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| | I've had this computer for several years. My wife uses it and recently acquired a virus that forced me to take the hardrive out, connect it to my own PC, and run a virus scan to clean it. When I reinstalled it, the computer would no longer turn on. NOTHING … |
| | I was uninstalling a program using ADD/Remove....system hanged....and it now not booting. When u power on the PC, it comes to a screen which shows safe mode etc....but selecting any mode it goes thru the entire cycle...shows the windows image and comes back to the screen showing safe Mode, Start …  |
| | My computer will power up but when it gets to the place where windows start it stalls. Before this happen I got it started in safe mode but after 2 tries in safe mode it quit starting. Once a message came up that said Nvidia GeForce not working. Please help.  |
| | When I use the windows experience index test, my computer ALWAYS freezes when it gets to the CPU part. I have tried multiple times,and it always happens. So I decided to try another program. I did the 3dMarkVantage test, and the graphics tests did fine, the first CPU test finished, … |
| | Samsung Q430-11 Intel I5 450m Nvidia 310m 4g ddr3 sdram Os Duel boot Win7 home edition and ubuntu 10.04 My duel boot options are as follows 1 Ubuntu 2 Ubuntu safe mode 3 Vista (apparently a recovery mode) 3 Win 7 All worked well till I accidentally hit Vista instead … |
| | I recently acquired a Toshiba Satellite M45-S355. It was actually given to my wife so I have taken on the project of trying to get it running. It also came with an external hard drive. When I originally tried to boot up the computer all I got was the Toshiba …  |
| | Dell 4500 was working fine up until yesterday but today, cannot power on. Tried: - Removed front cover - switch seems okay mechanically - Removed RAM, all drive connectors, and all cards except graphics adapter. Still nothing - no beeps, no signal to monitor Other observations: - No fans running … |
| | My cpu won't start when my main hard disk is plugged in, but when I took the power cord out of the hd the cpu started fine. When the hdd is plugged in, the cpu will blink for like a second, then everything dies down. Help please? :( |
| | Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 4720Z. I was on the Internet last night when my screen blinked. About 20 minutes later my screen froze, so I turned it off. This morning I turned it on, and logged in. The screen is blank. I've tried turning it off and on …  |
| | Hi, I got up this morning to find "American Megatrends" on my screen along with a message of a hard disk error. My computer won't reboot and when I turn it off and back on I get the same message. Is "AMI" a real company and how would it have …  |
| | lenovo 8113-jcg 2GB RAM 160 HDD Pentium D 925 (3.00ghz) Flashing cursor appears on start up after Lenovo splash screen. Problem has occured after serveral tests... - Faulty ram was changed and tested on other machine. RAM 100% works. - Possible faulty HDD. Replaced with brand new HDD. - After … |
| | Hi I'm new here and would be grateful for some advice. I have an Advent 9617 laptop. The DC power cord shorted out and was replaced along with the charger. The new charger works fine but laptop would not run so figured out it was probably the power jack at … |
| | My uncle brought me his emachine to fix and im kind of stuck. When you try to turn it on Cpu fans come on, the hard rive comes on for a brief second and then idles, the light around the power button turns on, Cd-Drive comes in and out fine, … |
| | I've got an older Dell Dimension 4550 (likely almost 10 years old) Without any advance warnings, computer has died. Pressing the power button results in computer starting for about 3 seconds, shutting down, then restarting on it own and continually running, no additional signs of startup. Nothing ever appears on …  |
| | I keep my Toshiba Satellite M45-S355 laptop powered on virtually all the time. One morning I woke up to a blue error screen that was full of text, but most notably said "Memory Dump". I restarted and it ran as normal for several days. But then it happened again. And … |
| | for some resone my computer is running super slow it takes15 min to get in to windows and for ever for every thing else i re did windows and thr same thing i even tryed a nother hard drive same thing it takes 1 day to install windows this is … |
| | I built this PC 8 months ago never a problem, i moved to a new (and better) house, after the move i am trying to setup my home network again and i cant get my new PC to stay on. about 20-30 seconds after POST it will turn off by …  |
| | So I figured out that I need a new motherboard. The question now is, how can I transfer/retrieve my information from my old computer to a new one? This is what happened: Computer was turned on, and Im guessing that a there was a power surge. My computer won't turn …  |
| | Hi Ok, so I was working on my laptop yesterday (Lenovo SL500) when suddenly it restarted. Now I have the following problem: When I restart the computer it POSTs fine (counts the memory, displays "the" table... etc). When It's about to start Windows it starts beeping - it doesn't even …  |
| | just yesterday, a customer brought a desktop computer to my workshop. and after all the troubleshooting i did, i found that each time i remove the processor the system will power up but when i put back the processor, it will power and within 5 seconds it's off again.i have … |
| | Hi everyone. I have a dead D600. It charges the battery so I think it's not a short problem. If I press the power button it just stays up for 2-3 seconds and then it shuts down. Screen doesn't start and cpu fan doesn't move. I hope there is not … |
| | Help, I have a HP DV5000 which will not Boot. Here are the systoms: 1. Power Button Pushed and all light lite. 2. Screen shows nothing / output to outside monitor will not light monitor. 3. Hard Disk seek/access light clicks on and goes out (does not stop this) The … |
| | Ok im fairly good at knowing what wrong with a computer but this perplexes me, my computer powers up but it doesn't boot, i started from step 1 everything out processor mobo and hdd nothing else expt the power cords, the LCD says that it receiving signal because when you … |
| | Hi people 1st post here , so hello !! and thanks for any help !! P.C is: I have a Fujuitsu Scaleo P ( 1st edition I think )…old but loved Windows XP s/p2 Intel® Pentium® 4 HT Full info below on link [url]http://uk.ts.fujitsu.com/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/consumer/Scaleo/Scaleo_P/SCALEO%20P.pdf[/url] I had a virus that … |
| | This laptop is @ 1 year old.The power switch is hidden in the hinge portion of the monitor.Lately the unit is difficult to power on unless the monitor screen is moved forward and backward while pushing the power button.This method doesn't work 100% of the time but I got it …  |
| | I'm having a problem with my toshiba TE 2100 laptop. The problems started with the laptop freezing (keyboard and mouse not working, screen still on). I reset the laptop by holding the power button down a couple of seconds. At boot a cmos error occured and the machine urged me … |
| | its a toshiba satellite a215 laptop, 1n1/2 ytrs old vista home pro,im having same problem as a lot of others but i dont read any corrective answers, i turn it on by switch and little blu lite lites up, fan comes on , a couple other normal noises but nothing … |
| | Read through most all the Dell 3000 threads, my problem is a little bit different. Well, not the problem but the symptoms. Power up: fans turn, green light on mobo. That's it, no beeps, no BIOS, no diag lights, no nothin'. The machine came to me after its owner upped … |
| | Here's a new take on an old problem. I followed the other thread where problems with the memory slots on the old Toshiba Tecra 8100 were gradually losing contact with the mobo, and some had found a temporary solution - placing a piece of paper over the memory module to … |
| | I have a Dell D620 that is giving me fits. It displays a program I am working on and then suddenly the screen is full of stationary and multicolored vertical lines. This happened in the past but I could usually fix it by just rebooting but lately it is almost … |
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