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| | Hi, I am having problems with my PC and this time when i switch it on, instead of going thru a normal startup process, there are messages that says " Novell Netware Ready Firmware V1.00 (940810) (c) Copyright 1991 - 1994 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. VIA PCI 10/100mb Fast …  |
| | ok long story short....i own a sony vaio PCG-GRX520. i loaned it to my mother in law and she called and said it wasnt working. so i had her bring it back to me. i tried to start it, and it is dead. the lights for power/HDD/battery are all lighting … |
| | Ok I have a computer I put together my self and my main hard drive had Windows XP and my other hard drive had a beta version of Windows Vista, I tried to set up a dual boot thing but it never really worked. I took out the second hard … |
| | i scrubbed my laptop's hard drive with acronis drive scrubber now i cant install new o s getting mbr error messages?? what do i do??? |
| | My computer has worked fine for the past few months, but all of a sudden it has started restarting randomly. Sometimes it will boot into Windows and run for up to a few hours, other times it will restart during the Windows loading and sometimes it won't even POST. The … |
| | When I flashed the bios using Compaq's SP file in XP, I received an error message "Unable to write block 4". The computer then shut down and will not post. I can get a new bios chip and have it written, but I need the binary file with 512K. Compaq … |
| | this is my 1st time to this forum! my computer is not powering on and before that it had problems after booting!that is,after booting win xp, some error info comes up referring to memory addresses and won't go further than that! help! :eek: |
 | Hi everyone, I have this HP Pavillion a1030n desktop computer. It was working earlier today. I restarted it, and now it won't boot. The power light should turn blue on startup, but now it just stays yellow. I have tried replacing the power supply and that did nothing. I now … |
| | I have a 1998 CTX EZBOOK laptop. When I turn it on I get an error message that reads "Operating System Not Found". When I insert my Windows 98 CD I get the same message. When I inserted my CTX Restore 98 CD I gotthe message: "Checking HD partitions... Invalid … |
| | will keep this msg short and straight.. bought a vaio s-series, xp home with sp2 preinnstalled....fine formatted once bcos of some problem...installed and used winxp prof for few days. ordered from sony and tried using vaio reovery cd to gt it to original factory state....but after whole installation...the 'infamous' blue … |
| | hi, i have the following problem. When I start up my Dell desktop Dimension 8400 there are some troubles. First i hear some beeps, somewhat around 5 (not in a logical order). Then my fans jump on, followed by the rest of the computer. However when i look at my … |
| | I am working on a compaq presario 700, when it powers up it runs fantastic. However, once you shut it down it will not start back up. This does not happen all the time, it happens about every other time. It is getting power, but aparently not to the board. … |
| | Hi! My eMachine wont boot and hard disk wont run. As soon as it turns on it beeps 1, 3 times, 3 times and 1 more. The lights on the CD and DVD flashes and in about 30 to 40 seconds it goes off. What happened prior to this? I … |
| | I have an HP Laser Jet 1300 which I am switching to a different machine. I can't get the driver to work. One that I dowloaded says I need administrator right to run the program (Setconfig_RmTool). The other (lj1300pcl6win9xme-en opens as a zip file and autmatically creates a folder and … |
| | I apologize that I'm not a user that logs on very often. I've been doing this close to 30 years now, I just haven't kept up with newer tech. I have an old Compaq with XP Pro installed and a new WD 250GB drive which was working fine. In the … |
| | I have just swapped out my mobo for a foxconn NF4K8AC with Athlon64 3000+ cpu and geforce 6600GT 128MB PCI-E graphics card. The graphics card, cpu and mainboard fans spin up as do the CD/DVD drives and harddrive but the system simply emits a series of single prolonged beeps :sad: … |
| | My Dell died yesterday. I have tried everything I could think of, but no luck. A few days ago, when it was running, I received a system message saying there was no space left on the hard drive. I thought this funny because a couple days before I had checked … |
| | Custom built AMD about 3yrs old, never a problem! I was doing some online gaming the other day and it restarted all of a sudden, didn’t POST, lights and fan came on but no monitor. Also the case switches wouldn’t work, the only way to get it to restart was … |
| | Ok guys I have a serious problem with my computer Here are my Specs: AMD Athalon 2200+, 640MBs RAM, 1 40GB HD(master), 1 100GB HD(slave), I bought it from Fry's Electronics about 3 years ago The Problem: The computer was running good for those 3 years, but it kept getting … |
| | Hey everyone! I have a rather annoying problem with a custom build pc. I reciently upgraded to a new gigabyte motherboard. Everything went fine, and it runs great. However, when i go to start shutdown or hit the power button, the computer goes through the shutdown procedure, but then instantly … |
| | Hi guys , i have just replaced the power connector on a hp pavilion zt1000 notebook, and i am sure i have reconnected all cables etc but now when i try to boot up the damn thing it whirs like its try boot but then powers down after 4 or … |
| | I have, through an ill advised keystroke, started the Flash Recovery in my Bios. It has been running for more than 3 hours. So I have a few questions: Is this normal? How long should a flash recovery take? Is there some way to stop it? and do I want …  |
| | Four year old Athlon 1800 XP, Jetway 866 AS Ultra mainboard, running well when last shutdown. Now refuses to POST, and no code beeps, also dead monitor screen. All drives and fans have power on. Have tried the usual, removing cards and memory sticks, and reseated CPU with Arctic Silver, … |
| | I built a HTPC100 with a FoxConn 760GxK8MB motherboard and a Sempron 2800+ CPU a few months ago. The machine was set up to go into standby mode after 30 minutes and it had been doing that just fine for months. To wake it up, I would just press the … |
| | Hi, i have started building my first computer yesterday with the following... AMD athlon 64 3200+ CPU Corsair dual channel 512x2 (whatever lol) Asus a8n-e mobo nvidia 6200 OC PCI video card Seagate HD SATA X-Infinity case Anywho, After installing everything, I turn the computer on and the LED's light … |
| | My laptop died after a virus infection deleted the wininet.dll file and I couldn't start Windows. I was restarting from the command prompt safe mode in WinXP and the laptop locked up at the "F2 Bios Setup" Prompt at startup. It wouldn't respond to any keys and the Press/Hold power … |
| | Video CD or audio CD when inserted in the CD drive, is playing in autorun mode.But when I try to explore to see the contents of the CD,the display skips to desktop view.I am not at all able to read data CD. CD drive is visible when I open my … |
| | my computer doesn't boot right, i can't see anything cuz i have a black screen when booting. the cpu makes beeps but after around a minute it shuts down alone. what can i do? please help!  |
| | ok, wow this is amazing, ive got a good computer here, psu is fine so we can rule that out, when i turn on my computer, clear side window, all things start whirring, fans, cpu, water pump, but nothing shows on screen herm. so lets reset the cmos, nope nothing, … |
| | I came home last week Friday, (just happened to be Friday the 13th) and my computer was completely dead. I trouble shooted everything, turns out (well I thought so at the time) that I placed a motherboard mount where it shouldn't have been and it scratched it until it shorted … |
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