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 | I would suggest first discharge your computer easily by the following steps: 1. unplug the power cord to your computer, pressing the power button on the computer do not let go. This will discharge the PC. 2. connect the power cord again, power on as usual. If still the same … |
| | [QUOTE=anetry;197279]My toshiba laptop screen suddenly turned black,but if looking closely you can still barely see what is on the screen[/QUOTE] Check the video out on teh external monitor. ALso check the backlight of the LCD. Hope this helps! Bill Tech Manager |
| | Check if there is any dust clouded the Fan. The CPU could be heating up and shut down. Hope this helps! Bill Tech manager  |
| | Use other CDROM controller on the mobo(move the CDROM cable to the other connector on the mainboard). Install the latest mobo chipset driver, reboot to take effect. If necessary, update the mobo BIOS. Hope this helps! Bill  |
| | I have seen some suggestion of using the safe mode. I would suggest we go for the same F8 startup menu, but select the option of Last Known Good Configurations first before the safe mode. This helps to load the last working hardware profile. If still the same problem, please …  |
 | Yes, I would suggest check the laptop temperature first. Reseat the HDD and RAM. Also a simple discharge may help: 1. remove the power adapter 2. remove battery 3. pressing the laptop power button over 15 seconds 4. connec only power adapter, power on. If working, power off, install the …  |
 | Re: Help please? I wonder if you have touched the parts inside the computer when you are done removing your PC upstairs. I would suggest we watch the statics that could have killed the mobo especailly a lot more static accumulate right after the actions of moving. Now, I would suggest we remvoe …  |
| | We can try a simple discharge first. Also seems mobo chip issue to me. 1. remove all power sources including power adapter and battery. 2. pressing the laptop power button over 15 seconds do not let go. 3. connect the power cord only and power on the laptop again. If …  |
| | I agreed to the above poster comment. Here are some of my personal suggestions: 1. have we tried the other monitor and the other working video cable since no video display sometimes could have caused by the faulty monitor video cable. 2. take the RAM all off the mobo, power … |
| | Re: black screen Try to power on the laptop and pressing the F8 key to see the boot menu, then select the Last Known Good Configuration option to boot the laptop. This will load the last working hardware profile including the correct driver. Well, I just seen you already tried the safe mode, … |
| | try to see if the same problem occurs in the safe mode. Cheers! Bill |
| | Try unplug the power cord to the PC then pressing the power button over 20 seconds do not let go for over 20 seconds. This willl discharge the PC and reset the system as well. If the small fan is on top of the mobo chipset, maybe the chipset is … |
 | I beleved the PSU is shorted for sure, replace the PSU. If the mobo still not be able to power on, the mobo and other parts could likely get damaged as well, check for any damaged capacitor as well. Hope this helps. Bill Tech Manager, WPTinc. |
| | I beleived there will be a very small effect on the speed. |
| | Graphic card error most of time will not just give 1 beep sound. If there is RAM error, most of time, no screen at all, not even Dell logo. Try reset the Bios and discharge reset the PC and see if working again: Unplug the power cord, pressing the power …  |
| | Try check the RAM first. If there is more than 1 RAM on the PC, please use 1 at a time. also discharge and reset the mainboard by doing the following: Unplug the AC adapter and remove battery, pressing the power button over 15 seconds do not let go. Then … |
| | [QUOTE=joleatherland;1535306]when i turn my computer on the power button flashes red and turns itself off please help my daughter needs computer for school work i asked pc world on phone they said sounds like motherboard and expensive job i cant afford to pay alot[/QUOTE] No idea what computer you have, … |
 | > tried updating all the drivers > Quoted Text Here have you updating the latest mobo chipset driver first and reboot once after the new chipset installations? after the chipset driver, try reinstall the video card driver as well. Bill tech manager, WPTinc. |
 | Hi manitm , your pc cannot pass the POST process. Try unplug the power cord and remove all removable parts like KB/Mouse, PCI addon cards, USB devices, unplug the HDD data cable as well. then holding down the power button over 20 seconds to discharge and reset the system. Connect … |
| | very little HDD space will cause the system slow performance and some issue in booting as well. Besides dedicated video card, try get more space avaailble on the HDD. Some game need more HDD space for temp folder storage when the game starts. So some game may cause slower system … |
| | Have you tried safe mode? The mobo KB controller seems faulty. hope this helps! Bill |
| | The situation is similar to the follow case I have seen: PC will not power on in the morning or after a period of time no use. If reseat the power connectors on the mobo, and power on again, the PC boots and works ok. Or we tried just unplug …  |
| | Try safe mode and see if the computer shows BSOD. Here is how to get to the safe mode: Press F8 when PC powered on, select from the boot menu safe mode and hit enter. If this works, try backup the data needed, and reinstall the WinXp from scratch. Hope … |
 | Besides RAM upgrade, we can use "msconfig" from "RUN" and deseclect all "startup" options and reboot PC. After the PC boots to the desktop, check the reponse speed, if everything is faster, go back to msconfig and select the options one at a time and reboot each time. This can … |
 | I have seen some computer with the same problem caused by USB device like the USB HDD that connected to the computer while powering on. And the screen will pass to the system boot like XP logo when the USB HDD finish scanning. Try resetting the laptop by removing the … |
| | "The computer assembler changes the ram and it works again for about a week time but the problem is again repeated." Could be the used RAM slot oxidation problem. Try use rubber block clean the RAM goldpins carefully. Then use cotton stick and get some medical use alcohol to clean … |
| | Try reseat the video card if the card is dedicated not onboard. Check the monitor connection and the cable. Hope this helps! Bill Tech Manager |
| | Don't have much info about your computer. Try the following to discharge and reset your PC first. Please unplug the power cord, then press the power button over 20 seconds do not let go. Then, connect the power cord and power on the pc again. Hope this helps!  |
| | This seems like a laptop about 10 years ago, right? Likey with CPU with 1000hz speed. Could be mainboard and the power management module problem. Hope this helps! Bill Tech Manager  |
 | Seems a lot of steps have been done. Have the CPU been reseated yet? When using RAM, just use 1 working RAM to test. Hope this helps! Bill Tech Manager |