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| | Computer was running then screen went black. Shut down machine turned back on. Power going to machine (green light on at back and main power light on at front) but no fans turn. Any clues on this?:confused: |
| | os windows xp sp2 display ati radeon xpress 200m series Hi have a equium M50-244 with a problem. Seems to work fine but suddenly goes to blue screen with message: A problem has been detected has been shut down to prevent damage. The problem seems to be caused by following … |
| | hi guys...my sister gave me a dell latitude d600..nice laptop,old but.winxp-pro-sp1. but she doesn't have the installation cd,and the disc with drivers. i plan to wipe ansd reinstall. -does any other winxp-cd would work?..for reinstallation --..but what about the drivers.... ..i was advice thta i can collect the drivers using …  |
| | Have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 1600 that has ceased to be. Green power light comes on when plugged into AC, but when I press power the power light blinks amber and the laptop does nothing. No noise, no screen, no POST, no nothing. I pulled the battery and AC and … |
| | PC Specs: Intel Q6600 @ 2.4GHz eVGA 8800GTX 768MB 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 ASUS P5K-E Mobo OCZ 600w PSU --- My problem: My PC has been dead for about seven days. I was greeted one morning by a nice, black monitor. I powered it off and back on (the monitor) … |
| | HI! For my sins i have a vaio S1, It worked great for the first year and a bit I had it, but now, it has become unreliable! Sometimes it just will not power up! The leds at the bottom of the keyboard tells me that the power is on … |
| | Hi I have an Omnibook vt6200. The other day I was using it and the screen suddenly went black. At first I thought it was just the power, but then I realised that the power was still on and the screen was still on but EXTREMELY feint. It is so … |
| | Hi! Today morning my friend tried to start her laptop(Acer Aspire 5100) and it did not bootup it just showed black screen with power light on...the keyboard also was not active. She did not know how to switch it off so she disconnected the power and then removed the battery … |
| | I've always had a problem with my laptop freezing. Sometimes I can be on it a while with no problem other times it constantly freezes. I have resetored it and reinstalled windows xp but the problem still exists. I have downloaded and installed all the updated drivers from dell.com but … |
| | My store bought computer (emachines, 2004) wont start. There is no LED light when you hit the start button on the front, no noise, no nothing. The external power protector is working fine, the monitor comes on and gives the check your PC message... but nothing else. I bought another … |
| | Hi there, I've had troubles with my computer for the last three weeks or so, first background story. My hardware 3weeks ago: MSI pt890 neo Intel Pentium D 925 Geforce 7600 GT 2x 1GB DDR2 RAM My computer crashed three weeks ago, and had some motherboard/cpu related heat issues, the … |
| | No, my machine did not die so far: HP Pavilion m7370.se Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 sp2 AMD Athlon X2 4200+ CPU, 2.19 GHz with a fantastic cooler when it works. During the two years that I have owned this computer it has been very good to … |
| | Hello i have a newer dell computer that was given to me by a friend it worked for a few days and then one day i tried starting it up. it will get to the windows screen where it says "prees f1 for bios" at the bottom but then it … |
| | Hello. This was my first and maybe my last build. I finally got this system to work fine. gforce 8800ultra, 4gig corsair ram. e6850 proc. It worked for a month more or less. Then it would post but wouldn't load windows. I couldn't hear my harddrive spinning. (wdraptor) so I … |
| | Hello everyone I need to pick some brains, I have a Toshiba Satellite 2400-103 laptop which I purchased approx 3 years ago. Everything with the laptop has been fine until last week. I was using my laptop in my office, packed it away and took it home. When I started … |
| | hello: i have a compaq presario 2100 and one day when i was done working on it i shut it down, and when i tried to turn it back on nothing happens,the computer will not work please help |
| | Hi Guys, Just built a new system and I was really excited. I booted it up, and everything started very smoothly. Fans kicked on, lights were bright, but no picture. Monitor light went from green to orange. I shut everything down, removed and reinserted the Video Card. Hooked everything back … |
| | Hello everyone, I have an e-machine T2984 computer that recently stopped powering on. The monitor powers on fine but the tower itself does not power on. I checked the AC outlet and the power cord supplying the unit. Both of them are working fine. I also opened the computer with … |
| | So I've been using the same self-made pc for about 2.5 years now. The other day it started acting funky and freezing/crashing. Last night, it just stopped booting period. Here we go with the fun diagnosis part... what's dead? At first I thought it was the HD as it usually … |
| | I am having troubles with my presarion 700 laptop. With the battery removed and AC plugged in I hit the power button and can hear everything turn on and lights light up and fans are on, but nothing is on my screen!!!! The cd-rom lights are working and I can … |
| | Okay I'll start out with some brief specs of my computer. Ram - 2x512mb = 1024mb Cpu - Iintel pentium 3 - not too sure of the GHz but thats not important Hardrive - 80Gb Dankstar (??) - not too sure of rpm Motherboard - Atx form factor - some … |
| | Hello, I am Ben I was wondering if you could solve my computer problem. Well in the past few days for no reason my computer is having weird start ups. Just today I couldn't even get to my Windows login screen, it just stays at the Windows XP loading screen. … |
| | Hi, I have a Toshiba satellite 1900-305 laptop, and this morning it refuses to boot. It powers on, the fan comes on for a minute (and a few mins after attempting to start when the notebook gets warm) but nothing appears on the screen. I have tried swapping the RAM, … |
| | I was hoping someone could give me some insight ot at least steer me in the right direction.I have a Dell Latitude D610 that when powered on displays the Dell splash screen then goes to a blank screen with a cursor that momentarily appears in the upper left.I Can access …  |
| | Hi there. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop. Bought brand new in 12/2006. I recently had to replace the power cord due to a new puppy :icon_evil: I got the new cord and ac adapter kit and plugged in the laptop. (NOTE: IT WORKED FINE THE NIGHT BEFORE USING …  |
| | Let's see, I was playing WoW and my Computer froze. So I turned it off by holding the power button. Next thing I know when I go to restart it I'm prompted to pick Safe Mode, Normal Mode, Etc. Nothing bad right? Well here's where I'm confused. The computer accepts … |
 | I have a Compaq Presario desktop PC model SR1053WM, and it has one of those power supplies that has a little green indicator light right on it, on the machine back. One day that light started flashing and the computer will not turn on. I found a good page about … |
| | Hello. When I start my HP computer it starts off with a big screen saying HP INVENT and at the bottom says <F1> to setup <F10> for system recovery then it goes to a black screen that states the specs of the computer and also the following: 247 System RAM … |
| | I browse around here sometimes and think you folks are terrific. But I have to ask if maybe someone can help me on this. :confused: This is the 3rd time this has happened on [I][U]2[/U] different drives.[/I] I just bought a Western Digital 250gb in December, used it almost 2 … |
| | The problem is when I power up my comp everything seems to work..fans come on,motherboards ready or I have power light is on,DVD/CD drive shows its working but nothing appears on the moniter. Friend said maybe its the motherboard or cpu. I have no idea what it is and hope … |
| | Hi, I hope somebody can help? My PCG-SR21K works fine via the ac adaptor however, following a battery failure I fitted a new battery which is showing as 100% fully charged. When I come to boot up nothing happens unless I plug in the mains adaptor, then if I unplug … |
| | I have seen some similar problems here on the boards, but didn't see anything quite the same or a solution. A formerly trouble-free clone running XP Media started up this morning with its monitor giving a no signal message. The monitor has been tested on a laptop, and is functioning … |
| | The Light at the left side of the front panel is flashing amber. and the computer shows nothing. It doesn't matter if it connected to the AC adapter or from the Battery (full BTW). Help please. |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 4550 which originally gave an error message at start up that said it could not find the hard drive. I opened up the machine and checked te connections, I see that there is power to the mother board, yet the power button is now inactive. …  |
| | Hi :?: , My sister gave me her Dell Inspirion 1000. Basically it's dead. She said that she shut it down one night and then the next day it would not come on at all. The Dell laptop had been working fine perfectly before that. I connected the power cable, … |
| | Hey everyone, thanks for reading the thread. I've got a compaq presario 723RS laptop running Windows XP that has a weird problem that causes it to *completely* randomly black screen/die. Once it has done this, I have to remove power (unplug the power supply and battery), wait a few seconds, …  |
| | Inspiron 8200 operated well all day. Tried to turn it on this afternoon; push power button and within 5 seconds a "click" is heard and machine turns off. Nothing else happens. Any ideas? Thanks, Luckyforward |
| | ;) What a nice forum. I'm glad my computer is dead so I found this place. well, okay, that's a big fat lie. But this is a nice forum. I need help if anyone can give it. I tried to use Acronis partition manager to partition my HD and something … |
| | Hi, I am Lucy Ricardo, I have trouble using laundry detergent and for the life of me, I can not get these computer machines to work. I sure hope that I can find someone here that is nice enough to help me out. Do soap bubbles hurt a machine? I … |
| | hi guys, i've got a one year old vaio vgn-tx17gp series, the one with the 11.1'' screen. the machine works great, i'm very happy with it.... last time when i was playing in AV MODE one of my DVD's (i was flying), the movie just stopped....freezed...there was nothing i could … |
| | I have a custom gaming PC from Buyxg.com. It has worked flawlessly untill yesterday. I was using the computer and the power went out about 3-4 times in a 5 minute span. So after it finally went out for the last time, i turned the power off to the PC … |
| | hie my laptop keeps saying windows resuming..for the past 2 days cannot get any keys to work...can anyone help..thanx |
| | Hellou dear experts, My problem is quiet simmilar to others but i have been unable to find a satisfactory answer to that ,I have regreased my pentium 4 3.o ghz machine after 4 years of operation after fixing back the fan on the chip when i rebooted the system it … |
| | I run a tight ship. I mean I thought I run a tight ship. I have a hardware firewall with latest upgrades, software firewall, anti-virus, anti-spy, registry-lock, etc. updated frequently. I run them daily, I don't click on links directly, I don't visit dubious sites from this particular machine, and … |
| | ok my daughter says she only kicked the bottom cords and hit the shut off button but now my computer won't work, I've reconnected everything, makes lots of beeping sounds, monitor says no signal but light on front of computer is light up with lock button, no clue how to … |
| | I have an HP Pavilion 740n with a pentium 4 1.6ghz cpu, 2 x 256mb RAM (max RAM is 2gig) and onboard graphics. My problem is I wanted to upgrade the video card and RAM so I bought a card and a 512mb stick. I took out the 2 256mb … |
| | at startup , on the top left corner,appears two phrases --> too many perimeters too many perimeters' both are flashing on and off. what does this mean? |
| | i start my system yesterday... it works finely for 20 minutes and shut down like a power cut.... after 5 miniutes it works... so can any body exlplain me what is the problem |
| | I hope someone can help me. I have a Sony VAIO PCV-RZ46G. After years of stuff I thought I would format everything and start from scratch. I have the recovery disks. The machine came partitioned with a 15GIG C: and the rest of the 200GIG HD was D:. I thought … |
| | I am new here and not a tech person so I hope it is okay to post here. I'm not sure everything is related but thought the details might help figure out what might be wrong. I own a HP a420n running Windows XP. I have had it for a … |
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