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| | Hi all, just bought a new mo/bo and cpu today, threw it all in and now it has some real issues. When I press the power button, the case LED's and lights come on for about 5 seconds and I hear my video card's fan going, then it all goes … |
| | I have a HP VT6200 that I shut down normally and all was fine. I came back about 4 hours later and pressed the power switch and all I got was a battery light, a power light and a very dim HDD light (dim HDD light is normal until after … |
| | i have a windows home edition os,which has been upgraded to windows xp pro os,now i want to uninstall windows xp pro but its not in my add/remove programs list,how can i unistall it as i tried to relaod windows home edition back on to pc but it wont let …  |
| | My computer just keeps freezing and i cant even format my hardrive as that freezes to. can anyone please help?  |
| | Hi, Will quickly explain my problem. Looks like a dead machine to me... Please help, in case any of you know the answer to this. [U]PC Config:[/U] Intel Core 2 Duo processor on a Intel DG065RY motherboard, 2 DVD ROM's, XFX Force GeForce 7600 GS, 2 x 1 GB 800 … |
| | my machine keeps restarting when i open an executable progrm and am buffled at wat could be the problem, could it be my harddrive is now corrupted? |
| | I have had my hp pavillion 7955 desktop for five years and a few days ago the computer froze up and wouldnt shut down even by holding the power button so i unplugged it (bad idea) as soon as it turned off i tried turning it on and nothing happend … |
| | Hi, I just upgraded my computer to PCI-Express, and built it, but I am having problems with it not booting. Some information I would like to give is: I decided to keep my CD/DVD drives, and my HDD (Heard old HDD's may cause problems with the OS on new machines?) … |
| | Okay, I'm new to working on Laptops so I could of bungled something. The Inspiron 1150 had worked for quite a while without problems, but was starting to get overheating problems. So I worked to get in and blow out the heat sink with compressed air. I tried to get … |
| | Hey all... well, i have shutdowned my computer for 2 days and when i back to turn it on, i get a problem with BIOS! i think that it has reset it-self! The Problem is that the computer don't continue to the Next Screen see the Problem/Screen in my attachments … |
| | I was replacing some ram there were 2 pc800 45 64gb in the memory slots and 2 crimms. I pulled the 2 64gb and put 2 pc800 40ns 128gb, thats what the manual said to install. When I tryed to turn the pc back on it would power on fan … |
| | I just finished building a new pc from parts bought on ebay. I have a brand new case with 450 watt powersupply. A mobostar -asrock- x533 motherboard. My one year old nvidia geforce fx 5500 agp video card. and planing on using the onboard sound and ethernet connection for my … |
| | I have a strange issue with a friend's PC I've been looking at. Most of the time when you turn it on, the fan and HD spin briefly then stop. After doing this several times, it will usually start up normally. I've tried disconnecting various things, without any luck. It's … |
| | Hi guys Just wondering about the problem i have at the minute. Its regarding a Dell Optiplex gx260 pentium 4 2 ghz with 256 mb RAM and windows 2000 professional running on it. The problem is when the PC is strated up and it reaches the Windows 200 Professional screen … |
| | Hi, I have just been given two of these machines, both of which have probs. I will talk about this one first and come to the second one in a later thread. I put a 30Gig Drive in it and set the BIOS to boot from CD to install anew … |
| | When I try installing win 2000 or even booting to access windows, I receive a stop error: 0x0000007A (0xe193934C, 0xc000000E, 0xa00c3d35, 0x02432860), Kernel Data Inpage Error; Address: a00c3d35 base at a0000000, Date Stamp 38438ff7-win 32 k sys, Beg dump of physical memory. The laptop is a Portege 7000Ct. I get … |
| | I have Windows XP Home Edition. I am getting a message when i turn on my toshiba satellite; it says "we apologize for the inconvenience, etc." and gives me a number of options to start up. None works - no matter which i select, i will get a blank screen … |
| | Hi I wonder if any one can help me? my machine recently died. Basically when i power on the machine the fan starts (there is no post - but there doesn't appear to be any speaker or connection for it to do so - this is another issue which is … |
| | I have an ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium. After switching from IDE to SATA HDD, Windows started popping up with an error message straight on booting. svchost has tried to read/write to a memory sector and failed. I tried switching back to the IDE drive, and the computer refused to even go … |
| | Earlier this week i purchased a core 2 duo e6850 and another gig of DDR2 800 ram. After putting them in my comp i started playing Vanguard: saga of heroes and after about 2 days i decided to play with the graphic settings since it was running perfect on highest … |
| | Hey, I'm new to the forum here and I have read other people's post about no signals on their monitors however none of the solutions posted actually worked for me. I suppose there must be some explanation to why I'm receiving no signal on my monitor; my computer specs are: … |
| | I am having problems with system Restore. My computer just wouldn't restore to the point I ask it to. Any ideas? |
| | I attempted to build my first computer system today and here is what happened: Powered on the computer and after about 6 seconds of fans spinning, computer shuts down. Unplugged everything except for CPU (and cooling unit) and RAM. Motherboard beeped 5 times, then it beeped faster, multiple times (like … |
| | Hi All, I am facing problem with my laptop Dell inspiron 6000, Operating system XP Home edition. When I press the start button, indicators on the key board blinks for a few seconds and the laptop stops booting up. I have seen that thumping on the laptop once or twice … |
| | I have a presario SR1215CL that will not boot up. It has a green light that flashes beneath the power cord plug, on back of of machine ( while it is plugged in ) if unplugged it slowly fades out.It does nothing,other that that light on back, there is no … |
| | I put together a computer this afternoon from spare parts and for a while it worked fine. well, i decided to reformat the HD and install WinXP....as the HD was formatting my buddy looked at the computer and noticed that i did not plug in the CPU fan. i pulled … |
| | Hi everyone! Im trying to fix a computer for a friend, the computer was all unplugged and moved upstairs but when they come to turn it on at the wall the computer starts straight away, the usb devices connected power up and you can hear the hard drive starts to … |
| | Hi :icon_wink: I was working with my laptop (power cord connected and battery fully charged) when the screen just got dark, I thought it was the autoshutdown of the screen, but it did not respond even when moving the touchpad or pressing the keyboard I force shutd:icon_cool: own it by … |
| | I recently got 2 brand new 1gb 553mhz sticks of ram. when I try to put one of them into my first slot, it works fine, but if i try put a stick in the second slot, it stays blank and it beeps. the beeps have about a second interval … |
| | Press my little start up button, which lights up for 3 secs then goes out, no other noises coming from laptop, dead as a dodo, doing exactly the same with power lead in. HELP !!! PLEASE SOMEONE !!! PC World £80 just to look at it, Toshiba knowledge base no … |
| | First, thanks for any help you may give. My problem is: from several days ago, my 3 year old thinkpad T40 cannot load the windows when turned on. I noticed the fan is working but the HD seems not. For maybe 1 trial of 10, the windows can load and …  |
| | I have a friend who's computer is currently inoperable due to some screw up on his part, and he asked me if I could ask for help. Apparently, his computer was randomly restarting itself, and when he asked someone why, they said it was too much dust on the inside … |
| | I have just received my PC system with no OS installed. Here are the specs: - AMD AM2 4200+ Dual Core Processor - 2 x Samsung 512MB DDR2 667 RAM - Maxtor 10GB SATAII 7200RPM HDD - Samsung 18x DVDRW - Asus M2A-VM-HDMI Motherboard I have tried installing Windows 98, … |
| | I m trying to help a friend whose Dell Dimension 4500 won't start, won't post but does show a light on on the front of the case. I tested the PSU using an Ultra PSU tester. The tester showed the 20 pin wire harness had a failure on the -5 … |
| | I have successfully rebuilt a machine I lost to a snowstorm a few years ago. Nearly every part of the old machine has been replaced, but I salvaged the old hard drive, and hope to continue using it as a slave drive to the newer, larger one I purchased. Everything … |
| | Ok so I was running CS1.6 last night and all of a sudden there was this burning smell and a spark sound and my 5 year old computer crashed. Now at startup itturns on but doesn't do anything. It used to beep once, it now doesn't, and it doesn't turn … |
| | When I try to start my wife's machine, power supply lights come on, fans run, but no video, no audio, no lights on the keyboard. Sounds like the hard drive starts ok. I have checked all connections and reset the CMOS. What should I try next? My wife is NOT … |
| | Just like many people, my friend fell victim to the myspace virus. The past couple days for me have been calls from various people requesting help on ridding of the virus. I have managed to do so on all there computers except one. This person has a version of the … |
 | My emachines W2888 is, um... dead. I woke up this morning and it was off. It will not turn on at all and does not make any noise. I did all the dummy procedures such as checking outlets and making sure power is available. It has that lovely burned eletctronics … |
| | So a curious thing occurs with my PC. I will use my comp for 24 hours, shut it off for about 6 hours or so and try to turn it back. All the fans turn on and there is power to the CD drive, but for some reason the HDD … |
| | i had a gigabyte mainboard : GA 965P S3. After installing windows, i updated my BIOS to the latest version using Q-Flash (update using floppy disk). After the computer restart, it wont boot again, the screen stays black, nothing happens. So is my mainboard dead? how can i fix it, … |
| | I realize that there are some old posts on trying to upgrade this machine. I've done a clean install of Windows 2000 and the video display fills out only about half the screen. I've gone to Drivers.com and the Toshiba tech site and not been able to find anything that … |
| | I just assembled a new computer and I can't get the darn thing to boot. I have power going to the cpu fan and the fan on the power supply. My hard drive on spins when the IDE cable is disconnected, and the rom drive also. The power button works … |
 | Hello, My PC always hang and sometimes restarts on its own. What could be its problem? Thanks. |
| | This is my first build and I'm a bit discouraged with the results. Once everything is hooked up, the power supply is switched on, and the power button on the front panel is pushed, two things happen: the lights on the fans flash on, and the fans budge a little. …  |
| | hi, im not very good with computers so any help would be appreciated!!yesterday my computer was working perfectly, this morning, however, when i went to turn it on nothing happened!well,the computer starts up but no activity on the monitor.i also tried hooking it up to another monitor but no difference!i … |
| | Hi All. Thanks for reading. So this is my challenge... I've got an older gateway desktop, was running fine, Windows XP. All of the sudden now I've got nada. Gateway screen comes up with F1 and Tab options under the image, but nothing happens when I push either or any. … |
| | My Creative Zen Starting messing up last Thursday Here's post from another forum, please help. Last Thursday- Alright last thursday I was switching through songs when it sudenlly froze. It's frozen before so I knew all I had to do was reset it, which I did. Then it froze at … |
 | hiya, my brother has a packard bell CRT monitor that is only about 6 months old for 'what i can see' no apparent reason. the problem with this monitor is that about a week ago it started cutting out (i mean totally powering off) when he tries to do anything … |
| | It just won't boot. I hit the power button, monitor shows no video, and a few seconds later *RING RING RING* *BEEP BEEP BEEP* ( Bios beep ) I have tried taking the ram out, cleaning, and reseating. Have tried buying a new stick but it won't work. Have tried … |
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