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On the 11th September a customer of the [URL="http://www.pcworld.co.uk"]PC World[/URL] computer superstore in Colliers Wood, London took his laptop back for an under warranty repair. The computer was only a few months old, and a crack had appeared near the left hinge which is indicative of an internal joint failing. …

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Although the Aurora is, theoretically, a portable speaker system it’s not really that easy to lug around with your laptop unless you do away with a slimline carry case and replace it with a small suitcase. The tubular super-woofer, two tennis ball satellite speakers and not forgetting the power cable …

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my Dell insprion 1501 was showing a messag everytime i turned it on "Battery nor recognised, system will be unsable to charge battery" However, i pressed enter, ignored this messgae and it was fine. the other day i turned it on, had the same message and this time it didnt …

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Hi Friend I am having Toshiba Laptop Satellite Pro L550D model with PSLXTE serial, I have formatted the system and i installed windows 7 home premium, but my USB drive is not getting detected, I’ve checked my bios it shows USB driver is Enable. But I don’t have driver CD …

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Well I ordered this laptop (steal for $400) and I have a few questions.... specs below and so are the questions.... Model- Brand: HP Series: Pavilion Model: dv7-4065dx Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Type: AMD Phenom II Triple-Core N830 2.1G Screen: 17.3" Memory Size: 4GB DDR3 Hard …

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I am going to get my new laptop soon but the cpu is AMD Phenom II X3 N830. It is a socket S1, but I was looking at some quad core Phenoms on ebay but either a) they were slow speeds b) the ram would be only 1066MHZ supported. I …

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First thing I plugged in headphone to vaio laptop 2. removed headphone 3. Touch pad's left click stops working 4. It magically returns to life but responds after clicking 3-4 times on the left click Can A short circuit cause this ? and is there anyway to fix it ?

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Hello, today I had problem with my client lapto, first everything worked ok as usual and then I had to install new POS printer and I also had to install driver for COM port (3 and 8). [U]After[/U] installing these drivers laptop started to auto shutdown every 5-10 minutes. I …

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hello there, Daniweb community. I'm new to the site and know next to nothing about computers. I have got a problem. I suspect it's common, but regardless, I can't seem to find anyone else with the problem. What's been happening is my laptop (Compaq Presario F767NR) seems to turn off …

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Ok, i have a casio laptop and everytime i try to download itunes to it the internet says theres a problem and shuts down. every time i try to close out of a web browser it does this! how do i make it stop????

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Alright a year or so ago my girlfriends got mad at this laptop and squeezed the screen till it broke. then out of rage she punched the screen. Her parents gave me this laptop and said I could have it if I can fix it so I've been working on …

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The right click on my laptop has stopped working properly. You can drag and highlight things with it but no normal right click functionality. This occurs with the touch pad and when a USB mouse is plugged in also. No problem when in administrator account. All settings are default nothing …

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I have this problem since 3 months. When I turn on my laptop (toshiba A215 s4807) only cooler starts and nthing more (no display, hdd etc.) so I have to wait like 10 minutes with laptop turned on like that and than turn it of an turn on again and …

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Hey yall, I've recently encountered a very annoying and discouraging problem. The other day, I was on my laptop; Windows Vista, Inspiron 1501, I'd say about 2.5 years old; When it suddenly shut down. Now this is not new to me, my laptop would usually shut down on me after …

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Hi My dell inspiron laptop has gone loopy,keeps restarting and no access to safe mode(f8) I wanted to test the hard drive of the dell laptop using an old tecra 8100 wont recongnise hard drive from dell laptop but does recongnise old wd external hard disk. The hard drive is …

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I am something of a Windows fanboy I guess, and will make no bones about the fact that I have always thought of the 13" Apple MacBook Pro in the same way that I have about Military Intelligence, European Community and Advanced BASIC: it's an oxymoron. Given that the smallest …

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Hello, everyone! This is my first post. It appears that my issue was posted before, but nothing suggested has worked. PLEASE Help!!! My other computer is a Dell Lattitude laptop with 1.0 GHz running XP, and it will not properly boot. All it will do after POST and the "Starting …

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Hello, I have a Acer Aspire 5920 that currently has a 15.4" display, which has very low contrast and and low resolution(1280x800). I just recently had my old 17" Toshiba crap out on me, and it has a absolutely gorgeous screen, high contrast and the resolution is (1440x900). Now what …

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Hey people. Basically, what I want to do is detach my laptop's LCD screen and have it less that a meter away from the laptop itself. The reason why I would like to do this is that I am constructing a small table, in which in the middle I plan …

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Hi, Guys! [COLOR="Green"]I am new to This forum and unfortunately i have come with a problem also. [/COLOR] I have a HP laptop which is giving me real problem. Laptop comes on, fan works, No Display, and after 5 sec it goes off. It was never fell any where. plz …

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Hi everybody... I was woundering If i could upgrade my laptop's graphics...I currently have a NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 (UMA) Tech specs: Laptop: Presario F700 (F730US) [B][U]Product Specifications[/U][/B] [URL="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01150100&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN"]http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01150100&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN[/URL] I really want to know what I can upgrade, I want to use better graphics so i can do some gaming. …

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Well this laptop is having a problem. When you turn it on it won't boot (black screen) and then shuts down then boots up, then shuts down, then boots up and so forth. It has a Pentium 4. I took out a intel centrino chip from another laptop and the …

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Hi Guys, I have a toshiba L300D laptop, and a couple of days ago the harddrive just gave up, i knew it had a large amount of bad sectors so luckily had all the necessary data backed up. However, i have decided that having to replace the harddrive gives me …

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the Toshiba P305D-S8900 I am working on has a no start problem. It seems to power on and there is hard drive activity but nothing on the screen. It failed to start again after closing it one day.I ran into this problem on a Dell I own and discovered it …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]18505[/ATTACH]The HP Elitebook 8440w should be called [I]work-mobile[/I] not workstation. The word ‘workstation’ implies you are stationary at a big, powerful computer. Not if HP has something to say about it. They've successfully taken the workstation concept and combined it with what a mobile user expects from a notebook. This …

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The Swiftpoint Mouse is primarily designed with one purpose in mind, and that is to replace the touchpad on your laptop or netbook. Indeed, unlike any mouse I've ever used (and that includes the smallest of portable units) the Swiftpoint can be comfortably operated within the confines of the palmrest …

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My laptop has been running extremely slow. It takes a long time to open and close programs, and to perform routine tasks including internet browsing. It's almost unbearable to use. Your analysis and recommendations will be greatly appreciated!!! The laptop is a Dell Inspiron E1705 running Windows XP Media Center …

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I disassembled an Asus A7S-A1 2 nights ago for a BGA reflow. Following reflow I inserted a stick of RAM, had the heatsinks re-seated with fan, attached the power button to motherboard and then connected the battery to test if reflow attempt was succesfull... good so far but heres where …

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I have a peculiar problem with my Compaq Presario 2100 laptop. Its as if a random Key on the machine is permanently pressed, and if I open a program like Word, that key automatically generates characters. I thought it was some dirt or foreign material in the keyboard and vacumed …

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hi,why my laptop its geting so slow,its a fujitsu siemens amilo pro,windows xp profesional,2gb memory 65gb hdd,free space 32 gb,i download some programs like registry cleaner,but still not wery good,xp supouse to be much faster that vista...if is any solution....

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