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| | Hi all. SHut down my pc as usual last night and this morning it wont boot up. When i turn it on the dell logo screen comes up and the pc freezes. It doesnt respond to f2 or f8 or f12 so cant enter bios or safe mode. Have pulled … |
| | Hi- I have a huge challenge that I can't figure out. I am trying to integrate the following hardware: New Gear: ECS GF7100PVT-M3 Motherboard Antec EA-380 Powersupply Intel E5200 Processor 2 MB generic RAM Old Gear Generic AT Case A couple of old IDE hard drives, a few generic keyboard/mouse … |
| | First off I didn’t know if this should be in dead machines, or monitors. This problem doesn’t really fit in either, so I’ll post in both and if a mod wants to lock one because its not in the right area I understand. Ok, so this isn’t a big deal … |
| | Hello Readers, I've got an 80GB Apple Classic Video iPod that is not being recognized on my computer. When I purchased it, it would work but then after a few weeks it wouldn't. I called the Apple Tech Support to no avail. They say its a problem with my USB … |
| | Tech support seems stumped. Power adaptor has green light when plugged into wall, goes out soon as connected to laptop. Motherboard and power adaptor both replaced, no change with battery in or not. Any suggestions.. |
| | I have an HP Pavilion dv9000 notebook and it is about 2 years old. About a week ago, it started having problems booting up. I would close the lid and it would go into standby mode, but when i would open it up again, the screen would stay black. the …  |
| | can somebody help me....i have a hp pavilion dv2000.it started when the fan is not responding already.when i turn on the pc it turns the light but no display.after 8 hrs...it displays.then after day came it never displays for days already.i brought it in the IT in our place......he vanished … |
| | I've got a laptop which won't start. When I hit the power button the fan spins once, I can hear the hard-drive kicking in then there's two short faint 'beeps' and the hard-drive sounds like it kicks back out... This happens with the power removed or in and with the …  |
| | So I tried plugging in my AC Adaptor for my Compaq Presario C762NR Laptop, but it immediately shut off the laptop. Pushing the power button gets me no response. The AC Adaptor is working fine (Tested it on a different laptop), so it's apparently not the problem. Can someone help … |
| | i have a gateway 450rog and when i push the power button the power light comes on and then goes off and there is a orange light that flashes right above the power button...where do i start? |
| | this is the problem. my pc worked then it didn't. The green power light on the front comes on and the green light on the mother bourd comes on but nothing else happens. no boot up no cpu fan no power supply fan no dvd drive lights no nothing. not … |
| | I was trying to put a second hard drive in my computer which already has a 250 gig sata drive instaled. The one I was trying to put in was a 80 gig IDE that i recovered from a bad computer. Well it did not work out because my computer … |
| | when i push power the power light comes on and goes off there is a orange color light that flashes on and off right above the power button where should i start?  |
| | I am looking to either buy a new computer or have one built for me. Can you tell me what computer would be best or where would be a good place to go to have one built for me? I know I want a CD-ROM,DVD-ROM,it will mainly be used for …  |
| | Ok I have a computer which has died so to speak. Asus P5N73-AM mobo Sata HDD ATI gfx card E6600 Processor 2 Gig of RAM DVD Combo etc... And basically its not sending signal the monitor. Lets start from the beginning I have tried the monitor and cable on a … |
| | I have a PC that is having some connection issues. It randomly drops pings. Not like 1 ping dropped here and there, but like every 5-15 minutes, it will drop 2-6 pings. I have hooked it up to an entirely different wall socket, with a new Ethernet cord, and it … |
| | So I know 6 error's in 593 passes is not much. But I also don't really totally know what I should make of it. Basically, the reason I started testing, is the PC will boot up, but whenever I try to open a browser, it wont be long before it …  |
| | Pentium 4 2.5 gh ABIT VT7 radeon Video card This system had been stable for 4 years. Now nothing starts. The PSU appears to be dead. The fan on the PSU does not even come on. The only thing that comes on when I turn on the power using the … |
| | When I turn my computer on the fan starts and instead of booting on, the computer beeps continually. Nothing on the monitor. The only way I can turn the machine off, is by unplugging it. Anyone out there to advise me what is going on, please??????????????? |
| | Hi , I'm new to this forum and need some help with a new PC that I'm building. After assembling all of the components when I turn the power on the fans and leds turn on for less than a second and then turn off. I unplugged all of the … |
| | Hi I'm new to this forum and need some help solving an issue with a new PC that I'm building. After I assembled all of the components the computer powers up for less than a second and then turns off. I've plugged the power supply into another computer and it's …  |
| | HI, recently i'm having some problem with my comp. I was trying to recover my xp home edition, and every time i try it stops at 12% , and says that " Incompatible image in use" Can someone please tell me how can i fix this problem. Now i can't … |
| | This is a bit long, so thanks in advance to those who choose to help. It's an odd problem and I just want to give you all the info I have from the get-go. :) [b]First off, my specs:[/b] [list] [*]Antec Neo HE 550w PSU [*]Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi/AP [*]Intel … |
 | Hi Folks! I know I should know this but just had family emergency that has my mind in another place. Here's the deal... This ran smoothly until last Saturday when I noticed the boot sequence started to take more time and display all the post info which I had previously … |
| | i had a proble with my PC where it would not start, it would only start in safe mode so i reformated it with windows XP know i have know sound and tells me its a code10 can someone help |
| | I purchased a used Dell Inspiron 1100 several years ago and it has served me well until yesterday when I tried to turn it on and all I get is an error message that it can't find an operating system. I've tried to trouble shoot it from the book and …  |
| | My Dell Dimension 4700 will not power up. There are no leds active on the motherboard. It will not respond to the start switch. I shorted the contacts on the switch still no responce. No output from the power supply. Any suggestions appreciated.  |
| | My work-horse of a laptop pulls this weird trick on me now. I am happily working away, and then the thing just suddenly shuts down. I cannot find a pattern to this weird behavior. All seems OK and then... it just cuts off on me. Any tips on anything I … |
| | Just wondering if somebody can help me figure out what the problem with my comp is. when i power it on, everything gets power but i dont hear the normal beeps on startup. Also it doesnt even turn my monitor on. Any advice would be appreciated. |
| | I have run into a problem after attempting to over clock my. I am reasonably computer literate, but am at a complete loss in this situation, and am in great need of any advice I may be able to get from this forum. My hardware, as best as I can … |
| | hi I have a problem, after I put a new videocard Geforce 9500 in my Acer AX3200 I got error on boot: amd data change update new data to DMI! but it continued to boot fine I hear 3 low beeps. then after windows logon screen it would give blue … |
| | I am trying to see if an HP D2360 can be repaired with a blinking green light on the power switch. The printers properties box shows offline even though it should be online. HP support was contacted and the machine defaults were reset. Still no improvement. I can't find anything … |
| | Ok, I have encountered two issues. About two months ago, my laptop suddenly wouldn't start up as usual. I thought it would be the power adapter, so I powered up with the battery and still no luck. So could this be the internal battery? It would power up sometimes not … |
| | Hello all, this is my first post on the site. I need help BAD! My Gateway laptop was working fine, then the screen froze. Ctrl_Alt_Delete didn't work, it would not respond. I powered the laptop down. Now, when I turn it on, I get the blue light for power, I … |
| | My Dell inspiron 8200 does not recognize the new 160 gig HD I installed. All I can do is access the BIOS. I have tried to reboot from the cd but no luck. I have also changed the reboot sequence in the BIOS. Coule this be the motherboard? Thanks Leo |
| | i have lost my system recovery disc and i need one desperately. Does anyone have such disc or a viable alternative? |
| | Switched off my Dell laptop going to bed. The following morning absolutely dead. AC adapter is OK. When I plug the adapter into the socket green LED comes on but as soon as I plug it into the laptop it goes off. I do not want to buy a new … |
| | Hi, I've been trying to get an old system running for a little bit now and after a lot of testing I've found that when the hard drive is not plugged in, it will POST fine but if it is, it freezes during the Detecting IDE part. I have tried … |
| | Hard drive on this died and machine won't even post now. Right after the hard drive died the power light on front started flickering and now doesn't light at all. Neither does the hdd light even with a new hard drive. Everything powers up fine - fans, cd , fdd. … |
| | last week when I turned on my pc, the LED and fans are on but there is no display. I tested my monitor to several pc and I found that it has no problem. Need help on more diagnosing. |
| | Hello guys, recently i bought a Compaq laptop model v6000 with vista OS. and Ive made a backup of data using windows backup wizard which burned to DVD these DVDs only can detect the hard drive under dos when i need to reinstall OS. but when try something like ghost … |
| | Hi all, I came across this forum after searching for anything pertinent to my problems...I couldn't find anything, so I'm posting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. So I have this laptop a friend gave me; she told me that it just stopped working one day (wouldn't turn on) so … |
| | Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite P100 Laptop, which I bought 2-3 years ago. I accidentally knocked the lower left-hand-side of the laptop while using it (I didn't hit it very hard), and it immediately switched off. Now it's not switching back on. It doesn't respond when I press the …  |
| | Hi guys, 2nd problem since joining this site. When I boot up my computer, after the Windows screen, my screen turns black and my mouse is frozen in the middle of the screen. I tried using using Last Known Configuration that worked by using F8 but that just left a … |
| | Hi I have a toshiba tecra laptop 8100 series- plugged in , it wouldn't start up so I bought it a new battery- still nothing. I can get a power light flashing orange if I play a little I can leave it and get power light green and battery light … |
| | My Toshiba Satellite M40 (canadian version) laptop showed a message of an error and completely froze up. I thought that this is a Windows XP problem and tried to reinstall windows. When I started installing windows it froze up again on the 35-38 minute of installation process, just before windows … |
 | Two days ago my EIZO FlatScreen Monitor shuts down from one moment to the other without working on the PC. Normally the Monitor switches to a screensaver mode, but never shuts down. Anyway I would restart the process by typing the keyboard or moving the mouse. Nothing. Then I restart … |
| | This is a long one. I had Ubuntu on my computer for quite some time, before deciding to rid it from my hard disk. Withoutmuch prior knowledge of GRUB, I stupidly decided to delete my entire partition of Ubuntu. Of course I got Error 22, figures out how to fix … |
| | A friend of mine has a Compaq Presario v3000 laptop that is 2-3 years old. About a week ago she reported it wouldn't boot when the pwr button was pressed, no lights, no screen, no POST, no nothing. I got my hands on it and removed the HD to get … |
| | hello my HP d530 sff (P2.66G, 512 ram) freezes occasionally with a strange blocked screen pattern - like psychedelic colored chessboard squares on a blue background. The squares shimmer a little (impying some procesing?) but the system is totally unrersponsive. The fault appears randomly, and does not appear related to … |
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