Most likely next year in 2012. Depends on how good Sony is doing in the gaming market. If not, they might release the PS4 earlier to try to grab its customers back.
Best of luck and if that does not work, you can either stick to using an external monitor or get a new laptop since the Compaq Presario C500 is quite an old model.
riddle me this , if it shows on an external monitor ,how could it be a video card problem ,sounds more like a bad lcd[cable/plug] connection to the motherboard problem to me ,did the new lcd screen you bought come with its own connection or are you using the original cable
Might be some loose connection to the screen. You can't really say it is a board problem unless the graphics card is integrated with the board. You might want to take it to a technician if not you can just use an external monitor.
What router and modem are you using? It can also be some parts in the router that is going faulty. Disconnect your modem from the router and try connecting to the modem using the ethernet cable for two days. See whether your problem occur if not that means your router is having a problem.
Or by placing that hard drive in another computer. Basically its still the same method suggested by caperjack. Lol. Most likely you need to clone the data to a new hard disk and use it.
I don't think you can do that. Encryption is possible but protecting it from being reformatted is something i have never heard before. Maybe you can try changing the write permission for the flash drive.
Thanks for the specs but the problem is very broad and it will be very difficult to actually diagnose the source and help you. Try taking to a repair shop and have an expert to closely look at your problem. Sorry for not being able to help you
What PC are you using and what is the model number? Are you good with PC, if not I suggest taking your computer to have an expert to look at it, your problem is very broad and there are many reasons that can cause a black screen.
holy crap, every one should chill out. Seriously, this is a 5 year old thread I started when I was young and dumb. I remember that job and it was an unpaid internship. During down times, my coworker and I would try to mess with each other. That was a crap long time ago.
Holy crap you're back:D. I agree let's just allow this thread to R.I.P
Plug in when you want to backup your data to that hard drive using Time Machine, if not in use just plug it out. There are no pros but the cons is that your hard drive may get corrupted easily.
Just to add in case you are " really viewing " this thread. The router control panel is your router IP address. username and password is usually admin for both.
When you mean secured networks do you mean networks that is protected with a password protected like WPA? Make sure your firewall settings is configure to allow password protect networks or other security softwares you have.
Reset your linksy router. At the back of the router there is a reset button use something and hold down the button for 30 seconds ( old models ) and 10 seconds for ( newer model of linksy router).
Not busted but bloated. But never mind, did you test out using a spare monitor. Try to find spare parts or ask your friend to lend you. Is anything thing loose inside your computer?
Instead of hiding your dashbard in login items in system preference, delete it instead. It won't harm the dashboard app. Your dashboard may start slow due to a lot of widgets in it, low ram or less hard disk space left. Try downloading onyx and run it. Restart your mac and see whether your dashboard takes long to start up.
By the way how do you start up your dashboard? Pressing F4 or clicking on the applications?
Its a funny thing that dashboard will start up on its own. What is your mac version? Also, try going to /Library/StartupItems. See whether the dashboard app is shown there.
So are you using the cable now? It speeds up the connection compare to connecting wireless. You might want to try a final test with other laptops conencting to the same network and see whether it is slower. A ping test is also good, it can check your connection speed. All the best:)
You might want to do a malware bytes scan just to be on the safe side although I have never heard of a malware that can randomly minimize screens. Does this happens when you are watching movies ( full screen ) or using other softwares that are full screen. If the problem happens to other softwares, it can be a setting problem.
No it won't. If you found after the upgrade your files are missing, don't panic. It is probably still in your hard disk just that it has been moved to another folder. You can still locate it back.
