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Me again all. I have more problems than a squirrel on an eight lane highway... Right now I have a computer that will only power on and not boot. It doesn't post or anything, just turns on, makes a few sounds and then just stays on. Nothing on the monitor …

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I was surfing the net using my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop when suddenly the screen went black. No Fan noise . Completely dead. I tried everything I knew - disconnected/reconnected the AC adapter, took out and again put in the battery. But nothing works.The power on indicator light does not …

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This is wierd the notebook will not turn on if you just hit the power button, however if you hold down power and the reset button for about 30 seconds then you let go of both of them then hit the power button immedialey after you let go of both …

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Hello all! I am looking to get my A+ cert. Before I do, is this a waste of money.. I mean, it is really easy to obtain, so I just want to know if I am heading in the right direction. Thank you.

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Own Dell Optiplex desktop GX 280 ( bios A04 (02/09/05). Bios has administrator password which I don't know. Tried using backdoor password, third party software for revealing password, no luck. Disconnected CMOS battery which changed date and time but did not remove the administration password locked BIOS. Could not find …

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I am trying to upgrade the memory beyond the specs max of 384MB Has any body had success with 512MB or 1GB? My first try at 512MB failed and resulted in an eratic behavior Any suggestions please?

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Hi: I have a computer that started out with a internet antivirus 2011 installation. I worked with the computer to remove it through Super AntiSpyware and through Avast virus software. Now with time the computer has lost icons and now will not start up. I have removed the hard drives. …

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I have a Dell Dimension 4700 Desktop currently in my possession. 3.2Ghz Pentium 4 Processor, 4GB RAM, ran Win Vistax64 with on built VGA and a high performance graphics card. This computer was used for gaming and I had received it from a family member sine they had purchased a …

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I am trying to fix a computer for a friend. I have gotten different stories either it was hit by lightening or virus. I am pretty computer savvy but I have no clue on this one. When you turn it on everything appears to be right. The Compaq comes across …

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It's a Dell Dimension 8400, and, without any hardware, software, or any other changes all of a sudden, like overnight, it will not go beyond the choices available using F8 to get into the start up choices menu, it also will not boot using a bootable cd such as acronis …

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Hi i have problem with my notebook hp dv6 1315ec the systen fall down and after that they shouldnt read my hdd and instal windows can someone help with this problem??? Iam still in menu after logo HP and there write: HardDisk not exist in your PC. I try the …

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Hi daniweb I recently built a new pc with father but as we power it on all the fans work etc but the monitor goes from no cable connected to to no signal then goes to standby. All the power is in properly and the gpu is in the pcie …

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Hello, I have been working a customers laptop for about a week now. Here's the problem: It is a Compaq Presario F500. It was brought to me because it would power on, but black screen, no external display. So I figured it was the same problem all F500 and F700 …

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Hey! My computer keepson restarting. I tried to replace the Mboard because the ligth indicator was already red. It boots up but it continuesly restaring and it doesn't starts Windows. It tries to view the black screen with safemode option and start windows normaly but if I choose any of …

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Hi, My pc has been working fine until yesterday when I tried to turn it on and it passes BIOS fine and the comes up with the screen where you choose to either "Start Windows Normally" or "Start Up Repair". I can sit there as long as I want and …

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when i start my hp pc p6040in with windows vista home basic, it shows me a blank screen with message Err1Err2 and after pressing enter it shows me message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER........also i am unable to start system recovery option. i have tried replugging the …

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Hello, I am having before a pc that is behaving funny. It a generic pc (not branded) and the motherboard model is JW-IG31-MKII. I had installed Ubuntu on it and the wanted to move to Windows XP. It starts the installation process and gets stuck on "Starting Windows" message. Well …

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I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100 that freezes up. It freezes up at random, on any web page or web site, with no apparent reason. I have re-installed the OS(XP Pro), including reformatting the hard drive, so I know it is not software. The only thing I can do is …

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I recently spilled water onto between the mouse clickers of my Dell Studio 1555 and for about 8 hours I could get no life out of it, the charger light would not even come on. However, since then it comes on fine, but randomly and with no warning sometimes it …

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Hi, I ran across something I've not seen before, and that is an older thinkpad that was manufactured for business travelers, running XP, that has a fingerprint scanner built into it. While the scanner itself is turned off (the owner is afraid of using it; he works with metal and …

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Yer, I have a Dell GX 150 (BIOS ver: A01). Of recent, the PC always have problems booting up, it's like for some reason can't seem to recognise the Drives (harddrives, CDroms) connected to it. And since it can't recognise them, it definately can't boot. I have tried reseting the …

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Help! My wife's laptop hasn't been working right for a few days now. She turns it on, it sounds normal at first, she gets the screen displaying the Dell logo...sometimes it says "Resuming Windows" and there's the Windows logo. Then she gets what sounds like a small chirp from inside …

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I have a laptop--Gateway P-6860fx. The operating system is Windows Vista. I was using my computer. It froze. I hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE. This message came on-- Logon process has failed to create the security options dialog Failure-Security Options I clicked OK. The screen became blank. The computer was unresponsive. I unplugged …

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Hi All I hope this is something simple as i am very reliant on my laptop. I have it all plugged in but none of the lights on the laptop are working...Im hoping its the cable that has blown up or the battery... can anyone help? i cant think what …

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Compaq C500 laptop won't turn on. When I plug in the charger the charge LED lights solid for just a millisecond, then flickers.I completely disassembled the unit, down to the main board. I removed the charger port from the unit and plugged the D/C charger into the port. I then …

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Hi: I was wondering if anyone has ever run across an issue like this. My HP Pavilion a210n machine powers up to the HP screen with a constant beep. I'm aware that this is a BIOS error. The blue HP screen gives me 2 options install | safety mode - …

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I have unfortunately dropped my sony vaio from about a foot and a half and now it won't start. When I press the power button the LEDs go on, something clunks around a bit (as you can tell I dont know what I'm talking about), but that’s it. No fan, …

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A young kid came to my garage (house) where I have all kinds of computer things, he respectfully ask me to help him fix his computer, I know he doesnt have money to repair the Laptop and it is a nice Laptop, when I checked it out my eyes popped …

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Im looking for the answer of where the damage might be, the toshiba portege 3110ct was given to me as a donation since i have a donations site since im studying software engineering in mexico. I hope i can get this machine running so that i can give it back …

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