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Hello, I have recently built my own Windows 7 Media Center PC I used the Gigabyte S775 Intel G41 motherboard and the Hauppauge WinTv Nova-S2 HD TV Card. The motherboard has a built in Intel GMA X4500 graphics controller. It all [I]worked [/I]fine for a couple of days I had …

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One day was working fine next day dead no power lights. Checked power supply ok. Took out battery and held down power switch for 30sec still nothing. Will not power up on battery also. Help

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I have a dell 9300 laptop that required a power jack replacemernt. after replacind the jack, the laptop turns on {power light only) , for about 3 seconds, then shuts off. any suggestions??

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Hey guys. I have an old HP desktop I recently began using again after having it dormant for a couple years or so. It's an HP Pavilion a530e running Windows XP, with an AMD Athlon video card, and it's hard for me to give more details than that unfortunately because …

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Hi dear, I bought an used dell optiplex gx1 and start but and say: press <ctrl><alt><enter> for system setup (and I do it but nothing happen> my key board is ok I allredy try it with another computer and work) also say erro 8602 auxiliare device failure. pxe-moo:initializing landesk service …

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Hi Ladies and Gents. Ive got an Advent 7106 laptop, after installing a firewall program my computer just shuts off with a blue screen and this error message - stop: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005,0x80614bcd,0xAA473B64,0x00000000) This happens roughly thirty seconds into turning the laptop on and then shuts down and restarts for the …

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Ok, let's try one more. I'm working on a Toshi M35X Satellite that runs perfectly fine with one small problem. When you turn it on, no matter if it's from the a/c adapter, battery, both, it won't finish posting until you insert the adapter plug, withdraw it from the socket …

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I turned my computer on this morning and the green light came on but nothing happens. I don't even hear the fan running. When I hold the green button in to turn it off nothing happens. Does anyone know what could be the problem.

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Hi All, I have a Hp pavillion 2500 laptop i just cleared the heat sink as it was shutting again and again bcs of heat but now after reassmebly it is not detecting my hard drive and this is a big problem i have gone to two technicians and they …

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Hello, I am using 2 OS, 1-Vista Ultimate, 2-XP professional in order basis to open bootup screen to choose which OS. I have Intel DG35EC motherboard, Intel Core2QUAD Processor-Q6600@2.4Ghz , 2GB Kingston DDR2, Seagate 250GB HDD SATA. Today i cleaned my cpmputer table mostly because of DUST, so also little …

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First of all, I would like to intoduce myself here, as this is my first post. I am a 16 year old male from Pittsburgh, PA, US. My biggest intrests in life are gaming, and hardware, so I love places like this :cheesy:. Anyway, there is one problem that has …

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I have a solo9550 laptop that will not start. I have replaced the battery and power supply and ran through other steps such as discharging the laptop. (Unplugged and held power button down for 15 seconds.) When I plug the power back into the laptop, severals may happen. One time …

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A friend of mine is having lock up problem, the PC always boots up but randomly locks up every couple of days, sometimes more. On two occasions, at least, the computer locked up while surfing the web, the monitor went black, and the PC started beeping until I turned it …

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I have an ASUS M3N78-VM mobo with WD 350g SATA drive running Win XP. Everything has been good for about 7 months but I now have intermittent problems when powering up the machine. From a cold start the SATA drive is not recognized in the bios and I get a …

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I have a Toshiba Satellite L305D-S59222 when i try and get into bios by clicking the F2 button it freezes and wont go into it, and when i don't try to get into bios it tries to boot from a network, I can't change the boot because i can't get …

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Hey guys, first post! I'm doing IT and tech support at an American study abroad program in Italy and have my first case of a fried computer, a Dell Vostro 220s with what I believe to be a fried graphics controller. The computer (to a certain extent) boots up and …

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Hi all, this is my first post as a new member & will be gratefull for any help. My problem is, i have a Dell D600 that is boot shy, when i power on it will display the power light for about 10 seconds then die, every now & then …

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system beeps when turned on. I get one long beep then silence then one long beep. this just continues and I get nothing else. video connected, mouse connected, keyboard connected. boot system does not start. there is no video so i can't do recovery. please help.

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Hi.. dear sir I have a 7year old laptop of hp Compaq(Presario v 1000)I am facing very different kind of problume.My laptop did not start by pressing off/on button at one time- to start the laptop I have to press off/on button at list 15 to 20 times. while I …

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Hi All, The other day i was quickly trying to retrieve some info off an old a hard drive in my computer, so being silly and lazy i unclipped the side and plugged it in and switched the computer back on. Now the probelm is i didn't secure it in …

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ANY SOLUTION PLEASE? i'm not able to acces my desktop on sony vaio. i hibernated the system without closing photoshop that was running, a pen drive was also connected. When i tried starting my system..it was showing "resuming windows"...and even after a long time it didnt get started...so i closed …

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Ive had this problem for a while now, sometimes when i turn or restart windows will crash when loading up. Then i will have to reboot it, and it comes up saying windows didnt start succesfully. If i try to restart windows it just crashes again...so ive ended up in …

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i was just wondering, i had downloaded recover my files program to recover the files from my ipod because it crashed on me and lost all songs, but for some reason after getting the files and then saving them to the computer, the songs are all messed up, with cuts …

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Hi all, i have a very upset daughter who has just given me her laptop saying it's not working, it's turning on but not loading up, tried running it in safe mode but it just won't load up, not too great with computers so any suggestions would be gratefully received.

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Okay, I'm 17, and don't know all the hard core tech-terminology that most of you wise question-answerers do, but here is my problem. So I was playing Counter Strike, exited the game. I shut down all programs running in the background, and shut down my computer. Now, when I come …

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If I can get the right help here, maybe I can help others out later. The problem? My desktop pc won't boot up. Window starts with the "We apologize for the inconvenience," and all the options just return me to the same screen.

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I have installed windows vista basic from a dell cd on my dv2530ea hp laptop by mistake ,the problem is that now the laptop does not work i.e it shuts down after every few minutes i have cleared the heat sink so heat does'nt seem to be the problem but …

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hello guys my computer freezing up during diplaying montherboard manufacturer's logo and i cannot even see the POST message.. is this a BIOS problem or any hardware problem? please helpp..

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Looking over the other questions, none are exactly like mine. I have a Acer 3000 abouot 2 years old. All of a sudden she resuses to load the operating system. I turn it on. I get the Acer logo and after the hd whirs and clicks a while and a …

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I'm not sure how this happened but sometime during the operation of my laptop the software for running my Cd-Rom drive was deleted or something. When I put a cd in the light will flash like it's reading it but that's all that happens. When I go to My Computer …

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Question: How does it look a laptop motherboard fuse. I have a hp compaq 6715 s, bought with a few bucks from someone who tried to charge it with an acer compatible charger ( same voltage, same amp.) now is dead and i think is a fuse or something. can …

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I'm working on an old Compac Presario. First I had to hot wire the on switch, now when I plug it in it only works for 4-5 seconds then shuts off. I've already replaced the PSU and checked the RAM, but no change. It has an INTEL CPU, haven't looked …

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Hi, My computer stops responding about 10-15 seconds after I turn it on. This happens regardless of whether I try to boot into Windows or go into the BIOS menu. The processor is a PIII 1.0 GHz. Brand new mobo and power supply. Is this happening because there isn't enough …

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Hi my dell laptop will not start at all-with or without the power lead. Laptop wont even charge when lead is connected. Is this a blown fuse in the laptop?? Im not really a pc tech so I kinda lost here. Any help would be appreciated.

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Hi, I have a sstrange issue with my Inspiron 6000. When I try to power on the laptop, all the display lights flash for a second, the bluetooth symbol (next to the capslock and wifi symbol)lights up and stays on. The screen remains black all through this while I can …

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hello. I just got an HP Compaq 610 and im charging its battery for the first time. It's been on charging (the laptop is shut down) for approx 17~20 hrz now but still the laptop won't boot up if the power cable is removed. Moreover, the LED which is supposed …

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Hey there everybody... haven't been here in a while but I am in need of some help for my girlfriend. Her computer is giving her problems, let me go through the steps. Step 1, she starts up the PC, it asks the "Start the Computer Normally, Start in Safe Mode..." …

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I have a Compaq Presario V6000 Laptop which is a little over a year old so that makes the warranty no good anymore. Here's the situation.... With the AC power adapter plugged in only the blue ring where the adapter plugs into the computer comes on nothing else. When the …

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Ok..hear me out, My computer at first would crash and restart when i was running games such as Sof2...i fixed that 1..lol my Geforce2 was Heat damaged coz the fan on it didnt work...anyway My computer still crashed and wouldnt work :P So i thaught it was a problem with …

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Well Crap, My friend just brought me in their laptop, HP DV6636nr model and the LED's just flicker when you hit the power button.I have been working on laptops and desktops for over 20 years but can't figure this one out. I checked HP's recall list and it stops with …

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I have a Sony Vaio RB40 and the cpu overheated. I turned it off and waited overnight to turn it on. When I plug in the power cord the light on the psu and the mobo blinks and the pc will not power up. If I unplug the 24 pin …

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Hi all - this is my first post ever, I've read quite a few forums and this site seemed to have the best replies, so give yourselves five points straight away and another billion points goes to anyone who can help with this... ...I've just put together my first system …

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Hi, I have got a dell gx150 desktop with P3 processor and Bios ver A11. when i start it up it goes through the DELL boot screen, and I can still get the prompt to press F2 and/or F12. After this, this reboots itself and starts again till it gets …

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Moving on. Attempted system repair after getting the dreaded 'disk read error' on start-up. Chkdsk /r (NTFS) tells me I have one or more unrecoverable problems. Do I though? Have you any experience of this and can I still recover with the right programme? I can still enter setup screen …

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hey all my computer was running fine for afew years now it just randomly shuts down and starts beeping. sometimes it lasts for an hour or so sometimes not even 10 minutes, just wondering if anyone can help :)?

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It was my daughters laptop and it suddenly stopped working and wouldn't power up. I have purchased and tried a new power adaptor and a new battery, but to no avail. Originally when the power adaptor was plugged in, the green light on the power adaptor went out and when …

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Once it boost up, it will not allow me to enter any programs, I tried rebooting, ending task, it just set.

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Hi, I have a hp pavilion dv9823cl ... recently the laptop suddenly showed me the error message Operating System not found.. And i noticed in the bios that the harddrive wasnt detected either. I changed the harddrive from the primary slot to the secondary one the laptop had ... and …

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I get the same problem as in this thread: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread18870.html[/url] I've tried disabling the network boot in my bios settings, which still does not work. I guess the only difference is that this is happening to me after a radiator "blew" and spewed a little water on my laptop. It …

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Some of keys of my TVSE gold keyboard get stuck. One of my friend suggest me to deep the keyboard in water for 3 to 4 hours and then let it be dry in sunlight for 1 full day. I want to confirm, how safe this trick is?

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