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Hello there! Can help me how to disable the touch pad for dell studio 1555? Its bother me a lot when im making my exercises and exams. Because it is very sensitive. Thanks in advance!!! br

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Hi, I just installed a new game called "TOCA Race Driver 2" on my pc (with Windows XP Professional edition and SP2) the hardware requirements for the game are too low (32 mb graphics, 800 mhz cpu, 1.2 gb space etc) and my pc is fast enough with 1 gb …

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I have this laptop, and whenever I press the power button it lights up. Then when the windows loading screen would pop up, it is just a pure black screen (no line for the bios boot up). And then it freezes there. I managed to turn it on today, and …

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my laptop will not come on at all what should i do, check power supply and the battery also, did not start

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When booting the computer turns itself off a few times before giving a message saying the sysytem failed booting at checkpoint [EMem]. If i persist in turning it on and off it will boot up Windows but it can just turn off at any time. I've checked that there is …

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The computer is a toshiba tecra 8100, with windows xp installed. it has been running fine until one time when i tried to turn it on, it completely stopped working, and i got a blinking orange pattern on an led near the power button. after doing numerous troubleshooting tests, like …

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I am an online student so I new help quick! This is all don from my phone! My dell inspiron 1501 wasn't reading my battery. So after reading forums I tried flashing the Bios. Of course my laptop froze and at the time didntknow well enough NOT to restart my …

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A friend gave me this computer. The problem was there when I got it. He had tried to put Win 2K on it along with DOS and Win 98. I have tried to just install Win 2K and it did not work. When computer goes to reboot computer into W2K, …

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hi! yesterday night, i tried setting my computer on hybernate so i pressed the power button. when i pressed the button again, this morning, it turned green (which is normal) but the computer didnt start. (??) I have a Sony Vaio VPCEE25f X/BI My OS is Windows 7 what i …

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I just built a new system with a Radeon 9600xt graphics card and everything was working great until I started trying to play certain games. The computer crashes when I play Max Payne2 and other games with similar system requirements. I tried installing updated drivers but that didnt help. The …

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Hi, Sorry if this is a much asked question, but I've come to a spot of trouble with 2 year old Laptop. Basically, I was clicking away in Photoshop last night, just finishing off some editing, and without warning, my laptop powered off. The only way I can describe the …

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Is the CMOS battery on a Toshiba Tecra S1 readily accessible from the bottom of the machine ? I've taken apart many desktops but taking apart a laptop is new to me. I'm guessing it's about the size of a quarter but don't know if I have to completely remove …

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I have a hp pavilion dv2225nr that gets power but no boot just solid leds. I have reseated the memory, tested the hard drive on another system, but still the solid leds. I disassembled the laptop and noticed that there was no thermal compound on the cpu. I applied some …

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I am trying to install XP on an old computer I'm putting back together. I have tried four different HDD, but none of them work. The only one that is in some way being detected displays a blank line at the "IDE Channel 1 Master" slot instead of displaying "None" …

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I'm putting an old computer back together, and every time I start it up it stalls at "Detecting IDE Devices". Motherboard: Abit KD7A RAM: 1024 MB PC2700U HD: Western Digital 160GB (Master), Maxtor 160GB (Slave) CPU: AMD Anthlon 1833MHz

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Hey guys. I've had my custom PC for about 5 months now. Just today, when I got home from college, it won't turn on at all. I press the power button and nothing happens. My ASUS PVP67 PRO Motherboard has a little green light on it even when not plugged …

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I am looking at at Dell Optiplex GX150 that I was told would just randomly shut off while in use. When I started to look at it I was able to get it to boot and get to Windows desktop. I shut down the machine to look at the internal …

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im a 14 years old... and i have a problem on my laptop,,, this is the problem.. few months ago.. my laptop.. just hanged and turned off.. and when i restart it.. it can start but it will hang on startup.. when i live it for a couple of weeks …

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Hey, I have a Dell Inspiron, about 2-3 years old i believe, and it is run with Windows Vista. My problem happened as i typed the word 'problem'. So, for months my computer would be running fine, then suddenly, shut down. Complete shut down. I would restart it, it would …

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Hello everybody, Today i assembled my first computer. I followed an online tutorial and followed the manuals provided with the parts. However, when i finished and plugged it in, it didn't turn on. There was no beep, or even any sign that the computer was on. Can anybody help me …

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I have an Acer 244TXV laptop(18 Months old). 5 keys have stopped working. When I plugged a full size keyboard in the same keys would not work. Any suggestions on how I might fix this problem.

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Hello, Every year, I use my System Recovery CD's to clean my computer off. A few days ago, I put in my first disk and shut down my computer. My computer would not read the disk. I restarted it again and selected F2 when the Sony screen showed up. I …

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My toshiba Satellite l355-s7812 didn't fully shut down last night, this morning I pressed the power button. After 5minutes I Started it up again and the logo showed up, then the black screen with the underscore in the top left corner. Thats as far as it goes. I need help. …

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I disassembled an entire PC, motherboard,RAM,Hard Drive, etc, all taken out but the processor. I used an air compressor to take the dust off. After I was sure it was off, I used an electronic contact cleaner while holding the motherboard in a vertical position, spraying on it and waiting …

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Hi all, just got done building my new PC and after spending several hours trying to get it to actually turn on (realized I mistook a fan connector for that of a floppy drive ><), I now have a problem when it turns on. Here's a video showing/explaining everything (please …

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i have a sony CS VGN 230J AND IT JUST SHUT DOWN OWN IT'S OWN, SOME TIMES IT WILL STAT UP AND SOMETIMES IT WONT,

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Hello My friends computer is giving him some trouble so he asked me to take a look at it. I recently got rid of a virus a month or so back, but now it's messing up again. I turn on the computer, then it just shuts down! It goes to …

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Just took my old desktop out of storage... Its from 05/06 ish... and 2gb of its RAM is faulty :( - Wont boot with it in. Any ideas why this is? The slots themselves don't seem to be faulty, just the sticks....

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I have an old computer that I am trying to install Ubuntu to. It is 10 years old and my dad made it for my older brother. It used to reboot sometimes when I did certain tasks, for example when I was trying to play video game.. etc., but I …

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