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| | Hi, this is my first time posting here and I heard you guys are very helpful. The problem I am having is when I go to plug in the power adapter to the back of the laptop the green light keeps flashing and the computer does not turn on or …  |
| | [quote=quwip10]I will tell you the same thing I told ploppy this is extremely common on the 700's. I am almost sure this is your problem. "Ok, first off I have an old compaq presario 700 and I have serviced multiple others. The power supply is integrated into the motherboard so … |
| | im new to this site so if i posted this in the wrong section.. im sorry.:rolleyes: so anywayz, im a having a problem with windows media player for about 2 weeks now. i installed the windows media player 11 beta and since then i havent been able to stream any … |
| | my computer was working until a couple of days ago until my broadband crashed and i searched for spyware it had kazzaa and surfsidekick i cleaned them again and again it wont go away i think it is what is causing the problemm im doing this from a library computer … |
| | Hi, there is a new kind of problem occuring in my PC. Whenever i start a new application my CPU usage increases abrupty slowing down all other process running. It can be easily detected if you are listing to song and start a new application. I thought it would be … |
| | Hi, posted this ages ago and i still have the same problem, whereby now often my IE qwhen it does work, simply freezes after 1 minute of use, i have to shut it down which then causes the star bar not to work otherwise I have the same problems as …  |
| | Im trying to fix my girlfriends zt1000 laptop. it started having issues with clicking coming from what i beleive is the hard drive. after a few weeks it just stopped working. when it trys to boot up it gives me this message "1500 mhz pentium 4 cpu external cache: 512k … |
| | Hi just regestered, hate to hit you up straight off but I am a bit desperate, bought a lap top compaq , the batt might be a bit rooted , but even when it's plugged into the mains when the battery runs out the computer turns itself off and won't … |
| | I am planing to replace my CPU and mother board. Does anyone have an idea of which one I should why. I prefer ASUS mother board and Intel CUP |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hi Everyone,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I have a crashing problem with my computer. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It’s a Dell Optiplex GX620[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Pentium 4, 3.4GHz, 1GB RAM[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Windows XP Professional version 2002, SP2.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The computer died so Dell technician replaced the mother board and I also had to format the hard drive. Since then … |
| | I installed new XP OS and it worked fine few minutes, then I cleaned up the CPU FAN and put it back on the top of the processor, When I turned on the PC I didn't received any signal to monitor. Few minutes later CPU FAN stoped working. anyone have … |
| | Hi, Can anyone help me? My Panasonic laptop starts to boot up, shows the Windows test card but then goes blank. I can hear it continuing to boot, and I can hear it reach the Windows jingle, but I can't see a thing. I can restart with Ctrl/Alt/Delete, but that … |
| | hi there, i recently bought a 6600gt from ebay (so it came alone no driver disks etc.) its pci-e, i plugged it in and booted up the pc, found the drivers on the nvidia webiste and installed them. however after reboot i founsd the computer was still using the onboard … |
| | A friend of mine loaned me a mac mini while he is away. The problem is that the mouse pointer snaps back to the top left corner of the screen after about a 2 second move. I really have no idea what is going on with it. Maybe a compatability … |
| | Some electrical men were working outside when they suddenly turned off our power. The computer was on and fully booted when this happened. Now when I turn it on, it asks it I want to start it in safe mode or revert the settings, etc. Whichever option I choose (I … |
| | I have a 1.2 gig CPU, 760 Mg ram, 160 HD & Win XP Pro.. (5 yrs old) A few days ago I started to receiveing "Delayed write errors." Then I received a boot error message that "operating system not found, insert system disk. This lead me to believe that … |
| | I had my motherboard droped nothing cracked nothing broken, it kinda landed on the power adapter and bent the dc jack, ok so thats what happended, however it ran fine at the time (until the battery died) so i decided to solder a new dc jack onto the motherboard, so … |
| | Firstly, I don't know any of the lingo, so bear with me. I have a Gateway Solo 1150 laptop that worked great for years--it is an older one. I came to the conclusion somehow that my hard drive needed to be partitioned(that may be misspelled), so I thought I knew … |
| | I have Avance AC97 Audio on my Xp system. Lost sound so I went into Device Manager and there is this message: Device Status: Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (code 39) I clicked on troubleshoot and got this error: … |
| | Hi everyone, My first post on Daniweb - I just discovered this site from Google! Looks awesome! I have a HP Vectra VL420 DT that I bought a month or so ago. The PC is out of warranty. When I inititally tested it, it worked fine. Now when I try … |
| | WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS PROBLEM... WHEN I TURN ON MY PC EVERYTHING RUNS LIKE IT'S 'POSE TO THEN WHENN XP STARTS TO SET UP THE SCREEN GOES BLANK OR IN SLEEP MODE I SHOULD SAY. THE PC STILL RUNNING BUT THE SCREEN GOES BLANK. I HAVE ONE … |
| | Hello all- I was trying to hook up an external ZIP drive(SCSI) to my old W98 machine. I didn't have the software disk for that drive, but that drive had been hooked up to that system before and worked fine. I couldn't figure out why it didn't work, so I … |
| | Hello, I am an advanced computer user, yet new with laptop hardware; I am wondering if a hard drive upgrade procedure would differ on a laptop than pc, as it seems straight forward-- or am I ignorant? I pulled my 5gb from my Toshiba Tecra 8100 and cloned it to … |
| | my computer went down and i lost windows xp pro.when i reinstall it ,it almost completes the setup and right when it's about to install i get the blue screen and error message system hard error. can anybody help? this is driving me nuts!! |
| | I have a Gateway laptop. Up until a few days ago I could listen to CD's, watch movies & burn info to CD's. Now it won't read anything. It says the disk is full when there isn't even a disk in it. It won't burn anything. I checked the devise … |
| | xp profesional keeps looging me out cannot get into desktop or anything |
| | Ok just so that you know I'm not very good with computers :-| I own a 1998 Dell Dimension with a P2 350 and 128 RAM. Recently my niece's PC got blown by lightning so her motherboard got fried. She bought a new PC so i took her old PC … |
| | tower that was working one night and was unplugged before a storm moved in. It works everywhere but in my own house. It has a red push toggle in the back below the power cord hole, but what happens when I plug it in is that the green light on … |
| | I have a HP ZE4400 Pavilion. When I turn it on it ( I hear the fan running etc) it shuts of and on 4 times then stays on the 5th time every time. The screen is blank. I get no key response either. I called hp ha ha and …  |
| | I have an older emachines c2280 that recently died. First it wouldn't power on at all, so I replaced the power supply. Now it won't go into POST or anything. It's not even sending a signal to the monitor. I'm thinking the cpu or motherboard? Any ideas would be helpful. |
| | Help, Ok the machine would not boot up last week. Thanks to this web someone said "shake" the machine or "drop it 2-3 inches". Unwillingly but a last resort I did the drop method. GREAT it booted up!! And that's how it has been over the weekend. So on Monday … |
| | My computer shut down on its own, and when I tried to restart it, I got the message "operating system not found." So, what do I do?  |
| | Just a couple days ago; my Presario 715 started acting up. Whenever I pressed the power on button the green light came up but nothing happened after that. I could hear the sound of one of the drives for a few seconds but that's all I was getting. From an … |
| | Hi, I have been using this desktop PC for over 2 years.It dint have any problem/ issues until it showed some weird behaviour over the past few months. I never switch off the power,this is because -incase I switch off the power. It's hard to get my computer ON again.I … |
| | Hello everyone! My PC was working for few hours last night. After I came back to finnish some work, I found it turned off. I tried to turn it on again but all it does it starts and I hear fans working for about 4 seconds and then it turns … |
| | I just got this laptop and was trying to activate xp via the phone(another issue in its self) couldnt do it so I shut the machine down went to get an xp disc and when I returned the machine would not start up.I did the usual ,reseat the memory,the hard … |
| | Hi all, I am completely computer illiterate. My laptop (Dell Inspiron 1000) won't start since I've had to shut it down when it froze a few days ago. Each time I turn it on, it starts regularly and then a black screen says s/t about a problem and how would … |
| | I recently had to go and buy a new charger for my fujitsu siemens e8010 laptop. A few days after using it my laptop just won't turn on. It won't even turn on while connected to the power supply. If someone could help i would be grateful |
| | I downloaded service pack2 from microsoft.com. after restarting the system a blue screen appeared with a Stop: 0x00000071. I read and did what it said on the screen and that didn't work. I also tried going to the BIOS screen that didn't work. Then a black screen appeared I tried … |
| | i have nb medion MD 2592 support with win xp. some thing happened i do not know what it made the laptop not accept win xp any more and all the time i try to install win xp it stop in the middle of the process and saythere is problem … |
| | I just purchased a [I]Gigabyte GA-9IPE1000 series mother board for a socket 478 pentium 4[/I]. my computer before was not POSTing and i figured out it was the motherboard, but now my computer posts but i do not get any picture or BIOS screen options on my screen. I use … |
| | My laptop was broken after I put it in checked luggage on a plane flight. On power-up, it stated that there were no bootable devices, so I decided the hard drive had been broken and bought another one. However, it doesn't recognize the new hard drive either and says there … |
| | Have e-machine t2692 / xp home ed. Originally had 250w power supply. System died. Replaced with 300w power supply as recommended by e-machine. Everything came back up with the following exceptions: speakers don't work (I can live with this) none of the usb connections work (4 back & 2 front) … |
| | My computer worked fine one night, but in the morning i went to turn it on and it wasnt working. I built my computer with a friend, i have a [I]ibit IS7 motherboard[/I] and a [I]pentium 4 processor[/I]. This happened once in 2004 and i took it to a computer …  |
| | So I have a main drive which is a SATAA or ATA drive. Im not sure! Im installing a new IDE drive which is just a replacement I got for my old drive that died. When I attatch my new drive, I get a message on startup to choose the … |
| | Last week, I rebooted my machine, and it went wacky. The power light and CPU fan stayed on but no further booting took place. I unplugged the machine, plugged it back in, and the light/fan remained on.. The only way to shut it off, is to unplug it and leave …  |
| | I speak to you basically blind to my computer now. A dark tint has rested on the screen, and no matter how I fiddle with the Brightness or Contrast there is no change. It all began a few days ago...My display would hiccup into darkness, it would go dark, but … |
| | Hi DaniWeb user, Recently I have been having some trouble with opening any folders such as My computer, recycle bin control panel etc. This also extends to my Internet Explorer. When I attempt to open a folder my desktop clears and start bar. I fear somehow explorer.exe does not operate … |
| | Folder option missing please help me get it back, it's not in the control panel nor in the tool pull down menu.. |
| | [COLOR=blue]Hello,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]I have an Asrock K7VM2 mothorboard, AMD Athlon XP 1900+[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]current speed 1600 mhz, external clock 133 mhz Socket A.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Running Windows XPMCE[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Recently, I added an AGP card, but in doing so, dislodged a small blue jumper. I've poured over the manual, but can't, for the life …  |
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