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| | Hi, Last night i came home from class and try to boot up my computer, everything boot up fine denmy screen started showing multi colours! Alt-Ctrl-delete didnt work is i had 2 force shut down (holding Power Button)! When i tried to reboot, the power light comes on, but the … |
| | [B][COLOR="Green"]Recently some days ago i was just checking the device manager of my PC. Suddenly i noticed that the device "Intel(R) Management Engine Interface" has a yellow exclamation mark next to it. On seeing it i uninstalled the device and reinstalled it providing drivers from the disc which was supplied … |
| | My PC is 4 years old. I've recently reinstalled WinXP Pro and since then i have the following problem: When i try to power it up it just flashes for a short time and thats all. I think its the cmos but i dont know what to do. I usually … |
| | i have a sony vaio.on a mistake it's mainboard battery have got reset.now when i turn it on there is nothing on the screen and also fan is not running.what should i do? |
| | Its on a IBM T43 laptop. and if I leave it alone for awhile, it starts fine but if I shut it down, it won't start again. Then if I leave it for awhile it starts up again! But if I leave it in stand by mode, it will start … |
| | My Dell lost the power supply during bioc update. Now it doesnțt boot. It has a black creen and the caps lock flashing. What it can be done to solve the problem? |
| | Alright, my sisters main computer was working fine yesterday, and today it wont turn on... So i check it and when you push the power button it only sounds like its trying to power on and the light on the button flashes.. The fan works fine, it wont turn on.. … |
| | Hi there, My pc is randomly restarting after my home was hit by lightning. When it happened my computer shut down. When it is restarting, it is making a strange sound like it is trying to read a disk. But there is nothing in the drive. I am pretty much … |
| | Hi all, my acer notebook which is 5 years old,shuts down automatically after few minutes of boot. I tried formatting the notebook it shuts down in the middle. I am also using a usb cooler for the notebook, i have reseated the memory as well as the battery. Still the …  |
| | I have a Compaq Presario 2100. My daughter dropped it from a desk and when I pushed the on button, the keyboard lights/fan would come on for a second then then turn off. The screen never turned on. I sent it to Compaq for warranty repair, but they said that … |
| | Hi guys, I have a HP touchsmart Iq771.uk and my motherboard is dead.I have taken it to two PC repairs shops and they either wont touch it because of the technology or cant get any parts to repair it. This PC is four years old and really shouldn't be irrepairable, … |
| | Have got a Sony Vaio PGC-285M laptop that will not power up or respond at all. I have performed ATX reset by disconnecting all power and battery and holding the power button for 10 secs. After this a small battery power lights just above the power button does light and … |
 | i need some help with this one see spec below the pc starts up fine but within a few minutes it shuts down (power down) this happens even in safe mode. i ahve tested each memory block individually and they all work but the machine still shut down. when booting … |
| | I am trying to revive a Compaq Presario SR 1780 AN PC. Everything was ok some weeks ago. I used it for several hours and had normal shut down late at night. Next morning I pressed start button, front led came on also all fans and hard drive but no … |
| | Hello, The following is my laptop spec: Technology TL-60 1.99Ghz, 1.87BG of Ram, Physical Address Extension Matshita DVD-Ram UJ-860H Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 Now, whenever I insert a cd on my Matshita DVD-Ram UJ-860H, it shows this error message: "D:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function". I … |
| | Hey guys, sorry I’m new here but I seem to be having a problem with a new computer I just inherited from a friend. It came in an Alienware case and it’s got one of these Asus p4t533-c mobos in it that you can find a lot of problems about … |
| | Hi, I have this problem every time when i start a game it keeps restarting.. PLEASE HELP I ALMOST TRYED EVERYTHING. History : 1 year ago : When i connected my GFX in my pc it made a strange noise like sharp(if i ran a game). So i was looking …  |
| | pc will boot only by pressing reset below power switch,ocasionaly will boot normally, when it dose eventually start no prob until i try to reboot then pot luck no signal on screen have had memory and video card in and out,reset cmos but to no avail......has anyone come across this … |
| | My dimension 5100 was working just fine. Then, just for the hell of it I opened to tower to check the RAM, (was going to upgrade RAM but didn't need to). After I closed the tower my machine would NOT come on!:@ I pressed and Held the Power button in … |
| | hey recently i reformatted and installed windows 7 home premium on my computer everything was running perfectly fine for about the first week then after that i randomly starting get a message saying " Windows detected a hard disk problem - back up your files immediately to prevent information loss, … |
| | Hello, a friend of mine gave me their T6426 to repair and it appears that the on-board video card is not working. The MB is a MS-7207. I've done some research and found that inserting a GFX card will solve my problem. Does anyone know this for sure before I … |
| | Does anyone know how I would replace the power on board on a Gateway M305CRV laptop. The laptop works fine but it is hard to turn on. The cooling fan is a little loud and runs constantly. |
| | When I turn on my computer, the power light turns on, and I can hear it starting up like normal; but the monitor, keyboard, and mouse make no response. By this I mean, nothing is displayed on the monitor, the laser mouse doesn't turn on, and the lights on the … |
| | I recently put on my laptop and when it booted up ok the screen was dull as if the battery was low but the icon said it was charging. It remained at 2% and never rose up to full charge. When I take it off mains power the screen brightens … |
| | I just bought a refurbished Toshiba Tecra 9000 Laptop. It works fine except when I try to use it on battery power. When I try to boot it with batter power I receive this message: NMI: Channel Check / IOCHK . Anyone have an idea on this? The battery charges … |
| | Hi all.I am having trouble with my Dell M90 laptop.When I power it up the monitor lights up but no image appears.Both the CPU and graphics card fans don't come on.If a cd is put in the drive it spins. About 2 mouths ago I had the graphics card repaired … |
| | Hi all, I wanted to upgrade my current PCs Graphics, so went and bought a new card. Made sure it was the right connection etc. After opening the case for the first time ever, I pushed in the card. But then had this urge to clean the CPU, undone the … |
| | Okay…I give up. I’ve got to ask for some help. I recently re-installed XP Media Center on my Dell Dimension E310. Now, whenever I re-start I have no sound. And when I go the Control Panel, I get the “No Audio Device” with all of the selections grayed-out. And I … |
| | I've been having a lot of problems with my desktop recently. It all started when i got a new graphics card. For a few weeks the screen would sometimes be kind of wavy for a few minutes and go away. A week ago it started shutting itself down and i …  |
| | I can get to a DOS prompt and have completed CHKDSK /R successfully but cannot boot in any mode. When I go to start Windows XP in any mode the system appears to dump all its driver files, displaying them down the screen as they go. I've tried everything I … |
| | It powers on and freezes at the Gateway Logo. The fan runs continuously and to turn the laptop off I have to hold the power button down for about 5 seconds. Before this started it was working perfectly. |
| | Was in the middle of installing Windows 7 on a pc. Power outage and 1 hours later when electricity came back everything looked fine. windows even finished installing and i typed i my username/password for new account and then switched to my other desktop because i had stuff to do. … |
| | I have had my computer for over a year so it is not in warranty anymore. I did not put any updates in it. Now it does not start up at all. I hit the power button and all the lights come on for about a second. Then all the … |
| | i have a toshiba equium m40x laptop that up till today was working fine but now when i push the power button it does not boot (not even into post) the power supply is connecting fine all lights are on the power button lights up blue but that is as … |
| | Laptop will not power up. Using an FSB power adapter (universal) model#: FSP090-DMCB1. Laptop flashes the Power button for about 10 seconds then cuts out, only the charging light flashes after that, no other activity noted on system. Unknown whether or not this is the cause of a dead Ion … |
| | I finished putting together an Asus P6T system last night and started it up. It started fine and went through several re-boots as it downloaded new drivers. I shut it off and now it won't start. The only thing I did this morning was to tie the power lines running … |
| | Hi, I've recently bought a new laptop and whenever I play a game my laptop crashes after about 30 minutes, after the first crash it then happens more and more often, sometimes the game will exit to the desktop with no error message, other times I will get a blue … |
 | Hey all, tl;dr - As soon as power cord is connected to computer and the PSU switch is flicked the computer will start turninig itself off and on. No response from the monitor, even when the off/on cycle is stopped. What is this usually a symptom of? Where should i …  |
| | hello , my laptop is having a few problems , CAN ANYONE HELP as its really annoying .........................i can turn it on it gives me the options to start windows normally etc but when i select either of the options it lays in waiting doing the same thing the longest … |
| | start up and programs run very slow!!! tried everything !!! help!!!  |
| | Hi folks, seen a few useful posts around here ... I have an Inspiron mini, excellent little machine, but after joggling around in a train froze while on and would not shut off. Removed power & battery but when switched on cannot seem to recognize the 16 GB solid hard … |
| | Hi, I have an HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop that I have been using since 2007. This morning when I turned it on it was working fine for a minute then it just shut down and would not start again. I could hear a clicking sound a few seconds apart. When … |
| | ok..... i dont know if this is the right place to post this but i dont know and anyway heres my problem when i turn on my computer it gets to the windows loading screen with the blue bars moving across the screen and just sorta stalls there and continues … |
| | Hello, I am running a Dell XPS 420 Intel Core 2 Windows Vista and the display monitor will turn off and when you try to turn it back on it says "Entering Power Save" on the screen and then the screen will go black. And no matter what I do, … |
| | Hello, I have Windows XP Home Edition. I am getting a message when i turn on my toshiba satellite A65-S1026; it says "we apologize for the inconvenience, etc." and gives me a number of options to start up. None works - no matter which i select, i will get a … |
| | had computer appx 1.5 yrs and battery lasted bout 1.2 yr then nothing. purchase a new battery on ebay for $30 that had a charge on it when it came. when it went down it would not charge back up. I was sent another battery and the exact same thing … |
 | [B]Is there a way to open PDD pictures without purchasing photoshop? Sometimes friends send these types of files that I am unable to open. Thank You Jim [/B] |
| | Ok what if your computer doesn't go to start up window. I just goes black. I have tried F8 and nothing. I have tried safe mode and nothing. I am wits end. That is the computer I use for my kids homework and homeschool. So its not a light matter. … |
| | I have an old computer Gateway with Windows 98. I took it to my local computer shop to recover the pictures from the computer. They gave me a flash drive with some pictures on it. They didn't find all the pictures on my computer. Some of the pictures on the … |
| | The other night the screen suddenly went dim. (first time ever) I was able to jiggle the power cord and get it to go bright for one second. Stayed on but dim for 2 hiurs, then suddenly the entire computer died. No power. Nothing at all happens when I press … |
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