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| | Hi guys, I'm back again with other problem. My PC won't work - its now completely refusing to star-up unless I press F8 and start in Safe Mode. I am basic with PCs software/hardware etc, but heres the story so far: Approximately 1 year ago my computer (Pentium 2, quite …  |
| | I currently have both linux and windows installed. I can boot linux just fine, but when i attempt to boot windows, i get something like this (this may not be word for word, but its close) chainloader (hd0, 0) cannot find NTLDR (or NLTDR) Press CLT-ALT-DEL to Restart Is this … |
| | Error Message: CPU is unworkable or has been changed. Please recheck - CPU Soft Menu. |
| | My computer was fixing a file using Quickpar, suddenly, computer turn off. When I try to turn it back on nothing happen. I try to unplug the power for about 1 hour. My monitor is working and everthing that is connect to the powersurge. I try to connect the power … |
| | Hey all, Having a few issues here! I tried to reasearch as much as possible but to no success:sad:. Heres the situation: I have a PC in front of me, no physical damage to it! Everything plugged into a new power bar and new power cord to the tower. Once … |
| | I'm having a very unusual issue... It just started occuring today. When I press the power on my computer, it turns on, but no data is showing on the monitor. I have temperature fail-safes setup, so I added more thermal coolant to the CPU, but that didn't seem to be … |
| | hello every body i have a problem with my PCP i hope some body help me , i have a sony pc with window XP 2000 all i get this tow masseges my computer keep rebooting it self again , again message A we apologize for the inconvience windo did … |
| | My Gateway 450 laptop wont boot windows. It died before I had a chance to move files to my new computer. Is there a way to hook the hard drive of my laptop up to a desktop to get the files? Thanks |
| | [B]Help-laptop wont boot cos screen cable damaged [/B]Hi, I have a Compaq nx7000 that wont boot because the screen cable / connector is damaged somehow. The first symptoms were random white lines on the screen and freezing up. Then blank screen and the machine wont even POST. I managed to … |
| | Yeah... I posted about 5 minutes ago, now I figured out a more specific source to the problem. When the CD-Drive is open, my computer runs fine. But immeadiately when it closes, the computer crashed and goes into an auto-reboot cycle until it's opened again. Any advice? |
| | [COLOR=#000080]I have a Dell Inspiron 5000. It was running XP fine until someone spilled liquid in it. After letting it dry out several days I gave it a try. It Would power up but not boot. I tried reinstalling from an XP disk but all the farther I get is …  |
| | Hello, I restarted my computer without installing any new hardware or software (save for an update to Firefox). Windows would not boot. A blue screen with an error flashed very quickly (could not read), and then I got the screen asking me to boot Windows regularly, last good configuration, etc. … |
| | Hi all new to the site. I've been trying to read and find a similar problem to what I'm having but can't find it. Here is the problem. For about 2 weeks now when I power my computer off, it wouldn't power back on when I hit the power button. … |
| | I think I might have unplugged the laptop while it was on (the battery is dead, so I always have to have it plugged in). Now, every time I boot it and a window is open, the on-screen image is very small (about 2 inches by 4 inches and the … |
| | My system doesn't seem to startup. Initally i was getting few lines on the screen which were blinking. I tried to troubleshoot with dell suppot. After talking to them, they recommended running the BIOS update. After running the update the system does not start at all, it comes up with … |
| | Can anyone help please? I've browsed through the other posts about power-failures but none seem to have quite the same symtoms as mine. Whilst using my machine at the weekend everything froze. I tried what I could, which with my limited knowledge was Cntrl+Alt+Delete - Nothing. And ALt+Tab - Nothing … |
| | I just built my computer and when I boot it up I get a message on a blue screen telling me that i need to remove any new hard drives, that my computer has a virus or that I need to run a disk check to see if my hard … |
| | Finally a decent site that I have found that may help me.......(all others seemed shotty) My problem lies here, I was using my computer late at night at which i left my desk (computer still on and running) to head to bed. I came back in the morning and noticed … |
| | I have just bought a new laptop and I was woundering what the easiest (and preferably cheapest) way to transfer files to it from my PC is. Thanks, Wil |
| | my laptop a fujitsu siemens amilo 1630 amd 64-bit 3700 ati mobility radeon 9700 1 gig of ram 80gb hard drive has recently started to shut down when playing games. my first thought was overheating but the fans are still spinning, though maybe not as fast as i thought they … |
| | When I try burning .avi files to a dvd using [URL="http://www.extrememhz.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=3371#"][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue]nero[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] express 6, the burning process gets stuck at 1% with current task showing as 'lead in'. I already lost 3 dvds [IMG]http://www.extrememhz.com/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif[/IMG] Please somebody help me. |
| | Hello sir/madam! I am a new comer for this forum. I hope i get help from you. I have a Toshiba satellite laptop and i am in need of its drivers for some reasons but i couldn't find it from the official site of Toshiba. Its Model No. is PSA40E-08M7W-G3 … |
| | Hello, im having some kind of a problem with my PC, its pretty weird and i cant figure out what the hell its wrong with it. About a month ago, i was not getting any video when i turned on my PC, but it didnt happen every time, i would … |
| | A few days ago i got a Compaq Presario 1277 laptop from a neighbor of mine to get some spyware off of it for her. I spent a couple hours and got rid of it then put it away for the night. It may or may not have been plugged … |
| | my monitor has started to cut off the right hand side of the display. it only happens when playing on some games, and when i turn the computer on, it does it on the screen where the windows XP logo comes up and the green bar is loading. The sreen … |
| | Hi, I recently bought a new PC from [URL="http://www.aria.co.uk"]www.aria.co.uk[/URL]. It was pre-built when I got it and I never opened it til after the problems started. Unfortunately, I dont have warranty on it so need to fix this myself. The specs are as follows: AMD Sempron 3100 754 64bit Retail … |
| | I have a sony vaio with windows XP. I cleaned my computer. then started it up and it did start- first the vaio logo pops up then it actually went to the user screen for windows then it was trying to load a program that deletes junk files- so it … |
| | I have just recently got a S/H HP vectra but the previous owner has forgotten the power on password! Do I need to remove the CMOS battery to reset the password before it will load windows? Or is there another way I can go around it. All replies gratefully appreciated. |
| | Hello All, Here's a problem that keeps me out of my sleep the last days. :) Notebook Acer Aspire 1711smi Brandnew Pentium IV 2,8 GHz/533 MHz FSB 512Mb memory PC2700/DDR333 Geforce Go5700 64Mb video 80Gb 3,5" Harddisk WD Bought this notebook a week ago, broken, and trying to fix it. … |
 | :eek: hello, run the memtest86 in my pc with windows xp 256 ram, AMD1.7ghertz, had a problem, a message in the screen appeared "sdram at dimm#:1" run the memtest86, but after,in spite of find not errors, I need from too much time to enter to Windows, 20 minutes . before …  |
| | Can someone help me with this problem? I have a Gateway Solo 9150 that would not power on. After reading some posts I discovered that it was a bad dc jack that was keeping it from starting. I recently soldered on a new dc jack and the laptop does power … |
| | I just picked up a new P5SD2-X mobo, and Pentium D 830 for my ATX box which has a DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, and CDRW on it. If I drop in the install disk for any version of Linux, it boots, but then cannot find the installer. Has anyone else had this … |
| | Good day, I am new to this discussion board and not an expert so please excuse anything that I might say that sounds stupid. I purchased a computer about three years ago. It was a "custom built" Proteva from Staples. It is an office supply store here in Canada. Everything … |
| | hi sir/maam, i am new member here from philippines 19yrs old male... sorry to interrupt...but i am confuse about the bluescreen they called...and i've encounter that many times...when im booting the pc and the first thing to came up is the bluescreen what is that...?is there a problem in hardware … |
| | Hello, When I try to boot up I get an error message of PXE-E08. Does anyone know what this means and what causes it? I am running a CPCI-745 Intel processor board from Motorola. Thanks! |
| | OK--here is my problem. I turn on the computer and it begins to boot. At random points (I have rebooted/restarted many times) the mouse and keyboard turn off and the computer stops booting. It happens when the initial startup is happening, halfway through a windows load screen, or after the … |
| | hmm like the title states i can only boot in safe mode otherwise it goes into a loop crashing after the apple icon it gives the "please reboot hold the start button for a few seconds message " what is up I've tried booting fromthe system disk and running disk … |
| | Hi all, Thank for reading and will appreciate any help. I have been reading and searching for the answer for hours. About a year ago I built my computer..no bells or whistles. Just a simple gigabyte MB with an AMD Athlon cpu. About six months ago I needed to restart, … |
| | so this powerbook g4 1ghz starts by getting to the grey screen and the apple icon then that dark grey box with the hold the button to restart message the one with a few different langauges so i hold the button and it just keeps doing it i managed to … |
| | This is no machine to shed a tear over, cover looks more like a toilet seat, though the one I got my hands on has built in WIFI, and an Athlon processor, Power problem, won't turn on. Night's endeavors involved taking the thing apart (re service manual on HP.com), and … |
| | My computer cut out one day (all the lights, etc were still on, but no activity) I replaced the power supply, but now it starts up for about 5 seconds and then shuts off. . .any ideas? I've checked all the connections, nothing seems to be 'fried', so any input … |
 | Hi I built a basic PC for a family friend, really basic. He just fetched it me to say, he'd switched it on as normal but the system didn't switch on......... I Have looked at it, changed the case and the PSU, but I still can't get it to switch … |
| | ok heres the problem: i was updating my favourite program counter strike 1.6 and installing x-fire onto my new cleaned machine. i loaded up counter strike and it froze and crashed (sometimes this happens) but when i rebooted my machine it wouldnt load wondows :confused: it came up with an … |
| | I am having trouble setting up my new hard drives. I have a Dell Dimension 4600 with BIOS version A10. I installed the two new drives and restarted my computer. Now all I get is a message saying Primary Drive 0 not found. I tried to enter setup but it … |
| | I have just bought a second hand VAIO VGN-FS215Z , reinstalled windows, but i cant find the drivers anywhere!!!! :( There is no serial number on the bottom so i cant access the european site to get my drivers? Can anyone please suggest an alternative place to download ALL drivers …  |
| | 70% of the time my PC's fine and works normal, but sometimes it won't turn on and I have to keep unpluggin and trying again - it usually gets going again when I lay the tower on its side, motherboard nearest the floor if that makes a difference. Its worked … |
| | Ok.. so I just reformatted my computer.. again.... and installed a brand spankin new network card but my computer won't connect to the internet now. We have cable modem..and it's working just fine. Nothing is wrong with any of the cords. Plugged the one that's in this computer to the … |
| | Hello, I'm new to this. I just put my problem in the coffe house instead of this forum (shows how incompetant I am) I really need your help -will you pop to the coffee house and read it? |
| | After my lappy automatically downloaded updates the other day, It now wont start at all. Recieve black screen with 5 options, 3 safe mode options, last known good config, and start windows normally. None of which lead anywhere. Cant even enter in safe mode to roll back drivers. No recovery … |
| | I want to replace my cos battery but I need help on how to do this. Computer comes on then shuts back down. It was not turned on fo several months. Also how do I find what battery I need . Any help would be appreciated. |
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