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 | I have a 1 year old dv9920us laptop that is refusing to boot into Windows Vista. The Vista "loading screen" appears, but the marquee doesn't and the laptop is perpetually stuck in this state. I was able to boot into live Linux and access my hard drive form there, so …  |
| | My laptop hasnt been working for the last 6months and ive finally decided to try and fix it. The laptop will turn on and the light is green to show its on, but the screen just stays blank? The laptop is ACER aspire 3690. Thanks RN |
| | Good Morning, I have a IBM Thinkpad 600E that went dead. After much research, I replaced the CMOS battery. I then restored the BIOS settings (I think). I then tried to boot the machine from the restore CD and all I get is an error code that translates to the …  |
| | hi. i have a compaq presario c300 to repair ,power led rapidly flashes when the laptop is powered on ,theirs no screen ,hd spins ,cpu fan kicks in then stops ,dvd drive lights up this is what i have done so far ,tried external monitor - nothing ,removed ram and … |
| | on a clone drive does fixmbr work or would it be rendered useless as it warns???? Have a rebooting prob since anti-virus install and it had a virus. tried bootcfg and fixboot and chkdsk /p and /r and it finds an error but does not fix. give an error on … |
| | Dear All A friend of mine gave me a Travelmate 2500, PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Relase 6.0 Notepad and I discovered that it has a problem - it will not boot and gives error msg “operating system not found”. The disk is not registering in BIOS and so I opened the laptop … |
 | I was given an E-Machine with a ASUS motherboard (P4S533-MX). The computer will not power up and the green stand by light is on as long as the cord is plugged in. I tried clearing the CMOS. I put a new tested power supply and unplugged the CD Rom. Only … |
| | I have a T3042 e-machine, my computer will suddenly crash and go blank and make this alarm noise that sounds like an english patty-wagon and shutting it off doesn't stop it I have to unplug it and wait until it finally subsides. I thought it was because my old hard … |
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| | need help.. my compaq presario 2100 wont boot. at start up all led's lights up, dvd rom working even the cpu fan but it wont display anything not even the hp logo. same thing happen if i put an external monitor.. what's wrong woth it, please help!! |
| | Have a Sony Vaio PCG-FR130 (Model PCG-9H4L on label on bottom of unit) which does nothing at all when the power button is pressed. Have checked the switch on button and seems ok. I have also removed the CMOS battery from the unit and still no change. CMOS battery is … |
| | I recently decided to DL SP3 for my desktop. Not my shining moment, so here I am.. Im running an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo, AMD Athlon 4400+ processor on a system I built for myself a while back. Everything was great until I installed the above. I am stuck in … |
| | I just purchased a dell latitude d610 second-hand, and it doesnt turn on. When i press the power button the power led stays lit for about 3-4 seconds then goes out. with or without battery in the machine i get the same result. Where should i go from here? |
| | my presario 2500 wont turn on... i remove the battery and plug the power cord then reset the bios by pressing the reset button for 30 seconds and still doesnt work.... please help me......... |
 | please i have a dell latitude d800 which was send to me by brother from norway, when you booth the pc it give white screen and ask for system password, please if anybody can help me to unlock the system password! |
| | My Lifebook N3511 no longer boots to Windows. I see the Fujitsu logo screen then the screen either 1) goes blank and nothing happens or 2) goes blank and there's a blinking cursor in upper left-hand corner. Both scenarios have no progress after that. I can't get to the Boot … |
| | My laptop worked great til a few weeks ago. It is a Toshiba 315 CDS. The screen suddenly has lines that go from the top of the screen to half way down the screen. You can still see what is behind it but it is like looking through prison bars. … |
| | Hey guys, I've got a problem with my monitor/display and I hope it's not a sign of the mobo going bad. My computer all of a sudden decided to freeze up, and upon restart, the monitor won't get a signal, the light stays blue. All the other components appear to …  |
| | Hi friend has just given me his PC to look at as its broken and i mentioned that i had an interest in fixing dead machines. The machine is a fairly new packard bell machine with a 3.06ghz P4 processor. It will not load past the packard bell bios splash … |
| | It use to randomly restart on occasion but now it is doing it constantly to the point it won't boot-up past the Windows start-up screen. It does not respond to the F8 key, so I can't start it in safe mode. I can get into the set-up screen but no … |
 | Hello people, I've a Intel Pentium 4 with 1.5GB of ram and a NVidia GeForce FX5500, before i buy the plus 1GB of ram and the my GPU this also occours: My computer is shuting down when it is using or not, when i enter Bios i see that: [COLOR="Red"]System … |
| | Bought Platinum MSI ATX mainboard, Geil 2GB Dual RAM, E6600 CPU, Raptor disk. Have had an interesting experience... HISTORY: PC started crashing, after a year the Raptor disk died (metallic sound and no boot/access), when I used then only 1 RAM chip at slower than specified latency, it crashed less. … |
| | Computer was working fine, lights went out and then know all I get is bios, a bunch of dollar signs and vistas please wait screen after 10 to 15 minutes I get the blue screen of death. I think it is virus, maleware or bad video card any body have … |
| | I have dell latitude d800 laptop can somebody help me to unlock the BIOS password, the is now no way i can get the password so if somebody can help me to reset or get ride of the password!!!! |
| | I know it could be a number of things but does anyone have a suggestion? It started about 7 days ago that my computer would just restart by itself. It did this several times in a short period. Now it has only done it a couple of times in the … |
| | Hi can any one please help in solving this problem. I am getting fed up with this PC. It keeps on restart with out reason. I formatted it many times and i did every thing but no use. Some times it runs normally with out any problem. and some times … |
| | Acronis have just released add-on for Home True Image named Plus Pack which includes enterprise features - well, yes, it costs money, but as for me - the universal restore worth it! What is in Plus Pack: -Universal restore - allows to restore your data regardless of hardware -Dynamic Disk … |
| | First off, thank you for reading this and helping me. OK, so i feel like a sucker because I saved a lot of money by buying a refurb Toshiba R100 and was so proud of myself, but my older bro was like you're gonna have problems with it. I didn't … |
| | I've got big problem. Once I took my computer from upstairs to downstairs. The screen went black and when I reseted it up It's screen showed bios info and it turned off. I tried lots of times to turn it on but everytime I tried the screen was only darker … |
| | I managed to untwist all screws (except from monitor) and I still can't open my laptop. And I've a question. Have you got any schemas which can show me how to do it ?? I'll add that it's medion. |
 | I have been documenting my laptop problem in the Vista forum [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread204104.html"](ref)[/URL] but it seems that maybe the problem belongs here. The system is almost dead even though there is a way I can break out of it. In a nutshell, there is something wrong at the POST stage that … |
| | Hi there, I am a newbie here and any help solving this particular problem would be apprecaited. I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 unfortunately was dropped a day ago. Know it wont work, when you switch it on its pwer like turns on for one or two seconds and then … |
| | When I turn on my computer, it would say NLDR missing Press ALT CTRL DEL to restart the computer. Does anyone have an idea? I tried recovery tools but when it gets to 77%, it would say that the file is corrupted. I also tried to format the hard drive … |
| | Strange.. I installed everything on my motherboard, everything is perfectly set up and when I turn the power switch the fans and everything starts moving for a split second and then turns off.. 3 seconds go by and the fans start moving again, then it stops... and on it goes. … |
| | I have went through all the troubleshooting procedures trying to detect the reason why I have no sound, and still nothing. I have no XP start up disk so I cant reinstall the Windows program. Is there a free area on the net I can visit in order to download … |
| | I have an old Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop that is extremely slow. It will eventually load up Windows but then it becomes intermittently and periodically unresponsive. You can move the mouse around and it will do nothing (for say 30 seconds) until the hard drive light turns on and it … |
| | hello peoples. i am new around these parts. i recently had some malware issues on my computer and in the process of ridding myself of it my soundcard somehow broke. i am almost positive i deleted some sort of windows driver for it, but it's showing up in my control … |
| | It would appear I have downloaded a virus on another laptop that freezes at desktop and wont go any further. There is nothing on desktop only screen image. When I start in safe mode it just appears as black screed and details on one line about windows XP Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.090804-1412:service … |
| | I have a mac book that when you start it the screen doesn't start but if you take out he batterie pack and put it back in it does any comments or suggestions would help thanks |
| | One of my friend's pc has got the prob. His mouse does not work after the pc restarts. And when the pc is restarting the bios sometimes boot lately and then the problem occurs. That is, when the bios screen appears lately the mouse does not work. Windows starts normally … |
| | Short story, glass of beam & coke was dropped on my hp 2500. dried for a week. Just get the blue light. Any thoughts would be grateful! |
| | I've got an IBM Thinkpad T22 but impossible to close it because the closing accessories are broken. Any suggestions where to get these parts? Any comment will be greatly apppreciated |
| | Is there anyone out there has had experience or can advise on the following problems I am experiencing with my Acer 1644. The laptop went into standby mode and blue screened, I have tried to boot up in safe mode with command prompt. I would say before going any further … |
| | So my friend's computer keeps shutting down randomly. We have noticed that it seems to shut down whenever we type anything on the keyboard. Also, the keyboard is not typing what its supposed to. It is typing different things then what we are trying to type, we can't backspace or … |
| | This is my first attempt at fixing a system. I have an LG IBM desktop that suddenly started restarting after a fluctuation in current. It brought out a message indicating operating system failure. I tried loading a new OS(Window XP). All I got was a blue screen indicating an error.Please … |
| | I am on an Acer running XP Pro and keep getting reboots. I can get in safe mode ok. I have done the following: I first eliminated any virus or malware possibilities. I reseated as well as eliminated each mem stick ..same result sometime, it takes about 5 tries to … |
| | After dis/reconnecting my HP Pavilion T490 from the mains, the power supply makes a rapid ticking sound (several times a second) and the light on the back of the power supply flashes. It happened a few months back too, after a vacation, but then, after a few tries, the PSU … |
| | my desktop is suffering from blue screen error and when i attempt to reinstall windows i dont get any message that contains "press any key to boot from cd." i change my 1st boot to cd then my second is hard disk but when i restart its just a black … |
| | Hi, First of all, I apologize for any mistake in English, as my native language is French. I have been using a Dimension 2400 for years without any problem Now, I am facing the following trouble : When I press the power button, the front green light is not as … |
| | I have Gateway 600ygr and a week ago when I tried to turn the power button on, nothing happened. But, when I unplugged the power cord and then pluged it back in, the lights and fan sarted blinking. Unfortunately only for 2 seconds and then the laptop died. Eventually I … |
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