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| | My Acer Aspire T180 will not boot up, I have researched the beep codes and can't find the relevant match, it just continually gives even long beeps with no screen display. Occasionally it does boot up after 15 mins, 1 hour, 1 day... then it will only run for a … |
| | I have a linksys modem which just started to act up.I have to reset the modem every 10minutes to stay on th internet. I always lose the connection but the signal on my labtop says signal is excellent and connected. The modem says everything is running but i still dont … |
| | Dear All, (Firstly, allow me to apologise for being yet another ignorant "Average Joe" who has never contributed anything to a tech forum in my life, yet comes here crying for help when something goes badly wrong - I have sworn that I will donate to this forum if somebody … |
| | Ok, here's the situation. I've done almost all i can think of other then replacing the motherboard. I have a Gateway 600 YGR laptop.... win XP pro, 512MB ram, 60GB 7200 spin HD..... and i've been getting blue screens of death in the past, and finally, it didnt reboot like … |
| | hi. i'm new to daniweb and i'm a hybrid electronics repair guy that works on everthing including laptop motherboards. i reflow bga chips and just lately have been getting into reballing bga's. i am usually pretty good with diagnosing and repairing power issues like no power, won't charge battery or … |
| | This morning my high speed was so slow that my laptop jammed up. I coud not unfreeze the windows and resorted to holding down the Power Button for 4 seconds until the entire system shut off. When I came back 45 minutes later to do a fresh boot I got … |
| | Anyone with a clue to how to start troubleshooting a dead HP laptop motherboard? Component level of course. I have a scope and basic computer hardware knowledge.... Thanks for your help |
| | Hey guys, i am not really a computer pro so i dont much about it >_< if you can take a few seconds read over this and help I'll be really appreciated! the problems is when i start my computer, the lights on motherboard lights up and we can hear … |
| | Hi guys, first off my pc is running on an Asus K8VSE Deluxe w/ am AMD 64 bit processor. My PSU was a Thermaltake Purepower ATX 12 V with a Max Load of 420W. 1 Gig of Memory and a Radeon 9600 256MB gpu. Well about a year ago I … |
| | tMy Compaq desktop lost video after plugging ipod into the front USB port. Monitor works but says it is not linked to anything. The power light is on on CPU and fan on power supply is running. The board looks fine. What did I fry? Steve  |
| | I have a VGN 260.The laptop does not start when i press the power on switch.If i keep doing it repeatedly it comes on after number of attempts which is frustrating. i have replaced the RAM with a new one as suggested by local Sony Service.Still the problem is not … |
| | Hey guys ... posting here after replacing intel e6600 cpu and P5N32-E SLI motherboard in attempt to get this homebuilt rig to light up the monitor, keyboard and mouse. Was getting a message in BIOS "cpu has changed" ... this problem (the harddrive seems to fire up but now the … |
| | Helllo all. I have a custom built pc which was working fine untill today when i decided to clean the massive amount of dust that had builtup. I un-plugged it, opened and cleaned it, and put it all back together. However, when i turn it on my monitor stays blank. … |
| | The laptop turns on beeps twice and then displays the following message Press <F1> to resume, <F10> to Setup. I tried pressing both and nothting happens. it just stays on that screen. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. |
| | A friend's T3958 EMachine stopped working. Have tried replacing the battery. Tried replacing the hard drive (duh!). I see a green light on the motherboard and I hear a slight windy sound coming out of the case when I plug the system in. If it's the power supply, I am … |
| | I have someone who asked me to look at a machine that won't turn on. I opened the case and the motherboard light is on yet nothing happens when the power button is pressed. I mean nothing happens, no fans, no lights, nothing. I have taken the power supply out … |
| | I played with the monitor settings in windows xp on another computer to fix resolution. I unselected driver for monitor now i dont have any picture after windows loads. Any answers on how to fix? Computer is a Dell, dont know what model as i just got it. |
| | My Optiplex 260 was upgraded with memory and an additional HDD. The upgrade caused a CMOS change; that change apparently interefered with systems settings established when an AGP Graphics card was added to the machine 3 years ago. Result: This Dell Optiplex 260 computer would not POST or boot. The … |
| | Hi I'm an educated novice at computer problems. I'm having a problem booting to safe mode. Hard drive started not recognizing boot file-NTLDR- now I can't get safe mode to initialize. All help greatly welcome. Thanks D4100 |
| | I have a compaq desktop pro workstation its windows xp 2000 professional and when i went to turn it on this morning it makes this clicking sound and just shows compaq and wont go on so i tried to boot it and it said that it failed and check cable. … |
| | hey...i have an Inspiron 2200 laptop that wont boot. when you press the power button, the 3 lock leds stay solid for a few seconds before the laptop turns off again. The Hd Led does not turn on. it happens that when i squeeze the area below the mousepad (above … |
| | A few weeks ago I had a lady bring in her new HP and her old, dead, giant desktop. She was obviously a heavy smoker, as EVERYTHING was covered in not just dust...but solid dirt. Like it was carpeted. I switched her data to the new computer, she left me …  |
| | please tell me how to restore my dell laptop to an earlier date, my system restore only takes me back to the month we are on also my recycle bin does not work please help |
| | Hello, I had a system up and running that died one fine afternoon.. Very sad. I press power, it starts and the fans begin to whirr--like any other boot--, and then it all shuts down after 3 seconds or so... It never POSTs. She was: (barebones listed) Biostar M7VIT Pro … |
| | I hope i'm putting this post in the correct spot The problem: I had a computer that needed formating, and so i Formated it. I used a seagate utility (it takes about 8 hours to format!) that i had used before for this same computer.Every thing went normal, it installed … |
| | I'm scared to turn my computer off. The last time I did, it didn't want to start when I pressed the start button. Nothing happened. Finally, after pressing, and pressing, and punching with the tip of a pen, and pressing some more (and praying a whole lot), it 'clicked' and …  |
| | I've been getting some random shutdowns while playing hardware intensive games (like crysis) lately. The computer simply shuts down and I have to wait a while before it can be turned on again. I've been monitoring the temperature of my components and here are the results (all at full load): … |
| | I am attempting to fix my brothers computer due to a couple of trojans. However; when i turn on the computer it beeps at me and i get no signal on the monitor. Can someone please help me. I have done this before for others but this is the first … |
| | I am using windows xp operating system on tecra 8100 laptop. All of a sudden it stopped working. There is no sound of any fan, but lights come one such as power battery and the last light to the right. And nothing else! Nothing comes on the screen. :mad: Can … |
| | 2000-0142 0f00:075D These are the errors I get in relation to the HDD when I boot, and when I run a diagnostics test respectively. Do I need to replace it or is there any hope for it? |
| | I’m not sure whether this is the right forum. But my wife’s laptop opens with the message “operating system not found.” If left off for a while I can sometimes get it to boot to Windows 2000 Professional. But then, unexpectedly, it will blue screen with “physical memory being dumped” … |
| | I put my laptop on standby. Later when opening it says: We apologize for the inconvience, but Windows didn't start sucessfully. A recent hardware or software chage may have caused this. (other than putting it on standby nothing has been changed) It carries on and says to try and start … |
| | I have had the Hp Pavilion Entertainment PC laptop for a year or a little over a year just about now. Recently its been starting to bail on me. Last week I was using my laptop and I closed the screen but when I opened it again the screen was … |
| | Hi all. I have read the previous post but mine seems slightly different? I have a fairly old Advent laptop that starts fine, everything loads clearly etc but when I go to move the screen ( back or forward ) the light will go out & I can barely see … |
| | Recently my laptop‘s been working fine, but today i turned it on and and when it booted up, i couldn‘t see anything except the wallpaper and cursor. it does this everytime i turn it on. now, if i press contrl alt and delete, i can browse files to open, and … |
| | I have a Compaq Presario 700a notebook computer and the BIOS/CMOS battery is dead. I replaced it with a new one and it still won't turn on. Is there something else I am supposed do to reset the BIOS or something? I am very good with computers. |
| | hi everyone, i started quite recently refurbishing old computers/laptops for underprivileged/ disabled kids. most of the refurbs are quite straight forward but, i`ve got this dell gx150 which sounds that annoying buzzer when switched on even though the microswitch inside is working correctly, and because of this it won`t even … |
| | Hi all, sorry if not posted in the right place, I was using my PC over the weekend, shut it down like I always do and went out. When I came back I turned it on and it started to boot up. BUT instead of going to the normal Windows … |
| | "I have Compaq Armada M700 when I boot it/on it all the led light blinking continuous and when i connected it with A.C supply its Charging light and green light plus All LED bilking. What it mean? Any body help me" |
| | hi, MyPC not detect hard disk . but it detect CD /DVD Rom . so why this problem arise give me the solution. i have interchange the data cable also in motherboard . pl. give the solution |
 | hi. does anyone can give a link to download XP drivers for this desktop pc SG3570d? thanks... |
 | I have a prob with a puter that is actually my mom's and I've been tryin to fix it for her if it would ever boot up without problems.The puter is only 3-1/2yrs old now but started after 2yrs.(OS is XP) It started going straight into the power save mode … |
| | Hello all, I'm currently troubleshooting my father's old garage PC, which should just be replaced to begin with, because it is not booting up properly. When I start the computer it will reach the desktop and then restart continuously. However, when I start it up under Safe Mode, it does … |
| | A customer brought a Dell Latitude C840 to me saying he could not get into it. I booted it up only to come across a screen that said that hard drive had a password on it. When I told him about it he said he had gotten it used. The … |
| | I have a Compaq Presario-SR2173WM that a customer brought in, and said that when you plug it in and power it up you get nothing on the monitor. I switched monitors, and tried different video cards, and still get nothing. Me and my boss concluded that the motherboard was bad, … |
| | hello everyone!! about two days ago i was on my laptop and i had gotten into a big argument with my brother so i set my laptop on the sofa and continued the argument a bit physically...now, none of us remember touching the laptop. but one moment i turn to …  |
| | Hi all; I have a machine that will sometimes fail to boot after a restart. If it gets shut down and restarted, the PSU & CPU fans start, but nothing else. No POST beeps, no lights come on, nada. If I unplug it & wait 15 mins or so, it … |
| | My PC problem is similar to the one another member had 3 months ago in that if left without input for about 2 mins, it shuts down then restarts automatically. My Power Options Properties are currently set as follows: [U]In Power Scheme[/U]: Turn off Monitor after 20mins Turn off Hard … |
| | I've been having my desktop for 2 years now and it is running Windows Vista and it used to run very quickly now it is very slow I checked for viruses there was none and I backed up all files and compressed the disk drive c and still it runs … |
| | I have a Hp Pavilion that will not boot and i cannot access the BIOS. It loads to the HP logo screen and then stalls. Steps I have tried: 1. Pressing F10 - result: "Loading setup appears on the logo screen, this should bring up the BIOS however nothing occurs … |
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