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Hi, I put a computer together about a year ago, and I've gone through 4 PSU. Each PSU lasted longer than the previous with the last one lasting about 5 month. Could this be because of the different parts I have put together or just my bad luck of getting …

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Hi all, Now, my xps 1330 not starting up when i press start button: - i will starting up when i press start button for ~ 1000 - 2000 Please help me! Thank in advance.!

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my ADVENT laptop was working fine and then shut down it wont start up again, I get the ADVENT screen and the options F2 F8 and F12 but when i select any of them it just goes off and on again repeating the same performance... can anyone help

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I have a computer that seemingly has a blown power supply. When I connect power to it, the internal fan of the it doesn't even turn. No power at all... But the little light on the front of the computer comes on. That's it. Just that light. No fans. Nothing …

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Hi, I was trying to format my system and install new OS. But I accidently deleted the BOOTMGR. Now my system is showing BOOTMGR is missing every time I try to log in. I have back up of Vista in E drive. I tried to boot with CD. But it …

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About a week ago, hubby went to go on the pc, getting nice and comfy he switched the pc on, and bang/pop no power, nothing. Mmmm, sounded like a blown fuse. He opted to change the fuse in the main plug that goes into the wall....try again with new fuse...ditto, …

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Hi folks it's been a while so I don't know if I'm posting in the right place but I'm pulling my hair out. I recently had a problem when my screen started freezing while playing solitare now when I try to boot up I just get a black screen full …

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Howdy all, i have a dell inspirion 5100. It was not powering up at all so i took it apart and came up with this. I can get it to power up ONLY when i unplug the connector for the front lights and mouse. The screen powers up and i …

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Hello, A customer of mine dropped off a Dell Latitude D600 notebook that runs fine using battery power but shuts off when plugged in. Short circuit maybe? The strangest part (to me) is that the battery charges when the laptop is off and plugged in. If you try to power …

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i have 2 c500 and both of them when powered shows a black screen. Machine #1 powers on led light stabilizes for about 6seconds and starts to blink. The fan spins and stops when powered on after 6seconds. Machine #1 powers on led light blinks and powers off fan doesn't …

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Hi. I have been having issues with this laptop for a while now. I bought it to fix it up but am not able to so far. It is a powerbook g4 and I have replaced the bottom case, 2 new chargers, battery, cd drive, extra ram, and the screen …

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Hello everybody, I'm glad that I found this place! Over here at our office, there's a computer which completely spontaneously decided not to work anymore. Nothing at all has been changed in its configuration, neither hard- or software. Right now, after switching it on, I see OR a nice graphical …

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Hey everyone. Recently one of my friend's computer gave up on her. P III 677 MHz , 128MB ram, 30GB maxtor drive. I know its ancient, but if all you do is type documents and listen to music and ocasionally watch a movie or 2 its good. It was a …

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Hello everyone, I have a problem regarding my hardware not detecting my CPU. I am using an intel pentium 4 computer using windows xp home edition. The problem is, since 2 days ago, After I would boot up my PC, my mouse (which would normally turn red) keyboard (which would …

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I have read the sticky's but it did not help my problem so here goes. okay, so i will start from the beginning. I have a fairly old computer and I bought a graphics card for it (ati hd4730 to be exact). I did not know that this video card …

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I'm at a loss - I've killed 2 Gateway laptops in the past 10 days and have no idea what the issue is. One is an M-Series w/ Vista and the other is a NV-Series w/ Win 7. The problem happened when I unplugged them and took them someplace else …

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last week i bought a new tablet laptop ,when i shut it down it will cost at least ten minutes why did my new tablet shut down so slowly ?:sad:

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Help I have been given a friends pc to look at and windows will not start on the boot screen there are 5 options (see attached) but you cannot choose. I can boot from a windows cd and get recovery console. I have run CHKDSK, FIXMBR & FIXBOOT all withot …

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Hi this is my first post here so HI all,I got a BIG problem,when i try to play a game like AC2 or COD 7....kind of games with big system requirements my pc freezes and when i restart the pc....it stucks at starting windows.....today i tried to install AC2 and …

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The network of South Korea's biggest bank Nonghyup broke down for 3 days after a suspected cyber attack, leaving tens of thousands of customers unable to access their money ,AFP reproted. I am in charge of a bank Internet department work which our side will be held responsible for all …

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I got me a new used computer from a neighbor in trade, I formatted and put win xp home on it. After getting all my basic setup done, I went in to bios and set all my security like I always do with any of my CPU's. After doing the …

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[B]hi friends.. I got some problem with my new laptop... I tried to partition my hard's free space and by mistake a have mark a drive as the active.And when I try to restart the laptop it says "boot-mgr is missing".Can anyone explain how to fix this using a usb …

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Hi Everybody, I have a "whitebox" desktop with an Intel DG31PR Motherboard, 2GB DDR2 ram, an Intel E5200 CPU (2.6GHz) and BIOS Version PGF3110H.86A.0065.2009.0421.1559 (guessing its an intel bios). The issue is that when I boot the machine up I can get into the BIOS and see the screen, however …

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Hi, There is strange problem occur this ester when i was working quite normal last night at my Dell XPS M1330 Laptop and did properly shutdown. After one hour when I want to work again I push the start button but strange thing occur that it shows blue light at …

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Me again all. I have more problems than a squirrel on an eight lane highway... Right now I have a computer that will only power on and not boot. It doesn't post or anything, just turns on, makes a few sounds and then just stays on. Nothing on the monitor …

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I was surfing the net using my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop when suddenly the screen went black. No Fan noise . Completely dead. I tried everything I knew - disconnected/reconnected the AC adapter, took out and again put in the battery. But nothing works.The power on indicator light does not …

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This is wierd the notebook will not turn on if you just hit the power button, however if you hold down power and the reset button for about 30 seconds then you let go of both of them then hit the power button immedialey after you let go of both …

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Hello all! I am looking to get my A+ cert. Before I do, is this a waste of money.. I mean, it is really easy to obtain, so I just want to know if I am heading in the right direction. Thank you.

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Own Dell Optiplex desktop GX 280 ( bios A04 (02/09/05). Bios has administrator password which I don't know. Tried using backdoor password, third party software for revealing password, no luck. Disconnected CMOS battery which changed date and time but did not remove the administration password locked BIOS. Could not find …

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I am trying to upgrade the memory beyond the specs max of 384MB Has any body had success with 512MB or 1GB? My first try at 512MB failed and resulted in an eratic behavior Any suggestions please?

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Hi: I have a computer that started out with a internet antivirus 2011 installation. I worked with the computer to remove it through Super AntiSpyware and through Avast virus software. Now with time the computer has lost icons and now will not start up. I have removed the hard drives. …

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I have a Dell Dimension 4700 Desktop currently in my possession. 3.2Ghz Pentium 4 Processor, 4GB RAM, ran Win Vistax64 with on built VGA and a high performance graphics card. This computer was used for gaming and I had received it from a family member sine they had purchased a …

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I am trying to fix a computer for a friend. I have gotten different stories either it was hit by lightening or virus. I am pretty computer savvy but I have no clue on this one. When you turn it on everything appears to be right. The Compaq comes across …

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It's a Dell Dimension 8400, and, without any hardware, software, or any other changes all of a sudden, like overnight, it will not go beyond the choices available using F8 to get into the start up choices menu, it also will not boot using a bootable cd such as acronis …

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Hi i have problem with my notebook hp dv6 1315ec the systen fall down and after that they shouldnt read my hdd and instal windows can someone help with this problem??? Iam still in menu after logo HP and there write: HardDisk not exist in your PC. I try the …

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Hi daniweb I recently built a new pc with father but as we power it on all the fans work etc but the monitor goes from no cable connected to to no signal then goes to standby. All the power is in properly and the gpu is in the pcie …

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Hello, I have been working a customers laptop for about a week now. Here's the problem: It is a Compaq Presario F500. It was brought to me because it would power on, but black screen, no external display. So I figured it was the same problem all F500 and F700 …

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Hey! My computer keepson restarting. I tried to replace the Mboard because the ligth indicator was already red. It boots up but it continuesly restaring and it doesn't starts Windows. It tries to view the black screen with safemode option and start windows normaly but if I choose any of …

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Hi, My pc has been working fine until yesterday when I tried to turn it on and it passes BIOS fine and the comes up with the screen where you choose to either "Start Windows Normally" or "Start Up Repair". I can sit there as long as I want and …

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when i start my hp pc p6040in with windows vista home basic, it shows me a blank screen with message Err1Err2 and after pressing enter it shows me message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER........also i am unable to start system recovery option. i have tried replugging the …

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Hello, I am having before a pc that is behaving funny. It a generic pc (not branded) and the motherboard model is JW-IG31-MKII. I had installed Ubuntu on it and the wanted to move to Windows XP. It starts the installation process and gets stuck on "Starting Windows" message. Well …

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I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100 that freezes up. It freezes up at random, on any web page or web site, with no apparent reason. I have re-installed the OS(XP Pro), including reformatting the hard drive, so I know it is not software. The only thing I can do is …

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I recently spilled water onto between the mouse clickers of my Dell Studio 1555 and for about 8 hours I could get no life out of it, the charger light would not even come on. However, since then it comes on fine, but randomly and with no warning sometimes it …

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Hi, I ran across something I've not seen before, and that is an older thinkpad that was manufactured for business travelers, running XP, that has a fingerprint scanner built into it. While the scanner itself is turned off (the owner is afraid of using it; he works with metal and …

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Yer, I have a Dell GX 150 (BIOS ver: A01). Of recent, the PC always have problems booting up, it's like for some reason can't seem to recognise the Drives (harddrives, CDroms) connected to it. And since it can't recognise them, it definately can't boot. I have tried reseting the …

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Help! My wife's laptop hasn't been working right for a few days now. She turns it on, it sounds normal at first, she gets the screen displaying the Dell logo...sometimes it says "Resuming Windows" and there's the Windows logo. Then she gets what sounds like a small chirp from inside …

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I have a laptop--Gateway P-6860fx. The operating system is Windows Vista. I was using my computer. It froze. I hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE. This message came on-- Logon process has failed to create the security options dialog Failure-Security Options I clicked OK. The screen became blank. The computer was unresponsive. I unplugged …

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Hi All I hope this is something simple as i am very reliant on my laptop. I have it all plugged in but none of the lights on the laptop are working...Im hoping its the cable that has blown up or the battery... can anyone help? i cant think what …

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