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Hello, I am Ben I was wondering if you could solve my computer problem. Well in the past few days for no reason my computer is having weird start ups. Just today I couldn't even get to my Windows login screen, it just stays at the Windows XP loading screen. …

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Hi, I have a Toshiba satellite 1900-305 laptop, and this morning it refuses to boot. It powers on, the fan comes on for a minute (and a few mins after attempting to start when the notebook gets warm) but nothing appears on the screen. I have tried swapping the RAM, …

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I was hoping someone could give me some insight ot at least steer me in the right direction.I have a Dell Latitude D610 that when powered on displays the Dell splash screen then goes to a blank screen with a cursor that momentarily appears in the upper left.I Can access …

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Hi there. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop. Bought brand new in 12/2006. I recently had to replace the power cord due to a new puppy :icon_evil: I got the new cord and ac adapter kit and plugged in the laptop. (NOTE: IT WORKED FINE THE NIGHT BEFORE USING …

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Let's see, I was playing WoW and my Computer froze. So I turned it off by holding the power button. Next thing I know when I go to restart it I'm prompted to pick Safe Mode, Normal Mode, Etc. Nothing bad right? Well here's where I'm confused. The computer accepts …

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I have a Compaq Presario desktop PC model SR1053WM, and it has one of those power supplies that has a little green indicator light right on it, on the machine back. One day that light started flashing and the computer will not turn on. I found a good page about …

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Hello. When I start my HP computer it starts off with a big screen saying HP INVENT and at the bottom says <F1> to setup <F10> for system recovery then it goes to a black screen that states the specs of the computer and also the following: 247 System RAM …

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I browse around here sometimes and think you folks are terrific. But I have to ask if maybe someone can help me on this. :confused: This is the 3rd time this has happened on [I][U]2[/U] different drives.[/I] I just bought a Western Digital 250gb in December, used it almost 2 …

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The problem is when I power up my comp everything seems to work..fans come on,motherboards ready or I have power light is on,DVD/CD drive shows its working but nothing appears on the moniter. Friend said maybe its the motherboard or cpu. I have no idea what it is and hope …

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Hi, I hope somebody can help? My PCG-SR21K works fine via the ac adaptor however, following a battery failure I fitted a new battery which is showing as 100% fully charged. When I come to boot up nothing happens unless I plug in the mains adaptor, then if I unplug …

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I have seen some similar problems here on the boards, but didn't see anything quite the same or a solution. A formerly trouble-free clone running XP Media started up this morning with its monitor giving a no signal message. The monitor has been tested on a laptop, and is functioning …

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The Light at the left side of the front panel is flashing amber. and the computer shows nothing. It doesn't matter if it connected to the AC adapter or from the Battery (full BTW). Help please.

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I have a Dell Dimension 4550 which originally gave an error message at start up that said it could not find the hard drive. I opened up the machine and checked te connections, I see that there is power to the mother board, yet the power button is now inactive. …

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Hi :?: , My sister gave me her Dell Inspirion 1000. Basically it's dead. She said that she shut it down one night and then the next day it would not come on at all. The Dell laptop had been working fine perfectly before that. I connected the power cable, …

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Hey everyone, thanks for reading the thread. I've got a compaq presario 723RS laptop running Windows XP that has a weird problem that causes it to *completely* randomly black screen/die. Once it has done this, I have to remove power (unplug the power supply and battery), wait a few seconds, …

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Inspiron 8200 operated well all day. Tried to turn it on this afternoon; push power button and within 5 seconds a "click" is heard and machine turns off. Nothing else happens. Any ideas? Thanks, Luckyforward

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;) What a nice forum. I'm glad my computer is dead so I found this place. well, okay, that's a big fat lie. But this is a nice forum. I need help if anyone can give it. I tried to use Acronis partition manager to partition my HD and something …

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Hi, I am Lucy Ricardo, I have trouble using laundry detergent and for the life of me, I can not get these computer machines to work. I sure hope that I can find someone here that is nice enough to help me out. Do soap bubbles hurt a machine? I …

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hi guys, i've got a one year old vaio vgn-tx17gp series, the one with the 11.1'' screen. the machine works great, i'm very happy with it.... last time when i was playing in AV MODE one of my DVD's (i was flying), the movie just stopped....freezed...there was nothing i could …

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I have a custom gaming PC from Buyxg.com. It has worked flawlessly untill yesterday. I was using the computer and the power went out about 3-4 times in a 5 minute span. So after it finally went out for the last time, i turned the power off to the PC …

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hie my laptop keeps saying windows resuming..for the past 2 days cannot get any keys to work...can anyone help..thanx

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Hellou dear experts, My problem is quiet simmilar to others but i have been unable to find a satisfactory answer to that ,I have regreased my pentium 4 3.o ghz machine after 4 years of operation after fixing back the fan on the chip when i rebooted the system it …

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I run a tight ship. I mean I thought I run a tight ship. I have a hardware firewall with latest upgrades, software firewall, anti-virus, anti-spy, registry-lock, etc. updated frequently. I run them daily, I don't click on links directly, I don't visit dubious sites from this particular machine, and …

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ok my daughter says she only kicked the bottom cords and hit the shut off button but now my computer won't work, I've reconnected everything, makes lots of beeping sounds, monitor says no signal but light on front of computer is light up with lock button, no clue how to …

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I have an HP Pavilion 740n with a pentium 4 1.6ghz cpu, 2 x 256mb RAM (max RAM is 2gig) and onboard graphics. My problem is I wanted to upgrade the video card and RAM so I bought a card and a 512mb stick. I took out the 2 256mb …

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at startup , on the top left corner,appears two phrases --> too many perimeters too many perimeters' both are flashing on and off. what does this mean?

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i start my system yesterday... it works finely for 20 minutes and shut down like a power cut.... after 5 miniutes it works... so can any body exlplain me what is the problem

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I hope someone can help me. I have a Sony VAIO PCV-RZ46G. After years of stuff I thought I would format everything and start from scratch. I have the recovery disks. The machine came partitioned with a 15GIG C: and the rest of the 200GIG HD was D:. I thought …

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I am new here and not a tech person so I hope it is okay to post here. I'm not sure everything is related but thought the details might help figure out what might be wrong. I own a HP a420n running Windows XP. I have had it for a …

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