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| | Is it just me or do these suckers cause more trouble ... ? I have a PCG-FXA53, four years old ... older, I know, for a laptop, but my grandmother has a Compaq from 95 that is at least operable. Anyway, I was using the computer the other day when … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hi![/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Please help. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000000]When I switch my computer on, then some process takes 100% of my processor. When I use the “Task list”, then there is program “SCVhost.exe”, and when I switch if off, then CPu usage becames 5-10% (like always, in normal day). … |
| | So I keep getting this BSOD, it flashs too quicky to get any other info oscreen except this. DRIVER_IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL But the story goes a little deeper. Yesterday I got a message from ATI control center that said the GPU (Radeon x1600 512, PCI express) had been reset, I shut off …  |
| | I just made my first attempt at building my own computer yesterday and since then have not been able to get it to start up. I know everything is connected properly. I've tried getting it to start up outside of the chasis as well, but the same thing happens whether … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hi![/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Please help. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000000]When I switch my computer on, then some process takes 100% of my processor. When I use the “Task list”, then there is program “SCVhost.exe”, and when I switch if off, then CPu usage becames 5-10% (like always, in normal day). … |
| | I have a new HP, well it is a year old but just pulled out of the box yesterday. Yesterday the computer was working great but this morning when we went to turn it on there was a power light, fans running, but the HD is not loading. I have … |
 | This may not be a dead machines problem so pardon me if it's not My brother has a home built machine running Windows Vista RC1 and this problem has only started since having this particular OS installed. He can power it off ok through the usual resources of telling the … |
| | This problem started about three months ago when I decided to upgrade my video card. I had an integrated card, and I upgraded to an AGP card. When installing the card, I basically could not get it to work. The card would be in, but the monitor would be blank … |
| | my pc restarts everytime I turn it on..but it only restarts while booting so far i haven't experienced any restarting when i'm already on my desktop..and i've scanned my computer a couple of times already no virus.. is it the power supply? computer: AMD Sempron(tm) processor 2600+ 1.60Ghz, 448mb of … |
| | i have a notebook computer and it is not charging up. i have tried some different chargers and it hasnt worked so its not the charger. can somebody help me figure out how to fix it. will it be cheap or will i have to buy a whole new motherboard … |
| | I have an old pc and it shows windows/system32/config/system file missing. I don't know much about pc's and really need to fix this. I don't have any kind of back up cd's or recovery disks(pc was given to me as is) It just would'nt start one day. I have pics …  |
 | Geesh, the title just about says it all. I know its an older machine and good for about nothing, but all we use it for is storage. I know its there, cuz I see it on my network, but I don't have anything shared that I need to get off … |
| | Hello - long time reader, first time poster, I own a HP Pavilion a562n, and recently my power supply light has been blinking and clicking without any boot up. I unplugged all the power cables in the computer, and checked the power supply. Without the cables the power supply light … |
| | Yes i was just working on my sony vaio (making a video from a hockey game) and the screen went black and i cant get it to come back to the desktop. When i restart it says windows is hibernating. does anyone know how to get it off of this …  |
| | Hi. I have an old computer which I haven't used for a long time. It is originally a Packard Bell computer, which I had used beyond its Warranty period and had changed almost every part of the computer (due to it being spoilt) to something of almost equal specs to … |
| | This is my first post so here goes. I have a emachine M6811 laptop that got the blue screen of death. Running the restore CD worked until it felt like turning itself off and just shut off. I have replaced the hard drive and the restore CD has the same … |
| | Hey gang, I'm at wits end with this thing, was wondering if someone may be able to help. Recently my Windows XP crashed, and upon reboot, it now "hangs" at the Windows loading screen (before the login). I have tried using last known good configuration, and safe modes, and nothing … |
| | I got a pentium D 820+ 800fsb2mb l2 cache socket 775. Board Asrock Conroe945G-DVI / m/asr Ram Kingston 2 x 512 mb pc2 5300 cl5 240pin kvr667d2n5k2/1g seagate 40g drive samsung dvdburner only onboard graphics only power button connected 350watt powersupply Problem: Powersupply is starting....cpufan is starting... No drives start … |
| | Power led and Charging led just blink about every 5 to 6 seconds. Anybody have a solution? Power supply verified ok. |
| | Hi! Can anyone please help me? I have a dell 500m laptop, and it just won't start. There's a green lamp on the power supply and when I put it into the computer, the lamp goes dark. I've also tried starting it with the battery, however no luck :( There … |
| | OK here's my problem. I have a six month old PC. An Antec SLK1650 BQE case with a 350W power supply. An Asus M2N-E NF 570 Ultra (S-AM2) DDR2 Dualcore. 1024 ram. a GeForce PX7300GS Video card, and an Western Digital 320 gb Hard drive. Today I noticed that there … |
| | My Dell 8200will not boot into windows.When I go into setup it says that the hard disk and the cd-rom are not installed. Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to fix it. It is aDell 8200 with 5120Mb Pc 800 RdRam, 80GB EIDE hard drive(7200 RPM),PCI Ethernet … |
| | After I shut down my pc, I cannot start it back up by pushing the power button. I get no noise, no activity, and the only light I see is the green one on my mobo. After waiting 5 minutes it starts up no problem. It also has no problems … |
 | My computer has this odd problem of turning off halways. What i mean is that i could be doing anything (gaming, programming, webbrowsing, running a adaware scan, etc) and it well shut off. The moniter gives me the power saving nbow activated message and it goes into power saving mode. … |
| | Hi Everyone: Sorry, but I am new at this. I am having some weird problems with my computer and I have searched all over the net to find out what is wrong. My computer is around 2 years old, and it has worked fine, until about a month now. For … |
 | Hey. My question is, can laptops have startup problems if they're cold? If the answer is No, or They Shouldn't, then I will call the depot and interrogate them as to Why my computer fails to start in the mornings. My problem is, sometimes when I turn on my computer, … |
| | In my system which is 5 yrs old....i booted the hard disk as master... AND i got the error Pri Master HDD error 05/06/2001 Sec slave..... .... Press F1 to resume In my friend's system .... It starts booting and then a blue screen appears Stop!!..error @ OxAE....... if this … |
| | Hi all... I sure hope someone can help here!! I have the Inspiron 1150, just over a year old and in November had the motherboard replaced because the power supply connection just broke off. Warranty out in Jan, now there is just a black screen when the computer turns on. … |
| | How do I format my hard drive? All my important files and documents are backed-up on my external HD. I need to reformat my C Hard drive, but cant figure out how. I have the restore disks I received when I purchased my computer, but am lost. Any help is … |
| | On a computer I am trying to work on it gives the black screen with the can't load because of corrupt file and the part to put in the cd and push r for recovery etc. I went through the chkdsk /r and did a repair and recovery but it … |
| | Ive own a cappucinno gx1, which is basically a itx based ssf without optical drive or floppy. I need to format it and re-install windows, but have no idea on how to go about it... any ideas? what i was thinking perhaps is something like installing from a partition, just … |
 | I built a new machine back in November: AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ENERMAX EG651P-VE FM(24P) ATX 550W Power Supply Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard … |
| | Hi, I was wondering if there is a DVD based guide to building you own pc from scratch instead of the regular boring books and large manuals. So that one can just watch it and learn the basics without much fuss. Thanks.  |
| | when i turn my computer on in the first screen thing it shows no hardrives detected. and in the bios it shows no hardrive either the harddrive makes a wierd noise to i would like to just beable to boot it to get of some of my important data any … |
| | For some reason, when I woke up this morning, my computer wasn't logged on to my account. Instead, it was at the account select screen, and it said that some process could not be run. So I logged on and for some reason, everything was slow. I checked my processes … |
| | Happy New Year Everyone!! I have a problem with my daughters laptop, she tried to power up her laptop but failed, she told me that the battery had failed, so i tested the battery, had little power (1% of 100%) which indicates that the battery is dead, the problem is … |
| | I have a one year old Dell computer. I have had this problem before, but it fixed itself. I turn on my computer, and usually the first time it stays on for 10 minutes. After that, it shuts of by itself, stays off for about 2-3 seconds, and turns on … |
| | I need some pictures if any one has a location of some to take apart the 2100. There appears to be 3 screws in the center just under the Keyboard and above the memory storage area that I'm having difficulty with. I'm use to taking on the Dell laptops where … |
| | hello everyone -- i bought this new and barely used it. i suddenly got the urge to use my laptop and it didn't start. i was told to replace battery and hard drive -- i did both. still it doesn't boot. power goes on but only to a blank screen. … |
| | I replaced a hard drive in a 3 year old Tablet PC and when I use the restore disc it starts and asks for the language preference, looks like its going to start the restore and then eject....no reason given. I've tried 2 sets of the restore discs with the … |
| | My emachines computer won't start. When I plug it into the outlet, the LED light turns on but everything else including the fan won't. I replaced the power supply but that doesn't seem to be the problem. The cooling fan is dusty and I have read that I should clear … |
| | Hello to all. I have a Compaq Pres 2500 laptop that i need help with please! Does anyone know how to manually boot it up. Any help is greatly appreciated. |
| | My computer wont boot. Im getting power to the MOBO but nothing is happening, fans are running Video card is getting power, im getting nothing on my screen (it goes to green then into hybernation Yellow) I cant get into BIOS. I replaced the battery and still nothing. the interesting … |
| | hiya, hope i can get some advice on this. ive got a sony vaio pcg-k115b and nothing is happening when i plug in the charger no lights flashing absolutly zilch. ive tested the psu and im getting current through it and i have tested various places on the board and … |
| | On a Dell lap-top(latitude??)pentium 3,using windows XPI get the following message"Windows was unable to save all the data for the file/Device/Harddisk volume1/Documents and Settings/user-name/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/Content.IES/AVSJQ31P.The data has been lost.This loss may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection.Please try to save this file … |
| | I'm checking a Dell Inspiron my mother-in-law says won't turn on. When I plug the power supply into the laptop, the light on the power supply turns off, before even trying to turn on the laptop. I've tried two different power supplies that I KNOW work, but same problem. The … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hello, Last night we had a Hard Disk crash and as some of you know this is a very stressful thing and keeps you awake for two days or so. It is 20 hours later and most accounts are restored. We need a lot of server tweaking the next couple … |
| | Alright... Well, I am using Windows XP Media Center Edition, Intel Pentium 4 CPU (3.40 GHz), and one gig of ram. Dell computer (can't remember the model). Reformatted maybe four or more times in the past, getting tired of it. Anyhow. Me, my mother, and my father all use this … |
| | Hi, I need help with my Dell Inspiron 1150 Notebook. The computer will randomly lose power and shut off (note: it doesn't shut down, it just turns off). This sometimes happens over night even though the computer is plugged into an electrical outlet and I'm usually only running one program … |
| | I have recently had a problem with my computer. Last week I took the system apart for cleaning (it was mighty dusty in there). After I reassembled everything, I had no immediate problems. I just couldn't get the green power LED on the front of the case to light, even …  |
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