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| | [B]Model:[/B] Gateway 7405 GX notebook. [B]symptoms:[/B] starts and works fine on battery power, yet not on external power. This is a recent occurence. It just started yesterday to be exact. Other then the AC adapter being faulty I'm at a loss for explaining this. Although, I fear that the adapter … |
| | My 13 year-old son is taking computers in school and decided to experiment on my Inspiron 8100 (they will have to take apart and put back together a computer as part of the final exam). Unfortunately, something didn't work out and when I press the start button, the green lights … |
| | My newly acquired used Thinkpad T23 had been running great til this AM. Yesterday (for the first time since I've had it) I ran it for an hour or si on battery, then shut down normally. This AM it would not start under AC. Press the start button and the … |
| | right....today i fitted all my components together but when i pluged the power supply lead and turn the power supply on it makes a litte scratching noise and the fan in the power supply spins for less then a second and stops . however there is a green light ON … |
| | A couple days ago, I found that my computer had a virus (my homepage kept switching to about:blank and a little search window would pop up if I tried to google anything). Spyware Stormer found "NetObserve" and seemed to remove it, X-Cleaner found "Iefeats" and couldn't remove it, and in … |
| | Whenever i start my computer after few mins CPU Usage goes to 100% and i can't work properly i tried to stop it..i've restarted my computer for 4 times and still the same thing. I've closed all the programs everything. It bugs me alot. :( CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME …  |
| | My computer Desctop icons have been disappeared when Electricity power went off, only i can access through other systems, please help me. |
 | Hi guys this is my problem and I would be gratefull for any advice you can give So far we have tried installing windows xp and when asked about partitions that we had already put in place, we tried to delete the d: partition, it went through the process but … |
| | I recently have "crashed?" my computer....:cry: . it happened when i was closing internet, just msn and then AOL mainframe. then it froze.. so i rebooted manually with the on/off button. and window will not load properly. It first appears up to the start up screen, with 5 options : …  |
| | Hey guys, Im trying 2 re-install winxp and when it goes through setup it displays a message saying "setup was unable to read from or write to drive c: If a virus scanner is running, disable it then restart setup"? I disabled everything and still wont work? and tried to …  |
| | I was using my computer normally then it just froze and the speakers made a small and brief crackling noise. I tried to restart the computer and all that happens is the light comes on to indicate that it does have power and I can get my cd and dvd … |
| | I am trying to fix a computer that won't start hardly at all. Sometimes it takes right off. I have change the power supply and power switch but it made no difference. Does anyone have any ideas. |
| | Can anyone help me? Iv been trying to boot from cd but i cant press anykeys to allow it to boot? and cd it first priority in bios?  |
 | All righty then... Dell Opti.GX1 (yep I know, a dinosaur), suppose to be W98, shows NT 4.1. Purch. on ebay for a steal. Assured it worked. Yeah, right. Well. I did only pay $5.50 . Sounds normal. No unusual beeps. Inside appears secure & proper. [B]1)[/B] F2 gets you into … |
| | Ok, so I wanted to help my friend out with her computer that was messing up... cleaned out spyware and all that, then was installing SP2 and it bluescreened... did a hard drive diagnostic and it found a bad sector.... it gave the option to fix the sector, so I … |
| | :cry:troubleshooting : database is read only. line32 or microsoft jet 4.0 trouble. Http 500.100 PLease advise:( <% dim dbname dim conntemp, cnpath, sqltemp, rstemp dim user user = request.form("Username") dbname="member.mdb" set conntemp=server.createobject("adodb.connection") cnpath="DBQ=" & server.mappath(dbname) conntemp.Open "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; " & cnpath sqltemp="select * from userlist" Set rstemp = … |
| | My toshiba laptop has a black screen. It is on but nothing at all on the screen. It all started by trying to add a modem driver. The screen turned blue with a bad pool caller error and now nothing. I know it's probably not worth it to fix - … |
| | Hello, Firstly the machine in question is a Defcon(never heard of it either) ATX It consists of:- PSU model ATX-350 MOBO model L7VMM3 ver 1.0c CPU model Pro3100A+ (soldered on athlon xp 2000+) RAM model Spectek 256MB pc2700DDR (only the one) CD R/RW drive model GCE8525B Floppy Samsung model SFD-321B … |
| | I just put a new Core 2 Extreme processor in a new 975xbx (rev. 305) board. It posted fine and I entered the BIOS to change the voltage for the memory I want to use with it (Corsair XMS 1GB); I changed it from 1.9 to 2.1 as recommended by … |
| | hi ok ive spent the last three days of my hols trying to fix my computer, and its actually working now but i had to reboot the whole thing. but the thing is everytime i turn on my computer it still asks for the reboot cd ( it used to … |
| | My Compaq desktop, which has served me well for six years or so, might be coming to its end. When I power it up, the Compaq logo comes on, then it takes me to the screen where I can choose between regular and safe mode. If I choose regular mode, … |
| | :sad: All I have is a green light beside my power button.It is a windows 2000 Pro.The fans don't run,1 fan runs for maby 2 seconds.Floopy doesn't run,nor the cd rom,they have no power. The hard disk is ok,I tried it in another computor.:) Could some one please help me.There … |
| | Hi A few days back I ran a cell-phone related applications and it installed 2-3 new drivers. I did not have to restart my system but windows created a restore point. The applications worked fine. Late that evening, I restarted my laptop and while it was shutting down, I happened … |
| | why when i want to install the Windows XP on compaq computer... i have this error message. "Out of range" Please help me...  |
| | My hppavillionze1250 freezes erratically. I have tried reinstalling the OS and that has not cured the problem. Using Windows XP. Thanx |
| | hey i just built a new comp i have an Asus A8R-MVP deluxe mobo and it was working fine but after a few days when restarting for installs and updates it seemed to hang everytime and i eventually found that clearing the CMOS by switching the jumper allowed it to … |
| | Hi, I need help!!! My old Dell Latitude cpX tries to start up but shuts itself down after 4 seconds. Sometimes it tries to start again on it own!! :evil: Any ideas? :idea: I've tried booting up docked, undocked, battery in / out, DVD drive in/out, floppy drive in/out. I … |
| | Perhaps I should have been concerned by the 1 year warranty or maybe it was the constant switching itself off or possibly it was the hard drive failing after 8 months but anyway to cut a long story short I have a rather expensive paperweight on my hands. Owing to … |
| | Ok I have tried everything! I have been through the fixes and the scans. I have no viruses, no trojans, everything has been cleared out and looked at there are no corrupt files BUT this thing still isn't working right! UGH!!! I have done EVERYTHING that have been listed here. … |
| | I've had this problem before, but hit reset and it worked fine. This afternoon I can't get past this screen. It says detecting IDE drives... and just sits. I can't even hit Delete to enter BIOS. I've had overclock failures before and I go into BIOS and hit loda optimized … |
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