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| | I have had a look at other threads about this, but here is what is happening. worked fine last week, now it wont boot at all. With battery in, and power unhooked, upon pushing power button, power light flashes briefly, and thats it. With battery in or out, and power …  |
| | i am having MAJOR issues and any and everyone's help would be SUPER appreciated!! i thought i knew about computers until i had these problems!! i purchased a used Dell Latitude LS from ebay almost a year ago. it was slow and all that, so i asked a friend, an … |
| | I have a m305crv laptop that is dead and wont boot. I have heard that these units have some problems with the dc link or something like that. I am wondering if this could be it. When plugged in i have no lights, wont do anything with the power button, … |
| | Hi, Sorry for the "urgent" topic, but I've got a real problem. I have a Fujitsu Amilo L 1300 laptop and during BIOS flashing it Windows hung. Now I have a half-updated BIOS, ie the machine won't even start; no POST, no keyboard response, nothing! Is there a BIOS reset … |
| | I have a compaq presario with a Turion 64 chip and 1+GB ram in a 1024 stick and a 256 stick. The laptop is only about 5 months old and I've never had any problems until now. I recently got a blue screen (which I didn't read the error code … |
| | Hello I recently had a problem of my computer booting over and over again and again Guess what I found out At sometime microsoft decided to make a change in windows XP And this change has a very dramatic effect on how your processor reads and writes to the hard …  |
| | I recently ran an ad-aware scan and it topped my memory, this has happened before, I shut the computer off and the next time I turned it on, it got stuck on the Windows Is Loading screen Here's my computers details Computer: Laptop Presario 2100 Ram: 750 MB Hard Drive: … |
| | hey. the problem is that SOMETIMES the computer (whenever it is in windows OR even hardly reaches BIOS) restarts and goes into cycles of turning on and loading to the same point (sometimes not even managing to load POST) and off. Sometimes it works fine for a couple of days … |
| | hi there,here is the problem yesterday when i was surfing the net,my comp suddenly froze,so i restarted the comp,but the comp again froze while it was loading window,so i thought my comp maybe overheated so i turned it off,this morning when i attempt to turn on my comp,a screen pop … |
| | specs: ASUS A7N8X-X AMD Athlon 2100+ Radeon x700 1.5 gig ddr ram 3 hard drives dvd burner ok i believe thats all as far as specs go, now to the actual problem. my pc was working fine until my girlfriend plugged a space heater into an outlet on the same … |
| | Was working on company machine yesterday, a Compaq Presario 2100. Employee had brought it in to get a wireless card put it for an out of state hotel. I didn't have it plugged in, as I was moving around the office with it, trying to get this and that, and … |
| | I Have A Pentium 3 Computer Set Which When I Try To Boot It Up It Is Giving Me The Message Unknown Flash Type.Ive So Far Tried To Change The Bios Set Up But It Is Not Helping Anything. Please Help |
| | So i'm trying to get an old computer to work...it's a 446 mhz processor or something...it's old and it's a gateway...i connected the wires for the keyboard, monitor, and mouse. When i turn it on it boots up and i can see the gateway sign and everying...and it looks like … |
| | My daughter's PC has completely died. When she called me to look at the problem there was nothing on the monitor and all the lights on the case were on (CD and CDRW drives, floppy, HDD activity light, etc). The mobo power light was on so there was powet going … |
| | hi i have just finished building my first pc it has asus a7n8xe deluxe mobo athlon 3200 xp 160gb maxtor hard drive and 512 memory, my problem is every thing powered up ok but it told me it dident recognise my keyboard so i borrowed a usb type it now … |
| | I have a kenwood soverign reciver with surround sound speakers, and a computer. I would like to hook my cmputer up to my reciver to gain surround sound from it as well as my TV. Is there a audio card that allows me to hook my computer up to my … |
| | Hi, For ages my computer has been crashing\freezing at random points. I have Windows XP 1.25 ghz Athlon processor 768mb RAM 40gb disk space Radeon 9600 graphics card After much investigation I think it may have something to do with the internet connection, but maybe not. When I am home … |
| | Hi, I am just a computer user (don't know much about what's inside it). My Satellite Pro 6100 (notebook) came with Windows XP and IDE 30GB hard drive. Recently, the hard drive packed up. After a brief consultation (now I know I should have consulted more) I bought a Toshiba … |
| | Hi everyone, I just installed a new Diablo Expansion Slot 80mm LED Case Fan for my video card. I connected it parallel to the 4 pin But obviously I did something very bad - when I started my PC there was a high-spinning noise and then a black screen came … |
| | I have a compaq armada 1700 Pentium II based Note Book. My problem is when I switch on the notebook it will complete post (memory test etc) and after that continues beep will start, it even some time boot also but the beep sound exist. Please help me |
| | I have a question and I hope someone has an answer for me. I have two Compaq Armada 1500c laptops. Having problems with a broken screen on one and a main board problem on the other. I'm trying to make one out of two but have troubles getting the screen … |
| | when i start up my computer, it goes to the 1st and 2nd screens with no problem but before it loads windows, the screen goes black. if i press anything the computer restarts. i tryed starting it in safe mode, safe mode w/ command prompt, start w/ last working configuration, … |
| | Hi, I was setting-up a computer as a DOS machine when I got the bright idea of flashing the BIOS... :o I know "If it aint broke..." but I'm usually not that much of an idiot. :o :o Anyway, something went wrong. I tried the BIOS recovery mode using the … |
| | I downloaded intel utility software from asus and now my pc wont post boot and I am lost Help mrnicco |
| | I have a gateway solo 2500 laptop that I need to get into. The probem is opening the bottom of the case. Has anyone out there opened one so that they could let me in on the secret? Would appreciate any help. Thanx in advance!! Yes I have removed all … |
| | Hey all, If anyone could help or give me an idea of what's wrong, that would be great... I purchased a new system and pieced it together: AMD Sempron 3100+ (2.0GHz), 256Kb L2 cache ATI All in Wonder Raedon 9600 128MB DDR AGP 8X Gigabyte GA-K8NS, 1 GB DDR SDRAM … |
| | My computer has recently been experiencing major problems when starting up. All connections are right, and everything is plugged in. When i press the power button, the power light goes orange instead of green, and it flashes. The activity light doesnt turn on, when it would normally flash orange. The … |
| | I turn my computer on, and all the fans run. I've narrowed down the hardware problems to the CPU and Motherboard. I ordered a new motherboard, the same model, except slightly better, ASrock K7VT4A+ to K7VT4A PRO. I was using AMD XP 2400+ and put the chip in the new … |
| | Hey all, ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe 2 x 512 Legend RAM Athlon XP 2700+ Soundblaster Live Triplex 9800Pro (original Card) Sparkle 5600GT (replacement card) Windows XP I have just recently run into a problem with my PC where the video has become completely corrupted. It is happening from the word go. … |
| | I deleted the norton security I was running and now am having lots of probs. Missing SYSTEM.INF file for starter |
| | After a botched upgrade of the bios (the flash prog from toshiba was faulty, their mistake but they refuse to fix it) the machine won't boot. Have lights drive and fan noise but no screen. 100% sure eeprom write error. Can you flash these eeproms via parallel, surley toshiba don't … |
| | hey all Im running a 2.4ghz P4 processor, with a Asus P4PE motherboard, 330W ATX power supply, a CD-RW drive, a DVD rom drive, and a 160gig western digital hard drive i was using my computer around half an hour ago, and the computer just turned off, as if someone … |
| | Hi I'm new to the site and wondered if anyone could help me with my dead machine. It has been running fine up until recently when I added sonicstage 3.3 software. I then came to it several times to find a black screen with the message "operating system cannot be … |
| | I need some help. I had an old PC I was using as a file server running Windows 2000 server with active directory. The motherboard died but the Hard Drive is still working. I need to get the data stored on the hard drive. My problem is this, I hooked … |
| | I tried to re install my xp. and some of the key and mouse does not work properly. anyone haver recovery cd for sony vaio grx316mp. please help. [email]prada0615@ec21.com[/email] |
| | Hi, im posting on behalf of a friend who's pc has died. It was fine yesterday, today it only gets as far as the black screen with the lists of things on your pc (as you can tell we are not very technically minded). It lists main processor amd duron … |
| | Well when I start any game, like counter-strike, the game works for a while, then it suddenly freezes, sound buzzes, the cursor freezes and I can't bring up the mouse cursor. I tried reformatting my computer already and the problem still persists. The freezing lasts for about 30 seconds to … |
| | Iam a system analyst but yesterday I was working on certain computer which is failing to boot whenevre i restart it it is giving me amessage to say"[B]unknown flash type file system missing please insert system Disk"[/B]i will be happy if you help me this problem |
| | Hi there, i know you have been asked this question so many times before but i am having so much trouble getting XP to shut down. I select shutdown and it goes through its whole process until it gets to the "windows is shutting down" screen and it just stays … |
| | Hello .. I have recently bought a secondhand IBM M42 netvista CPU. It works fine except that when I start the PC the Fan works for the first few minutes then stops...then it will start to work again randomly while I am using the PC. Is there a problem with … |
| | hello there i have a amd something not interesting 1.2ghz computer in my room and firstly i had to flash the bios to get the graphics :cool: working then i installed windows :cool: and then i insalled the graphics driver and then i stopped it halfway through it booting up … |
 | Hi everyone, I have a computer with no operating system on it. I have been trying to put one on for a long time. The computer recognizes the floppy drive and so I got some generic CD-ROM drivers, put them on a floppy, and stuck it in the machine. The … |
| | I have a toshiba laptop. when turned on all the lights turn on and the fan is running but there is no activity. the screen is black and the os cant boot. a possible solution to this is that it is overheating, but not sure about it. Can some one … |
| | Got a compaq 700 with athalon 4 1.4 ghz. One night last week it just started rebooting over and over again. Out of frustration I reinstalled windows xp (took 8 hours) and got it to work..sort of. Now it takes 15 minutes for the computer to start up and load … |
| | i was playing a game yesterday when my comp restarted. i thought nothing of it because this has happened to me before but as soon as i got back in the game after 3-4 mins the comp restarted again. this time it just turned off at the BOIS screen. after … |
| | I hope someone can explain this to me because I don't understand it at all it, is an ADVENT 7001, turn the power on and the laptop will shut down almost straignt away. Boot to DOS and it sits there for hours but as soon as I go to run … |
| | I have recently had a few minor problems with my pc so I decided to try to repair it with my Windows XP disc. What I actually ended up doing was to reinstall windows xp again and now my pc is back to the day it was made, well almost. … |
| | I have an IBM R31 laptop with 128 mb RAM installed, but when i check the system configuration, it shows only 120 mb. what's the problem?  |
| | my computer is a 2002 packard bell imedia. I recently decided to restore my computer to factory setting as if it jus came from the factory. I booted from floppy disk and it asked me for master cd 1 which i inserted and pressed Ok but it keeps on showing … |
| | i have a dell inspiron 1150 running windows xp home edition and i belive has service pack 1a installed on it. my problems is this: I will go to turn on my computer and sometimes it will turn on, and other times, it won't. When it does, sometimes the fan … |
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