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Hi all.. I have a Sony Viao VGN- FS315E of a friends. It seems to have problems booting to the O/S, I get as far as the Sony logo screen, then it freezes, if you leave it for a long time it'll come to a page that asks do I …

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My Hp Lapton wont turn on at all. i took out the battery had it plug right to the AC and nothing, just can see a little light blinking next to the AC jack. that is all.

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Hi, thanks for having a look at my problem. I have a dell PC that i bought a while ago (a few years) and it has worked perfectly until yesterday. I got back from my cottage to a dead computer. I had aparently left it on over the weekend, as …

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I was trying to install a new video card and the manual said to remove any previously installed drivers. I did so but I think it removed the onboard video driver as well. Now when I start my PC one monitor stays in sleep mode and another monitor says there …

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HI, My sons T40 freezes when in use and then takes 5/6 times to boot in safe mode. I've tried without the battery as this was suggested elsewhere. Could it be a RAM problem? Thanks.

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I'm working on another Pavilion (the 750n this time) and when you plug it in, it automatically turns on without the power button, does one solid beep for probably 5 seconds, and turns off, won't let you press the power button to try again. The only way to get it …

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I was playing a game on my (~2 yr old) computer a while ago when it locked up on me, and then crashed. Since then, when attempting to power on the system, one of 3 things will happen: 1) It will successfully POST, and then give me an "DISK BOOT …

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Sorry guys, don't flame me! Couldn't find a suitable forum for my question. I think this may be my best bet. I've got a Dell inspiron 1545 which does not have a NumLock - so no ASCII codes with ALt/Fn. Bit of a bummer seeing as all my work is …

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I have read thread "My PC won't start - Read this first!" but still cannot solve my problem! My onboard LAN port was crashed yesterday. Also from some month ago when I start PC show these messages Flopy failed... Pres F1 to continue, and in Windows change my date/time. Yesterday …

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I have bought all new parts for my comp... [LIST] ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO USB3 AMD 880G AM3 Motherboard Ultra Gladiator Blk w/Clear Side Mid-Tower Case Ultra LSP650 650w Power Supply 2 Sets of Corsair XMS3 4GB PC10666 DDR3 Dual Channel 1333MHz HIS Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 PCIe Eyefinity IceQ …

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Hi Guys! I Need Help Getting Into My Dell D600 Laptop, I Forgot My Password And Now I Cannot Use It Anymore. It Has No Cd Rom So There Is No Other Was. Please Help

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ok so heres my problem. ive had my computre for just over 2 years now. never had a problem with it til recently. when i turn the computer on it starts up, all the fans and everything kick on, but after 5 seconds the computer just powers down, waits a …

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I have a Gateway P-6860FX laptop that is not booting. I previously had a blue screen hardware error the night previous while gaming (Screen glitched up with horizontal lines, went to blue screen). The next morning I attempted to boot it, but it went to start-up repair. There the screen …

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My laptop has been working for years - now it won't boot. I press the power button, the fan whirrs up as normal. About 3-5 seconds of normal whirring. Then it dies. Nothing appears on screen. It sounds like it does when I try to boot from battery when the …

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I got this blemish t23 IBM Thinkpad Laptop that did not come with a hard drive, a hard drive caddy, RAM, RAM cover, and some other things. I got all the stuff for it and installed WinXP on it. I got all the needed updates and Anti-Virus and everything. It …

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So my computer was orginally just shutting off by itself, at perhaps 30 minute intervals, then at quicker and quicker intervals until it would just start up and instantly shut down. When it did start up the processor fan would stutter and there would be no image on screen. Took …

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I know that there is a sticky about not being able to turn on your computer, but none of those answers applied to me. I really hope someone can help me with this, I'm utterly helpless without my computer. (Sadly.) I was doing some stuff on my computer, then I …

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Greetings, Like many people in the US, we've had some very extreme cold weather here that caused the state to implement rolling blackouts. Of course, this was done without notice. I went to bed two nights ago, with four computers on as I rarely shut them down. You guessed it, …

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Can anyone please help me? I have a computer with athlon processor and 1 and a half Gig ram, two hard discs. It was a very expensive machine that in a few months after I bought it needed a new main board because the original was of poor quality and …

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[quote=hawk4561]laptop will not start. Intermitent lights. Power supply is good and there is power to the motherboard. I have seen a lot of postings of people having the same problem. Is there any help out there? :rolleyes:[/quote] I'm having a similar problem with an Inspiron 8000. Did you ever resolve …

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Hello, I think my laptop problem may be quite serious, so I would be glad to read what anyone has to say. I’m just hoping to make the right decision, about whether or not I have to buy new hardware for example. My laptop is an ASUS A8JS (a little …

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i am unable to bypass the administrator accounts password, it gives me a hint but i dont know it. when it is started up it automatically go to a screen where the username is the administrator and u put in the password, i have tried everything from f8 to f10 …

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I just replaced a fried hard drive, I don't know much about computers, but this is what happened. With the old drive a got a fatel error blue screen, replaced the hard drive, and now it's a black screen that reads Primary drive 0 or 1 not found. Hit F1 …

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Hello Everyone Glad I found what looks like to be a nice forum with knowledgable people. I have a big problem that has been haunting me for a while now. About 8 months ago, my younger sister was using my laptop, a Compaq Persario X1000, she called me and said …

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I format my windows xp and reload xp but my some folder are encrypted they do not open ! they are in another drive . How to open?

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Thank you for taking the time to read this. I had been using my slightly older HP laptop (Windows XP) to scan and crop a few photos and had left it idle while eating dinner. When my wife later moved the cursor on the touch pad to awaken the machine, …

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Hi! please help!! someone recently removed the hard disks from the server as they were doing some preventive maintain. Now, the server is not booting. the model is a dell poweredge 2850.

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I recently received a used Toshiba Tecra 9000 from my brother. It has several problems, but I'm only bothered by one. I"ll list all the problems though. 1(the one that bothers me). I've been using Ubuntu Live to test/operate the computer, but recently (last two days) it has started freezing …

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hi all hope someone can help. my girlfriend has a toshiba satellite pro the other day she desided to tell me her avg ran out and was not protected so i installed a new 2011 avg unfortunatly she got a virus called windows scan i tried everything poss to get …

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hello i have this Hp Pavillion machine, its is somewhat new and when i was working on it one day, it froze, and when i try to turn it on it just beeps , a long beep for like 10 seconds, and another long after that and it goes like …

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