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Hello...im new to this forum. and yes i know there are soo many threads with not booting up computer, but i cant find the info i need. alright heres what happened. I bought a new cpu cooling fan to replaces the stock one. i removed the side panel, then forgot …

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I have a Dell Inspirion 5000e that for some reason just turns off whenever it feels like it... It is still connected to the AC and the battery is still in good shape (or so the computer tells me) when this happens so im not sure if there is a …

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When I switch on the power light comes on then off,H/drive light comes on then off,multi bay light comes on then off Number lock light stays on and so does the capslock and scroll light .The screen stays blank and there is no noise from the H/drive or floppy .The …

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[B]I have Compaq Presairo 2500 , and suddenly while working the screen frozed and i restart it by holding the Power botton . then when starting .. it went to the page which ask if you want to log in to Safe mode , Safe mode with networking , start …

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hallo! I'll try explain to you what i did.. I tried overclocking my system ( My system :-pentium III 733 with FSB 133 -motherboard MSI..(i'm sorry i don't remember anything else about it!) - RAM 512 in 133. i think these are enough). I changed the settings of the BIOS …

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i have an old AMD 500 pc that has quit. when it is turned on it checks the memory and finds the drives. then it blinks the curser in the upper left corner and that is it. i can hear the HD go through it's self test. i have cleared …

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I seem to have a very simliar problem. I have a perfect working computer 800mhz celeron, 350w power supply, windows xp 324mb ram geforce4. I am upgrading to a athlon 2600+ using the same hard drives, power supply, have new 512mb ram for it. On starting it up it …

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Hi I wondered if anyone else has experienced the same problem. I have a Vaio laptop PCG FR215E. The "five" sticks and at the same time the left hand control key won't work with r, t, s, c, & v. it seems like a pattern. It has just fixed itself …

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I added correct memory and after that the PC will not even power up. I did the basic trouble shooting. Remove the new memory. Swaped the meory around. Checked all the connection and incoming pwer, and checked the power out of Power supply. I do have 5V but no 12V. …

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First of all, please excuse me for my bad english, i am from Belgium (europe) so that's why i cant explain the problem the right way, but anyway, i am trying to!!! So, the problem is that when i startup my system, my 17" screen starts up for 2 seconds, …

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i have a dell optiplex gx1p mid tower. 433 mghz pentium 3, 256 megs of ram. had win 2000 wiped the h/d w/ a killdisk, then when i tried to load xp all lites on & i beep when the black screen appeared. it showed lanwork technoligy co. bios revision …

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Toshiba Tecra 8100. I bought this at an auction. Powers up with "Toshiba" logo. Says to press f4, but my keys just give me a beeping sound. I tried another keyboard, same thing happened. When I power up holding f1, it goes into choosing which part I want to boot …

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Would appreciate some guidance. This is about my 20th build; others mostly uneventful but this one has me stumped. My parts are: Gigabyte Mainboard - ga8IP775-G Intel 630, 3.0 Ghz Samsung 3200 Ram, 2 sticks of 512, cas 2 MSI FX5200 Video Card Plexwriter Premium CDR 52x Maxtor 160 gig …

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I have an older computer that won't boot up. It gets as far as 'Detecting HDD Primary Master' [Press F4 to Skip]. There is no response from the F4 Key. I've checked the CMOS and BIOS and they look fine. I haven't installed any new devices except to swap out …

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So I wanted to do a fresh install of Windows XP on my system as my system was getting clutered. When I went to install Windows, it always shuts itself down randomly during the format. If I do a Quick Format, it'll usually crash eitehr during format or when it …

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Hi people I have recently bought a second hand pentium 3 computer and have had some trouble. I cant start it. I press the on button and nothing happens. no post codes, no display, no lights, no fans, [I]NOTHING.[/I] When this first started, the hdd light lit up, but now …

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hi all and thanks for your help in advance. I have had a PC that I built at college as part of an IT course. The PC in question is built with following components:- Motherboard - MSI K8T Neo (MS-6702 ver 1) CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3200 with retail …

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I have the following PC: Athlon XP 2500+ Epox 8RDA3+ Motherboard ATI 9600 pro 1 GB PC3200 When playing a game, the PC suddenly froze and sound looped. I shut off the PC, then it would not boot back up. I do not get a signal to the monitor. All …

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i'm using winXP service pack 2, with Nvidia MMX 440 8x AGP card with one monitor. i just bought a video cable to go from the video card to my Tv, plugged it in and nothing happened so then i decided to mess with the nView settings. Massive Mistake. I …

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Hi I just bought a p3 650mghz gateway from ebay...I took it out of the box connected connected a power cord and a wireless mouse and keyboard. I powered it on, and it went all the way to where you must input your password, this is where I noticed my …

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Has anyone used or worked with a [I]Logicube OmniClone 5u[/I] before? I have been asked to use one to clone one hard drive onto 5 drives. Anyone have any input?

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morning everyone! so my dad messed up his machine somehow and its mind boggling..Anyways heres the deal.. The machine loads all the way up to where it asks what profile you wanna load..admin or diff user..it doesnt matter which one I choose..it loads the background, plays the welcome music but …

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I am building my first computer, and it won't boot up. I have tried using 2 diferent power supplys, and tested my Power switch. When i plug everything in and press the power button, nothing happens, i have made sure that I have everything plugged in correctly to the best …

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My thinkpad t40 freezes randomly, at the most within a few minutes of starting. Sometimes I see a slight screen flicker before it freezes. Sometimes it will freeze right at the beginning, before even the IBM firmware screen shows up. Any help would be appreciated.

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when i eas installing anew software my pc warned me that some files of windows xp have been replaced by unknown files.so.i need help 2 overcome dis problem!!!!!!!!!!

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Im having simular problems... firstly my PC would not boot through POST and i wouldnt get that now beloved beep, it was a problem with the processor and managed to fix it by either disconnecting it from motherboard or just lifting up the clasps then putting them down again. however …

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This all started when my emachine T1840 wouldn't shut down. The fan just kept running even though nothing showed on the monitor. I tried the C Alt DEL and it didn't work and then even holding the start button until it shuts off. I finally had to pull the plug. …

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when my computer goes to stand by it doesn't come up with my mouse signals ,and not even with the keybords keys till i push the windows start button,and then my computer restarts .and i get this massege: computer restarted after an unexpected shutdown. microsoft windows detected a possible device …

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I was having a problem with my PC where every so often, maybe once or twice a day the PC would essentially shut down. All programs would stop running and the screen would turn whatever colour the window I had been looking at was with multicoloured thin vertical lines going …

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I have an AMD 400 MHz processor...128MB ram ...motherboard-TX-100......i tried to start my system after 1 month or so....but whenevr i start it now...it gives me an error CMOS battery low....press F1....whenever i press F1 it goes to the CMOS Setup options and my setting are changed....my processor speed changes …

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