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| | hi, yesterday the cptr remained consecutively ON for quite sometime. at ni while a lvl of farcry(game) was loading up, the cptr froze. ctrl, alt del were ineffective and i had to pull the pwr switch. after few secs i restarted but it froze again during disk scanning(which happens after … |
| | Anyone know where I can get one in the UK and/or what other caddies are compatible with the M700? cheers Liam :) |
| | Hi, My custom built desktop has been having a problem for quite sometime with randomly shutting down (usually when doing something intensive, such as starting a video game or loading a level in it). The machine will just die (as if someone pulled out the power cord) and then will … |
| | I recently bought a dynex keyboard (nothing fancy, just needed a keyboard) and my computer now will not boot past the COMPAQ logo at the beginning. If i unplug the keyboard and reboot, it boots properly, and i can then plug my keyboard in and it works fine. It is … |
| | I got all my stuff in today and I took all day (just got done) to build it, and build it RIGHT. I have checked everything multiple times and apparently I am missing something because when I go to start up my computer it doesn't start. What I do: 1. …  |
| | hi, I have an Old 266 celeron PC whihc i uses to run Linux. Last day after i got a new PC i wanted to run this machine as Linux router and i configured every thing and every this was working fine. But I did a mistake by booting the … |
| | Hi, Hope someone can give me advise. Our desktop computer (XP Pro) was working fine then suddenly the monitor would go dark then back on, now it won't go on at all. A friend brought his monitor over (that he knew worked) and his wouldn't work on our system either. … |
| | Hi all, Im new here so be gentle :-) Im posting from the laptop thankfully but i have a desktop in the upstairs room that has a 160 gig harddrive so i tend to use that more than this. However, I usually leave it switched on all day every day, … |
| | I went to veiw some pictures, but the CD's tray wouldn't open. I went to add/delete hardware to troubleshoot the optical system, and it appeares to be ok. The green LED comes on when I try to access the CD, but that's it. Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional CPU … |
| | had a 3 boot system. Fedora linux, minxp and min 2000. needed them all for school. no longer used any but xp. through xp i formatted the 2000 and fedora partitions. now winxp will not load. anyone think they can help. i can still see all the xp files if … |
| | No ntbtllog.txt after F8/Enable Boot Logging. This is XP SP2 I did a system restore to plug and play discoverning new hdc (although no hardware or software was changed) and then saying wrong software version ... although the system worked happily after that it was annoying HMMMMMMMMMM |
| | Ok folks, heres the deal...I was sitting at my pc ((Custom built, 3.0 gig processor, ati sapphire x700 256 version...sound blaster 2.0, 7.1 gamers edition...the works...1200+ worth in gear...)) When, out of nowhere, I hear the warning speaker go off twice, then my pc shuts down, and restarts itself two … |
| | I have a problem with Safe Guard Easy v3.20 login. I know the login namn and password but after entering the login name I cant enter the password. The keystrokes is not echoed on the screen but then i press Tab or Enter the result is "Login failed". I have … |
| | Quick story... Old computer died so I bought a new one. I would like some of the information from the old hard drive put on the new one. Is it possible to just set the old hard drive as slave, hook up the hardware, and be able to access it? … |
| | Got my hands on a nifty little Thinkpad 240x. The hard drive has no OS on it. It came with an external floppy drive and I just bought it a new external CD drive. I'm trying to get the CD drive recognized so that I can get XP loaded, but … |
| | I've been reading some of the threads and it seems that a bad board can fry a processor. Can a bad processor fry a board? Also, is there a way to test a memory stick without taking it to your local computer store? Anyone ever try MEMTEST 86. I'm asking … |
| | Hi Please can anyone assist, I have a Vaio PCG-F709, which was working fine until I replace the HDD, after which it refuses to boot. When powered up the power and battery leds light up, and then the power led stays on. After which nothing happens no vaio logo etc … |
| | greetings, let me preface this thread by saying i am in no way a computer savy person. i woke up the other morning and my laptop wouldn't boot. when i try and boot the system it says that \windows\system32\config is missing or corrupt. while normally i would have just reformatted … |
| | Bear with me, I'm new with laptops. I want to get this up and running after I bought it at a garage sale for $5 (it included a CD-ROM and floppy MultiBay components, but no HD or case to put it in). Last night, I was troubleshooting a problem with … |
| | Hi, I have a strange problem. When I turn off my PC, I can't turn it on right away. The thing is that when I press the power button the HDD light flashes on for a little time and after that there's nothing. No fans turn on, nothings seems to … |
| | Hello. I have what appears to be a dead ATI 9800 Pro. The computer get's no video but does get post beep. The fan does not turn on the card at all. I tried different power connectors as well. The fan does not spin easily with the touch of a … |
| | Hi, My neighbor has asked me to help her with getting her computer running. She is running a Dell (approx 3 years old). She installed a new disk she received in the mail that was supposed to upgrade her internet connections. It is from a well known widely used provider. … |
| | Asus A7N8X ver. 2.00 purchased November 2003, Bios version 1006 AMD XP2500 Barton 1 GB (2 x 512MB) Mushkin L2 DDR ATI AIW 8500 Soundblaster Live Platinum Win XP Antec TruePower 420 Watt Has been running great until today. I intended to intall a new heatsink/fan. So I went online … |
| | hi guys i was about to burn a movie then i couldn't find my burner..then i check on my computer .and both dvd-reader- and writer dissapear,,i went to device manager and found this message "Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code … |
 | hi, this is my first post here i hope someone can help me, i was burning some data and audio CD's for a friend at work then when i got back home it was dead, the driver doesn't want to read any kind of CD, data,audio or DVD... nothing! i … |
| | Computer Toshiba Tecra 8100 model no. PT810U-229P7 running W2000 O/S Worked great for past 2 months of daily usage. This morning nothing on screen and no boot. Power is good from both the inverter and from a fully charged battery. CPU fan running and can open cd tray. 2 lights … |
| | My Sony Vaio laptop is driving me mad. When i turn on the laptop the bios operates and the backlight comes on the instant window XP is started the back light goes off and stays off. Any ideas would be great Thanks David |
| | I built my computer around 6 months ago and it was running just fine untill about 2 weeks ago. Before these problems started I hadn't made any hardware changes for well, right around 6 months so I doubt that has anything to do with it. When the problems started I … |
| | hello, My problem is as follows: Ive received an old computer from a friend p3 500mhz 192mb 30gb hdd, so i thought about making a partition for windows 15gb and a partition for a linux distro. Im familiar with both operating systems pretty well and havent had a problem installing … |
| | I'm having trouble installing interbase 6.0.2.0 on a corporate client's computer. They've got a dell optiplex gx150, pentium 3 with 128M ram, with win2k 5.00.2195 SP2. I know that their hardware and software are all cloned from master images. So it is NOT an option to install windows patches, service … |
| | Hey, I dunno if i have the right forum but im having a problem with my monitor refreshing itself. What actually happens is the screen goes black and then reappears.. much like as if you changed the resolution in the display panel but it occurs usually only when a video … |
| | Hi all.. my computer has this really weird problem of dying on me after a night of intensive gaming. Usually it hangs, so i press the restart button on the CPU. after that the CPU emits 3 beeps periodically, and my system doesn't boot at all no matter how many … |
| | Can anyone help me with this issue I need to remove the bridge battery long enough to let the PC drop an administrator Password so I can reinstall an os on the machine As the unit is now it is useless because it can't find the os I bought it … |
| | Hello, I wanna buy a desktop however i'm fed up with cheapest solutions which cause problems very quickly, does anyone s got any suggestions about a good quality price desktop ? i thought about dell... Tx :?: |
| | Gives bios msg can not find ntldr. (not sure that's exactly it--machine not here now) think hd has failed that metal ball sound any way i can get enuf access to copy files onto another drive? thank you for any suggestions |
| | I have a Sony ATAPI cd burner and am unsing B's Clip 3.11. I am using Win 98se. It has worked fine for years. Then all of a sudden it won't read a cd. When one is inserted, which know to have data on it, B's Clip want to format … |
| | Hello, I'm glad to find such a cool place, where us "noobies" can find some help. After all this is my first post. I have a small, yet annoying problem concerning Windows XP Home Edition. Let me start out by telling you some 'bout my current gaming setup. AMD 64 … |
| | Hi, i have a computer that died a slow death on my sister. For about a month it would randomly shut down on her, and would not restart for a long interval afterwards. (A number of hours.) Naturally, she couldn't give me any specifics about what she was doing any … |
| | hi my comp wont open in safe mode due to some virus...what should i do rob |
| | Okay I'm a bit new to all this. This is what I have: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Two 256 MBs or RAM (I don't know the brand) Radeon 9600 XT 256 3 Hard Drives - 2 are Western Digital and the other I don't recall ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe Motherboard This … |
| | I have searched on the forum, but i couldnt find anyone with the same problem, so here goes, I hope somebody can help. When I turned on my computer today is when the problem started, what happens is that it seems to work fine for about 15 seconds than all … |
| | Hi, I'm having some trouble getting a Compaq Presario 1247 to start up. It sat for a few months and when I tried to start it only the light indicating that the power chord was connected would light up. I took the battery out, unplugged the power, and started all … |
| | I found my computer all of sudden was making an alarm-like noise (through an internal speaker) when I came home after work, and the monitor would not turn on. When I opened the case, the CPU fan and heatsink had snapped off the cpu and were just hanging loose. Now, … |
| | Hi, My Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop is not booting up: when you turn it on, the lights come on but the hard drive and cd drive dont engage and nothing loads, after about 15 seconds it turns off. It seems to happen every now and then ,and previously Ive just … |
| | I need some computer help. The other day my gf was on my computer and it shut down so she wait a few minutes and tried to restart it and it started but the win xp screen comes up and then restarts. I've tried to get in to safe mode … |
| | Heres how it started out I left my computer on last night went to school and got home around 3 PM. turned off my pc. turned it back on a few hours later to listen to music. 30 mins later my computer just retarts on its own. ok? not normal. … |
| | hey, so my zt1000 died. sometimes it will half boot up, most of the time it won't at all. all the lights come on, but no sound no screen. when it does actually boot, most of the time it won't make it past the windows xp splash screen, and when … |
| | There was a thunderstorm on Sunday. We heard/saw lightening hit across the street and a subsequent pop came from somewhere in the back of our house. Since my computer was plugged into a surge protecter as well as turned off I thought nothing of it. When I went to start …  |
| | Hello Everyone, I am in dire need of help for my laptop. Its a toshiba satellite. I started having problems right after i installed dreamweaver on it. Actually, maybe a day or two later. The symptoms sound like a hardware problem, so i'm not sure if that installation was a …  |
| | Originally Posted by caphrikorn12 hi!! im new here, i just search for some1 to help me out with my computer problems, im from philippines. i just wanna ask if my processor is defective or what, this what just happened, i have a p4 2.4ghz ecs motherboard 256 ddram. my pc … |
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