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i had alaptop which had dvd writer,it was working well but one time it stoped writing dvds but it could burn vcd.then i went and buy an external dvd writer,when put it on that verylaptop it did the same like the other internal dvd writer,i formated the laptop and i …

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i have an IBM thinkpad T40 laptop that had hardware issue that is resolved now but after removing the CMOS battery but i forgot to remove the laptop battery before doing that now the system is powering on.what can i do?

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Hello: I am trying to troubleshoot my sons Toshiba Satellite laptop. I was in the process of uninstalling a print driver. The unit said it needed to be restarted. When I went to restart, the lights on the base light up, but absolutely nothing on screen. I tried plugging into …

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My brother already posted about this a while ago here: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread99367.html[/url]. He's not so technically savvy. Anyway, this has been gathering dust until it was given to me recently. I don't have the charger for it right now, and there's no power in the battery. I was going to purchase …

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Hi, I've been looking on various forums on how to fix this issue but with no luck. I can't seem to find anything which refers to this specific problem. It is not a Windows 7 software issue as far as I'm aware. The screen on my computer will sometimes go …

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Acer TXsomething(can't remember the rest of the name, other than it is a TX) Windows XP Home Edition 512mb RAM Ok, My desktop is completely screwed, literally. The screen won't turn on, and I mean it won't turn on, its completely plugged in and screwed tight. When I press the …

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Hi there I know you guys had other people with a similar problem here but in my case it seems to be differente and I don't know what to do. I have an HP Pavillion 6000 2 years old and wont start for me,I press de start botton and the …

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First thread and only semi-tech savvy so please bear with me... My daughters HP Pavillion 6700 (6835nr) is past warranty and over a year old. It will not boot properly. I can access some set-up menus but everything I try does not allow me to start the Win Vista system …

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[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecUvZu13htQ[/url] please watch this video, its just some of the footage about my laptop not being able to turn on when i press the power button. sorry about the audio. please if u can, tell me whats wrong with this laptop, so maybe i could look for help and fix …

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i have a hp pavilion dv2000 that won't boot up,when i plug in the adapter it shows that it actually is getting current because the led which indicates that the adapter is plugged in lights up but when i press the power button it does not come on,i tried removing …

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I have my friends computer to reformat for him, so I went round to his yesterday to pick it up and it was on, so he shut it down etc. I brought it back to my plugged all the writes in, monitor, power, keyboard and mouse, turned the power switch …

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Hi everyone i'm new to this site, but would be very gratefull for any help offered. My pc when turned on is basically dead no lights at all, then for whatever reason around twenty seconds later it will turn on??? i thought it might be the internal power supply, but …

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I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 with Windows XP, SP2. I just got a blue screen with the following error message: <<Hardware Malfunction NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error The system has halted>> The computer still boots and this error message comes after some time. What can I do …

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sony vaio pcg-8n1l will not turn on, removed battery no chnage, removed battery, no change, took 1 memory stick then did reverse on second, no change, checked voltage on power brick ok, tried new HDD no chnage, Push start button make a tick sound, then both battery leds stay on, …

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Hi, I have a problem with my PC, I searched online and in the posted threads but I couldn't find a solution, or I couldn't find an exact matching case to mine. The PC is assembled and was working fine, until all of the sudden it shut down without any …

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I got up this morning to find 5 keys not working on my wifes Medion Laptop ( H L N T V )the problem is that one of them is in her password. The peculiar thing is that at first I thought no problem, I can use the on screen …

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It worked normally yesterday, but when I tried to start it up this afternoon , I got no response (not even the power light). I have no idea what to do D: I tried pulling out the batter and also the "f7 + f8 power" thing, to no avail. Please …

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This started a couple days ago. The laptop was working fine until then. I dint know what went wrong. I closed it before and the next time I opened it, it wouldn't open. It just stayed the black screen and the lights flickered blue and then it just stopped doing …

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I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FS8900 Laptop that suddenly won't boot up. It was working fine one day, and the next day without warning all of a sudden it just won't boot. When you hit the power button, the power light goes on, you hear the DVD drive initialize, the …

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Hello folks, I just built my self a quite good computer, after 4 days I finally made it start! All fans are working, graphics are OK, 4 CPU leds showing it work proprely are on, no problems on hardware side. But when it starts I first see a moboo splash …

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I have a Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB HDD. Seems as if my computer is on its last legs! It's very frustrating as I've spent the past week organising so many files and making it a perfect setup. (I reformatted a week ago.) I have Win 7 x64 installed, but it …

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I have a Dell 8400, with Xp. It was purchassed in 2006. I was having lock up problems and was told by Best Buy that my OS was bad and needed to be reinstalled. I formated my hard using the CD that came with the computer and reinstalled windows. Now …

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I have a 2005 Dell Model 8400 that WILL not reinstall Windows XP Pro from the factory disk. This machine was sent by a friend to a local NON Dell repair shop after a Windows crash. The friend did not know how to reimage. The repair shop gave it back …

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When i try to boot up a message shows hard disk ###########595b the system primary HDD is protected by a password authentcation system. you cannot access data on this hard drive without the correct password. i dont know what the password is. then a ran a test and it says …

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my computer just hung the other day. so i decided to restart it and when i did it would find a bootable disk.so what could be the problem . please assist

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I have a hard disk which is 80gb in size, but when I open disk management I can only see 74.5 gb. can someone help me know why?. And is there a way to fix that? And is my hard disk dying? I have tried to run chkdsk but nothing. …

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Ok, I just finished building a computer. Stats - - Intel Celeron E3300 GA775 (new) - msi G41TM-E43 mobo (new) - 1gb PNY DDR2 PC2-5300 ram Now, here is the problem.. This lovely thing will not boot, will not POST, will not do anything, the monitor only shows a black …

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Hi I have a Dell D620 Laptop running Windows XP Pro. A few days ago, my computer crashed (blue screen) when I downloaded and started using Google Earth. Upon reboot, the screen is black -- but I hooked up an external monitor and everything looks fine. Once in a while …

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Hi, Cant get my Medion laptop to boot up, i have tried the removing the battery and mains leads and holding down the power button to no avail. i bought another hard drive,still nothing. The power light comes on and the cd starts,but nothing from the hard drive light and …

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[B]Hi Folks, I am a new member & after a quick look around the site I think I will gain some valuable advice & learn some stuff in areas where I only have basic Knowledge. My problem at the moment is a dead Mobo, I purchased a "bundle" from Maplins …

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