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hello members my laptop has a big problem, it over freezes, and when it does freeze i put it off coz it can hand forever but when back on, itkes short and long beeps , what is wrong with my laptop....................................... i would be happy if you help me with …

Hi, my HP G61 laptop no longer powers up. There are no leds showing except for the small one near the charger jack. That led comes on only for a few seconds. The actual power or charging leds do not show. I have tried it with and without battery. I …

Hi there. I have a problem with my graphics card. When I try to instal drivers for it, I get this error http://www.part.lt/img/e611c129f6e43ce55573f6ae630d605d32.png I tryed uninstaling old drivers, but it didnt helped. Please, help me.

In my computer engineering class a friend and I have built a wireless robot which can turn and move forward. It is really basic. To make it a little more complex we have decided to put a webcam on the front of it, so that we can control it via …

I have an off the shelf Gateway that recently stopped responding. Powers up, HD and Optical Drives spin up but nothing else. As a self admitted newbie I want to troubleshoot and to repair myself but other than checking connections and looking for possible visible signs of a short or …

My sisters laptop has had overheating problems so we took the back cover off one night and unscrewed the CPU fan which had I guess the heat sink connected and was covering the proccessor.all I did was turn the proccessor screw thing and took out the proccessor to look at …

Ever wondered what goes on inside your printer? Welcome back to this second in a series of articles looking at the inner workings of printers. Today's candidate is the inkjet printer, and we're going to look at the most common kind, the thermal DOD inkjet printer - let's get stuck …

I have an Acer Aspire 5552 with 4 gigs of RAM and an AMD Athlon II P340 Dual-Core Processor 2.2 GHz. I was wondering if it is worth the money to upgrade my RAM from two 2 gigabyte sticks to two 4 gigabyte sticks. I don't know if the upgrade …

I shut down my Acer Aspire 4930 laptop and when i turned it back on a few hours later, my screen was completely blank but i can hear the sound of the fan. What could be wrong? I'd be glad if you get to help me put this problem to …

I have rescently had one of my usbs stolen, and I am wonering how I could make a file that autoruns no matter if the user wants it or not. this program that I would make would find ips of the computer, and the name of the computer and user, …

Not sure if my Dell Inspiron 530 can handle this graphics card. [Click Here](http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2759376&Sku=G458-0218) My computer has a 300w power supply and I'm not sure how many PCI slots or whatever it is it has.

hello friends, i have heard that when formatting USB drive if we choose "Allocation unit size" maximum from 4096 bytes to 64kilobytes then it will increase clock cycles , that's why it increases read/write speed. but some says after sometime of use it will damage your USB and may be …

 The LaserJet Pro 400 MFP M475dn is the newest entry into the all-in-one printer market from HP. It is a color LaserJet which scans up to 4.5 inches per minute (ipm) in color and 11.5 ipm in black. This device will copy, fax and print up to 21 …

ok problem has been started 2 days ago first pc restarted for several times than it showed blue screen showing hardware issues than i tried to start pc through Linux live cd pc started i take all the backup form my hard drive to another portable hardisk than i tried …

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a mac mini version 2011, but I have doubts about whether to keep it warm for so long turned on. usually my pc´s during turned on about 12 hours a day. have anybody experiences about it? if the processor is important its a core i5 …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]23600[/ATTACH]The HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 is a multi-function printer like no other. The printer portion of the TopShot is much like the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/pc-hardware/usb-devices-and-other-peripherals/reviews/392598"]HP LaserJet Pro 100[/URL] I reviewed before. What makes the TopShot different is the paper feeder and flatbed scanner on top has been replaced by a flat …

Hi Guys, I am trying to flash ROM memory with Linux Kernel 2.6.39.4 with busy box I have following hw and requirements 1/ Using intel's Atom E660T process which only can go upto 32bit no more. 2/ On board 8MB of ROM eMM connected to SPI0 bus and like to …

Hello there, so this is my question about an upgrade I'm going to do. Will I get a bottleneck issue with the video card im about to buy with the motherboard and processor im using right now? motherboard - http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2471 (Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H) processor - AMD Phenom II X2 545 (3GHZ) …

Hi all, I have decided to join animation course recenntly so can anyone tell me which processor is best for me ? Chris

Hi guys i need an urgent help. i have been givien an acer aspirs 5516 laptop to repair but i am facing some problem. The laptop has have water poured on it. but when you boot it the power LED comes on and the fan start to run for some …

Hello, anyone can suggest a free software (or paid) which could help me monitor the power usage on my computer system, like how much power is being used by the CPU, GPU, motherboard etc?

Okay i have a Amd athlon X2 64 5200 Im thinking about Upgrading Amd or Intel Which is better Ive already done Research and Most people suggest Amd above Intel Amd is cheap but good ive got myne now for 4 or 5 years if im right Its Kinda Wonderfull …

hello, I have a ciruit that gives me a signal through 9 pin serial cable. The bad news is that I don't have 9 pin serial port on my laptop I have 15 pin instead. Is there a cable that have 9 pin from one side and 15 pin from …

Hi, I am currently trying to fix my HP pavilion a000 desktop. I was working fine then after turning it off i tried to start it again and it just beeps at me. I have tried cleaning all the fans and dust of all components but its doesn't help. I …

help my laptop turned black screen compaq cq61 .my laptop screen turned into black whenever i plug the battery charger please help me

I recently formatted my PC, loaded Windows 98SE and now the pc is so slow that it is virtually unuasable. If I click on START, for instance, it takes about 30 seconds for the PC to act on the click. I have to assume it is a hardware problem. The …

I have a Dell XPS M1210. I have been reading the forums trying to gather ideas that I could use to fix my computer. The problem: When I start the computer the screen stays black, the Power LED stays lit showing that it is indeed turned on, and the LED …

The problem I am having is with a new rig I was putting together. When I start the computer it keeps on going on and off without even actually starting. The fans startup and shutdown but I can't even get to bios. Its as if the computer gets just enough …

hi, i have a problem about my PC bcoz everytime I open my PC it says CMOS Settings Wrong Cmos Date/Time Not Set Press F1 to Run SETUP and when I set the date and time in the cmos setup it runs ok and when i turn off my PC …

Hi. not sure if anyone can help or not, but I hope so. For the past week ever since I placed a tool for speeding up PC onto home computer and deleted files (I was unaware were for hard drive and start up etc and loads of DLL's I think …

compaq cq61 .my laptop screen turned into black whenever i plug the battery charger please help me

Hello I am haveing a problem where my computer and monitor are working but there is no picture. When i do get picture after 20-30 min of restarting it always goes away when i log into windows . could anyone help me ?

My laptop has been on it's last stretch for the last half a year or so and I've come to the conclusion that it will cost me more to fix than it will to replace. I've been sitting on actually building a new rig for a while now, as you …

Hi, I have an "old" (5years) DELL Latitude D610. Everything was fine, until it hung in Windows. When I tried to reboot it, something very strange happend : Most of the time Bios load stops at approx. 1/5th of the full bar. Other symptoms which happen sometimes : - Bios …

after upgrading some softwares on my dell inspiron laptop , it works for some time and the machine couldnot boot again. anytime i bootup , it beep 7 times meanwhile the screen does not come on and the power button is not working too. i only use the charger to …

do we need to insert a SIM(cellular/GSM) to a vehicle GPS if we want to track the location from the distance? (over the internet)

My friend's computer was doing updates and it froze. He left it for 24 hours and it was frozen on a windows update. He finally killed the power and turned the computer back on, and nothing. The power light comes on, but no beeping, no fan, no monitor. I loaned …

Guys im using the above machine, just bought it from an auction sale, i installed windows 7, bt the is no sound, i researched on the internet and the possible sound drivers is sound Max but it dont work if i update on the internet, nothing is installed what might …

My Hardrive just lost the file system and now its not accessible, its Raw if i view it in Computer management , how can i correct this or restore the NTFS file system because it have a lot of data. Any help?

Does anybody experience problems with this motherboard: ASUS p8h67-m pro 1xHDD 320G 1xHDD 1000G Both are connected to the SATA6G ports and the disks supports 6G/sec speed. I install win7 on it. The problem is the next: No matter what I do the MS win7 always recognise the 1000G HDD …

I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 which had a problem with the plug (solder cracked through normal use). I bought a new part, desoldered the old one, soldered in the new one, and put everything back together. Unfortunately, now the laptop won't start. The symptoms are: Power Light comes on. …

before I go out and buy VMware, can I develope iphone apps with a legitimate copy of mac on a vmware?

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What is the price of Apple I-pad with 3G/4G??

Hello, I'm experiencing a problem again, my screen went to blue then when I turned on the computer the screen stopped on the Toshiba opening page with f2 setup, f12 for boot device selection menu on the bottom left. I hit f12 then a repeating message of pxt-e61 (media test …

ok so here is the skinny. i had this computer for some time. i got a new case and moved everything to the new case now i cannot get any beeps, no post and the mobo has the power light on it. this was working fine in the old cae. …

Hi friend! Of course I know,this is not the right place to ask this question. But I'm asking this,because i dont find any other good place.I wanna use the technology of the optical mouse and infrared keyboard (Yes!both are virtually same technology)in my project. Which part i want to use …

Hey, I have an Acer Aspire 2930z and i just boutght a new battery for cause it needed it, then i put the new battery in and i turn it on, but the screen is black, the power light comes on (blue) and it was flashing orange so i charged …

Hey Guys! So... I left my PC back home when i went off to college and now that I'm back for summer, it seems that it has missed me because it doesn't work anymore. **First Problem:** When I tried to switch it on, it would start to boot (I'd see …

hi all i am getting confused in between two product 1 gb DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce 315M And 1 GB ATI ROBSON XT DDR3 which one os better