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| | I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV37 that I'm trying to repair for a friend. I checked the power supply then charged the battery for hours, it will not make any noises only the green power light & amber battery light come on for a second as if the battery were … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Basically: 2005 Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Works fine, but the monitor suddenly stopped coming on while booting a few weeks ago. After tinkering with the Power Save modes, I was able to get it back up and running. Few weeks later: monitor comes on when initially booting, but shuts off … |
 | I have been documenting my laptop problem in the Vista forum [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread204104.html"](ref)[/URL] but it seems that maybe the problem belongs here. The system is almost dead even though there is a way I can break out of it. In a nutshell, there is something wrong at the POST stage that … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-vista |
| | I have an HP Pavilion dv6810us laptop, and earlier today, I left my computer running while I left the room. When I came back, the monitor displayed only a black screen. I tried everything I could think of, but it wouldn't respond, so I forced it to shut down by … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware windows-vista |
| | I have a IBM A22m laptop that won't boot up. When I hit the power button I see about a 1 second flash in the screen. I tried a different power supply, and took the battery out and put it back in etc. , and the battery light blinks. Not … Hardware flash laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello all, My HP nx6125 laptop has an intermittent problem at startup which seems to be getting worse. I turn it on, the DVD drive spins up, then the HDD, then it powers off and restarts. This cycle takes about 2 secs, and it goes through it about 10 times … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I was thinking of upgrading my little bro's computer as its out of date a short specification is: [B]Dell Dimension 4600[/B] Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 512MB DIMM DDR NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Maxtor 6Y160M0 160GB Microsoft Windows XP Professional I've installed RAM before on my PC and put in … |
| | Can anyone help? I have over 1000 files with the nco extension and I would like to convert them back to jpeg. Using Nero 7 and winzip both programs only let me convert one at a time. I would appreciate if anyone knows where I'm going wrong or if it … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | [COLOR=#555555]Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum, and I wish it was under different circumstances.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The power went out for 2 hours at my house. When it came back on, my wife restarted our Dell computer but didn’t use it. She basically pressed the power button and … Hardware first-post troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Does anyone know a place to locate the Mac driver for LaserWriter 4/600 PS? I have searched all over the internet and have come up empty (including driver.com and the apple site). Thanks- Hardware apple apple-hardware |
| | First of all, I'm not a super computer techie, so if you can help me, please keep the acronyms and jargon to a minimum...treat me like your grandmother who is using emial for the first time! (I'm not that bad, but still!) I have a older Dell Latitude that won't … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Once a day my curser freezes or I get a grey message to restart my computer. It doesn't seem to happen at times of large memory usage. It happens in a multitude of applications. The only error message (besides restart) mentions that my date is wrong. And it I have … Hardware apple-hardware |
| | Ok I am fairly new at all this so bare with me. I recently just got a new DiamondMax 10 SATA hard drive, my old hard drive is IDE. I first attempted to pull out the old and stick in the new hard drive with my win xp cd to … Hardware hard-drive ide storage |
| | I have an older computer that won't boot up. It gets as far as 'Detecting HDD Primary Master' [Press F4 to Skip]. There is no response from the F4 Key. I've checked the CMOS and BIOS and they look fine. I haven't installed any new devices except to swap out … Hardware email hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Recently we've been getting a lot of questions from people who basically have the same problem - they've assembled a PC but it won't start up correctly! There is a standard troubleshooting procedure for that scenario which everyone should follow, and I'll describe it to you in a moment. But …  |
| | I have a Brother HL-1440 laser printer in an office. The toner cartridge was just recently changed, and now the print is lighter with the new toner cartridge than with the old one. Initially the drum light was yellow, I fixed that by reseting the page counter after changing the … Hardware pc-peripheral printer |
 | Hey guys, The company has recently found one of their old notebooks that seems to have been lost for quite some time in one of our vehicles. This is all good and dandy, except nobody can remember the bios password for it. The model is an ACER Travelmate 514t and … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | KDS Monitor-Degaussing problem...I purchased a KDS XTreme Flatscreen monitor Nov 18, 2002...it was working like a charm until this past week. The edges of the windows began "jiggling", acting strange and it's not the video card. The card's relatively new, and colors are fine. I'm almost sure it's the degaussing … Hardware display image video video-card  |
| | Hello everybody I am new here and hope to find an answer to my computer problem. I am Dutch, live in Germany and work with compuers for quite a while (home and work) I have a big problem with my USB keyboerd that stopped working after a restart some days … Hardware email microsoft pc-peripheral windows-xp |
| | What do you guys make of this new wearable keyboard: http://www.tapwithus.com/ Allegedly they are going to be opening an sdk which will enable any developer to turn it into a super controller..  |
| | I was asked to come by a friends house to fix a monitor problem she had, but now I have one. She came to pick me up, and I put my monitor in her trunk for the ride, which was about 10 minutes. I forgot that she had a small … |
| | I have just finished putting my computer together. I was all excited that it was done. I turned the computer on and everything runs, the fans lights etc. but there is no display. I know its not the ram because i just replaced it with some that i know works. … Hardware display video video-card |
| | Greetings. I was standing beside my notebook PC when the screen suddenly went blank. I thought it odd that the screen would blank when it was still on, so I attempted to reboot. No luck. The lights come on and it sounds like it accesses some internal components for a … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | I have a problem with an older computer (98-99) I turn it on, and it starts to turn on, and then as soon as it starts to load a little bit it turns off, The moniter stays on though. I have Tried putting in the recovery disk but the computer … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello I'm trying to fix my sister's inspiron 5100 but have no clue what I'm doing. when I plug in the adapter all 3 lights in the front blink, with or without the battery. what's wrong with it? Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | My laptop won't boot, doesn't POST and am trying to see if it's terminal or prohibitively repairable. When powering up, it whirs, the fan starts and a few seconds later ( between 3 & 10) it shuts down never reaching the onscreen COMPAQ logo. Happened after a restart when I … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, I replaced my harddrive in my laptop. When I use it for about an hour the screen goes white. Could it be overheating? I'm not sure if the fan still works. thanks. crzyfingrs |
| | I've had it for more than a year. When I turn it on the power lights and DVD control button lights come on and even beep when touched. The screen remains blank and about every 15 seconds the lights will blink. When plugged in the power light comes on as … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | FRONTECH tv tuner card - stuck lost - urgent help needed hi guys friends and buddies........ A good news for me and also a bad news for me (not so bad bcz u poeple r there) My uncle recently purchased a computer and for some reason he did not like … Hardware pci-card windows-xp |
| | Hi I have a problem with my barebone system,it was running fine for a couple of months untill one day. I turned it on and a error message came up like this. BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting floppy drive A media ... Drive A error. System halt. 1. I don't … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | Hello, I have just bought new HP Proliant ML150 Generation 3 Server without any OS. I have decided to install Win XP professional so I have inserted Win xp prof. CD and Windows installation started successful until I didnt recieve next message: ******************************************************************************************************************************* Setup did not find any hard disk … Hardware storage windows-server |
| | I joined this forum recently and found everyone so helpful that I thought I would return as I now have another problem and want to learn more. I have jsut assembled a new system, I have it set up with a small c: drive (20gb) that has windows xp installed … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | I want to install a WD 7200 eide hard drive as a slave (2nd hard drive) on a asus p4p800 motherboard. The master hard drive is a seagate sata hard drive. My problem is the WD instructions only show you how to install a 2nd hard drive as if the … Hardware hard-drive ide storage |
| | hello, I'm running Mac OSX and have been given a dell printer by a friend. Dell don't support Mac though. Is there any other driver i can use for my Mac which supports Dell printers? thanks Hardware apple-hardware printer |
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