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I just want to share this with you guys. Most people I know are taking for granted their printers that they do not make the necessary "care" and attention that this hardware needs. I always advise friends to clean properly their printers as well as have it rest for a …

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I was testing out something via USB to a source such as radio that required 6 Volts 500 mA, and I tried it out, but the stupid computer went out last night. The other shortwave radios I tried via USB port which were a success was small tiny portables requiring …

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I changed the RAM in my computer to two 2gb sticks, and when I tried to power up I only got the LED light on the back on the CPU flashing, and the computer won't boot up. It is a Compaq Presario SR1000. I have tried removing the RAM and …

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hi pips! just found this forum and im hoping that this will help me solve my laptop problem..so here it goes.. i've had this toshiba Satellite A20 laptop for almost 2 years now..it was working just fine eventhough i noticed that it was running relatively slow than usual..i'm just a …

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Hi Guys, Could anyone please let me know what should i do for this problem? In Jan 2007 i installed demon tools and alchol120% softwares. after that when i restared my laptop i'm getting 5 beeps. Soon i uninstalled those softwares, but still i'm getting those 5 beep sounds(very loud) …

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Hi, I have a Sony Vaio VGN FS640 which I have had for quite a while now. The problem I noticed a while back is that the laptop would randomly switch off. (I don't have any virus or anything) It used to switch off on a hardware level, usually when …

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My Computer every time Restarting with 30 second. I can't understood what is the reason, pls reply for good answer soon tnx

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Hello, I am having problems with a Dell Inspiron 2650. I've owned it since 2003 and have used it every day and worked on it for extremely long hours (all day and night often enough). The battery died long ago. I now rely on the adapter, which is fine since …

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Well, first off it's nearly 2 years old. About 2 months ago the laptop would not charge but I could wiggle the cord to make it charge, soon I'd have to get it into tilted positions or I'd have to hold it in. Seeing it now I'm sure it was …

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So I have a Gateway laptop with windows XP that was givin to me. I've had it for atleast 2 years but recently as of last night, I go to login to my laptop and it says "loading your personal settings" but then all I see is the background and …

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Ok heres what i got. 2 days ago my comp goes dead. hit the power button and the power led blinks for a minute, the fans kick on for a split second then nothin. No boot up sound/beeps nothin. So i tested the power supply at the 24 pin MB …

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Machine: Dell Inspiron 1150 Symptoms: (1) on pushing power button w/ battery in, power light flashes twice, battery light flashes once and nothing else (2) w/ AC adapter and no battery, power light flashes once, nothing else. (3) same symptoms when drives, memory, modem, keyboard, display stripped. So far: replaced …

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My dads emachine w2040 It wouldnt power up at all one day. I replaced the power supply with the recomended upgrade from emachine. Now it powers up just fine, the fans are flowing, the cd drive opens and closes, but the HD lights up one time then thats it. Nothing …

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I have a problem with my Dell Latitude CPX. It happened that my P3 latitude died last time. Motherboard burned was the cause. I used an aftermarket power supply and it burned the motherboard. So I went online and bought a new motherboard for it. Now after installing everything the …

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So I was working with my pc today when it suddenly froze, I restarted the machine and during startup I noticed that some letters were displayed wrong (like "A" where a "D" should be or "@" instead of a ".") and when windows started it displayed nothing understandable except the …

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I've never installed a hard drive before and I have seem to run into a dead end... I bought a new hard drive for my net book and installed it. Now, I wanted to keep everything (my operating system) the same as it was on my old drive, so I …

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i have an inspiron 4150 and a couple days ago when i was using it my battery indicator came on like the computer wasnt plugged into a power source, but it was. so i turned it off for a while and when i turned it back on everything seemed to …

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HI, My system config: Intel p4 - 2.26GHz processor. Microstar international MotherBoard 845 GV chipset model ( MS 7057) 512 MB RAM 40 GB Segate IDE HDD HDD is attached as primary IDE on motherboard DVD drive is master & Cd drive is slave on secondary IDE NO SATA on …

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my toshiba m200...not starting up.when ever i switch on my note book..its start with toshiba logo and then make some sound for time n then show the screen written with -edit boot otions edit windows boot option for:microsoft windows vista path:\windows\system32\winload.exe partion:2 hard disk:b51fe16a [/noexecute=optin enter=submit esc=cancel i dont understand …

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I have a sony vaio vgn-b100 that worked fine on dial up. We recently got broadband available in our area and now when i try to turn the wireless switch on the computer flashes a blue screen and just keeps trying to reboot??? When the switch is off my computer …

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My computer died. It was a very old machine. It was running Windows 98. It was a Gateway. There is data on it that I want to recover; I don't remember the file names. I took it to a computer repair shop. Since I don't remember the file names, they …

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This morning I got up to use my laptop and it suddenly went out and has been out all day. I've tried all kinds of methods including holding down the power button to "drain" the power. This is the first time this has happened so are there any ideas you …

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my toshiba m200...not starting up.when ever i switch on my note book..its start with toshiba logo and then make some sound for time n then show the screen written with -edit boot otions edit windows boot option for:microsoft windows vista path:\windows\system32\winload.exe partion:2 hard disk:b51fe16a [/noexecute=optin enter=submit esc=cancel i dont understand …

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Ok so I got some computers my g-f's mom got me from the library. 1 is different but 2 are identical and they both have ECS GeForce6100SM-M motherboards. Originally the computer would turn on, then would get to boot screen and turn off. So I wiped and formatted and that …

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Have a Dell inspiron 1501 laptop which was working fine today. I downloaded and tried to install latest Bios update from Dell website, and computer froze. I tried to restart and it won't boot at all. I disconnected battery, unplugged computer and held start button for 30 secs to try …

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My Dell Inspiron 1501 will not power on either from battery or mains adaptor (which works fine with Latitude D600). Connected to mains none of the inspiron indicators are lit. I've tried removing battery and mains lead then pressing power-on button for at least a minute then reconnecting mains but …

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My daughter's laptop starts only to the Dell opening screen. The opening screen just has Press F2 for Setup and F12 to enter the MultiBoot selection menu. If I select F2, the machine displays Entering Setup. . . and that's is as far as it gets. If I switch off …

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i recently bought a 1501 off ebay it is like new an has been fine for 3 week except each time i turned it on it read the ac adapter can not be determined. the battery says it has full charge,now nothing happens when i press the power button. i …

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I have a Compaq Presario (laptop) not sure what model number and all of my literature is back in the US where I currently am not for another 2 months, but anyways I went on vacation for a week and when I came back my computer wouldn't turn on. That …

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So, my boyfriend's Dell Latitude D610 won't turn on. We've tried powering up with the battery adapter plugged in. We've tried it with it unplugged. The the adapter itself seems to be fine. When I press the power button the LED "power on" indicator comes on, and the the LED …

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