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| | Hi all, so i spilled some drink on a toshiba 2435 s255 a while back, and damaged the Mainboard, after getting a new board now i have a problem and i would like to know if it is from a faulty board. When i boot up i get error something … |
| | Greatings! I'm now in the community, so apologies if i skip procedures, if there is any. I did a silly thing on my powerbook G4, i change the hinge of the screen following the instruction from ifixit.com, so i remove hard drive, motherboard and almost everything. When i put all …  |
| | My computer is an acer 4504LMi. It has Intel Pentium M745 1.8GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 cache. 1G of memory installed. A couple of weeks ago I got my laptop out and tried to start it. The heat sink fan runs for about 3 seconds, as well as the dvd/cd rom. … |
| | Hi all; Any ideas as to what could be the cause of the problem, I have an Asus V6000 Notebook, it intermittendly does not power up (IE: no power to notebook) I have tested the Power Adaptor with multimetre and correct voltage/sufficient voltage being supplied, also checked DC harness for … |
| | Please help, I've tried everything I can think of and I'm gettting nowhere. A magnet was placed on a laptop, the laptop presented the blue screen of death, or so I am told by the owner of teh laptop. On restarting I get a message "Corrupt.Missing hal.dll file". The Laptop … |
| | Hey Everyone, My sister has a Dell Inspiron 5150...The other night she spilled Coke onto the keyboard, and as you can imagine, the laptop didn't appreciate it!...Anyways, after everything stopped working, she brought it to me the next day and I opened everything up and cleaned/took out cables/replaced them, etc. … |
| | I have an [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread71641.html#"]HP[/URL] ZE4400 laptop that has a burned chip -at PO15 I can't ID the chip - Can someone please read the numbers of that chip off your motherboard. I will be greatly appreciative. Our can someone tell me from experience what a replacement chip would be. The … |
 | Hello, My family and I have a PC which has caused us difficulties in low to severe to incredibly bad form. The specifications at the moment should be like the following: Manufacturer: Sony Corp Model: PCV-RX540 Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit) RAM: 500+ megabytes Processor: 1.20 GHz … |
| | My laptop seemed to be working fine last night. I was using it as it was plugged in the wall. I left it for some time, then when I came back it had powered off (what I assumed was putting itself in standby). When I hit the power button, there … |
| | (this isnt the problem, i just wanted to write a nice story. The problem will come later:)) Being a college student i dont often come home, i came home this weekend to find the aformentioned Laptop lying around. From what my old man said the owner of it said she … |
| | Hi, i read many post lately but none seem to answer my problem. i got a pc that was working great for the last 4 months or so... and yesterday, when i was playing i heard some kind of electric surcharge or something like that in or at the the … |
| | I own a computer that for no reason at all, will just shut off. What will happen is that when I am doing something on my computer, such as playing a game or browsing this website, my computer will suddenly turn off. I can't turn it back on from the … |
| | My five year old Inspiron 8200 has finally died. For about a week it said it was running on batteries, even though it was plugged in. If you unplugged it, it would instantly shut down. Or if you took out the battery while it was plugged in, it would do …  |
| | Ok... so. I'm just putting this out there, that if you know how to do something with your computer... but your parents don't trust you... just f'in do it behind thier back.... Here is the story. So I go to school online, and the program through which I use my … |
 | When I'm browsing my pc for a file then click a specific multimedia file my mobo suddenly rebooted continously. I've try to access safe mode but it won't load successfully, I try all possible solution under F8 menu but it won't. What would I do to see the problem?help please. |
| | Ok here's the thing...I was having problems with my computer only getting to the boot prompt (where it says safe mode, last known good configuration, normal mode) and then restarting itself. Well now when I attempt to power on my computer, the power and HDD lights come on, but the … |
| | Ok... My situation... I work for a company that does custom home integration and installation. One of our clients has a Sony Vaio Media Center that recently crashed on them. Without it they can't access anything on their home theater system so they've asked for help from us. I've been … |
| | Hello, Problem 1: I am trying to install XP SP2 (32bit) on my XPC 64bit Shuttle [500 GB Hard drive, 2 GB Ram]. During the install, Windows setup alerts that a large number of install files cannot be copied to the hard drive. I hit 'escape' to skip the install … |
 | Hi I'm working on an IBM NetVista 8315KHU , WinXP, [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 256 DDR SD[COLOR=red]RAM[/COLOR], [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 80mm[COLOR=red]CaseFan[/COLOR] , other parts are as per original specs. Orig. [COLOR=blue]problem began as[/COLOR] an "out of blue" worked fine til bedtime, tomorrow after work - no boot. No household power issues or anything weird. Opened, … |
| | anyone ever have problem with install cd freezing? I have a machine that won't boot safe or normal, it freezes after a few seconds. I tried to boot to recovery console, but the install cd freezes at "Setup is starting Windows". I have replaced motherboard, but still same problems. I … |
| | I'm having some issues with a new pc build. I can't even get it to POST! No video signal whatsoever from the onboard video. The parts are as follows: ECS P4M800PRO-M V2 Socket 775 MOBO w/ onboard video (I know it's a cheapie motherboard) Intel P4 3.06 GHZ 524 04A … |
| | I have been doing some upgrades on my PC ( MOBO, CPU, PSU, DVD-R) After I had installed all these things, the computer would run fine, at first. but at times when I try to install something, it will start out fine, then freeze up for a second and all … |
| | [COLOR=#444444] Hi List This is my first posting. I had the pc on, left the office and upon returning my pc was shut down. I went to start my PC, clicking on the switch, the fans come on, the lights are all on and I am not hearing any normal … |
| | This is my first posting after reading great info on this forum for a long time; hopefully someone can help me better than emachines tech support. I have an emachines T2792. I'm a mac video guy but needed something simple for internet and word. I've had this machine for almost … |
| | My sister has a Dell dimension 2400, the unit worked until a week ago. No components had been added, screen boots with the following message: " A disk read error occurred" "Press Control - Alt - Delete" selected F12 and went to the utilities, the HDD passes all tests also … |
| | I have HDD before its working in best condition.. after a week its no longer boot up to the windows... i tried it many times to change the IDE cable and the jumper its still dont work.. and even to the other PC.. i tried to go in the BOIS … |
| | I have an Averatec 3200 series laptop. I went to boot it up a few days ago and it keeps going back to the black screen that says Windows did not start properly. I have tried booting it with every option in there (safe mode, normally, last good configuration, safe … |
| | Is it just me or do these suckers cause more trouble ... ? I have a PCG-FXA53, four years old ... older, I know, for a laptop, but my grandmother has a Compaq from 95 that is at least operable. Anyway, I was using the computer the other day when … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hi![/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Please help. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000000]When I switch my computer on, then some process takes 100% of my processor. When I use the “Task list”, then there is program “SCVhost.exe”, and when I switch if off, then CPu usage becames 5-10% (like always, in normal day). … |
| | So I keep getting this BSOD, it flashs too quicky to get any other info oscreen except this. DRIVER_IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL But the story goes a little deeper. Yesterday I got a message from ATI control center that said the GPU (Radeon x1600 512, PCI express) had been reset, I shut off …  |
| | I just made my first attempt at building my own computer yesterday and since then have not been able to get it to start up. I know everything is connected properly. I've tried getting it to start up outside of the chasis as well, but the same thing happens whether … |
| | I have a new HP, well it is a year old but just pulled out of the box yesterday. Yesterday the computer was working great but this morning when we went to turn it on there was a power light, fans running, but the HD is not loading. I have … |
 | This may not be a dead machines problem so pardon me if it's not My brother has a home built machine running Windows Vista RC1 and this problem has only started since having this particular OS installed. He can power it off ok through the usual resources of telling the … |
| | This problem started about three months ago when I decided to upgrade my video card. I had an integrated card, and I upgraded to an AGP card. When installing the card, I basically could not get it to work. The card would be in, but the monitor would be blank … |
| | my pc restarts everytime I turn it on..but it only restarts while booting so far i haven't experienced any restarting when i'm already on my desktop..and i've scanned my computer a couple of times already no virus.. is it the power supply? computer: AMD Sempron(tm) processor 2600+ 1.60Ghz, 448mb of … |
| | i have a notebook computer and it is not charging up. i have tried some different chargers and it hasnt worked so its not the charger. can somebody help me figure out how to fix it. will it be cheap or will i have to buy a whole new motherboard … |
| | I have an old pc and it shows windows/system32/config/system file missing. I don't know much about pc's and really need to fix this. I don't have any kind of back up cd's or recovery disks(pc was given to me as is) It just would'nt start one day. I have pics … |
 | Geesh, the title just about says it all. I know its an older machine and good for about nothing, but all we use it for is storage. I know its there, cuz I see it on my network, but I don't have anything shared that I need to get off … |
| | Hello - long time reader, first time poster, I own a HP Pavilion a562n, and recently my power supply light has been blinking and clicking without any boot up. I unplugged all the power cables in the computer, and checked the power supply. Without the cables the power supply light … |
| | Yes i was just working on my sony vaio (making a video from a hockey game) and the screen went black and i cant get it to come back to the desktop. When i restart it says windows is hibernating. does anyone know how to get it off of this …  |
| | Hi. I have an old computer which I haven't used for a long time. It is originally a Packard Bell computer, which I had used beyond its Warranty period and had changed almost every part of the computer (due to it being spoilt) to something of almost equal specs to … |
| | This is my first post so here goes. I have a emachine M6811 laptop that got the blue screen of death. Running the restore CD worked until it felt like turning itself off and just shut off. I have replaced the hard drive and the restore CD has the same … |
| | Hey gang, I'm at wits end with this thing, was wondering if someone may be able to help. Recently my Windows XP crashed, and upon reboot, it now "hangs" at the Windows loading screen (before the login). I have tried using last known good configuration, and safe modes, and nothing … |
| | I got a pentium D 820+ 800fsb2mb l2 cache socket 775. Board Asrock Conroe945G-DVI / m/asr Ram Kingston 2 x 512 mb pc2 5300 cl5 240pin kvr667d2n5k2/1g seagate 40g drive samsung dvdburner only onboard graphics only power button connected 350watt powersupply Problem: Powersupply is starting....cpufan is starting... No drives start … |
| | Power led and Charging led just blink about every 5 to 6 seconds. Anybody have a solution? Power supply verified ok. |
| | Hi! Can anyone please help me? I have a dell 500m laptop, and it just won't start. There's a green lamp on the power supply and when I put it into the computer, the lamp goes dark. I've also tried starting it with the battery, however no luck :( There … |
| | OK here's my problem. I have a six month old PC. An Antec SLK1650 BQE case with a 350W power supply. An Asus M2N-E NF 570 Ultra (S-AM2) DDR2 Dualcore. 1024 ram. a GeForce PX7300GS Video card, and an Western Digital 320 gb Hard drive. Today I noticed that there … |
| | My Dell 8200will not boot into windows.When I go into setup it says that the hard disk and the cd-rom are not installed. Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to fix it. It is aDell 8200 with 5120Mb Pc 800 RdRam, 80GB EIDE hard drive(7200 RPM),PCI Ethernet … |
| | After I shut down my pc, I cannot start it back up by pushing the power button. I get no noise, no activity, and the only light I see is the green one on my mobo. After waiting 5 minutes it starts up no problem. It also has no problems … |
 | My computer has this odd problem of turning off halways. What i mean is that i could be doing anything (gaming, programming, webbrowsing, running a adaware scan, etc) and it well shut off. The moniter gives me the power saving nbow activated message and it goes into power saving mode. … |
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