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Hi, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NS10L laptop, and i haven't a clue what has happened to it. It was running windows 7 upgrade, originally on Vista. Have owned it for just over 18mnths, no problems, and just under a year on windows 7. It is very very empty in …

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I dont know what is wrong with my computer. When i push the power button the tower turn on for about 3 seconds then turns back off for about 4 or 5 seconds then turns back on and remains on but the moniter still has a yellow light like the …

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Another dean Presario 2200!! When I turn the Laptop on, the power on/off light does no come on but the battery light flashes couple of times, then dead. When I remove the battery, then when I hit the power switch, nothing happens. Please direct, how to fix the Laptop?

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My Thinkpad T22 is having problems booting. The battery light and the left green light turn on okay, but more often than not (and the problem is getting worse) the machine won't start. I've read many, many threads on this all over the web, as it's apparently not an uncommon …

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I have a four year old e1705, when I hit the power, the power light goes on and stays on, the hard drive light goes on for maybe two seconds, then goes out. I get no display. The charging light will stay lit if I plug in the charger. When …

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Help you Techies please .I have owned a Dell Inspiron 2500 for 4years and now it has just decided not to start.... 1 > mains attached(new tested mains supply)/battery installed (new battery) no lights on. 2 > no battery and mains attached ,no lights..... HO HUM ....what now... I have …

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My custom built computer is not working. I am trying to freshly reinstall Vista x64. I got through the screens that say copying vista files, extracting... all the way to where it needs to restart machine. Then after it restarts it almost gets to the screens where it asks you …

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Hi guys, Need your help please folks my wifes laptop a hp pavilion zv6000 running on windows vista home premium,the laptop comes on and says configarating 3 of 3 gets to 75% ( but you dont see this happining) and shuts down. This happens all the time,she cant even get …

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I have a sony vaio and when i turn it on it comes up with the sony vaio screen then goes blank with a flashing curser in the top left of the screen for about 5 mins and in this time if you press a key it bleeps at you. …

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Hello, I recently made operable a computer based off of the Intel STL2 server motherboard, however when I try to start the computer and boot from the Windows XP CD, I get the following errors: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM. Operating System not found Upon …

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hello everyone, my computer just suddenly became unstable after some random event, i guess it was after a windows update, fist i had some audio issues whit some games and just a few days ago i was playing dawn of war and my comp froze from nowhere, after that did …

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My Hp Satellite notebook dead. The first problem came by when I turned off the machine it playing Media player. It simply display-> "Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0(build 082) Copy Right Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810x PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13(020326) PXE-E61: Media test failure, Check cable PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM." The …

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Hi , well, in addition the my problems with loading XP on my PC, I now have another problem. I have just bought a second hand Asus Hi-grade Laptop, not bad for an old one (4 years I believe) When I bought it i was told it had an intermittent …

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Help! My Compaq Pesario M2000 laptop's screen is going white and can't do anything!! Lost w/o my laptop, Suzie

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So here's my problem. I recently updated my BIOS on my notebook (Toshiba Satellite L450D-113, to be exact) to V1.2 so the recovery would work. But the flash went bad, and now the system will not boot. How can I reflash the BIOS?

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I formatted my computer and now when I restarted to put the operating system on I get a boot up error. It says keyboard error or no keyboard present. At the bottom it gives me the choice to press F1 to continue, DEL to enter setup. I go continue and …

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Ok - I am soooo frustrated. I was surfing the net when I got a C++ error (I don't have that program on my computer). I tried to fix it when prompted to - it didn't respond, so I decided to shut it down. After that it would not start …

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I have three Dell D510 motherbords with the same defect: they won't accept the adapter voltage and so they don't charge the battery either. But on battery power they work fine. I guess there must be one little component on the motherbord that blocks the incoming voltage, but as far …

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I read a post similar to my issue, but my situation's a bit different. See, my computer starts and then stops. I press the power button, the fan starts, the lights flicker and then nothing. I literally have to press the power button 15 to 25 times to finally get …

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I am working on a Compaq Presario SR1318NX. When I turn it on the fan starts out good but as soon as the COMPAQ logo appears the fan speeds up and then it turns off. I have tried running it in safe mode but it says system32\hal.dll is either missing …

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Good day folks... This may seem like an odd question and I apologize in advance for the limited information to work with in this case but I'll do what I can to give the needed info... My website [url]http://www.bariby-quance.com[/url] has a journal/blog component that I built within it that, on …

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hi, guys this is my first post anywhere. so, here's the thing...i'm working on an older daewoo mini atx box psu: hec 145 watts cpu: amd k6-2 550 mhz ram: 256 mb floppy, lg cd-rw hdd: quantum fireball 15gb mobo: msi ms5187 ver:1 i had to change the cmos battery …

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Help, please! I turned on my computer and got a black screen with the message: “Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key” I had no prior warning or problems with my computer. I hit F1 for the setup menu …

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I am new to laptops but anyway: My Vaio was working perfectly. I closed the lid (it was plugged in) and 30 mins later opened it and NOTHING. My cable had power to it so assume it is OK. The battery was very bad (I had already ordered a new …

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Hello everyone, I have a motherboard with a problem. The board was working fine when one day I tried to turn it on and nothing came on the display. Everything else worked fine, the drives started up, cooling fans run. At first I thought the processor had died, but after …

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lost user name and lost password for ibm thinkpad 2660 windowsxp please help. thanks big jeff

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Hi i turn off computer but when i turn on it after show mother bord logo befor show bootloader(grub) it be reset i did not add any new hardware . now i use ubuntu live cd . what`s probleam can any one help me ??? thanks

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Well, I have a very strange problem with my laptop: sometimes it wants to boot and sometimes it doesn't want to boot. First of all, I want to specify what I mean with doesn't want to boot: If I press the power button of my laptop, then the LEDs of …

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Hello everyone i have a Toshiba Satellite m55-s1001 with Ubuntu installed. I recently when on a trip and when i arrived at the other airport found my laptop dead. I don't know what might have caused it. I don't know if the airport's xray machines can cause static discharge into …

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Hey, I just put together my first custom built PC. I ordered all the parts from newegg, just for reference. Everything was going fine, put it together with little to no problems. Turned it on,it posted, and I started to install windows 7 on it. About a quarter of the …

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