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| | Ok, first off i want to say that, im a new member, this is my first time posting but i've read around and it seems alot of people have helpful info on here, so i figured i'd give this a try. Alright to my problem then, I have an Hp …  |
| | So Heres my story... My System shuts off either while im running things for a while(if they require little ram) and it is very predictable. Common things I try to do that kill it are... Play Half-life, Doom 3, Quake 4, Farcry, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R These as you know use alot … |
| | hey can anyone help me? my dell inspiron 1100 laptop is not turning on any more, I have taken it apart since and done everything I can think of but I can't figure out how to fix it, or if anyone knows how to take the hard drive out of … |
| | My emachine has been getting slower and slower. I thought it had to be the hard drive, so I bought a 400 gig, 16 meg Seagate. Did not help. When I double click to autofill, it might take 8 seconds. Pages take forever to load, and the machine restarts itsself …  |
| | When i try to boot up my pc i get a long beep followed by a long pause and then another long beep and a pause and so on. Any help to what this may mean would be greatly appreciated. |
| | The power connector is is loose on my Gateway M305CRV laptop - I've been searching/reading, etc the net all morning and it appears as if the connector is soldered onto to the motherboard. At some point, it's not going to connect at all and I've have no way to power … |
| | First off here are my system specs, Intel p4 3.4ghz HT Asus P5WD2 Premium Mobo ATI X800XL 512mb vid card 1gb ddr2 800 Mushkin Ram 430w Antec Power Supply Alright, so the basis off this problem is my monitor is no longer giving me any picture from my computer. This … |
| | Hello Sorry for a bad english I some hardware problem, hope you can help. i have to write in detail to be clear for you ! Last week my computer was infected with some nasty Viruses.Due to that i got an Email through Outlook Express with a message "hey someone …  |
| | Hi, Hope someone can help. I have a NC6000. It keeps freezing while in the middle of working, not on any one programme, could be anything, and after 3 mins, or half hour. To rule out O/S errors, i reinstalled XP on it, it all went in fine, was running … |
| | A friend gave me a Dell Inspiron 5000 that won't start. Press the start button and the fan starts, there is a short burst of hard drive activity, then about two seconds later, it just stops. The power on light is still green but otherwise no activity. I have to … |
| | I was using my computer at the airport the other day and it suddenly powered off as though the plug had been pulled. I unplugged its AC plug, plugged it into a different outlet and the computer functioned fine. A couple days later, it did it again, I did the … |
| | I don't know what happened, but the laptop's screen suddenly went completely black. It is a Toshiba laptop (that's all I know about it). The strange thing about this state it is in is that the power button is glowing and wont turn off, no matter how many times or … |
| | Hi, I've taken a look all over this forum for a problem similar to mine, but I can't seem to find it. Here's the issue: My computer was working just fine until last night, when my girlfriend started it up and it did not boot up. All the fans came … |
| | Good afternoon: I have a Dell 5000e laptop that I purchased used off eBay. It was pretty much a stripped down laptop. I bought a new Dell power supply (correct PA-6 model) for the laptop and 128 MByte RAM to see if it would work or not. When I turn … |
| | Okay I have a Zx5000 laptop with a pentium 4 and 1.2 gb of ram and have been having problems with it lately a little while ago the laptop kept on giving me a blank screen on boot, it would just sit there forever and nothing, but everything powered on, … |
| | brand new power cord but still no power, laptop will not turn on no lites ..nothing...won't charge battery dead machine does anyone have any ides?/ if the battery is shorted will it still work off ac? is there a master reset switch???help please.. |
| | Hello. My name is Micov, and I am from Russia. [Well, the soviet union, back then.] I am currently working on a 2004 Compaq Presario, that a friend has brought to me. Im currently ON this machine, because it will boot via a LiveCD [BartPE, and a "Damn Small Linux" … |
| | Hey, I have a Acer Travelmate 2300 and I want to bring it to the dump and get rid of it right now. I need to get rid of everything on my computer but the first time I had it fixed by someone else they messed it up. Now instead … |
| | Alright well just today has my monitor stopped working. I was fiddling around with settings because i have two monitors hooked up to my computer and i wanted to switch their position. so i just did that, which i've done before, and then hit apply. then everything stopped working. the … |
| | hello everyone, I just got this Dell Inspiron 3500 Laptop yesterday from someone and it wont boot up...the fan runs for 2-3 seconds the lights come on and then it just sits there...the lights stay on but the fan turns off and nothing. any help would be great...I have taken … |
 | My friend is having some issues with his machine not properly booting up at all times. The system does run, though at times it crashes and refuses to boot. Specs: PSU: 350W TTGI Mobo: MSI M7NCD nForce2 Biostar RAM: 2GB PC3200 Corsair HDD: 120GB Video: BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC … |
| | ok i have a toshiba satellite laptop... its just over a year old... now all i have ever plug into the the usb slots are my wireless mouse and at times my camera to download the pics from it... as of a few days ago i plugged the wireless mouse … |
| | Hi all, thanks for reading this thread. Recently my Acer Aspire 5552WXMi stated to act weird. Here are the problems: - After watching avi movie files on Windows Media Player 11 (version 11.0.5721.5230), I try to close the application (pressing the "X" button, or right click & "close" command or … |
| | Hi, I will start with my computer specs. MB Gigabyte P35-S3 Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 BOX, 2x2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB Gigabyte GF 8600GT, 256MB 2xDDR2 1GB PC8500 (1066MHz), Kingmax Thermaltake power supply Toughpower 700W HDD Seagate ST3320620AS, 320GB 16MB When I bought the components and put it all together it … |
| | I have posted already about my faulty, i thought, HD on my HP nc6000, But the more i play with it, the less i think it is. To start with it kept just freezing, and had to be shut down. also, it would not power up, you had to push … |
| | I have a Gateway MX6124... Recently, I've had some issues with the laptop resetting itself at random times. It got to the point where the laptop wouldn't stay on for more than 15 minutes without resetting. I checked the battery, AC Adapter, cooling fans, etc. I couldn't find any issues. … |
| | Hi, i have a problem with my hp and xp. I scanned my system for viruses as usual, and noticed spyware at c:\temp. I booted my comp at safe mode, and deleted the whole temp and temporary internet files folders, and booted. Now it doesent run Windows at all, it …  |
| | A friend has asked me to look at his toshiba satalite pro laptop. All I can tell you about it is that it has xp installed and a celeron processor. When i switch it on it shows a Toshiba bootup pic then has a black screen with the following... Windows … |
| | Hello, My computer recently stopped sending a signal to the monitor. It's an older computer (maybe 5 years), it turns on fine...but the monitor remains blank. I typically have to hold the power button for about 10 seconds to turn the tower off. I've tested the monitor...and when I unplug … |
| | Hi There, i have a BIG problem, last night i was burning a dvd off of my cam corder which was plugged into my front of my cases usb connection. suddenly the camera fell (oops) and the usb cable broke my front usb connection (the little white porcelain thing fell … |
| | Hello everybody! I'm new to the board, and I figured this would be the right place to ask this question before I go waste money on somebody to look at my computer for me. I have a Compaq Presario SR1315CL..I've had it almost 2 years, but I have just run … |
| | I have Intel D850MV motherboard with two 256 MB and two 128 MB RDRAMs, AGP video card with 128 MB on-board RAM, Samsung 40 GB HDD (ATA) and DVD R/RW drive. Upon plugging the computer to the power source it powers up before the power button is pressed. The power … |
| | Ive put together a new computer. Ive puchased an AMD cpu, motherboard and ram bundle about 1 year ago and have only just got round to putting it together. Im using a psu from an old machine and also a previously used hard drive from an old machine. I run … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hi There,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]When I restart my computer I got the warning:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The instructions at "0x7c918fea" referenced memory at "0x00000010". The memory could not be written. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I went for search in my computer and following files were found:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]SVCHOST.EXE - 1E57829D ----------> … |
| | Hi I have an eMachine T1840, running Windows XP Home, that appears to be dead. When powering on all three keyboard lights and all tower LED's flash on and off quickly. I have tried replacing the poweer supply and the machine still behaves the same. My biggest problem is that … |
| | Computer does post with my RADEON X800xl card in it. ASUS A7N8X deluxe AMD Athlon 2800+ 1 GIG RAM RADEON X800xl About a month ago, the day before I left on a month-long trip to Europe, I turned my computer on, and my monitor wouldn't turn on either (no signal). … |
| | The keyboard works after power up until after I logon. After I'm logged on the keyboard is unresponsive. I can still move the mouse with both the eraser and pad and the mouse buttons work as well. A little history: I have already replaced the keyboard, not so much to … |
| | Ok, so, the other day my computer was randomly shutting off. Opened the case, realized the cpu fan was dead, replaced. Then after the new fan was on, tried to turn on my computer, it came "on" but it didn't give the system beep and it didn't trigger my monitor … |
| | hiya everyone I have a sony vaio fs415e and it will not boot up. I was uninstalling a programme and lost power. When i started up again the system would not boot properly. It reaches a certain point then restarts. I have the error message c.0000218 registry file failure, cannot … |
| | This is my first build, and it's been a disaster so far. My setup: GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ Antec earthwatts EA380 ATX12V v2.0 380W Power Supply A-DATA 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Scythe SCNJ-1100P 120mm Sleeve …  |
| | I have a problem with my notebook (HP Pavilion zd8080). I usually close the lid (put the machine in hibernate) when I am finished working, when I return to start working (or playing) and open the lid and the machine will not start up, all the lights come on but … |
| | So glad I found this forum! My computer (intel 4.0 WinXP SP2 1 gig Ram) shuts down and mostly when it's just sitting idle. No errors/blue screens nothing. Just like the power went out. I thought 'heat related' but I have the side off and put a big fan there … |
| | Hey all, I was looking in my BIOS the last night because I just got more ram, 2 1gb OCZ Platinum pc 3200, i put it in my computer and it would only read my old ram, I switched the ram and place my new ram in where the old … |
| | I've been having a couple of problems lately referring to startup and shutdown procedures. First of all, my specs: Intel P4 2.6Ghz CPU ASUS P4P800-Deluxe Mobo 2x256, 2x512mb Geil DDR PC3200 RAM 80Gb Western Digital 7200rpm HDD GeXCube 128m Radeon 9600xt extreme AGP 17" Samsung 753DXF Flat Screen CRT Monitor … |
| | Hi Guys, Am trying to rescue a Celeron 500 for a freind, hardly worth it i know but its getting the better of me. The problem is it turns on, well at least the fan comes on but that is it. I have repalced everything except the ram and processor, … |
| | Can anyone help? I have over 1000 files with the nco extension and I would like to convert them back to jpeg. Using Nero 7 and winzip both programs only let me convert one at a time. I would appreciate if anyone knows where I'm going wrong or if it … |
| | Hi. First of all I just want t say that I do not know a lot about PC's. Lately I bought my brothers "old" PC (2005). I want to format it, but have huge problems. My main question is: Is there any way to format the PC from the BIOS-menu? … |
| | Hi All, I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days now... I hope someone can help me figure out whats wrong here... Thanks in advance. Here are my system specs: Dell XPS400 Intel Pentium D 2.8 GHz 2.5 Gig Ram (2 x 1 Gig, 2 … |
| | IBM thinkpad making continuous sound on booting........prbably it is because of the smps rpoblem but definitely not the rams problem. the sound which is audible is not beaping rather its continuous. Can anyone help me how can I solve this problem. Is it beacuse of rough handling of the thinkpad |
| | Hello Everyone, I have an old (3 years) Compaq Presario 2500 (p/n DP662AV) laptop that was working fine until my son spilled a cup of water in it. He then proceeded to turn it off, clean up the outside, pack it away in its case, and not tell me about … |
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