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 | 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? |
| | Hi all, so i spilled some drink on a toshiba 2435 s255 a while back, and damaged the Mainboard, after getting a new board now i have a problem and i would like to know if it is from a faulty board. When i boot up i get error something … |
| | Greatings! I'm now in the community, so apologies if i skip procedures, if there is any. I did a silly thing on my powerbook G4, i change the hinge of the screen following the instruction from ifixit.com, so i remove hard drive, motherboard and almost everything. When i put all … |
| | My computer is an acer 4504LMi. It has Intel Pentium M745 1.8GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 cache. 1G of memory installed. A couple of weeks ago I got my laptop out and tried to start it. The heat sink fan runs for about 3 seconds, as well as the dvd/cd rom. … |
| | Hi all; Any ideas as to what could be the cause of the problem, I have an Asus V6000 Notebook, it intermittendly does not power up (IE: no power to notebook) I have tested the Power Adaptor with multimetre and correct voltage/sufficient voltage being supplied, also checked DC harness for … |
| | Please help, I've tried everything I can think of and I'm gettting nowhere. A magnet was placed on a laptop, the laptop presented the blue screen of death, or so I am told by the owner of teh laptop. On restarting I get a message "Corrupt.Missing hal.dll file". The Laptop … |
| | Hey Everyone, My sister has a Dell Inspiron 5150...The other night she spilled Coke onto the keyboard, and as you can imagine, the laptop didn't appreciate it!...Anyways, after everything stopped working, she brought it to me the next day and I opened everything up and cleaned/took out cables/replaced them, etc. … |
| | I have an [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread71641.html#"]HP[/URL] ZE4400 laptop that has a burned chip -at PO15 I can't ID the chip - Can someone please read the numbers of that chip off your motherboard. I will be greatly appreciative. Our can someone tell me from experience what a replacement chip would be. The … |
 | Hello, My family and I have a PC which has caused us difficulties in low to severe to incredibly bad form. The specifications at the moment should be like the following: Manufacturer: Sony Corp Model: PCV-RX540 Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit) RAM: 500+ megabytes Processor: 1.20 GHz … |
| | My laptop seemed to be working fine last night. I was using it as it was plugged in the wall. I left it for some time, then when I came back it had powered off (what I assumed was putting itself in standby). When I hit the power button, there … |
| | (this isnt the problem, i just wanted to write a nice story. The problem will come later:)) Being a college student i dont often come home, i came home this weekend to find the aformentioned Laptop lying around. From what my old man said the owner of it said she … |
| | Hi, i read many post lately but none seem to answer my problem. i got a pc that was working great for the last 4 months or so... and yesterday, when i was playing i heard some kind of electric surcharge or something like that in or at the the … |
| | I own a computer that for no reason at all, will just shut off. What will happen is that when I am doing something on my computer, such as playing a game or browsing this website, my computer will suddenly turn off. I can't turn it back on from the … |
| | My dvd drive had been working great until a couple days ago, it disappeared from the window explorer. I double checked cables (data and power) and everything is connected. DVD Drive still opens and closes fine. BIOS sees there is a dvd However the Device Manager says that "Windows successfully … |
| | My five year old Inspiron 8200 has finally died. For about a week it said it was running on batteries, even though it was plugged in. If you unplugged it, it would instantly shut down. Or if you took out the battery while it was plugged in, it would do …  |
| | Ok... so. I'm just putting this out there, that if you know how to do something with your computer... but your parents don't trust you... just f'in do it behind thier back.... Here is the story. So I go to school online, and the program through which I use my … |
 | When I'm browsing my pc for a file then click a specific multimedia file my mobo suddenly rebooted continously. I've try to access safe mode but it won't load successfully, I try all possible solution under F8 menu but it won't. What would I do to see the problem?help please. |
| | Ok here's the thing...I was having problems with my computer only getting to the boot prompt (where it says safe mode, last known good configuration, normal mode) and then restarting itself. Well now when I attempt to power on my computer, the power and HDD lights come on, but the … |
| | Ok... My situation... I work for a company that does custom home integration and installation. One of our clients has a Sony Vaio Media Center that recently crashed on them. Without it they can't access anything on their home theater system so they've asked for help from us. I've been … |
| | Hello, Problem 1: I am trying to install XP SP2 (32bit) on my XPC 64bit Shuttle [500 GB Hard drive, 2 GB Ram]. During the install, Windows setup alerts that a large number of install files cannot be copied to the hard drive. I hit 'escape' to skip the install … |
 | Hi I'm working on an IBM NetVista 8315KHU , WinXP, [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 256 DDR SD[COLOR=red]RAM[/COLOR], [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 80mm[COLOR=red]CaseFan[/COLOR] , other parts are as per original specs. Orig. [COLOR=blue]problem began as[/COLOR] an "out of blue" worked fine til bedtime, tomorrow after work - no boot. No household power issues or anything weird. Opened, … |
| | anyone ever have problem with install cd freezing? I have a machine that won't boot safe or normal, it freezes after a few seconds. I tried to boot to recovery console, but the install cd freezes at "Setup is starting Windows". I have replaced motherboard, but still same problems. I … |
| | I'm having some issues with a new pc build. I can't even get it to POST! No video signal whatsoever from the onboard video. The parts are as follows: ECS P4M800PRO-M V2 Socket 775 MOBO w/ onboard video (I know it's a cheapie motherboard) Intel P4 3.06 GHZ 524 04A … |
| | I have been doing some upgrades on my PC ( MOBO, CPU, PSU, DVD-R) After I had installed all these things, the computer would run fine, at first. but at times when I try to install something, it will start out fine, then freeze up for a second and all … |
| | [COLOR=#444444] Hi List This is my first posting. I had the pc on, left the office and upon returning my pc was shut down. I went to start my PC, clicking on the switch, the fans come on, the lights are all on and I am not hearing any normal … |
| | This is my first posting after reading great info on this forum for a long time; hopefully someone can help me better than emachines tech support. I have an emachines T2792. I'm a mac video guy but needed something simple for internet and word. I've had this machine for almost … |
| | My sister has a Dell dimension 2400, the unit worked until a week ago. No components had been added, screen boots with the following message: " A disk read error occurred" "Press Control - Alt - Delete" selected F12 and went to the utilities, the HDD passes all tests also … |
| | I have HDD before its working in best condition.. after a week its no longer boot up to the windows... i tried it many times to change the IDE cable and the jumper its still dont work.. and even to the other PC.. i tried to go in the BOIS … |
| | I have an Averatec 3200 series laptop. I went to boot it up a few days ago and it keeps going back to the black screen that says Windows did not start properly. I have tried booting it with every option in there (safe mode, normally, last good configuration, safe … |
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