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| | I have a pc that doesn't boot up properly, will go up after a few attempts but, says boot failure and press f1 to continue. when I do it does just fine. But it freezes and crashes without warning. not right away but sometimes it runs fine then occasionally just …  |
| | I just want to share this with you guys. Most people I know are taking for granted their printers that they do not make the necessary "care" and attention that this hardware needs. I always advise friends to clean properly their printers as well as have it rest for a … |
| | I was testing out something via USB to a source such as radio that required 6 Volts 500 mA, and I tried it out, but the stupid computer went out last night. The other shortwave radios I tried via USB port which were a success was small tiny portables requiring … |
| | I changed the RAM in my computer to two 2gb sticks, and when I tried to power up I only got the LED light on the back on the CPU flashing, and the computer won't boot up. It is a Compaq Presario SR1000. I have tried removing the RAM and … |
| | hi pips! just found this forum and im hoping that this will help me solve my laptop problem..so here it goes.. i've had this toshiba Satellite A20 laptop for almost 2 years now..it was working just fine eventhough i noticed that it was running relatively slow than usual..i'm just a …  |
| | Hi Guys, Could anyone please let me know what should i do for this problem? In Jan 2007 i installed demon tools and alchol120% softwares. after that when i restared my laptop i'm getting 5 beeps. Soon i uninstalled those softwares, but still i'm getting those 5 beep sounds(very loud) … |
| | Hi, I have a Sony Vaio VGN FS640 which I have had for quite a while now. The problem I noticed a while back is that the laptop would randomly switch off. (I don't have any virus or anything) It used to switch off on a hardware level, usually when … |
| | My Computer every time Restarting with 30 second. I can't understood what is the reason, pls reply for good answer soon tnx  |
| | Hello, I am having problems with a Dell Inspiron 2650. I've owned it since 2003 and have used it every day and worked on it for extremely long hours (all day and night often enough). The battery died long ago. I now rely on the adapter, which is fine since …  |
| | Well, first off it's nearly 2 years old. About 2 months ago the laptop would not charge but I could wiggle the cord to make it charge, soon I'd have to get it into tilted positions or I'd have to hold it in. Seeing it now I'm sure it was … |
| | So I have a Gateway laptop with windows XP that was givin to me. I've had it for atleast 2 years but recently as of last night, I go to login to my laptop and it says "loading your personal settings" but then all I see is the background and … |
| | Ok heres what i got. 2 days ago my comp goes dead. hit the power button and the power led blinks for a minute, the fans kick on for a split second then nothin. No boot up sound/beeps nothin. So i tested the power supply at the 24 pin MB … |
| | Machine: Dell Inspiron 1150 Symptoms: (1) on pushing power button w/ battery in, power light flashes twice, battery light flashes once and nothing else (2) w/ AC adapter and no battery, power light flashes once, nothing else. (3) same symptoms when drives, memory, modem, keyboard, display stripped. So far: replaced … |
| | My dads emachine w2040 It wouldnt power up at all one day. I replaced the power supply with the recomended upgrade from emachine. Now it powers up just fine, the fans are flowing, the cd drive opens and closes, but the HD lights up one time then thats it. Nothing … |
| | When Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." My options are: Start in safe mode. Safe mode with networking. Safe mode with command prompt. Last known … |
| | I have a problem with my Dell Latitude CPX. It happened that my P3 latitude died last time. Motherboard burned was the cause. I used an aftermarket power supply and it burned the motherboard. So I went online and bought a new motherboard for it. Now after installing everything the … |
| | So I was working with my pc today when it suddenly froze, I restarted the machine and during startup I noticed that some letters were displayed wrong (like "A" where a "D" should be or "@" instead of a ".") and when windows started it displayed nothing understandable except the … |
| | I've never installed a hard drive before and I have seem to run into a dead end... I bought a new hard drive for my net book and installed it. Now, I wanted to keep everything (my operating system) the same as it was on my old drive, so I … |
| | i have an inspiron 4150 and a couple days ago when i was using it my battery indicator came on like the computer wasnt plugged into a power source, but it was. so i turned it off for a while and when i turned it back on everything seemed to … |
| | HI, My system config: Intel p4 - 2.26GHz processor. Microstar international MotherBoard 845 GV chipset model ( MS 7057) 512 MB RAM 40 GB Segate IDE HDD HDD is attached as primary IDE on motherboard DVD drive is master & Cd drive is slave on secondary IDE NO SATA on … |
| | my toshiba m200...not starting up.when ever i switch on my note book..its start with toshiba logo and then make some sound for time n then show the screen written with -edit boot otions edit windows boot option for:microsoft windows vista path:\windows\system32\winload.exe partion:2 hard disk:b51fe16a [/noexecute=optin enter=submit esc=cancel i dont understand … |
| | I have a sony vaio vgn-b100 that worked fine on dial up. We recently got broadband available in our area and now when i try to turn the wireless switch on the computer flashes a blue screen and just keeps trying to reboot??? When the switch is off my computer … |
| | My computer died. It was a very old machine. It was running Windows 98. It was a Gateway. There is data on it that I want to recover; I don't remember the file names. I took it to a computer repair shop. Since I don't remember the file names, they … |
| | This morning I got up to use my laptop and it suddenly went out and has been out all day. I've tried all kinds of methods including holding down the power button to "drain" the power. This is the first time this has happened so are there any ideas you … |
| | my toshiba m200...not starting up.when ever i switch on my note book..its start with toshiba logo and then make some sound for time n then show the screen written with -edit boot otions edit windows boot option for:microsoft windows vista path:\windows\system32\winload.exe partion:2 hard disk:b51fe16a [/noexecute=optin enter=submit esc=cancel i dont understand … |
| | Ok so I got some computers my g-f's mom got me from the library. 1 is different but 2 are identical and they both have ECS GeForce6100SM-M motherboards. Originally the computer would turn on, then would get to boot screen and turn off. So I wiped and formatted and that … |
| | Have a Dell inspiron 1501 laptop which was working fine today. I downloaded and tried to install latest Bios update from Dell website, and computer froze. I tried to restart and it won't boot at all. I disconnected battery, unplugged computer and held start button for 30 secs to try … |
| | My Dell Inspiron 1501 will not power on either from battery or mains adaptor (which works fine with Latitude D600). Connected to mains none of the inspiron indicators are lit. I've tried removing battery and mains lead then pressing power-on button for at least a minute then reconnecting mains but … |
 | My daughter's laptop starts only to the Dell opening screen. The opening screen just has Press F2 for Setup and F12 to enter the MultiBoot selection menu. If I select F2, the machine displays Entering Setup. . . and that's is as far as it gets. If I switch off … |
| | i recently bought a 1501 off ebay it is like new an has been fine for 3 week except each time i turned it on it read the ac adapter can not be determined. the battery says it has full charge,now nothing happens when i press the power button. i … |
| | I have a Compaq Presario (laptop) not sure what model number and all of my literature is back in the US where I currently am not for another 2 months, but anyways I went on vacation for a week and when I came back my computer wouldn't turn on. That … |
| | So, my boyfriend's Dell Latitude D610 won't turn on. We've tried powering up with the battery adapter plugged in. We've tried it with it unplugged. The the adapter itself seems to be fine. When I press the power button the LED "power on" indicator comes on, and the the LED … |
| | Hi, I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100 with WIN2K OS. It originally had 128MB ram on slot B and slot A was empty. I wanted to upgrade the memory hence I bought a 256MB ram (Kingston PC 100 144 pin 100 MHz - Toshiba recommended memory). When I installed the … |
| | Hi there! Last week my laptop stopped booting. I hit the ON button and I get the Power light, the battery light (if not on AC) and the HD light (for around 10 seconds) but the screen stays black. It would turn on if I left it off for a … |
| | Ok so the other day my laptop just cut off all by itself and now it wont turn back on. Every time i press the power button it goes on and cuts off and it wont stop doing that. any idea what the problem is ?  |
| | Hey, I'm having a problem with my Toshiba Equium a200-1v0 laptop. I've had problems with it ever since I bought it new, but didn't take it back to the shop, about 2 months ago it started having problems booting, I've worked out when I have the battery in and nothing … |
| | alright, i know it wasn't the smartest thing to do, but i popped my old dell inspiron 1150 open to clean the dust out of the fan, and i didn't know that when i started that i should have gone in from the top through the keyboard and not from … |
| | Hi, i got o problem with starting my freinds hi-grade notebook Laptop. i recently reprogrammed xp home back on there for her and everything worked fine. except it kept saying virtual memory too low so it would adjust settings and when it did so it froze the internet. so in … |
| | I am having a new problem with an older laptop and need some advice. When running a virus scan (Avira free edition and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware) I get the BSOD. Now I'm not sure that it is because of a sneeky virus that's causeing the computer to shut-down and restart, because … |
| | My DV6000 start button won't work but if I gently press the DVD-button next to it, the laptop starts working nicely, with no possibility however to shut down the machine by either the start button or the dvd-button. Anyone clever enough to help me out? Thanks! |
| | my gateway computer is keep shutting off randomly and restaring.i formatted the hard disc but still the problem is there.please help me with this problem . |
| | My daughter has forgotten her password for her laptop, the niceman at the shop did however setup an administrators password, which only I know. Can I reset her password and pleeeease how do I do it. Its Easter and a 12 yr old daughter is no fun around the house … |
| | Please please help! I recently installed a new socket 478 motherboard in my 2ghz P4. Everything went well until i tried to install a video card. Then the pc wouldn't recognise the hard drive. I figured this was the psu and got a new one but computer wouldn't work with … |
| | Hi, I recently installed a new 500w power supply, a stick of 1gb ddr2 ram, and a used 8600gt nvidia geforce graphics card about two weeks ago. My computer has been fine until today - it boots up (there is a single beep after it is turned on) but there …  |
| | I have a Dell inspiron 5160 laptop computer that won't boot properly. Upon power up, eveything thing seems to be working properly. The computer startup up on the POST. (BIOS SCREEN) and the status bar starts to fill. when it is approx. 75% full it stops to the fill and … |
| | Hi, I have an inspiron 1150 which will not power on. I know that the ac charger is good (and have even powered the board from a standalone dc supply), and even with all the peripherals disconnected it will not power. I can hear a clicking noise from the motherboard …  |
| | Hi everyone, and I want to say I am happy to be here. Here is the problem I am facing. I have Sony VIAO laptop about 1.5 years old. My son was downloading and installing some video game for his psp. The game is leagal and so on. After that, … |
| | Computer was working fine and I was moving the ethernet cable from one port to another and when I reattached it the computer just switched off...and on restart was beeping constantly. I took out the battery on the mobo (to reset it) and it will restart fine and seems to …  |
| | My gateway mx7120 won"t boot up. Blue screen with error message that reads "STOP: ox0000007E (ox80000003,ox8053331E,oxF7A6550C,oxF7A65208)" The computer has a system recovery on hard drive that you can access with f11 key. While doing this, a box appears that says "System Restore environment is incomplete! System Restore reinstalls the environment." … |
| | Hi I just purchased a Sony Vaio VGN F140E and am trying to bring it back to factory condition using the Vaio Recovery Media Kit I got with it. Problem is that there is a bios password attached and I cant get ahold of the person I bought it from … |
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