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| | We have been gone for 16 days and in the mean time I have had the computer shut down. We came home and I turned on the computer and it started fine. After several minutes on the computer I updated Skype and after it downloaded and installed it just restarted …  |
| | I was working on a friend's Presario 2500 and I think I killed it. It had numerous problems - would not boot with a battery in it, the mouse touchpad did not work, and it seemed as if the A drive could read but not write. I used a usb …  |
| | What might cause my Dell Inspiron 600m to flash to a blue screen (of death) for a split second then turn off? I'm guessing because it gets like overheated from playing games or something, but it's happened like 4 or 5 times recently and never before that so I'm just … |
| | well i ahve a dell dimension 3100 desktop it was working fine but yesterday when i was on the computer it just shut off and the power light turns orange when it is supposed to be yellow . I turn it off and on again and it does work but … |
| | Ok i have had this pc for about a month its a Advent T9317 Dual Layer DVD-ReWriter Intel Core 2 duo processer e6300 250 gb hard disc (7200rpm) 1024mb DDr2 Memory Ok the problem is everytime i try to watch a movies or clips on Windows media player after a …  |
| | I have a 5 year old desktop computer which had workded well until the hard drive (C) was reformatted to get rid of unwanted programs, data, and a suspected virus infection. I made a 3.5 system disk and can boot from the A Drive. I would like to now reinstall …  |
| | I have an old Gateway 450 that I haven't used for about a year. Recently I have been trying to get it running. It would not boot so I messed around with it (I don't really remember what I did) and finally got it to boot. After I logged in … |
| | MB ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 MB AMD 3500 CPU I installed, by mistake a memory with a frequency higher than the board recommends, this still works on another M/C but naturally not on my M/C My PC is now dead using its original memory. I have Tried resetting the bios, no use. … |
| | Hi Guys, I've had my pc (a phillips LS 1500) for over a year now (brought it from pc world) and its been causing me nothing but problems over the last year. I've twice had to get the motherboard replaced under warrenty becuase it kept failing and another time i … |
| | I am running win98SE (fully updated) and often have the problem of retaining my desktop resolution (1600X1200x32) when certain games crash. Upon reboot, windows plays stupid and actually thinks I want a 320X240X16 display, or whatever the last video mode was. I realize I am using a far-outdated OS, but … |
| | It started as a disc read error so I tried to repair XP using an external disc because I could not boot up the maching. When it came to entering the reg codes I put the ones off the vaio licence and it rejected them. I can only now access … |
| | I'm trying to replace a DC jack on a Dell Inspiron 1100. The thing is, I can't get the old jack off of the board. I'm wondering if I need to be more patient with the soldering iron or if there is another way. Thanks |
| | What would cause a functioning computer to suddenly give a "disk boot error"? No new software or hardware has been added anytime recently. Computer was working fine. Sometimes the computer will boot up just fine and other times we get the "disk boot error" message. Cant seem to narrow this … |
| | so my powerbook 12in is dead. its around 1.7 years old now. im.. really sad :( so i was doing stuff on it, and it was getitng kind of slow, and adium (a mac program like trillian) started crashing every time i turned it on.. so i figured id reboot. … |
| | Hello, as u can see im new here, :) I had a question about my speakers. I just got my computer back after replacing the Motherboard, video card, processer, and RAM, as well as the power suply......(fun) I get it back, and im trying ot get my speakers to work, … |
| | I recently built a system, specs - Asus M2N-MX MoBo, AMD Athlon 64X2 3800+ CPU, 1Gb RAM, 80Gb Sata HDD, LG Dual Layer DVD-RW. When I first put it all together, I couldn't install XP, (it kept throwing up cannot copy file errors during copying files process). Thats all well … |
| | Problems setting up new system: Details: Motherboard PCChips ECS M860 with Athlon 2800+ CPU (bundled from Misco) 80GB Maxtor HDD (IDE Secondary Master) Lite-On DVD-Rom/ CD-RW (IDE primary master) Lite On DVD-RW (IDE primary slave) XFX GEForce MX4000 128MB Graphics Card PCI Firewire Card Windows XP Home (clean install) 300W … |
| | Hi there, Unfortunately my first post here on Daniweb is not particularly the most enjoyable to write... Yesterday, I plugged in my laptop - a Asus F3F I've had for about 10 months - and it totally crashed. It started up as usual; I was greeted by the WinXP boot …  |
| | i have this old machine about 3 years old. recently it started restarting on its own. today was the worst. it restarted when power came back on, monitor wasnt getting any data(idle), the READ LED was steady at on, and it wont boot on bios anymore. everything else is spinning … |
| | what happens is i turn it on and it starts starting then the yellow light below the power button stays on and the power light goes off. the screen goes blank and the moniter goes into stand by mode. this happens instantly or after few minutes. when i start it … |
| | I bought the Dell Dimension E310 for gaming use only. When I went to play online on Gunbound a screen popped up sayin that i needed a graphics update or im missing the 3D video card? Plzzzzz Help Me I Want To Play My Game Badly  |
| | Hi, I need some help with diagnosing a PC problem. A couple of weeks ago, my PC started shutting down randomly or would only start up if you turned it on and off a couple of times. By starting up, I mean getting to the first beep after start up. … |
| | I'm literally using Word to insert each one of these letters...so let me get to the point. Brought my pc home from uni & now I’ve reconnected it all & keyboard doesn’t work:S . Lights flash when I plug it in, and have a faint light as normal, but it … |
| | Every time I turn on my computer it goes to a black screen with a flashing cursor in the top right and does nothing else...how can I fix this? |
| | After reboot internet connection falls to nothing, with any browser, after browsing 4 or 5 pages. I know im not working offline, Im using xp home, dsl, speedstream modem. Nothing I have tried has worked for this computer. I changed computers and started using my laptop, and everything works perfectly. … |
| | This problem appeared recently. THere are certain keys on my keyboard that when I strike it either logs off, shuts down, goes into standby or something else. Also when I strike some of these keys another symbol appears. For example I will strike "y" and a "/y" appears. When I …  |
| | Hi, I just moved houses and am setting up my main gaming computer right now. As you can guess, its dead. When I press the power button, nothing comes up, no beeps, no fans, no video, nothing. Heres my specs: MSI P4n SLI-FI Pentium 4 3.2Ghz 2GB DDR2-533 ram 4 … |
| | This is the strangest thing which has ever happened to me personally, and some strange things happen when I try to power up. I recently attached a Lite-On DVD-RW to my computer using the correct method of attaching all necessary wires (or what I like to call wires, I'm more … |
| | Im so new join about 30 seconds ago and dont know if this is the right place to be posting this. Im up creek without paddle! im a tacher have school laptop - i dropped it in a puddle on friday! I am ok with comps - dont get all … |
| | Got an issue that is bugging me :(... Came back home from work to find my computer won't switch on anymore... when i pressed the power button the fan would start to spin but then stop and wouldnt boot. tryed this serveral times and eventually nothing would happen. had a … |
| | have an Inspiron 8100 that was not working for quite a while. I decided to try and start it with a charged battery from another machine. It started, and would work on battery power...the AC power would work ONLY after starting it from the battery. It still [B]would not start … |
| | My Compaq Armada m700 laptop is running Window XP. Undocked it boots up fine. When I dock it in the Compaq docking station the Compaq name comes up on the screen, screen goes blank and the boot up process stops right there. I have another M700 that is running Win … |
| | Hi all i'm new here so i hope I'm posting in the right place. Last week we had a major thunderstorm while the computer was on. The power went for for like 3 secs.Everything came back on except the computer. No life anywhere in it, including no lights. Does this … |
| | I have a Dell Optiplex GX2700, P4 2.8Ghz, 80GB HDD, with a A04 BIOS, running WinXP Pro. My dilemma is that two days ago my PC just stopped working, what I mean is every time I start the PC up I get a message telling me "SATA primary drive 0 … |
| | I have an Inspiron 600M. I plugged the power cord into the wall outlet, but when I tried to plug the cord into the computer's AC connector, I missed, and touched the serial connector. A puff of smoke came out the back, and the screen froze. I immediately turned off … |
| | Hello and hope you can help me. Last night my mom's computer she uses for an online store. It is a Gateway 500 HSN. I guess last night it was overheating like mad and smoke came out some and smelt burnt. So today I went and dusted it out cause … |
| | I am working on a Gateway computer for a customer, and when i recieved the computer, i plugged everything in and tried to start it up, the cpu fan turns on along with the green power light, and hard drive light stays on, but the computer wont boot, wont even … |
| | I am builng my fourh Machine. Everything Went well until start-up. it takes about 4 minutes. Everything runs fine once booted. Oh1 and it only boots if windows XP CD is in drive. Done the CMOS bit, changed the boot sequence to floppy/HDD/CDROM, but the S*D still boots using CDROM. … |
| | When I logged on to my computer today, I had lost all of my documents, my email accounts, all email, many downloaded programs/files. I've started in safe mode, but nothing helps. I rebooted before I learned I could have restarted in last configuation, and not my last configuration is my … |
| | I'm absolutely weired out by my computer. For no apparent reason it was freezing the screen and making weird noises while I was typing and I'd have to reboot it. Now it makes psyco noises whenever I turn it on and won't let me get past the BIOS screen. I've … |
| | It has been a while since I have been really into the hardware (or even software aspect) of computer technology, and unfortunately I am having what seem to be some hardware related issues. As of about a week ago, my computer has been running extremely slow at times, especially in …  |
| | After plugging in my computer to the ac and pushing the start button the power supply turns on and the cpu fan begins to turn but cuts off after a second and the computer dies. This computer once functioned flawlessly until this happened. Where do I start to diagnose the … |
 | Hey i just transfered a new motherboard into my`computer and since then i have been having numerous problems\ 1.i cant boot with my windows xp disc 2.the windows xp thats currently installed that was installed when i had the old mobo is playing up reall bad unusable. 3. i can … |
| | Back in September 2005, I bought myself: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard 2x BFG GeForce 7800 gtx OC 3x 512mb Corsair 3200 DDRAM AMD Athlon64 4200 x2 WD Raptor 74GB 10,000rpm SATA HD Rosewill RP550 ATX 550W Power Supply I put it all together and it worked fine. It worked for … |
| | Hey guys, I had my ipod plugged in last night for the first time in about 2 weeks, and when i got up my computer had crashed. I tried to turn it on but nothing happened. After a while it turned on and the processor, hard drives, fans and ram … |
| | I have a HTPC that I just upgraded to windows vista. Literally as I was installing my drivers on the machine 60 minutes after the OS install, the computer shut off and I have not been able to turn it back on. I checked the cords and wall socket and … |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite, about 2 years old. I often poke around in its innards while optimizing (e.g. boosting RAM, new HD, changing DVD drives etc.), so I thought I would try an experiment. I wanted to see if there was any vestigial amount of "inherent" RAM on the … |
| | I opend up my computer, and put in another 512 of ram, and now my computer won't even start. I took it out, but it still didnt start, i checked all the wires, their all in the proper place. The only thing that i think i did wrong, was the … |
| | Ok, I was in the middle of a game of dungeon siege when the power went out. I restarted the computer and it would show the video card then go to the boot screen. It would list the AMD 1gig processor and then go no further. I can't even access … |
| | Hi, I want to share an interesting one with everyone. I had a machine boot then turn off and boot again. It would do this as long as I let it. An endless loop! So after searching everywhere on the web for an answer , I removed the new MOBO … |
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