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| | OK - I have read a lot of threads - however - I have spent hours troubleshooting this - and I have it down to this - my SATA hard drive is causing my power supply to shutdown after about 4 - 5 seconds of booting up. My original power …  |
| | My computer was on in the morning and out of no where a blue screen reading "Unmountable Boot Volume" popped up. I tried rebooting, but the same screen appeared over and over. I put in my Windows XP Home Edition disk, and I tried repairing it using the steps from … |
| | OK. I have an issue with an Edit Suite computer that I simply can not crack. When attempting to turn on the machine after being off for a couple of hours, it does not boot. The 660w PSU sends power to a WD HDD, a Raid 5 with 3 WD … |
| | I cannot reboot my acer notebook 800 series with xp pro. Problem: I press the power button to turn the machine on. STATE 1 - The machine powers on for about 4 seconds - Cdrom clicks, fans and lights turn on. Blank screen. No POST. STATE 2 - Machine powers … |
| | Compaq Presarion Tower SR 1475Cl running xp ... It was fine last night and now will not go past the first screen with the Esc F1/setup F10.sys Rec options - absolutely unresponsive. I tried the boot disk (I think it is) but that failed... (yes I know I should have … |
| | hi i recently installed tune-up utilities 2008 which i found in another website it seems to be very useful it has all utilities in need..i always use the "1 click maintenance" daily it has the registry cleaner..the disk defragmenter etc.. after removing 1 of my hard disk the problems starts:'( … |
 | Hey All, Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted. Anyways, I have an HP ZV6000 series notebook PC. I received it from a friend and it had several keys missing on the keyboard and was typing funny. I decided to change the keyboard. I ordered a brand … |
| | I have a Gateway solo 1450, my son had abused it with internet stuff, so I go to setup screen and do a reset, I think it was BIOS RESET. It shut down and hasn't started since I did that. With the battery in or plugged into the wall all … |
| | Before i send my PC back, i wondered if anyone has come across this before. Machine is 'custom' AsusP5N-ESLI Quad core Intel running XP. Machine appears to shut down as usual through XP - screen blank etc. but the fans are still running and wont respond to 20 secs of … |
| | I´m having an ACER laptop, and this morning i reinstalled the windows and everything seemed fine. All of a sudden it just gave me an error, so i restared the machine. On booting the screen just stood blank, so i switched it off. Now when i click on the power … |
| | My computer details: CPU AMD athlon 64 3500+2.2Ghz/512kB, FSB 1000MHz,Soc. 754/939 Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLI Soc939/n74/2xPCIe/4xSA II/8xH/1394b/GL RAM:512 DDRAM 400MHz apacer PC3200, cl2,5,AM1 x2 HDD: 300GB maxtor DM Plus 10 6L300S0 SA/9/7200/16mb graph card: VGA 256MB HIS Excalibur X800GTO IceQ II Turbo, PCIe,500/1000,256bit,TVout,DVI So the problem started when i start … |
| | My laptop overheated, shut down and won't power up, it has a burnt smell. This happened 4 years ago so the burnt smell is gone but it still won't power up and i'm trying to resurrect it if it is worth it, own my own. I already begun the teardown … |
 | I have an old EVGA gaming machine that is about 3 yrs old. I am not sure if this thing was ever 100% even when it was brand new. I was always using the current drivers, dx9 ect… 1. For the first few months I would lose my resolution every … |
| | The above mentioned laptop boots and runs fine on battery power but will not boot with the AC adapter. The adapter appears to be charging the battery fine. When I use the adapter I get a blue screen and immediate shutdown. Also, the machine runs MUCH hotter with the adapter … |
| | i was having problems getting the sound to work and i was looking for the markings on the mother board. i removed the hard drive and replaced it. when i tried to boot it back up nothing came up on the screen and there was no hard drive activity what … |
| | Well first off ima newb... =) i came across your forums while surfing for a solution for my dead laptop issue and your site seemed promising. the laptop is a 4 year old compaq presario 2100 and from what i understand just stopped working one day about a year ago. …  |
| | I have a new system: Biostar MB FT 7050 OCZ platinum revised 2 gigs Ultra 600 watt PS seagate 250 gig harddrive My problem, My system will not boot up properly after it has been off for a while(15 + Min). It boots to the BIOS and allows me to … |
| | I have a new system: Biostar MB FT 7050 OCZ platinum revised 2 gigs Ultra 600 watt PS seagate 250 gig harddrive My problem, My system will not boot up properly after it has been off for a while(15 + Min). It boots to the BIOS and allows me to … |
| | Hi there folks. I had a look around the forums, but couldn't find the answer to this one, so thought I'd put up a message to see if any one's got any bright ideas. My girlfriend's got an 18-month old Dell Inspiron 1000 with standard specs, though the RAM reported … |
| | I have a gateway computer with a 2.8 MHz P4 w/ HT that stopped working. When booting, it gets stuck on the 3.5" floppy drive & just loops back to that divice & won't continue booting. I've tried disconnecting all my cards & the floppy & still get no bootup. … |
| | Dear sir, i have a laptop Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 notworkin Faction key after new instaltion windows XP i need software .............. |
| | I was just using my computer, listening to some music, and suddenly this "Brown Screen of Death" appeared. Kind of light brown in color, cut off the music. My OS is Vista, but I 've never had a problem even similar to this before. Ctrl+Alt+Del wouldn't work, so I hit … |
| | I'm trying to find out if things that run on my PC are necessary, boot up takes forever. I saw that realplay.exe is running and can't find where it gets started, it is not in the system services folder yet starts up when booting. I read where this application on … |
| | I have an Acer Aspire 5601 and a couple of months ago it shut down without any warning whilst I was using it. It wouldn't turn back on until the following day, and showed no record of ever having shut down, no error reports, no system check ups, nothing. It … |
| | My PC has ceased to function and will not boot. Config:MSI m/b, Intel 2.3Ghz CPU, 512Mb RAM, The machine is about 5 years old and it had been working fine, and I had left it on hibernate. We had a couple of power cuts lasting no more than 1 second … |
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| | Last night every programme I tried to use stopped responding, so i rebooted and i was offered to start in safe mode which i stupidly declined, but it wouldnt start normally then. now today have the same problem. When I put my XP disc in, it says its repairing and … |
| | [QUOTE=xargon;375103]I had random shut downs and spent two days trying to sort it out. it was only the dicky psu. Get a new one before anything else. Mine only cost £20. Poor psu's cause weird and wonderful effects to a computer. Computers should be sold with a spare! Psu fail … |
| | please tell what's going on and how do i fix it. i have a t6544 emachine its 2 years old. |
| | Just today I was just browsing the web, watching some funny youtube videos, then my computer just freaks out, and then freezes. I wait for about 30 minutes, come back, still frozen, so I turned it off and tried turning it back on. My Dell Logo comes up and does … |
| | Hi guys, My first post on here so bare with me and tell me if i am doing something wrong. I have a customers machine that is an advent 7102 laptop and it will not get past the post bios screen and the keyboard is not working either.I have done … |
| | My computer won't turn on after being shut off until I unplug cord and plug back in! I know there are many things it could be but I will explain a little of the situation. It started about a little while ago when I came to turn the computer on. …  |
| | Hey guys, I have an Hp media center pc m7250n and I seem to have some problems with it lately. I'd be on the computer for about 15-20 minutes and then it will automatically shut itself off. Afterwards, I have to wait about a minute before I can restart it … |
| | Hello, I need help, after dust cleaning my computer with celeron466, 256RAM, it will not boot through post at all, it will power up and just stay there with no screen and nothing. re-sit RAM and try different video card with no luck. Can anyone please help!! It is a … |
| | I decided to try and revive an old compaq presario 2264 pc that has been collecting dust in my basement for the last 4 years. We shelved it due to a corrupted hard drive so I installed an 80GB one that I took from a dead dell computer. To the … |
| | When I turn my PC (HP Media Center M370n) on, its boots up, then after about a minute or so, the computer just shuts off.. What the hell???? I'm lost, someone please help.... |
| | Hi All, Newbie here building my first machine (have done upgrades before but first shot starting from scratch. Got my machine put together, hit the power button, held my breath, and nothing.... Well a little more than nothing. The fans kicked on, the hard disk appears to be running, the … |
| | HI,i was using my laptop and just before i log out it prompted me that there is an update going on and the pc should not be shut down so i left it like that and went to bed but the next morning it was totally dead.My son took out … |
| | Hi all! I'm a new member, working on my friend's Dell Dimension 3000. It's about three years old, and never had any hardware changes other than a wireless card install. At first, it wasn't completing booting. It would go through the opening splash screen, but then would go to a … |
| | Hi, Well I'm having some trouble with my custom built PC. While at work my computer turned off and now it won't turn back on. I usually leave my computer running, so it was strange to see it off when I came home. It seems to be getting power, the … |
| | I put 1G of RAM (Crucial) into my Compaq R3000 laptop (in addition to the existing 256M). I fired it up and it booted fine - maybe a little faster than before. I opened the System window, verified it recognized the additional RAM – 1.2G RAM present, no problem! Then … |
| | Hi, I am having a somewhat similar problem with my Gateway laptop, using my rather inferior troubleshooting skills I have not reached any conclusions. It is a 400 series laptop, and It won´t turn on at all, with the battery in or out, plugged in or unplugged. Power is getting … |
| | Hi all. I have a custom built system that I've been using for around 3 years. To save power, I hibernate it before I go to bed. The other day, when I tried turning it back on from hibernate, nothing happened. The motherboard power light is on, the power supply … |
| | Hi everyone I recently discovered a little about computers in my vocational engineering program at my highschool and I guess I started using my Grandmothers desktop as my lab rat and I started off by adding like memory sticks from old broken computers to hers, that worked out fine, added … |
| | Hello, Acer laptop 8200 travelmate will not start after being off for a long period of time. I press the power button and the CPU fan starts going the screen remains black, the CPU activity light starts to blink, and then you can hear the fan just stop turning while … |
| | Hello, System is a three year old HP Pavilion zv5120us with XP Home SP2. The problem initially started as a recurring BSOD with stop error 0x000000f4. KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR was displayed one time with this stop error. After the initial BSOD, restarting Windows normally took from five to ten minutes. Subsequent BSODs … |
| | Hi all Sorry i can't post anymore details than these, I cant get a detailed report because the heap wont post... [COLOR="Green"][U]Medion PC MT6. SN 11189010090360. Not running windows xp-pro[/U][/COLOR]. Here's the heads up!! I've been lurking a while now and have found reading various post really helpful.. In fact … |
| | Hi, I have a problem with an Amilo D1840 laptop, where it one day just died. But it is not totally dead, now and them I am able to power it up, but after a minute or two, it has a sudden death, and I am not able to power … |
| | HELLO I recently bought a cheap pc from a friend and thought i would be able to get it going with the right bits that it needed internally (harddrive memory etc) The problem is it tries to boot up and all it seems to do is the cpu fan is … |
| | Sorry for the long post, but I'm trying to be as complete as possible. I'm working on a friend's 8200 which suffered a drop. It was in a padded briefcase on an airline seat and got bumped to the deck by a guy passing by. It was powered off at … |
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