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| | Hi guys, My first post on here so bare with me and tell me if i am doing something wrong. I have a customers machine that is an advent 7102 laptop and it will not get past the post bios screen and the keyboard is not working either.I have done … |
| | My computer won't turn on after being shut off until I unplug cord and plug back in! I know there are many things it could be but I will explain a little of the situation. It started about a little while ago when I came to turn the computer on. …  |
| | Hey guys, I have an Hp media center pc m7250n and I seem to have some problems with it lately. I'd be on the computer for about 15-20 minutes and then it will automatically shut itself off. Afterwards, I have to wait about a minute before I can restart it … |
| | Hello, I need help, after dust cleaning my computer with celeron466, 256RAM, it will not boot through post at all, it will power up and just stay there with no screen and nothing. re-sit RAM and try different video card with no luck. Can anyone please help!! It is a … |
| | I decided to try and revive an old compaq presario 2264 pc that has been collecting dust in my basement for the last 4 years. We shelved it due to a corrupted hard drive so I installed an 80GB one that I took from a dead dell computer. To the … |
| | When I turn my PC (HP Media Center M370n) on, its boots up, then after about a minute or so, the computer just shuts off.. What the hell???? I'm lost, someone please help.... |
| | Hi All, Newbie here building my first machine (have done upgrades before but first shot starting from scratch. Got my machine put together, hit the power button, held my breath, and nothing.... Well a little more than nothing. The fans kicked on, the hard disk appears to be running, the … |
| | HI,i was using my laptop and just before i log out it prompted me that there is an update going on and the pc should not be shut down so i left it like that and went to bed but the next morning it was totally dead.My son took out … |
| | Hi all! I'm a new member, working on my friend's Dell Dimension 3000. It's about three years old, and never had any hardware changes other than a wireless card install. At first, it wasn't completing booting. It would go through the opening splash screen, but then would go to a … |
| | Hi, Well I'm having some trouble with my custom built PC. While at work my computer turned off and now it won't turn back on. I usually leave my computer running, so it was strange to see it off when I came home. It seems to be getting power, the … |
| | I put 1G of RAM (Crucial) into my Compaq R3000 laptop (in addition to the existing 256M). I fired it up and it booted fine - maybe a little faster than before. I opened the System window, verified it recognized the additional RAM – 1.2G RAM present, no problem! Then …  |
| | Hi, I am having a somewhat similar problem with my Gateway laptop, using my rather inferior troubleshooting skills I have not reached any conclusions. It is a 400 series laptop, and It won´t turn on at all, with the battery in or out, plugged in or unplugged. Power is getting … |
| | Hi all. I have a custom built system that I've been using for around 3 years. To save power, I hibernate it before I go to bed. The other day, when I tried turning it back on from hibernate, nothing happened. The motherboard power light is on, the power supply … |
| | Hi everyone I recently discovered a little about computers in my vocational engineering program at my highschool and I guess I started using my Grandmothers desktop as my lab rat and I started off by adding like memory sticks from old broken computers to hers, that worked out fine, added … |
| | Hello, Acer laptop 8200 travelmate will not start after being off for a long period of time. I press the power button and the CPU fan starts going the screen remains black, the CPU activity light starts to blink, and then you can hear the fan just stop turning while … |
| | Hello, System is a three year old HP Pavilion zv5120us with XP Home SP2. The problem initially started as a recurring BSOD with stop error 0x000000f4. KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR was displayed one time with this stop error. After the initial BSOD, restarting Windows normally took from five to ten minutes. Subsequent BSODs … |
| | Hi all Sorry i can't post anymore details than these, I cant get a detailed report because the heap wont post... [COLOR="Green"][U]Medion PC MT6. SN 11189010090360. Not running windows xp-pro[/U][/COLOR]. Here's the heads up!! I've been lurking a while now and have found reading various post really helpful.. In fact … |
| | Hi, I have a problem with an Amilo D1840 laptop, where it one day just died. But it is not totally dead, now and them I am able to power it up, but after a minute or two, it has a sudden death, and I am not able to power … |
| | HELLO I recently bought a cheap pc from a friend and thought i would be able to get it going with the right bits that it needed internally (harddrive memory etc) The problem is it tries to boot up and all it seems to do is the cpu fan is … |
| | Sorry for the long post, but I'm trying to be as complete as possible. I'm working on a friend's 8200 which suffered a drop. It was in a padded briefcase on an airline seat and got bumped to the deck by a guy passing by. It was powered off at … |
| | Hi everyone. I CAN NOT GET ANY OPERATING SYSTEM TO RUN ON MY OLD COMPUTER, and I suspect it MAY be video-related first of all, here are my current specs: -P3 ~933mhz -256mb RAM -30gb hard drive -CD-RW drive -ATI RAGE PRO 128 ~ 64mb AGP video memory -on-board video … |
| | I've noticed many others have had the same problems... I'm one of those guys that has to take things apart to see what makes them work, knowing only a little and always getting myself in over my head. Yesterday the computer decided to quit while sitting there quietly running. It … |
| | I've just acquired a laptop for free. The thing just won't light up when plugging it in. I've checked the AC adapter and it's fine. Before I assume it's the motherboard does anyone have any suggestions? Thank You, this is my first posting. |
 | hey yall, ive got a bit of experience building pcs, this is my 3rd for myself, but this is the first time im using sata drives. my problem is that when i get to the install for vista the damned pc wont boot from the vista dvd. i even tried … |
| | Im visiting my parents and they just installed a new printer on their pc, it told them to restart the pc so they did. however the pc would not restart so my mom decided to pull the plug out of the wall and put it back in, now when i … |
| | It's a Del GX260. After a power outage, it does not boot. Message: no boot device found |
 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this is going to be a long thread coz i will explain the situation in detail. ok the problem is simple....the computer 'beeps'when i turn it on and then shuts down automatically and nothing comes on the screen. these are the hardwares that i currently have PSU: coolermaster extreme …  |
| | after update of bios, Computer can't start windows or read HDD. i only get black screen. It's defenltiy Bios! |
| | Hi Everyone, Recently I pressed the power button on my Dell CPx and the lights came on, flashed a time or two and then it shut off. Now, this is with it plugged in. I tried it with a full battery and it did the same thing with the exception …  |
| | I have a Satellite A10 Laptop Model number PSA10C035WM, I was running AVG Free antivirus when I came back to my laptop the computer had crashed saying that C:/windows32 Config file is corrupt or missing.The CD Rom won't read the recovery disk and I have no floppy drive.I have the …  |
| | Hi there my pc wont boot up i need help! when i switch the pc on there is no picture and the fans continue to run constantly. my cpu is 2.0 ghz, 512 ram, 160gb, and i was on msn when i last used it. many thanks :cool: |
| | Hi all. I've got my buddy's IBM R51 ThinkPad. Had some serious problems, so I backed up his data and reformatted the thing. Running XP SP2 on it...but having NO luck with getting ethernet/wireless internet installed. The 'Found New Hardware' box pops up saying it found an Ethernet controller. I've … |
| | I got this computer from a friend who was having some problems booting it up. I tried to run a floppy disc to format the hard drive, but it doesn't make it that far in the start-up process. The OS is Windows 98, I believe. The computer is a Intel … |
| | Hello all, This is my first post here, but this seems to be an extremely knowledgable and amiable community with some individuals who are incredibly capable and eager to help and after this, I'll certainly be back. I've been having a recurring problem with my home PC - roughly 20% … |
| | hello ,i have windows xp sp2 home edition (os),it was working fine ,2 days back i got some form of infection (virus-spyware-malware)it made my computer hell ,i couldnt remove it with any standard or known protection systems ,tried so many ,then it went worse a pop up came on my … |
| | the battery is new on the laptop and the led button comes on but when i hit the power button it wont turn on. Any ideas?  |
| | I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 that quit charging the other day. Thought it was the ac adapter, so I swapped the adapter with another E1505 I have at the house. Both adapters were good, the 6000 just acted as if nothing was plugged in. I replaced the power adapter …  |
| | Hello. I got a Sony Vaio Laptop for Christmas and it's been working fine up until last night. I tried to turn it on and the power light went green (as usual) but the screen stayed blank and this continued to happen until finally it started, but seconds after it … |
| | First of all cheers 2 all :) This is officially my first <help me> post, I stumbled on this web after googling the magic words "girls gone wild" and hitting the Im Feeling lucky button, then....oh wait... No that was before. I mean googled "motherboard random shutdown" :$ That said,I … |
| | Ok so I dont know much about computers so this is tough for me. I'm hoping everyone here can help me fix my computer without having to reboot it or something I'm not sure If I even have a boot disc for it anyways. So you know when the computer … |
| | This is one I've never seen before and I'm hoping someone can help. I was a computer support person for over 20 years and am now retired. The machine in question has been in operation for about a year. No changes have been made to the hardware. At power on … |
| | Hi all, and thanks for reading. This is my 1st post, I'm not an expert at pc's, but do like to try to fix them, but now I give up!! lol I have a Samsung GT9000 laptop, win xp pro, SP2. I was doing a defrag, and seleted "shut down …  |
| | After creating a Msdos startup disk, I still have challenges accessing and formatting drive C. The file system in C: is NTFS. Can someone please give me a nice step by step black scree syntax? Thanx |
| | i am an IT officer for a small computer and we have been using the dell optiplex machines for sometime now but we are now facing some problems with the machines and i really need help. i have tried removing the RAM, checking the power supply and bios but these … |
| | HI guyz, I have a laptop which cannot boot from the CD drive. I cant change the boot sequence because I mispalced the setup configuration password. I cant actually do any configuration in the setup screen since its all disabled by the password. I have tried several CMOS masterpasswords all … |
| | i have had my laptop since june of 03 several people have tried to work on it i wasn't around but they said they got farther than i did i get it back and it is the same way i turn it on fan kicks on hardrive doesn't nor mouse … |
| | Hi, i dont know that much about computers, but it seems like the people on this forum do. So i was wondering if you could help. this is my first post! So hi everyone! When i play games like Warxraft 3 frozen throne, Starcraft brood war and others, ( I … |
| | First let me explain that I have little technical skill. I have used by laptop for 2 or 3 years fine. A week ago it started to intermittently NOT START. I mean nothing. No response to start button -- even battery charge led won't come on. After fussing around with … |
 | I was trying to fix a computer for somebody and he said his hard drive was corrupt, which may be the case, but I'm not sure if I have to reinstall windows. The error message I get when windows is about to start is "Unmountable boot device" and I get … |
| | I do enjoy the challenge of pc repairs, however I am not a tech, looking for online resources (wiring diagrams, part specs etc) general assistance. |
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