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| | I have a HP Pavilion N5190 that won't start up, balck screen, nothing. Fans turns on, that's it. I stripped down to the CPU and fan and get the same result. Is this a f'd motherboard or what? Not that knowledgable, need some advice... |
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| | Hello, I am building a new computer and I can not get it started. I have built other PCs before but have not encountered this problem before. I put all the parts together and when I try to boot up I see the option to enter the BIOS, a few … |
| | Ok, So i just recently upgraded my computer's motherboard, cpu and ram a week ago. From the get go there was problems. Firstly, sometimes my monitor wouldn't recognize that the computer was plugged into it, and was sending out data, so it just said no inputs. This would happen multiple … |
 | I am still stuck with my half dead HP laptop, that died for no apparent reason and it is under a year old and is one of the latest models... From reading the posts on this forums last weak I see in recent posts about 4- 5 people that having … |
| | It's an older laptop that died a while ago that I'm trying to revive. Basically when I turn it on the fan cycles twice and the power light is on then turns off. Screen remains black the entire time. I've opened it a few times and adjusted the fan, unplugged … |
| | I have been working on a friend's [URL="http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1030305017#"]laptop[/URL] over several power issues. The first was that the AC brick died. Fortunately, his wife had a "compatible" brick. His brick that died was a 90W and his wife's was a 65W but it claimed it was charging and worked for some … |
| | Hi everyone. ;) Got a problem that I am hoping someone can help me with. I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop that I really like. It is great machine. But last June it died on me. Long story short, I thought it had been the victim of a power … |
| | Hi all, First timer here, so be gentle! I have a brand new (2 weeks old) HP DV9548 (notebook) running Vista Home Premium that worked FINE for the last two weeks, and this morning..... it was stuck on the Windows boot sequence where it shows the yellow and black (scrolling … |
| | My HP Pav zv6000 won't boot up. All lights and fan comes on and the screen appears to lighten up (likes its starting to come on from black to grey) and then goes dark. I've tried the following: -- hooking up an alternative monitor; no luck, still no video -- … |
| | First, some quick specs on my homebuild: Rosewill Case (cheap) Antec 480W PS Gigabyte p965-S3 Mobo E6600 cpu NVidia 7900GS video card Seagate 500GB Barracuda HDD Corsair XMS2 2GB RAM So, I turned off my PC for the first time in a while last night and when I later tried …  |
| | I am working on a computer that will not boot up at all, just get a blue screen of dealth. This is in safe mode as well. I tried to boot up by the windows xp cd and go to recovery concole but when i do that I recover the … |
| | Dell Latitude D600, won't see the harddrive. I took the harddrive out and stuck it in a desktop(with a 2.5" adapter) and was able to boot all the way up to XP just fine. Now I am aware that these latitudes are notorious for failing motherboards, but was hoping someone … |
| | Hey there, I'm running a system that was built for me but I am not completely familiar with the specs. Its about 2 and half years old. Its a WinXP, 200gb, Asus Mobo, AMD Athlon, 2gbRAM, 400W PSU system as far as I know. Maybe a month ago, the computer … |
| | I'm rebuilding old computers for test equipment at my company because they are too cheap to purchase a cheap computer. It's costed more in my labor alone so far than a new cheap computer would cost. After installing the HD and booting up the machine, I get the error HDD … |
| | dropped my external harddrive yetserday... plugged it back in and it worked fine, about 3 hours later it started clicking <click click click ect..> so turn off computer.. still clicking.... i had to pull it out the main power to get it to stop... now... this morning i booted up … |
| | hey there, im a new person here... anywho. I have a Medion M³ director 4500 In January, I had a problem where I woke up, in the morning (I had left my computer on all night) and the screen was frozen, even the date and time was frozen, so I … |
| | Hello, I am building a new computer and I can not get it started. I have built other PCs before but have not encountered this problem before. I put all the parts together and when I try to boot up I see the option to enter the BIOS, a few … |
| | my laptops keypad doesn't work when logged onto the domain, but it works when logged on locally. it happens just after i type my username and password to enter the domain.... need assistance.. |
| | Hello, My Sony Vaio VGN-FS35GP hangs at Vaio logo each time I turn it on. When I switch it on, the power indicator turns on, the HDD light blinks for a moment then goes off. If I press F2, it will say "Entering settings..." and stays there. Sometimes when I … |
| | My Sony Viao won't start. The reason is most likely a power surge (I was cycling circuit breakers trying to fix another problem). Does anyone know if there is an internal surge protector, and if so, how to reset it?? |
| | I have an eMachines desktop, an extremely basic model with Windows ME on it, that was bought brand new about 7 years ago. I had it for 3 years before it died. The night it died, a storm was coming, so, as usual, I shut it down and unplugged it. … |
| | I set up a machine with a new mobo and processor, a P4. I plugged it in with nothing but the fan and motherboard jumpers\power plugs and it turned on with the fan going and managed to beep a few times. I figured it was working because I had no … |
| | I was given a Presario to fix; it had been dropped on the edge and the power supply jack was damaged. I got a new jack, took out the old one and soldered in a new one. Now, I've put the unit back together and when it gets past the … |
| | I read the Pc wont start thread but it didnt help My PC wont load up the login screen after it chkdrvs or Windows logo. I freezes at either a black screen or the chkdrvs screen. I can run my comupter on safe mode. |
| | Hi Ok, so after putting a new power supply into the old girl (after 3 months of putting it off) she boots up fine. Update firefox and quicktime after a couple hours comp randomly restarts. XP loads up, everything runs fine for about 1-2 minutes then everything freezes. So I … |
| | i cannot format my hard disk because of bad sectors.... is there a software that can format it? while formatting the hard drive using darik's nuke and boot (i think thats what the software is called) using a floppy drive....but format stopped after like 90% due to bad sectors...i tried … |
| | Being this is my first post in here, please forgive me if I'm not in the right place. I have a Toshiba Portege 4010 that I bought used from Krex Computers about 7 months ago. Everything was fine - until about a month ago. Now, all of a sudden, I … |
| | My XPS M1210 does not boot up when I push the power botton. I get a flashing battery icon (w the lightning bolt), but nothing else. The power botton does not light up nor the screen. I get the flashing battery icon only when the battery is installed, regardless if … |
| | Compaq Presario 900 - Athlon-M 1700+ This is the first time I have seen this issue... The laptop WILL POST, but NO fans work(hence the laptop shuts off almost immediately). When I REMOVE the CPU, the fans spin up just fine.... Has anyone seen this happen before? |
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