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| | Just wondering if somebody can help me figure out what the problem with my comp is. when i power it on, everything gets power but i dont hear the normal beeps on startup. Also it doesnt even turn my monitor on. Any advice would be appreciated. |
| | I have run into a problem after attempting to over clock my. I am reasonably computer literate, but am at a complete loss in this situation, and am in great need of any advice I may be able to get from this forum. My hardware, as best as I can …  |
| | hi I have a problem, after I put a new videocard Geforce 9500 in my Acer AX3200 I got error on boot: amd data change update new data to DMI! but it continued to boot fine I hear 3 low beeps. then after windows logon screen it would give blue … |
| | I am trying to see if an HP D2360 can be repaired with a blinking green light on the power switch. The printers properties box shows offline even though it should be online. HP support was contacted and the machine defaults were reset. Still no improvement. I can't find anything … |
| | Ok, I have encountered two issues. About two months ago, my laptop suddenly wouldn't start up as usual. I thought it would be the power adapter, so I powered up with the battery and still no luck. So could this be the internal battery? It would power up sometimes not … |
| | Hello all, this is my first post on the site. I need help BAD! My Gateway laptop was working fine, then the screen froze. Ctrl_Alt_Delete didn't work, it would not respond. I powered the laptop down. Now, when I turn it on, I get the blue light for power, I … |
| | My Dell inspiron 8200 does not recognize the new 160 gig HD I installed. All I can do is access the BIOS. I have tried to reboot from the cd but no luck. I have also changed the reboot sequence in the BIOS. Coule this be the motherboard? Thanks Leo |
| | i have lost my system recovery disc and i need one desperately. Does anyone have such disc or a viable alternative?  |
| | Switched off my Dell laptop going to bed. The following morning absolutely dead. AC adapter is OK. When I plug the adapter into the socket green LED comes on but as soon as I plug it into the laptop it goes off. I do not want to buy a new … |
| | Hi, I've been trying to get an old system running for a little bit now and after a lot of testing I've found that when the hard drive is not plugged in, it will POST fine but if it is, it freezes during the Detecting IDE part. I have tried … |
| | Hard drive on this died and machine won't even post now. Right after the hard drive died the power light on front started flickering and now doesn't light at all. Neither does the hdd light even with a new hard drive. Everything powers up fine - fans, cd , fdd. … |
| | last week when I turned on my pc, the LED and fans are on but there is no display. I tested my monitor to several pc and I found that it has no problem. Need help on more diagnosing. |
| | Hello guys, recently i bought a Compaq laptop model v6000 with vista OS. and Ive made a backup of data using windows backup wizard which burned to DVD these DVDs only can detect the hard drive under dos when i need to reinstall OS. but when try something like ghost … |
| | Hi all, I came across this forum after searching for anything pertinent to my problems...I couldn't find anything, so I'm posting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. So I have this laptop a friend gave me; she told me that it just stopped working one day (wouldn't turn on) so … |
| | Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite P100 Laptop, which I bought 2-3 years ago. I accidentally knocked the lower left-hand-side of the laptop while using it (I didn't hit it very hard), and it immediately switched off. Now it's not switching back on. It doesn't respond when I press the …  |
| | Hi guys, 2nd problem since joining this site. When I boot up my computer, after the Windows screen, my screen turns black and my mouse is frozen in the middle of the screen. I tried using using Last Known Configuration that worked by using F8 but that just left a … |
| | Hi I have a toshiba tecra laptop 8100 series- plugged in , it wouldn't start up so I bought it a new battery- still nothing. I can get a power light flashing orange if I play a little I can leave it and get power light green and battery light … |
| | My Toshiba Satellite M40 (canadian version) laptop showed a message of an error and completely froze up. I thought that this is a Windows XP problem and tried to reinstall windows. When I started installing windows it froze up again on the 35-38 minute of installation process, just before windows … |
 | Two days ago my EIZO FlatScreen Monitor shuts down from one moment to the other without working on the PC. Normally the Monitor switches to a screensaver mode, but never shuts down. Anyway I would restart the process by typing the keyboard or moving the mouse. Nothing. Then I restart … |
| | This is a long one. I had Ubuntu on my computer for quite some time, before deciding to rid it from my hard disk. Withoutmuch prior knowledge of GRUB, I stupidly decided to delete my entire partition of Ubuntu. Of course I got Error 22, figures out how to fix … |
| | A friend of mine has a Compaq Presario v3000 laptop that is 2-3 years old. About a week ago she reported it wouldn't boot when the pwr button was pressed, no lights, no screen, no POST, no nothing. I got my hands on it and removed the HD to get … |
| | hello my HP d530 sff (P2.66G, 512 ram) freezes occasionally with a strange blocked screen pattern - like psychedelic colored chessboard squares on a blue background. The squares shimmer a little (impying some procesing?) but the system is totally unrersponsive. The fault appears randomly, and does not appear related to … |
| | I recently purchased said case, and i connected the Power SW, Reset SW, HDD LED and Power LED the way my motherboard manual instructed, maybe i did it wrong, but i believe the white crosses on some pegs means Positive which is usually the colored wire, right?. My motherboard is … |
| | Have a 2005 Compaq Desktop computer with P4 processor running Windows XP PRO. I am a fulltime RV'er currently spending the winter in Florida. I have encountered a problem which occurs when the computer is off for several days when we travel. When turning the computer on after it has … |
| | Hi everyone, I'm not a tech but I have a problem with a Sony SR21K. The PCMCIA slot is not working and it seems the bios is set only to boot from the external cd reader throught the PCMCIA slot. The machine needs to be restored to factory settings and … |
| | Hi everyone, I have an odd problem I'm hoping someone can help me with. I have a custom built pc with a Asus a8n5x mobo. it's a socket 939 running a Athlon X2 4200. The computer posts ok (1 beep) and goes to the bios. Once it hits the bios … |
| | When I turn ony my computer, I get the some text during the POST, but it won't go any further after that. It says: Main Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Memory Testing: 1048576K OK Memory Mode: Dual Channel DRAM Clock For DDR 400 That's as far as it goes. Also …  |
| | I have a HP Pavilion zd8129ea Notebook that freezes up. It freezes up at random, on any web page or website, with no apparent reason. I have taken it to the company that I got it from and changed the Harddisk and the DVD Writer and made sure that everything … |
| | Didn't know where to post this. Sorry. :O So if this needs to be moved please do so... anyway... Ok so I don’t know what’s up with my speakers. I have Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS sound card and 5.1 speakers. I’m on Vista. I have Vista compatible drivers. When …  |
| | A couple days ago, I started up my computer and it failed POST. It gave me a long beep, followed by two short beeps. The LCD on the rear of my motherboard gives me a DRAM error. I shut the power off and turned it back on and the computer … |
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