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| | I recently purchased said case, and i connected the Power SW, Reset SW, HDD LED and Power LED the way my motherboard manual instructed, maybe i did it wrong, but i believe the white crosses on some pegs means Positive which is usually the colored wire, right?. My motherboard is … |
| | Have a 2005 Compaq Desktop computer with P4 processor running Windows XP PRO. I am a fulltime RV'er currently spending the winter in Florida. I have encountered a problem which occurs when the computer is off for several days when we travel. When turning the computer on after it has … |
| | Hi everyone, I'm not a tech but I have a problem with a Sony SR21K. The PCMCIA slot is not working and it seems the bios is set only to boot from the external cd reader throught the PCMCIA slot. The machine needs to be restored to factory settings and … |
| | Hi everyone, I have an odd problem I'm hoping someone can help me with. I have a custom built pc with a Asus a8n5x mobo. it's a socket 939 running a Athlon X2 4200. The computer posts ok (1 beep) and goes to the bios. Once it hits the bios … |
| | When I turn ony my computer, I get the some text during the POST, but it won't go any further after that. It says: Main Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Memory Testing: 1048576K OK Memory Mode: Dual Channel DRAM Clock For DDR 400 That's as far as it goes. Also …  |
| | I have a HP Pavilion zd8129ea Notebook that freezes up. It freezes up at random, on any web page or website, with no apparent reason. I have taken it to the company that I got it from and changed the Harddisk and the DVD Writer and made sure that everything … |
| | Didn't know where to post this. Sorry. :O So if this needs to be moved please do so... anyway... Ok so I don’t know what’s up with my speakers. I have Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS sound card and 5.1 speakers. I’m on Vista. I have Vista compatible drivers. When …  |
| | A couple days ago, I started up my computer and it failed POST. It gave me a long beep, followed by two short beeps. The LCD on the rear of my motherboard gives me a DRAM error. I shut the power off and turned it back on and the computer … |
| | The first on is a two year old gateway notebook (Intel Centrino)which started failing to power up a few weeks ago. The owner would 'dismantle' it, reassemble it and it would come back to life. This repeated several times. Now it won't power up at all. The power light comes …  |
| | hi i m new user of dani web acn u help me .how can i remove master bot and than creatnew master boot.al information send me plzzzzz  |
| | When I start my Dell laptop it boots up but only as far as the Windows logo. MY IT people tell me to bin it, but I am relucatant to do this. Any suggestions on what the problem might be and of a possible resolution |
| | Hello, wanna buy a laptop but firstly I would like to gather some info about these laptops, soooooooooooo the first one is this one [url]http://www.itbankeurope.com/info.php?part_number=G70S&lng=en&w=2&s=10075988[/url] since im a casual gamer I would like to know if it will play the recent games out there. second one [url]http://www.itbankeurope.com/info.php?part_number=LX.AFM0X.022&lng=en&w=1&s=10088687[/url] I dont know … |
 | Been a while since ive posted. Ok so here is my problem.. i really hope you can all help [B][U]I have a custom-built PC[/U][/B] [LIST] [*]AM2 x2 5600+ Processor [*]Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 [*]RAM: Generic RAM 3GB (Always been fine and its been tested) [*]W.D 250GB HDD [*]Nvidia 512MB 8800GT [/LIST] … |
| | My daughters laptop eventually failed to boot, only the fan comes on and no POST. I suspect the CMOS battery has failed, but am not sure and would like to know if this could be the cause before I buy a replacement battery. |
| | my monitor keeps going blank randomly usualy after about 5 or so minutes . The power is still on but the screen is black. All i need to do is to switch it off then on again can someone clever help and let me know what it is or what … |
| | Hello Everyone, This is my first post but i have been lookin around this site a little while and really like it here. But I do have a problem. I have a Tecra 9100 that will only post half of the time. sometimes, it will boot right up no problems. … |
| | I can go upto logging in and then blue screen, nothing happens. How do i get rid of MS Antivirus 2009.This a business pc with a lot of customer files. I really appreciate all the advise i can get. |
| | Hi I'm new to this and don't know much about computers so I hope someone can help me :S My HP ze4700 laptop will only power on when plugged in, but only turns on for a few seconds, shows a screen that gives me options (start in safe mode etc), … |
| | i have a hp pavilion dv2000 that won't boot up,when i plug in the adapter it shows that it actually is getting current because the led which indicates that the adapter is plugged in lights up but when i press the power button it does not come on,i tried removing … |
| | Dell Dementions B110 The unit powers on all fans come on. Note: It was very dusty inside. On the screen the Dell boot up shows up for a second and goes off then comes back on then goes off again. It just keeps doing that. At the Power button there … |
| | Ok its like this... I have 2 64MB ram chips in my mobo and one empty slot. So i went to put kinda an old RAM in and when i turned the computer on it beeped about five times. I turned it off and took the RAM out. Now when … |
| | This belongs to a co-worker. When I push the start button, the fan starts, and the screen shows quickly the 'intel inside' logo, then the XP screen, neither staying on more than a second. Then I get a blank screen with the blinking insertion cursor in the upper left (like … |
| | change memory from 256 to 512 and now pc will not boot,put old mem. back in and still no boot-help help help  |
| | Have a dead Dell D610 laptop that will not turn on. AC adapter is good but main battery is dead. Should it run on just the AC adapter? Thanks |
| | Hi Guys, Apologies if I am in the wrong section- this is my first post on these boards. Anyhoo, hello (!) and thanks for looking at my predicament For the last 2 weeks, my computer has been running really slow - especially (though not exclusively) when I run IE. I … |
| | Hello, I have had this PC running for about 2 years, so its not newly built. I custom built it with: A socket 939 motherboard from chaintek. (cant remember model number) An AMD Athlon CPU And an ATI Radeon 9800 graphics card I have just the above and one 512 … |
| | Hi i have a promplem with my pc which shuts down when playing games (cod4). The pc has shut down 3 times in 1 week and i think it could be the psu as all fans are working fine and i have cleaned the out inside the best i can. … |
| | Hi guys my laptop is a patriot and my daughter was looking at bebo on the web.She said she just switched off the laptop and did not switch it back on until last night and all that came up was a black screen I can hear it loading up also … |
| | [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread102172.html[/url] Please see above for context. Hello, I have the same machine, the T6534, and I too need to hold down the power button to turn the computer off and then turn it on again to have it boot. When I turn it on it does not do anything except … |
| | my keyboard suddenly just stopped working i didnt spill anything on it when i plug it in the lights flash but then it looks like its not plugged in i have to use n screen keyboard and its really slow can somebody tell me if my ketboard can be fixed? |
| | Greetings to all. Am 78 yrs old and stumbled onto this site looking for info on where to find the CMOS battery in my old Winbook Si2 laptop as the battery failed today and the computer can't find the operating system. This seems to be an amiable group with lots … |
| | HI Turned my laptop on and the first that happend was a physical memory dump. Now i turn my computer on and the battery panel is green and the display next to it is green ( which is supposed to mean computer is on and ready to use) but nothing … |
| | Hi; I usually try to help on boards like this and now I am making one.. heh. Well I left my computer on sharing bandwidth with the stanford folding@home daniweb team overnight and came back the next evening to find my OS toast. I tried to repair it via windows … |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 4550. I don't know much; please bear with me. A friend gave me additional RAM to install, but it turned out not to be compatible; the computer wouldn't boot with it. So I removed it. Now the computer still will not boot. It starts to … |
| | My friend want me to him installing Windows XP SP2 in his old Tecra 8100. Installation going fine, and just after I left it turn on for about 15 minutes (go to bathroom), it went blank and never turn on again. The only light on are the first one on … |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite L355D-S785 that's exactly a month old and I accidently left it on for nearly a day (I know, I know, BIG mistake.) I restarted it and it keeps saying it needs start-up repair and it can't repair it automatically. I've gotten to it to the … |
| | Ok..To all the hardware wizards out there I need some help. Its a Dell Laptop...inspiron 5100..it will not power on..At first I thought the power cord as it was not registering any input voltage. Bought a NEW one...now the input is there...Still NO power on....any suggestions as to whats next? … |
| | Purchased a HP ZE4610US laptop over a year ago, and started receiving SMART drive failures. Laptop would intermittently freeze, fail to boot up, etc. Periodicity of the problems got worse to where it was near impossible to boot the computer. Naturally, the Warranty period dried up. Ordered a new Hitachi … |
| | Was working fine earlier in the day. I turn it on & it powers up (windows xp) gets to the page saying that there was a problem (start windows normally, last known good config, safe mode etc) have tried all of these but no luck. When i select one, I … |
| | I have a pc loaded with XP Home Edition.I recovered all the data on my harddrive but after installing it again my pc won't boot. I read on Microsoft support website that XP Home edition needs floppy disks (6 of them - i've downloaded this already). At present all that … |
| | I switched off my laptop from the power button (because it was hanging) and when next i put it on, it wont go beyond "checking...". Then i removed the battery and replaced it (since that was what the manual said), but since doing that it doesn't go beyond the screen … |
| | I am working on a Gateway MA2 laptop. When you power it on the power LED turns on at the power switch and the blue LED on the front edge powers on. The fan kicks in and it sounds like its starting up but it never posts. It just goes … |
| | Hi everyone, I am trying to troubleshoot the problem with an Acer Aspire 5102 WLMi laptop. When it turns on you can hear the hard drive starting, cd spinning (if one inserted) but there is nothing on the screen. I have searched Acer endlessly and cannot find anything of assistance. … |
| | first of all id like to say hi to you all, my laptop keeps turning itself off, it started doing it when i tried to watch clips on the internet or upload photos but now it does it more and more often, the fan gets louder before the laptop turns … |
| | I am completely in love with this laptop, it has become like a second mind to me, so I would like to systematically try everything I can to revive it. The problem started a few weeks ago when I was running XP pro and I started getting screen glitches like … |
| | Hi!!! Does anyone know where I can get drivers for SONY VAIO VGN-FE48C and after changing the OS from Chinese's to Russian how can I 'back it up ' if I don't have the software that Sony installed at the beginning(I mean VAIO recovery utility) BIg thanks for eveyone!!! |
| | This is a real troubling problem. My laptop was working fine one day, and then the next(I did nothing to it) I turn it on and a grey screen pops up. It turns on but all you can see is a grey screen. Is this a problem with my screen … |
| | My desktop is failing to give any display on the monitor I was using the machine when suddenly it went off and failed to boot again, I have disconnected all the peripherals i.e. mouse, keyboard, harddrive, crdom but still when I try to boot it nothing happens, only the processor … |
 | I have been having some serious problems with my PC over the past week or so. Please have a look at this thread which will explain my initial problem: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread167352.html[/url] After replacing the power supply, which appeared to be causing the problem my PC seemed to work again. I backed …  |
| | Hi everyone, My computer has just completely died :scared:. I have posted another thread about this in the last few days (when it started happening) but it was just turning off and would turn back on again after a couple of seconds. I have had the computer for about 3 … |
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