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OK, so I've got a Gateway FX P-7805u laptop with power up issues. Here's the whole story: One day, even though the laptop itself was plugged into the wall, when I hovered on the battery indicator, the windows 7 notification said "plugged in, not charging" and the battery was stuck …

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I have an off the shelf Gateway that recently stopped responding. Powers up, HD and Optical Drives spin up but nothing else. As a self admitted newbie I want to troubleshoot and to repair myself but other than checking connections and looking for possible visible signs of a short or …

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ok problem has been started 2 days ago first pc restarted for several times than it showed blue screen showing hardware issues than i tried to start pc through Linux live cd pc started i take all the backup form my hard drive to another portable hardisk than i tried …

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Hi, I am currently trying to fix my HP pavilion a000 desktop. I was working fine then after turning it off i tried to start it again and it just beeps at me. I have tried cleaning all the fans and dust of all components but its doesn't help. I …

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I recently formatted my PC, loaded Windows 98SE and now the pc is so slow that it is virtually unuasable. If I click on START, for instance, it takes about 30 seconds for the PC to act on the click. I have to assume it is a hardware problem. The …

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I have a Dell XPS M1210. I have been reading the forums trying to gather ideas that I could use to fix my computer. The problem: When I start the computer the screen stays black, the Power LED stays lit showing that it is indeed turned on, and the LED …

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Hi, I have an "old" (5years) DELL Latitude D610. Everything was fine, until it hung in Windows. When I tried to reboot it, something very strange happend : Most of the time Bios load stops at approx. 1/5th of the full bar. Other symptoms which happen sometimes : - Bios …

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I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 which had a problem with the plug (solder cracked through normal use). I bought a new part, desoldered the old one, soldered in the new one, and put everything back together. Unfortunately, now the laptop won't start. The symptoms are: Power Light comes on. …

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Hello, I'm experiencing a problem again, my screen went to blue then when I turned on the computer the screen stopped on the Toshiba opening page with f2 setup, f12 for boot device selection menu on the bottom left. I hit f12 then a repeating message of pxt-e61 (media test …

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ok so here is the skinny. i had this computer for some time. i got a new case and moved everything to the new case now i cannot get any beeps, no post and the mobo has the power light on it. this was working fine in the old cae. …

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Hi all, I have a Acer Aspire M1641, that wont boot, normally. I turn on the the power button, the light comes on, and no display on the monitor. Its not the graphics card, which i'll come into later. At first i tried many methods to figure out what went …

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I've never encountered anything like this and have no idea where to begin to troubleshoot. What happens is when I turn on the computer, it will show the motherboard (gigabyte) splash screen, then cut to black and monitor says it's going to sleep... meaning the display signal got cut right …

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I've had it for more than a year. When I turn it on the power lights and DVD control button lights come on and even beep when touched. The screen remains blank and about every 15 seconds the lights will blink. When plugged in the power light comes on as …

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I have a Gateway GT5032 and it won't post, it does not beep or anything!!! Specs: RAM: Installed: 1024 MB 400 MHz (PC3200) DDR memory (two 512 MB modules) Expandable to: 4 GB CPU: AMD Athlonâ„¢ 64 X2 dual-core processor 4200+ * 2.2 GHz * 2000 MHz front side bus …

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I recently installed a new video card and memory in my M2N-SLI mobo, everything has been working fine for a couple days until this morning. I booted the comp up this morning but the keyboard, mouse, and sound are not working. Its weird cuz a few short hours b4 i …

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I have a problem with my PC. I have Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard. It had 512 ram and it was bit slow. I cleaned the disk and did defragmentation. Then I unclicked the programs which were making my comp load up slowly. I only kept the antivirus on and unclicked …

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Hi. I recently purchased an asus P5KC motherboard. My problem being, after several attempts to rectify the problem and several forum posts, i'm still unable to get the damned thing to boot. I've tried everything from a basic setup consisting of just the CPU and a stick of ram to …

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Hi, My name is mark and I recently bought a pc (Windows XP) from a friend and I checked for space etc and thought instead of just clicking on each program and uninstalling them one by one I thought I should try to restore the whole pc and start as …

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My Sony Vaio vpcf136fm is stuck at the black Vaio screen. I think this happened as the result of a failed BIOS or Windows update. I came home from work and the machine was stuck. I've tried recovering Windows via a Windows 7 64 disk, tried pulling RAM and rebooting, …

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Hello people. I have my son's HP dv6 pavilion entertainment pc that does not seem to want to boot but I can access the bios. I have noticed a lot of problems with this type of computer. It has the new windows 7 and is still under warranty. I have …

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I have a Gateway MX7340 laptop that is two years old. Windows XP SP2. When I power it up all I get is a black screen and I do not hear any processes running, only the fan. Nothing happens at all. The computer did not come with a start up …

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Hi how are you all friend my system very danger problem face i'm all software install m system but all software is not working for example install fireforex and then click fireforx so not response fireforex.

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Hello, I am now carrying my laptop to job and home everyday. But everytime I am back from job, it does not boot right away. At first I thought it might be because of winter, and one day it was even -27 degrees celcius. So I thought maybe for temperatyre …

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I ave a Toshiba laptop, and when I tried turning it on this morning it wouldn't turn on. First there was just a black screen, so I removed all power sources, and held down the power button to reset everything, then I plugged the power back in, and I managed …

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Hey! I have a problem with my Amilo Sa 3650 keyboard. A little tea (no sugar!) was spilt on it and I quickly mopped it up as it wasn't that much liquid. Shortly after, the keyboard keys went crazy (some keys acted like they were being pressed constantly), I waited …

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HP DV7-3079wm Laptop Window's 7 I have a customer's DV7 laptop in for a liquid spill. He told be that everything works except that some of the keyboard keys stick or dont function. Based on what he told be I was thinking just a quick keyboard swap. Before ordering the …

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I can see the computer come on, but the monitor turns on and shows no picture, but keyboard/mouse do not turn on I think the mobo is dead I am very unsure. So, I opened up my computer and reseated everything. And still nothing, I'm not sure what to do. …

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Hello everyone, First of all you need to know that my computer has two physical hard drives set up in RAID 0. The day before the problem started, there was a short power blackout, during which the computer was working (playing a movie), and I didn't have a UPS for …

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Hello to all of u, thabks for reading this. I have a VGN-FJ270 Sony Vaio Laptop. The problem is that suddenly while i'm using the laptop, the screen appears all in read or blue or green, it happened to me in three times in different days. I do not know …

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