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I have a friend laptop, which shortly recovered running without battery by cold treatment in freezer for two hours, but got symptoms back after trying to charge the battery overnight. Now it again tries to start, accesses the DVD drive and lights up some leads, but not by Power switch …

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I consider myself a decently computer savvy guy for my age, however, this has me completely stumped. so if any of you can tell me weather or not re-installing windows (or any other solution you could think of) would be likely to help, because as much as It would be …

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Hello Computer gurus!!! i have a problem with my vaios wifi switch, its well broken the light is off even when its switched to the on position and none of my wireless networks are working ive been forced to use a realy long ethernet cable ITS DRIVING MY CRAZY!!! so …

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Hi, I currently own a custom Lenovo Ideapad Y480 that I purchased about a month ago. Just recently my laptop shut off (like the power was cut) and then restarted. Shortly after restart, it happened again. And again. So I shut it off and waited a while. I started it …

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I have a Seagate 500GB external hard drive that has been put in a new casing after some wires in the original came loose. I only got it back two days ago. So today I plugged it into my macbook and everything was fine, and then suddenly the warning/error window …

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This has been baffling me for a few weeks now. I have an emachines laptop, its about 18 months old and I am on it every day working. While I am sat with the laptop on a table I have no problems but if I then move to the sofa …

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Hi. I'm using a Fujitsu T Series 4410 Lifebook, 32-bit. My operating system is Windows 7. Recently my computer fan has begun to rattle. I believe that the fan is catching on something inside the case, and that when it rattles, it's a clue that the fan will stop. Because …

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As far as i know, for desktop, sleep transitions to hibernation(hybrid mode) so even if power is suddenly cut off. All running documents or processes are saved and will continue running when the desktop is turned back on. Now for Laptops. If the laptop is put to sleep and suddenly …

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Hello! When I power on my laptop (Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pa) the screen turns grey and after a couple of seconds vertical lines of random color start to appear all over the screen. They change their color constantly. External monitor works just fine (through VGA connection). I disassembled the laptop …

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Dear Sir/Madam, Yesterday my laptop won't boot and there was no battery indication even if I plugged in my A/C adapter, even with my normale battery (charged, i think). It wouldn't boot, does someone know how I can fix this? I heard it could be fixed with an power board …

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acer aspire 4220 laptop screem goes blak after many blinks of lights and not off even with power button and also not booting.

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When I start Windows Vista on my Toshiba Laptop, everything's fine at the first, but when I reach the "Please Wait" screen, the thing stops loading though the animation of the loading circle thing still goes. I have waited for hours and then the "Please Wait" thing disappears, leaving only …

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Hey guys! My Asus G1S Gaming Laptop suddenly won't turn on for some reason. No light, no fan, simply lifeless. Before this, there were no signs like errors, automatic shutdown, etc. that it would die soon (did I mention all of a sudden?). I know it's probably the motherboard at …

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I'm having problems with a Toshiba Satellite A305-S. The AC converter that is 19v/3.95A doesn't even bring the charging light on. I have tried a Toshiba 19v/3.42A converter. It brings on the charging light, momentarily tries to bring the hard drive on and runs the fan. The monitor stays black …

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my dell inspiron 14r laptop dvd/rw not working i.e. it is not ejecting. please solve my problem immediatly.

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I asked question in [another forum](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/pc-hardware/threads/89265/toshiba-satellite-pro-laptop-will-not-power-up-help/2) but noticed that a question above my own had not received any response within last month, so I decided to start a new thread. My Toshiba laptop yesterday shut down cold in middle of work. No lights. No sounds. No nothing. I several times …

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I'm trying to fix my granparents Gateway NV53 laptop. The only thing that is wrong with it is that the screen has horizontal lines on it. The lines change (they are usually white, grey, or black) positions and color on the screen while in use. When I connect it to …

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I am planning to buy a new laptop within a budget of 700 $. I am going to use it for mainly programming purposes so I don't really care for graphic card etc. I am looking for the following features:- i5 processor 200 GB + HD 4GB + RAM I …

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Everytime I try and browse the internet on my Toshiba laptop, the pages will load, but after waiting a stupid amount of time.. I have tried everything to fix it (Malware removal, Search n Destroy, AVG, wireless card update, defrag, windows update, ethernet connection, multiple browsers) It's definatly not my …

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Hi. Well my laptop just recently began to shut itself down automatically and it happens very often now. At first I thought it could be overheating but they laptop feels fine and pretty cool. I thought it could be a programme so I did System Restore to a date WAAAAAY …

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I own an HP laptop, model Pavillion g6. The screen is extremely dim, I can really only see the screen and icons when holding a flashlight to the screen. I connected the laptop to an external monitor, works perfectly, so video card should be ok. Checked all display properties, brightness, …

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My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5938. My laptop has recently started shutting down on it's own. I don't think it's because of overheating since I have a cooling pad. Anyway, this was still going on until one day after shutting it down, I didn't use it for atleast a …

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OK, so I've got a Gateway FX P-7805u laptop with power up issues. Here's the whole story: One day, even though the laptop itself was plugged into the wall, when I hovered on the battery indicator, the windows 7 notification said "plugged in, not charging" and the battery was stuck …

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Hi! It's time to get another laptop but with all the changes and options available, I'm a little overwhelmed. I travel a good deal, so I need a unit that is built solid but does not resemble a brick or is overly heavy. I was considering an iPad but I …

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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 …

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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 …

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My hp mini netbook showing message "Plugged in, not charging " with 0 % available on battery icon. Please list the possible issues and solution. Thanx a lot.

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Well, I've had my Gateway laptop for a while now, and I've never had any serious problems with it. Today, out of nowhere, the cord just stopped working in the middle of charging the laptop. I felt it, and sure enough, it was very hot. It's been very hot like …

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Once a question came up in chat "how do you learn lisp?" the answer given was build a printer! what about building a legacy laptops wireless in; now I'm not talking about c64, just the first of laptops; those that had acustic couplers buit-in Could a bluetooth device be connected …

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