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| | Ogt a 1tb western digital 1tb and tried to install ubuntu on it, but got an I/o error. It didnt tell me what i/o error but it would not install on the hard drive. I tried connectiing it to the Mybook case and it said the drive was locked. But … Hardware hard-drive storage ubuntu |
| | No matter how I turn the system off OS wise the laptop restarts in 5 secounds every time even from safe mode shutdown.Now if I wait till the leds all go out and the screen goes blank and use the Power Button on the laptop and hold it down till … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware windows-virus |
 | The long-awaited iPad, the tablet computer from Apple had its coming out party this afternoon and for a while, I wondered if the event was even worth watching. For the first half hour, Jobs droned on about web pages, video and email like they were some fantastic new phenomena we … Hardware apple apple-hardware ipad |
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| | Adobe Systems, Inc. the San Francisco-based software company, that has been heavily criticized recently by Apple, Inc CEO Steven Jobs, [URL="http://www.macworld.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=3227682&blogid=14"]announced yesterday[/URL] they were releasing a mobile version of Flash, starting with Android cell phone OS. Adobe states in the press release that Flash is already one of the top … |
| | Get flashing amber light and nothing else,tried battery alone and ac alone but still won't come on,any ideas?? Laptop fell off bed but nothing more than that.Any assistance greatly appreciated.Thanks Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | i'm looking for a small form factor PSU that will still give me ~500W. I have a computer installed in a medium-large guitar amp, and it's not very deep. i don't have much in there, just the motherboard mounted to the front surface. i hook an optical drive up only … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | gateway laptop will not boot up in windows or the bios. the monitor is just black. i hear a fan on. gateway laptop model 450SX4. i tried changing the memory and reset the hard drive. Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi there, I've had 3 years of problem free use of my Dell Latitude 505 laptop. That is until the last few days when all hell has broken loose. The first in a catalogue of errors was a blue screen message saying "unmountable_boot_volume" together with instructions to start in windows … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
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| | Hi. I know what a physical and virtual cores are but in terms of performance is there any difference between a physical core and a virtual core? Lets say you had two processors and for the purpose of this example they were identical except one was a quad core without … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a dell 9300 laptop that required a power jack replacemernt. after replacind the jack, the laptop turns on {power light only) , for about 3 seconds, then shuts off. any suggestions?? Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Sometimes you look at the morning's headlines and wonder what exactly a particular CEO was thinking when they made a certain statement. Recently we've had these gems from seasoned CEOs: [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.mediaite.com/online/yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz-tells-michael-arrington-to-fk-off-video/"]Carol Bartz told Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch to f**k off.[/URL] [*][URL="http://blogs.computerworld.com/16249/steve_ballmer_admits_microsoft_is_number_five_in_the_mobile_race"]Steve Ballmer admitted his company was number 5 … |
| | Hey guys. I have an old HP desktop I recently began using again after having it dormant for a couple years or so. It's an HP Pavilion a530e running Windows XP, with an AMD Athlon video card, and it's hard for me to give more details than that unfortunately because …  |
| | I have been using a 1GB of flash drive for over a year now with no problems and decided to get a 8G flash drive but I'm having problems with it. I 'm not sure if the flash drive its self is bad of if I can do something to … |
| | hello guys! i'm having some trouble figuring out which one of these lcds should i get: first model is an HP 2010i and the second one is ASUS VH222H-P (both from [URL="http://hpcheap.com/store/"]http://hpcheap.com/store/[/URL] ).Now the second one is a little bit more expensive than the first one,but the first one is … Hardware display |
| | Hi dear, I bought an used dell optiplex gx1 and start but and say: press <ctrl><alt><enter> for system setup (and I do it but nothing happen> my key board is ok I allredy try it with another computer and work) also say erro 8602 auxiliare device failure. pxe-moo:initializing landesk service … Hardware email troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi guys, I just bought an Iomega 1TB external harddrive for my home laptop( I us eit as adesktop because of space). My friend who is computer savvy told me that I should have it on (ac power) all the time and it should be connected all the time. I … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | Hi Ladies and Gents. Ive got an Advent 7106 laptop, after installing a firewall program my computer just shuts off with a blue screen and this error message - stop: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005,0x80614bcd,0xAA473B64,0x00000000) This happens roughly thirty seconds into turning the laptop on and then shuts down and restarts for the … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Ok, let's try one more. I'm working on a Toshi M35X Satellite that runs perfectly fine with one small problem. When you turn it on, no matter if it's from the a/c adapter, battery, both, it won't finish posting until you insert the adapter plug, withdraw it from the socket … Hardware first-post troubleshoot-hardware |
| | ok,i accidentally plugged my usb(accessible) out because i'm in rush..after few hours,i plugged back again, nothing happened...i mean,NO AUTOPLAY,NO ACCESS unlike before. I can't see any drive in My Computer.when i go to Device Manager>USB controllers...there is one icon there with a "yellow !"..thinking it's my usb, i always tried … Hardware microsoft-access pc-peripheral storage |
| | Hi guys, i was wondering if any of you can point me in the direction of a network drive, or enclosure, that will work as soon as plugged into a router; any I look at all have included software. This would be for home use so cost is also a … Hardware storage |
| | I have a very annoying problem. My CDR drive keeps opening and closing for no apparent reason. Since I don't know what causes it, I don't know how to fix it.:cry: Hardware storage |
| | Compaq Presario 1255, successfully running Windows 2000, despite Compaq stated limitation of W95, W98, WMe. After Upgrading original 4.3gb hard drive to 10.6Gb cloned hard drive, Larger drive will not boot directly, but is accessible by first booting to floppy... Thanks for any suggestions to achieving bypass of the floppy? … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | When I insert a movie dvd into the drive, it makes a funny sound when it spins up. I can then watch this dvd, but when I remove the disk from the drive the dvd drive does not return to 'dvd ram drive", but keep the inserted disk name. When … Hardware storage |
| | I turned my computer on this morning and the green light came on but nothing happens. I don't even hear the fan running. When I hold the green button in to turn it off nothing happens. Does anyone know what could be the problem. Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, I need to "force" a CD Drive to "read " an empty CD. e.g. make the laser move across the the disc's surface while it is spinning as if it was reading data. Usually when a blank CD is inserted the Drive starts reading but then stop right away … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | i have a ergo laptop with a 40 gb fuji hard drive in it when i tern it on it asks for a hard drive password it is in a school one of the puiples has locked thhe hard drive is there anyway i can get on to the hard … Hardware hard-drive laptop storage  |
| | Hi all, I just bought a new 300gb WD velociraptor HDD, I opened up the box and to my surprise there where more than just the two plugs I was expecting, there is another plug with 8 pins and I'm not sure what I need to plug into it or … Hardware storage |
| | Hi All, All of a sudden I woke up yesterday and found that my laptop would not start and there was no lights either,so called Dell care center and was told that mother board has konked off and needs a replacement with prohibitive cost.The charger lights show green led while … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi All, I have a Hp pavillion 2500 laptop i just cleared the heat sink as it was shutting again and again bcs of heat but now after reassmebly it is not detecting my hard drive and this is a big problem i have gone to two technicians and they … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Some of us just want a satnav which tells us how to get from A to B while avoiding traffic congestion. Others, apparently, want a satnav that imitates SpongeBob SquarePants for reasons which, to be frank, are completely beyond me. After all, I don't live in a pineapple under the … |
| | Hello, I am using 2 OS, 1-Vista Ultimate, 2-XP professional in order basis to open bootup screen to choose which OS. I have Intel DG35EC motherboard, Intel Core2QUAD Processor-Q6600@2.4Ghz , 2GB Kingston DDR2, Seagate 250GB HDD SATA. Today i cleaned my cpmputer table mostly because of DUST, so also little … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-vista |
| | First of all, I would like to intoduce myself here, as this is my first post. I am a 16 year old male from Pittsburgh, PA, US. My biggest intrests in life are gaming, and hardware, so I love places like this :cheesy:. Anyway, there is one problem that has … Hardware first-post gaming troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a solo9550 laptop that will not start. I have replaced the battery and power supply and ran through other steps such as discharging the laptop. (Unplugged and held power button down for 15 seconds.) When I plug the power back into the laptop, severals may happen. One time … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello, I hope my query does not voilate the forum rules. I going to purchase a 23" monitor but cannot decide with one to buy. Dell ST2310 23 has 250 cd/m Brightness with 50000:1 contrast ratio. the other one, Dell SP2309W 23, has 300 cd/m Brightness with 80000:1 contrast ratio. … Hardware display |
| | A friend of mine is having lock up problem, the PC always boots up but randomly locks up every couple of days, sometimes more. On two occasions, at least, the computer locked up while surfing the web, the monitor went black, and the PC started beeping until I turned it … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Recently I bought some computer parts Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 MotherBoard e-GeForce 7900 GS Graphic Cards (2) Anyway, the motherboard doesn't have a video output. So I connect my DVI cable into my monitor and I boot up the machine. The machine starts up and gives me 1 short beep. When I … Hardware display hard-drive |
| | I have an ASUS M3N78-VM mobo with WD 350g SATA drive running Win XP. Everything has been good for about 7 months but I now have intermittent problems when powering up the machine. From a cold start the SATA drive is not recognized in the bios and I get a … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | i have gigabyte GA-945GCMXS2 motherboard, i have 512 mb(x1) of ram(DDR2-667) installed in one slot, and other slot is empty. I want to perform a memory upgrade(preferably 2gb in other slot), but the problem is the manual which came with it says it supports max 2gb, while the site[URL="http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2521&ProductName=GA-945GCMX-S2"]http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2521&ProductName=GA-945GCMX-S2[/URL] says … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite L305D-S59222 when i try and get into bios by clicking the F2 button it freezes and wont go into it, and when i don't try to get into bios it tries to boot from a network, I can't change the boot because i can't get … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hello can you help me please my DVD drive is not shown in my computer only the Drive c and dvrive D are shown but the DVD drive is not...and i want to watch DVD movie through my computer but how can i watch there is no dvddrive shown...can you … Hardware storage |
| | PC become slow and i tried formatting. even after that is slow and take very long time to boot. after booting up whatever program is started it takes very long time to open for first time. but when the program was closed and restarted it is faster. can any one … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hey guys, first post! I'm doing IT and tech support at an American study abroad program in Italy and have my first case of a fried computer, a Dell Vostro 220s with what I believe to be a fried graphics controller. The computer (to a certain extent) boots up and … |
| | Hi all, this is my first post as a new member & will be gratefull for any help. My problem is, i have a Dell D600 that is boot shy, when i power on it will display the power light for about 10 seconds then die, every now & then … Hardware first-post troubleshoot-hardware |
| | system beeps when turned on. I get one long beep then silence then one long beep. this just continues and I get nothing else. video connected, mouse connected, keyboard connected. boot system does not start. there is no video so i can't do recovery. please help. Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi All, The other day i was quickly trying to retrieve some info off an old a hard drive in my computer, so being silly and lazy i unclipped the side and plugged it in and switched the computer back on. Now the probelm is i didn't secure it in … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | earlier today i was using my gateway (read, ultimate crap) laptop on plug power, as always (i like to save battery for car and plane) and it worked fine, as always. i packed it up to bring it to new york, try to turn it on here - and it … Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Ive had this problem for a while now, sometimes when i turn or restart windows will crash when loading up. Then i will have to reboot it, and it comes up saying windows didnt start succesfully. If i try to restart windows it just crashes again...so ive ended up in … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-xp |
| | i was just wondering, i had downloaded recover my files program to recover the files from my ipod because it crashed on me and lost all songs, but for some reason after getting the files and then saving them to the computer, the songs are all messed up, with cuts … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
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