillin water on my laptop as well the cap and number lock buttons flash and schreen is black if anyone knows if there is still a chance please let me know SNIP thanks

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When I press the power on switch absolutely nothing happens. No power light comes on. The power output shows the correct 19.8 volt output so do you think this is simply a faulty on/off switch or something more drastic. Is it likely I can replace anything or, as I suspect, …

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I have a compaq persario i got last year. well lightning hit by my house the other day and made the screen freez up so i shut it off and unplugged everything. After the storm was over i pulugged it back in turned it on and i was getting no …

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we would like to ask if do you have a problems in your windows calculator..? because we want to develop windows calculator with undo function.. and we need a citation of this.. please state your problem about this function.. and also we want to apply save file and print in …

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My daughter's Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop screen went blank. The problem was not the backlight, so we installed a new screen. When turning the laptop on, the screen slowly flashes from red to green to blue etc. When using an external monitor, we can see that Windows always starts in …

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My laptop is VGN-CS17G . It automatically shuts down as soon as i switch it on. I am not able to view its first screen. It just shows the safe mode option screen. [email]piyushisgenius@gmail.com[/email]

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The following is one typical handling process of head replacement and platter swap. Here in my data recovery clean room, I use one of the [URL="http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/index.htm"]HDD repair suite[/URL]-HD HPE PRO. HDD repair suite includes HD Doctor suite and HD HPE PRO which integrates solutions of head swap, platter swap and …

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This all started when my labtop contracted the the Nugel.E and BankerFox.A virus. At first, I was able to enter safe mode, but not any longer. Using F8, I can select safe mode, it starts and looks like it's launching in safe mode, but 10 seconds in, it starts to …

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I've had this problem. Ever since I upgraded my HDD my computer has been freezing up. Usually when I play video, but I'll get it at other times too. Any help would be appreciated. CLStew32559

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Hi! I don't know exactly how I should change the booting sequence of my machine (IBM Pentium III model 64u). Earlie on, it could just boot from the CD drive directly. I have three of them but then none is responding to booting from the cd drive. Compaq is responding …

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