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HELP PLEASE My roommate's laptop stated: Primary hard disk drive 0 not found No bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility This problem was so immediate, we don't know what happened. It sounds as if the hard drive may be crashing but I have a rare circumstance. …

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how to restore my hp dv1000 to factory settings, no cd here, and i tried restoring to a previous date, please help

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I have just had to replace a DVD/RW drive.and now I cannot get the monitor to show any onscreen display.I know that the Pc is running, as it goes through its cycle as it starts. But nothing on monitor. I have tried the monitor on my other pc to try …

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when I turn on my Dell laptop, it says that it has no bootable device. I pressed F2 and in the device it said primary device-none.What shall I do? Which CD shall I put in the computer. I have the CD for booting and I have the CD for the …

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hey everyone. I have a problem.I have laptop 5150 from dell and today I started it up and when the windows xp finished loading an error with BLUe screen. where running a symptom tree test and so far I have the following found SYSTEM MEMORY MARCH A TEST ERROR CODE …

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my destop was working fine and i shut it down every night like I always do by clicking turn off. The next day we tried turning the pc back on and the monitor came on but the brainbox will not power on at all. what do you think is wrong …

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my laptop wont turn on, it turns on for 3 seconds then restarts, and it just keeps repeating, i dont think its my ram or anything, what could it be? please can someone help.

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How do you remove the on off panel from the laptop? Can the panel be removed without getting into the laptop? I am trying to fix a stuck power on off button. I read a thread that was 3 months old where cleaning the panel helped solve the problem. Thanks …

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We just put a new battery into a Compaq Presario 710US. The system sees the battery there but indicates that the battery is at 0% of charge and is charging 0%. It does not charge. According to the meter on the battery if is at at least 25% charge. Any …

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My computer turns off completely at times while i'm working on it. It sometimes goes 48 hrs without stop- ping and sometimes it stops after 30 min use. I bought a new battery, but the problem is still here. I then bought a new power cord, but again the problem …

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I have a t22 ibm think pad,never had a problem with it.Now I try to turn it on and i get nothing.Just the battery picture lights when i press the on/off button.I have several extra batteries and tried charging a new one ,same thing.DEAD.Any suggestions? you can even e-mail me …

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Hi everyone I need help, My laptop computer is only 1 yr old, it started making a weird noise on the fan about 3 months after I bought it but I didn’t think nothing of it. But now the laptop is completely dead, first I plugged it up and the …

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My Dell Inspiron 1526 won't restore after hibernation. After a recent Vista update the laptop was placed in hibernation mode before the normal 'restart to complete update' process. After a minute or so i press a button expecting to see a logon screen, instead the monitor was off, blank screen …

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hi all, im definately NOT a techie, so PLEASE bear with me. i have an older compaq armada model #1750. when it starts, it only lashes the compaq name & then goes all greyish black. a friend had been doing something with its bios & this helped for a while …

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Hi all, I'm having this issue with my laptop, When i boot it, it start making a continuous beeping noise and just hangs until i press a button (any button). At a point these buttons too werent working (d,z,x,c,v,b,n). Now they are but the (Right) button is not working and …

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charger works,battery works but wont charge not evev with battery out. any suggestions please??!!

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Hello, I have a 4 year old gaming computer from Ibuypower. It was kind of dirty so it has noices when it's running. So I bought a duster but I didn't know you shouldn't spray it up-side down. So I did it.. About 2 weeks later, the ethernet plug on …

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please help i just got a dell d610, been working fine. plugged in charger then a bang. charger light still green but wont charge or boot up at all its dead. i tried charging with battery out and tried swapping memory etc but nothing no life at all. battery is …

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i have a brand new dell inspiron that after first set refuses to complete post.Dell cant seem to help but they promised to replace the mobo but the pc is with me in jamaica .i have tried almost very thing

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Hi all, I have a Tecra S2 with the 6600go GFX card. The machine is great but exhibits the following problem. After the machine has been off for a while it will not start reliably. You press the power button. Either immediately after you release the power button or a …

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Was giving a HPze500 laptop and now it will not reboot and says no operating system can be found. I get a black screen that says it tries to reboot and then a message "PXE-E61- Media text failure, check cable" shows up and it goes directly to Operating system not …

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Right, Got my new PC last week, and yesterday i got my copy of WindowsXP 64-bit Edition Upgrade (the trial one). I currently have WinXP Professional. Tried to install it, but the setup won't detect my hard drive. Which is impossible since my PC is working mighty fine as it …

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I have a serious problem, my laptop gives me some safemode options, but no matter what I have done so far, it always ends up rebooting in some way. It started after I did a manual shutdown when it froze while the antivirus BitDefender was updating. Any ideas?

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I have a serious problem, my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post290374.html#"]laptop[/URL] gives me some safemode options, but no matter what I have done so far, it always ends up rebooting in some way. It started after I did a manual shutdown when it froze while the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post290374.html#"]antivirus[/URL] BitDefender was updating. Any ideas?

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I have a Gateway system that has the OS in a protected partition on the hard drive and you use F11 to do a system restore. In the process of recovering from a system crash I lost the functionality of the F11 key during the boot process. Everything is there …

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I have a 1 year old dv9920us laptop that is refusing to boot into Windows Vista. The Vista "loading screen" appears, but the marquee doesn't and the laptop is perpetually stuck in this state. I was able to boot into live Linux and access my hard drive form there, so …

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My laptop hasnt been working for the last 6months and ive finally decided to try and fix it. The laptop will turn on and the light is green to show its on, but the screen just stays blank? The laptop is ACER aspire 3690. Thanks RN

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Good Morning, I have a IBM Thinkpad 600E that went dead. After much research, I replaced the CMOS battery. I then restored the BIOS settings (I think). I then tried to boot the machine from the restore CD and all I get is an error code that translates to the …

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hi. i have a compaq presario c300 to repair ,power led rapidly flashes when the laptop is powered on ,theirs no screen ,hd spins ,cpu fan kicks in then stops ,dvd drive lights up this is what i have done so far ,tried external monitor - nothing ,removed ram and …

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