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on start up message reads Bios Rom checksum error Keyboard error or no keyboard present Detecting floppy drive A media INSERT SYSTEM DISC AND PRESS ENTER dont start asking for all the specs. swapped harddrives with opperating system that works on other cases so does graphics card. swapped processor that …

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I've recently inherited a Dell Inspiron 50003 laptop. It has no hard drive. I tried to power it on but it and nothing happens. I tried to power on with just the battery, just the power supply and both in with no result other than the power light flickering when …

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Hallo, My PC was dead until I bought him a new power supplier. Whoever, at start up I get [F1] for setup [F2] to load default settings The main problem: the keyboard is dead I tried 5 keyboard and concluded that something is wrong with the KB portal so I …

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My Toshiba Satellite was in the shop just last month - needed a new motherboard (would not stay on). Now, same problem. All of a sudden, nothing - got the three beeps, then a really long beep. Is there a way to rule out the power source (if it is …

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Good evening all... [B]The kit:[/B] ECS K7S5A Mobo 512MB DDR (though only showing 256MB) nVidia GeForce2 Ti 64MB GFX adaptor AMD Athlon XP+ 1500 (running 1300Mhz) Windows XP Home with no service packs [B]The problem![/B] A few days ago, I was playing World of Warcraft (shh) and suddenly my monitor …

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Hi, i was on my computer today, not doing anything too stressful, when it suddenyl just cut out. Now when i go to turn it back on, once i press the on button, blue lights ( neon lights insaide) flash then turn straight back off, while the PSU fan continues …

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Yesterday my PSU popped and smoked. Sent it off under warranty for replacement but bought a new one (hiper power 580w) as i needed my machine. The power led on the mobo is now lit, but nothing happens when i press the power switch- does not post/boot or even power …

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If I just turn the computer off (i.e by clicking on "START" and then "turn off") and then restart her by pressing the "on" button on the front of the tower it'll start up fine. However if once I've done the above I also switch of the PSU at the …

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I hope some one can give me some advice. My computer was put into storage for near on three years. I got it out last march and it started no problems. I have recently pulled it out again and when I turn it on it starts to load then stops …

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Hello, I am brand new here and would like some help. I want to build a computer that I will mainly use to work with PhotoShop. I was a commercial photog for 30 years and sold my studio a few years ago to avoid the "digital investment". Now I am …

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I have a whole new set of computer guts that I've been assembling. I have an ASUS M2N4-SLI motherboard, an AMD Windsor AM2 3800+, a one gigabyte stick of PC2-5300 RAM, a SATA hard drive, a DVD-Drive, and a PNY 7300GT video card. I've assembled them and the machine shuts …

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I had an old pc that i had got in 01, it had an 900mhz cpu and a 20GB harddrive. in 03 i upgraded to windows xp and now it is getting increasingly slower. So i bought a new motherboard/cpu bundle off of the net, it had a 2.5GHz cpu …

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Ok Here is a toughie. Just yesterday i installed Reservoir Dogs for the PC onto the computer and all went well. I started up the game and everything going well until on second level the computer receives a blue screen with STOP : 00000000...i dont remember the command alltogether. It …

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I have an AMD Athlon XP machine. The computer was not maintaining time nowadays, but I never bothered to look into it. I switched off my comp day be fore yesterday and when I tried to boot it yesterday, the red light on the CPU turned on , but the …

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on win xp pro (also occured on win98) w 512meg ram etc. at anytime the mouse freeze up. ctrl-alt-del does not work, no apparent disk activity. nothing works. BUT give it time, 10 seconds to 5 minutes, and everything will start working. maybe for a few seconds or maybe not …

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I have a two year old Sony PCG-K23, it has been having some problems lately. Over the summer some of the keys stopped working on the keyboard - no problem I figure, I will go buy a USB keyboard and deal with it. That had been working fine. I noticed …

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Working on a friends Armada M700 PIII 700mhz W2000 with intermitent shutdown problems. Got it home and semed to be working OK with a few little quirks but nothing major. Shut it off one night with no problems and went out the next morning and booted to the windows screen …

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Okay, so I have the following machine I put together myself: Asus p5b deluxe board intel core 2 duo 4 SATA drives Windows XP I used the onboard RAID controller to set up 2 RAID partitions, a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 across 2 of the SATA drives. The …

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started w/ the amber light blinking and would not power up just the amber light blinked then undid all the cords and held the power buttons in to reduce residual power waited about 30 minutes and then the dagone thing came on BUT no video to the moniter :eek: ok …

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Hi I'll start from the beginning here and maybe you guys can help me unravel the puzzle here. Machine Specs Packard Bell I MEDIA 5069 Intel P4 1.6GHz 512MB RAM 40 GB HDD PHILIPS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND CARD ABIT GRAPHICS CARD Windows XP Home (AVG antivirus) Ok theres the specs …

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not really a technical person, so not very sure how to explain this and please remember that when replying. I was using my laptop to watch a DVD when my one yr old decided it would be fun to turn it off:mad: , when I hit the restart button it …

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Could Someone Help? My son's A20 was working fine yesterday - today it keeps saying 'load error' on start up and will not reboot. Anyone have any idea why - or some possible solutions??? Regards Techchallenged

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I started getting this problem two days ago. Whenever I turn on my computer, I have about 3-5 minutes (including any time spent on the Windows login screen) before the computer crashes with the following bluescreen error message: A problem has been detected and windows had been shut down to …

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Non of the USB ports on an INTEL D865PERL motherboard, or the front panel connector(s) will respond. BIOS settings = enabled XP HE Device Manager indicates all are working. I have: Reinstalled the BIOS (just in case) Disabled then abled the individual ports Reloaded the drivers. I suspect a MB …

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Hello all. First time posting but have read many threads here that have helped me in the past although i cant find one to help me with this one. Hope someone can help because my head REALLY hurts! system: amd athlon 3000+ 2.0mhz 2x 512mb ram 400mhz ddr 3200 (pny …

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synopsis: Two weeks ago I downloaded and installed the usual herd of Microsoft updates. About an hour later I started getting error messages. Windows wanted me to update my video drivers. I was already running the latest but I updated. Then windows wanted me to backoff on my video hardware …

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Greetings! I have a relatively old Custom PC that was resold to me from a store that was going out of business and was used as a cash registor. Specs: CPU: Celeron 500MHz L1 Cache: Present L2 Cache: some small amount +128K -500K Ram1: 128MB HD1: 9GB CD1: Generic Sony …

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from my limitied knowledge... hp pavillion ze4400 AMD Athlon XP Windows home XP Firefox The issue: working fine one day, the next not. System keeps rebooting, gives options to safe mode, SM w/ networking, last known good config, etc. when choosing any of these Windows startup begins (logo, loading bar, …

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My computer won't boot up, with LED lights coming on from the motherboard and fans spinning for a few seconds, then shutting itself off. Furthermore, from time to time, if I leave the PSU plugged in, my computer will begin starting up on its own while I am in another …

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Hello all, I am hoping some will be able to help me. I have a system that I built over a year ago that has some problems now. First I will give you the system's information. Motherboard is A8N-SLI Deluxe, CPU is AMD FX-55 2600, 1x Asus EA800XL video card, …

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