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| | Ok so my computer decided to die on me. it was running windows vista ultimate, but it was upgrade only so i have to install xp first. For some reason i cant get xp to work. I have burned a xp cd a few times and it works on my … |
| | [B][COLOR="Green"]The imac acts as if it's about to go to the login window, but never does. The progress bar goes almost all the way across, but doesn't make it. I even tried to do it in safeboot, and it did the same thing. HELP! I think I may have a … |
| | OK, this has become real challange for me as I tried almost anything, now I am out of ideas... [B]The story:[/B] It is my friend's old P3 comp, Runs on SOYO SY-7VBA133 mainboard, one small RAM stick, integrated everything, and small HDD. [B]The problem:[/B] The PC was working perfectly untill … |
| | HELP! I had the power supply replaced and whenever the power goes out from the surge it won't power up. It has been powering up fine from stand by and hibernate. I need it to start just one more time I bought a c521 and need to transfer info from … |
| | G'day, my computer has been running fun no problems at all but recently ive started playing a new game on it 9dragons, not sure if you have heard of it but anyway ive noticed it acting a little funny like after playing trying to shut down and a message comming … |
| | I came into a computer today and it was apsolutely filthy. It booted up ok, but it neeed a good cleaning. I took off the CPU fan and heat sink and cleaned it off and put it back exactly the way it was. I compressed air'd the rest of the … |
| | I have a Dell Dimension e510. For the last few weeks, it's been randomly restarting, usually if it's been idle for a while. This morning I turned it on, and it restarted itself after a few minutes. It did this a few times, until the length of time it was … |
| | I would appreciate any help anyone can give me. I recently picked up this 365XD Thinkpad and cannot get it to boot up. It tries to load windows and goes to the startup menu and suggests starting in safe mode. When you do this sometimes it gives you an error … |
| | Hi everyone, I used to play counter-strike on my laptop before and it works perfectly. and it has been ages since i have uninstalled it. Now i want to play it again and try to install a new copy and when i play it, the screen goes wild it sort … |
| | Hey, This is my first time posting and I really hope you guys can help. I recently built myself a new pc after my old caught fire (long story). I put the best of everything in as I had saved a bit of money. It all works fine and great … |
| | i just newly bought a desktop, already built (last time i tried to build one it didn't work out), but 3 days later it crashed on me. i'm not sure wats in it, i know its an amd athlon 64 dual core 4000+, 1 gig ram, asus motherboard m2n-e sli, … |
| | Hi everyone, I have a Compaq Presario M2105US, and it won't boot up. When I press the power button, only the Caps and Scroll lights begin to flash continuously. After a while, the fan does go on, but there could be a few different reasons for this. Two days ago, … |
| | Hi DaniWeb community, I'm somewhat of a novice when it comes to computers and ANY help would be greatly appeciated. Early today, i booted up my computer as normal, opened up a few programs and my computer froze (as sometimes happens), i rebooted like it do whenever it freezes yet …  |
| | Trying to upgrade the wifes P3 700 PC to allow efficient downloading and some level of multitasking so decided to go with a P4 2.4 GHz w/ 800 FSB as I built this box for my gamer son a few yrs back. Decided to try INTEL mobo (rather than usual … |
| | Hi guyes i have Dell Latitiude D600 Laptop here after i used it for a long time it become slow and slow so i prefer to format the HDD after i take back up my data and drivers after that the RAM becomes so low when i watched movie the … |
| | I am having a really odd issue with my notebook....... I was online playing a game when all of a sudden my mouse froze and the screen froze.....every 5-10 seconds I was able to move my mouse and could see the frames on the screen move slightly. I pressed ctrl-alt-del … |
| | i left on a business trip to michigam from indiana and i brought along my labtop. I put it in my bag and padded it with 2 t-shirts (which was all i had to use at the time) when i get off the airplane and drive to my hotel i … |
| | Iam using a Intel D845gvsr board , when ever iam starting my pc after the lights on the keyboard blinks for a while , then keyboard, mouse and monitor not working . sometimes iam receiving messages like " overheat " on the screen only when the Harddisk is disconnected . … |
| | I have a HP pavillion XP, with media edition, ATI Radeon X1300 video card, 64bit duel AMD processers, a new 320 Gig hard drive (previous one crashed.. no reason...new one is only a month old), and a 430 watt power supply. when i got the new HD, i installed the … |
| | Hi, I came home from work 2 days ago to find my daughters PC wouldnt turn on. Tried checking the simple things, power cables, extension cables no joy. Decided to take the case of and noticed the little green light on the motherboard that is usually on was not on. … |
| | I plug the power cord into the computer, and the power buttons light up, i press it, and nothing... not the slightest sound. On the inside, there is one LED light that lights up, and other than that there is no sign of life. The computer doesnt do anything. No … |
| | I just built a new system with these components: Athenatech A449SL.400 Silver / Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply EVGA 122-CK-NF66-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 … |
| | After a small thunderstorm my PC wont power up, there are no lights either on the power button or on the back. I have tried to reset the power supply, tried a different power cord, different power source. the PC is in another state, so I cant physically see it. … |
| | nothing is displaying on my monitor when i start up i have a raidion 9800 graphics card if that helps please help |
| | I recently put together the machine below, but im experiencing random shut downs where the power drops completely on it. The specs of the machine MSI K9N SLI-2F AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8GHz Socket AM2 Corsair TWIN2X 5400 DDR2, 2048MB BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC2 320MB Cooler Master Real Power … |
| | Hello, My current home office computer is having an issue. It will power up and then power immediately back down. All fans come on (CPU, PSU, case) and the green motherboard light stays on, then all fans shut down. no beeps or boot. If I disconnect power to the CPU … |
| | I acquired a Sony Vaio VGN-S150 laptop, and basically it was dropped onto a carpeted floor. Only problem now, is that it is very inconsistant when it comes to starting-up. For the most part, the power comes on, the hard drive and cooling fan start-up, but there's no sound or … |
| | just built a new pc, msi p6n sli , e6420, 2gb geil ram,8800gts 640, seagate 250gb sata hd, sony/nec dvd burner, lite-on dvd drive, pc power 750 silencer , now i see the memory post,cpu speed , and i also changed to the boot order for the dvd drive to … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Toshiba Laptop Tecra 8100, made in USA [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Pressing the system power-switch (mains power supply and battery indicator lights being already on), results in the following:-[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] (a) Screen-indicator light turns on.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] (b) Hard disc indicator-light comes on for about 2 seconds and then goes off.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] … |
| | I am rebuilding my pc and have bought everything new except the RAM. I don't get anything from the onboard video. The mother board and CPU are new as is the power supply. I remove the ram and I get no indication that the pc cares. No beeps or nothing. … |
| | Hi, I have a new VGX-XL301 Sony VAIO media PC (running Windows Vista Home Premium) connected to a Sony TV via a HDMI cable. After a day or so of successful operation the computer now reboots when I turn the TV off or if I switch from the AV channel … |
| | I've tried to troubleshoot my way through this, but find myself too frustrated with my own machine to think straight. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The problem started with my monitor (seemingly at random) going into power saving mode. I wouldn't be able to bring it back out of … |
| | A week ago I build a new comp. Worked fine, decided to go legal and purchased several licenses of Vista. All installs have been flaky, mainly with power. So I got tired of Vista and went back to XP. The machine in question was fine, XP installed fine. Everything looked … |
 | Hello Iv been a comptuer tech for a few years now and im posting this thread to see if any one has any ideas. Yesterday it was lighting very bad and my brothers house got struck by lighting, and his computer went out. He told me what happened and i … |
| | Hello everyone, this is my first time posting and I wish it was for a better thread. I have an Asus laptop, M6000, with windows XP. Last time it worked I turned it off by hibernating, as I often do. Since then, when I turn it on it starts for … |
| | Ok guys im new here and i need help. Today i was cleaning out my computer with a sort-of damp rag I took the cooler master fan off and got all the dust out etc. Put it all together, plugged the power supply back in. and after that i pressed … |
| | I haved a Dell Dimension that I bought new. It was working fine until one day it wouldn't turn on. I checked all the normal things like power cord, different outlet, taking out any cards and disconnecting the power to hard drive and DVD rom. I left the RAM in … |
| | Okay my computer was accidentally unplugged by my cat last night (Don't ask) anyway when I got up this morning my comp was completly off so I plugged it back in and attempted to turn it back on however, I was greeted with only a green blinking light. I unplugged … |
| | Hey I am building two 3d/CAD machines. Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 ghz Intel D955XBK MOBO with Crossfire Seagate 500gb SATA 14 mb Maxtor 40 gb hd 550w dual fan power supply Kingston KVR667D2N5 1 gb x8 Masscool CPU fan with copper pipes Samsung Litescribe DVD_RW nVidia GeForce 6600LE 512 … |
| | While posting the computer will stop and say "Fatal Error DMA" HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
 | Let me start off by letting you know that I have installed a new PSU. A new MB. And a new CPU. I have pulled all non-essentials out of the pc...but it still will not POST. That is why I have the new parts. It stopped booting/POST with the older … |
| | hey, i've browsed this site frot he last couple of days looking to remedy a problem that sounds very similar to the poster on the last two threads with this title. my acer 1640 laptop, purchased may 2006, has been since christmas struggling to carry out two processes at once, … |
| | On the top of of the KBoard there is a silver oval with the center oblong button I have used OK for year to start/stop this laptop. A few days ago, attemting to speed up this box I removed some programs (Ctr Panel). Mistakenly, removed also the Twister display driver. … |
| | Hey first time posting on these forums, so thanks ahead of time for anyone who responds. Anywho, i got an NEC laptop Model #07FF21950. System boots up fine on an external monitor and such, but trying to get the LCD working again is being difficult. Originally the LCD went bad, … |
| | Hello everyone , this is my first time posting, so i would like to say hello to all. Anyway, the pc in question is a Hi-Grade, 128 memory, windows xp home edition pc. Sorry i don't know much else about it, as it's my friends pc, and he is at …  |
| | HI I have a strange problem with my HP dv5020us Laptop. A couple weeks back, it started acting strangely and froze. I suspected that the Harddrive must have poped out,as it sometimes does( HP forgot to screw it up). SO I shut down the machine and opened it but the … |
| | primery master s.m.a.r.t command error at startup (f4 to resume) what would I do. Last operating system was xp pro. |
| | Using Indian Laptop in UK...adapter getting extremely heated...??? Hi I am using 3212NWXMi Acer Laptop which i had purchased in India. The indian plugs are round shaped. But the sockets in UK require square pins. So i purchased one adapter through which i can plug indian round pins into sockets … |
| | Hi there is this computer that its user quited her job and had put the power-on password and bios setup password and no one knows this passwords.I want to work on this computer so much but I cant go past power on password as well as in the bios.I have …  |
| | My computer has been working fine until recently when it froze up playing solitaire. I tried to shut down by holding the power button on the tower, but it wouldn't shut down, so I just hit the power switch on my extension cord. Now when you try to start up … |
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