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| | Hey, maybe this is the wrong forum, but you people probably know way more than I do about this stuff. To the point. Windows XP, suddenly it begins to run slow. I try everything to fix it but nothing works. It's not connected to the internet but I download Norton …  |
| | I have recently run into a problem with my pc and for the first time I'm stumped. My pc is running on windows 2000. I noticed one day that I turned on the power and the pc didn't even begin to boot for 5 minutes. it gave me nothing but … |
| | Howdy, Went to put some hot cross buns in the toaster..... tripped the safety switch. I reset the safety switch.... Went into the office and the PC was off (it had previously been turned on). Tried to turn it on, but would not start up. I assumed it was the … |
| | Hi Recently my computer has had this problem that when i turn it on it starts up normally for about 15 secs and then it freezes at the windows XP screen( when it freezes the windows xp logo is faded). Sometimes when i reset my computer by holding the power … |
| | Computer's [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread74315.html#"]OS[/URL] had become damaged or corrupt, and was giving a myriad of glitches and hangs. Clean install was performed including FDISK, repartitioning, format, preinstall virusscan, run on this computer from another computer bridged to it, and then reinstallation of OS. All operations went without a hitch, but, now The … |
| | [COLOR=green]Everytime I try and load up my computer I switch it on, it starts as normal, it gets to the desktop background, and then just quits and nothing loads up not even the bottom toolbar, the only thing that works is when I press ctrl alt & delete, and I … |
| | So I'm not a real expert when it comes to buidling PC's, I have some friends that are though, and they built me a machine about 2 years ago. Everything was fine on it until about a year ago when a burning smell was coming from inside. The computer never …  |
| | So I installed a new graphics card and immediately after I get the following problem, here are my specs BFG tech N-Force4 mobo ultra AMD Athlon64 3200+ PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512 MB 120 gig drive 2 x512 MB DDR400 Dual Ch So after installing the card I turn on … |
| | When I turned on my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread34516.html#"]laptop[/URL], the usual blue Dell logo screen (with press F2 to enter setup) came up followed by a blank screen where the cursor is at the top left flashing, the hard disk light is permanently on and it stays like that indefinitely. When I press … |
| | My amd athlon 3200 system quit on me a week and a half ago. 1.5 gb ram, nvidia 6800gt, 600watt psu, 1sataHD, cdrom, floppy etc. Ive read a few dozen threads on general failures and have tried everything I've seen suggested. I guess I'm just posting because I refuse to … |
| | I havent had a new machine in some time but I finally invested in a new core2duo 6600 with some dual channel ram and an 8800gtx. After easily putting things together I booted up and got the new Gigabyte screen where it offers me the chance to edit bios, post … |
| | I have a custom-built Gateway PC here that I used to use for several years in the early 90's. Since then it's been sitting in my closet and recently i decided to resurrect it and install linux on it. I turned it on and the computer started beeping non-stop. Seemed … |
| | Hey! I have a bunch of acer laptops and the most of them are working fine, except for one.. It came trough distribution service, so I have no idea what's happened to it on the way from the factory to me, but anyways, the problem/problems are: At first when I … |
| | I have a Sony VIAO laptop PCG-F690K with a dead CD/DVD drive. Just wont read anything anymore. Bought a replacement, but nowhere can I find how to install it. Instructions I have start with knowing how to take the keyboard off, first. Called Sony and I discover answers are in … |
| | Laptop working fine one day, next day went to turn it on and will not boot up...says "No bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility." When I hit F1 get same message and F2 just gives me info about system...what do I do? |
| | Iam already member of daniweb....but it gives me a immense sorrow (not dani) when my PC fell in sleep. Description: Board: Tometo 810 (v 1.30) BIOS: American Megatrends Processor: Intel Celeron 466Mhz Display Adapter: Intel 82810 SMbus: Intel 82801AA OS used: Microsoft Windows98SE (4.10.2222) Problem: No display..! failure of POST..before …  |
| | hi i have a toshiba tecra 9100 with a dead fan(not working) i purchased another fan and replaced it but it still does not work the comp gets hot and just freezestested fan and can comfirm that they do work any ideas wots wrong?/wot i should be looking for or … |
| | [COLOR=#222222]I have an ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard that wont start up at all, when you power up the PSU the green led on the MB lights up but when you hit the power button the CPU fan starts to spin then stops. The PSU works properly on another MB, I have … |
| | Hi, I'm hoping this can be diagnosed without specs because the computer came custom designed, and I don't have the specs handy anywhere. The only way I could possibly list them all is if the computer would actually boot up. But that's why I'm here. Last night, I turned off … |
| | Howdy Im working on a Dell laptop 1150 It dosnt start up, does not beep or load the bios heck the screen dosnt even turn on it does charge and the only light that comes on it the green power light in the front. The CD drive starts up along … |
| | I have a fairly new computer approx. 1.25 years old that has recently stopped working. While playing an online game, the visualizations became striped with red pixels then the pc froze. After a manual restart, the screen is permanently striped with intermittent off color pixels, and the computer shuts down/restarts … |
| | first time I buy my mp3 player and I used it in with the windows xp operating system .. it have well function and I tranfer all files I needed and music in it... then i safely remove it from my pc.. the problem is when i second used it … |
| | We have a "Low Mileage" Canon i550 printer that appears to the lay observer to be in perfect health. The mechanical parts seem to be fine: the ink cartridges respond to the buttons, sliding on their rails to and fro, etc. However, when a print request is sent from the …  |
| | hi my sony vaio vgn fe28 has lost its voice! i have no sound at all and when i checked in the control panel its says i have no audio device. any ideas how to fix this? |
| | Hello people Yesterday morning i tried to boot up my PC. Everything went Ok but the monitor wont show anything. All the fans work properly(including the graphics card one) and so the leds but the monitor wont show anything. The monitor's power button keeps flashing all the time. I know … |
| | Hi after an airplane trip(!?) my dell 5100 wont start. The power led is constanlty on(green) and the battery led is on(yellow). But nothing happens. No sounds from the harddrive, fan etc., just silence. I've tried to remove components as RAM, harddrive, battery but no changes. Am I missing something? … |
| | Dear colleague: A HD in my office got a problem. I’ve tried to reinstall windows operating system. It goes to same step and it stops. It prompts three options: One is to press Enter key to proceed with installation, to press “R” key to recover, or to press “F3” to … |
 | Hi, I built my pc round 3 months ago. Heres the system: ASRock 775Dual-VSTA mobo Pentium D 820 2.8 ghz 1gb DDRII RAM ATI Radeon 1300 GFX card MAXTOR 160gb HDD The barebones were a handmedown from my brother in law. It has been running like a dream since I …  |
 | Hi List This is my first posting. Last night I went to start my PC, which hadn't been playing up prior to this (any more than PCs ever do that is) and ... not a lot. The fans were working, the indicator light of the on/off switch was on. The … |
| | hi, My pc fan will sometimes give a loud whirl at startup and the screen will subsequently freezes after Windows is launched. This happens frequently but not always. I've ran defragment, fixed registry and checked the fan to no success. I'm at a loss as to how to fix this … |
| | Acer 2300, when started this a.m. won't power up. Fan running, heat coming out but no sounds or anything else. Won't boot up with system disk either. Any ideas? Shut down fine last night. I removed the battery for about 5 min. replaced, held down the start button still nothing. … |
| | I have an HP dv5130us laptop that will not start windows because the is a missing or corrupt file in the windows file. The recovery repair will not work, so I will probably have to format and reinstall which means I will loose all my data that has not been … |
| | help i am having trouble with my computer there is some problem in it that i cant understand the dvd burner draw is having problems as it will not open when you press the button the first time some times it takes 3-6 presses i know it is not the … |
| | Can someone tell me how to partition the hard disk into two pardtitions. My laptop came with the Operating system already installed. Can you guys rescue me with the steps. Specs: Windows xp sp2 40 GB HDD HP 510 Laptop. |
| | Sometimes my machine asks for a boot diskette! I have them but the Ms Dos syntax is quite cumbersome. Can someone please give me the syntax. Its a p3 with windows 2000. |
| | my dell inspiron dead wont boot up, was working find;) |
| | Hie guys i have been having some trouble since last nite with my laptop Acer Aspire 3620, anyway I had just about everything the laptop would not work. it would start up and but would not boot. It was showing a blank screen. but this morning i went through a … |
| | I recently had a problem my pc, basically, it would freeze, sometimes with pink and green vertical lines appearing accross the screen. The only way to restart the computer was to do it manually, but it wouldn't start, at all. The fans would run, but nothing would appear on the … |
| | Hello, My daughter placed a installation cd in her cd drive earlier and plugged in a new MP3 player. She says that when she plugged in the MP3 that the system said it was entering sleep mode. It would thne not turn back on. I tried the power supply, I … |
| | Hello, i am using an emachine and i got home one day...turned it on...a message showed up and said "[B][COLOR=YellowGreen]Self Test[/COLOR] [COLOR=Red]Check your Pc and signal cable[/COLOR][/B], [B][COLOR=Blue]Moniter is working" [COLOR=Black]The Emachine's Light is not on, only the orange "Can" Light is on that is below the emachine power button. … |
| | I recently had to switch back to the video card (Voodoo Banshee) that came with my PC (Gateway G6-400) because the one I upgraded to about 3 years ago was failing. Things were fine for a few hours, but now i'm having problems with it suddenly reverting to a very … |
| | I have currently scrapped an old machine. It was a p4 3 ghz 1 gig ram pc3200 randeon x800 graphics with sound blaster audigy 2 ze and tv wonder 650 hdtv tuner card I now have 3.0 ghz pentium d 4mb cache 2 gig pc5400 ddr2 ram radeon x800 sound … |
| | Hi, I have a Tecra 8100 laptop. It just started having the blue screen of death upon startup. I get the Welcome to Windows XP screen (before the XP login screen) and then it goes black and I next get the BSOD with IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL error. I can boot and run … |
| | I have a GA-7DPXDW motherboard. One 512mb registered ecc ddr stick, of either samsung or micron. I just bought a 1gb samsung stick and stuck it in. For some reason, adding that stick, the computer is very slow to boot up. Turn it on, and it sits for about a … |
| | This is not strictly speaking a dead machine problem but somebody might have come across the problem. When I power on my PC (ShuttleX), the usb lights come on (mouse, hub etc) but nothing happens for about 5-10 mins and then everything starts up and boots normally. I've checked cables, … |
| | Hiya I am trying to play WMV files. I have tried through Media Player both 9 and 11 and also Real Player They both play the video very fast and is unwatchable. My first guess is a lack of a certain codec, but accorindg to GSPOT, i have all the … |
| | Hi all I'm trying to get an old Time Cybernote 953E laptop working. My biggest problem seems to be the CD drive. It does not appear in my computer or in the hardware manager and when I enter the bios at startup it is not one of the devices listed. … |
| | Hello! I know that you are very busy. however, I really need my computer to type my lab reports that is due very soon. I just need a quick answer. I have a problem with my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread72365.html#"]sony[/URL] labtop. I want to make my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread72365.html#"]laptop's[/URL] system new as before, like making … |
| | I have an acer 4504Lmi. It wouldn't start, went through steps, ordered a motherboard last night. I have one concern however. I have read in a few places that a virus can damage your motherboard. Is this true? I don't want to replace the motherboard and put my hard drive … |
 | my mate has an AMD athlon 64 3400 Geforce 600 graphics card 256meg and when the graphics card was put into the motherboard, and the comp was re-booted the computer beebs at him ontinualy on and off for 3-4 seconds can any one help? |
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