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I have a dell insperiron 1200, got a flashing yellow light on the front, flaches all the time, when I unplug AC it still shows thant its running on AC, but its running on battery! I checked power settings and it list battery as unknown but yet it still charges …

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[COLOR="Green"]Hey all! Wondering if anyone knows why my pc has the flashing green power light and I can't start it? I unpluged it to move it and now is dead:'( [/COLOR] Any ideas will be MUCH ApreciAted!

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I have a Dell Dimension 4550 that had a power surge hit it. The case fan would run at wild speeds but nothing else would work. The light on the motherboard would light up. I replaced the power supply and it fried the new supply. I have tried 3 power …

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Hello I have Gateway MX6447. The problem I'm having is the power will short out. I thought it was the adapter so I bought a new one and I still have the same problem. I'm not sure if it's the battery is finally shot or/and if my charger port is …

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Hey All, I have purchased a new PSU for my computer which is running on an Intel D845GVSR with Intel Pentium-4 Processor. The Problem is that , When I power up my computer The Fans(Ventilation Fans ) spin once and stop. When i contacted my vendor regarding this. It seems …

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Hi everyone !!! I have a Dell Inspiron 5150, with an A38 BIOS , a 2.8 GHz processor and a 60GB hard drive in it. I know that it calls for PC2700 RAM, up to 2GB. I want to know , since PC2700 is so expensive, if PC2100 will work …

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HELLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!!!!! When I shut down my computer the fan gets extremely loud. the only way to quiet it down is to unplug it. when I plug it back in it's still loud UNTIL I power on the machine, then it's normal/quiet. Do I need to replace the Power supply??

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Hi All, This morning my Gateway M520 powered down out of nowhere and subsequently happened several more times and then wouldn't start up at all until I left it sit awhile. After turning it back on and being cautious I found the power plug was extremely hot. In the little …

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I'm new to this forum, and I don't really know too much about computers. I do know enough though. I am in the process of building my own computer to support my needs, and I would like some suggestions on the best kind of RAM that would do well for …

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OK, basically, I want to confirm a problem with a laptop... The laptop is kinda 5-7 years old, runs windows xp sp3...and this winter had a hard drive change... The owner came to me with a BSOD problem he got on the laptop, and told me his hard drive got …

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Hello I have a ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI R2.0 (long name!) I know that my mobo can support the phenom but i do not know my mobo max cpu wattage, i would appreciate it if someone could find out my mobo max wattage becuase when i get the phenom i will be …

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Hi to my great family at Daniweb !!! I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S1712 laptop , with a 1.6MHz processor in it and I'd like to find out how big of a processor I can put in it. The processor thats in it now is a Intel Celeron M 380 …

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My old and precious dell laptop was overheating but it was working. One day I decided to clean the fan because I notice the whole cooling system was clogged with stuff. I removed the cooling system where the fan is attached then I put everything back. After that my laptop …

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I have an old emachine t2460 when i try to boot it just sits there. no post\beep and the monitor blinks green and yellow. Now, when I hold the power button and it shuts off i immediately push the power again and it boots up fine. It has to be …

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I'm going to buy a PC in a couple of weeks and I'll most probably be using it for 3-4 years. I don't know whether to choose a Core 2 Duo with a speed of 3.0 GHz or a Quad which runs at 2.4 GHz. I'm uncertain because I understand …

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I have an HP dv2911us. Everything is stock in it--haven't changed a thing. When sitting idle on the desktop screen, I can hear the fan turn on and off about every 3 seconds. I'd really like the laptop to not make as much noise. What can I do? Thanks.

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Running a Dell E310, Windows XP, 160 G hard drive, external 500 G My Book, Xp partition is 117 G of 160, only 55% full. When running Chuzzle, Ma Jong, mmorpg's, email, basically anything every 10 - 30 minutes it freezes/won't respond to mouse or keyboard input, won't update screen, …

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I have a Dell Inspirion 1501 When I turn the power on it has a long constant beep. I have reinstalled the ram, tryed new ram and updated the bios. No warranty left now and I am stuck as to what the problem could be. I had to replace the …

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Hello, I just wanted to know if there is any site where i can get drivers for the following motherboard: M848A by PC-Chips. It's pretty unusual and im finding it hard to find drivers for the devices connected to the motherboard. In particular i want a site where i can …

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hi, i have a computer here which i cleaned with a computer dust spray. my family member was complaining it makes a lot of noise. i noticed the pcu fan was so dusty, i cleaned it with the spray. when i was done, i started the computer and i get …

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I accidentally put agp in the title instead of pci the slots are actually pci. I have an ASUS p3v4x motherboard with a p3 800mhz processor. The issue im having is there is no signal going to the monitor at all. It just happened out of the blue the monitor …

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I just got a new Core 2 Quad, Q9550, to replace my core 2 duo, E6600, but when I installed it there is no display on the monitor. I checked to see if i installed it right, which I did, but still no display. I have since put my old …

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hi guys, i have this problem on my pc..i got two ddr2 same brand and same specs.. my problem is, if i both plug-in the two memory sticks on the mobo..my windows will be unstable.. it will auto reboot..even if i'm just browsing the internet.. to isolate the problem..i plug-in …

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Hey guys. I bought a Laptop car charger the other day at a garage sale for a couple bucks. Since it was an IBM product and I had an IBM laptop it may work. There is only one issue. It's a 56 Watt charger and the laptop has a 65 …

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Hello Everyone I just got a old Computer from my gf family. i got it for linux and who can turn down a free computer. It has been sitting for a while in there garage but was covered up and taking care of. They took the HD so i put …

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Can someone please help me with repairing a PC power supply. My supply quit and I have been only partially successful. I found a burned out resistor on the board I replaced > a 5 watt 20 ohm and a bulging cap that I also replaced. When I try to …

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I recently bought a new system (Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Motherboard, Nvidia 8800 GTS 640mb ddr3, 2x 2gig Transcend ddr2 800, Core 2 quad Q8200 and a Coolmaster 650 PSU) and when I switched it on it did not do any thing... I thought it would be the PSU, so i tested …

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Hi, I have a brand new and unused but not boxed 140mm blue led fan. I would like to swap it for a 120mm blue led fan. I am in the UK, shipping it outside of the UK would be too expensive.

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I'm trying to install the Rapid Rails that came with a new Dell PowerEdge 1850 server into a standard square-hole rack. The Dell Rapid Rails are just a little bit too short, about 1/2" or so. Are Dell Rapid Rails meant to install only in Dell-branded racks? I don't know …

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I recently bought a Dell Latitude at a flea market. They didn't know the BIOS password, and I assumed I could pull the battery and reset it. Wrong. I noticed that several people have come to this forum and received help. If there is any way you can help me, …

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