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hi my name is gary and we r having problems with my sons laptop it keeps shutting downby itself can any one tell me wat to do

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This is a solved problem worth sharing: After replacing power connector on back of laptop it wont start, so tried everithing posted in this forums in order to make it start but it will not go pass the lights blink part and blank screen, even put heat paste on cpu …

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Here is the order of events that has brought me here. My system info will be at the bottom of this. When I would start my laptop. Within a few moments the fan would start spinning faster and faster until the laptop turned off. It would stay on for 1-5 …

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Alright, i just put another computer together a moment ago. When i start the computer up, i get all the fans along with the cpu fan going. The LEDs on the case light up, and the HDD starts up. There is no input on the monitor, and after about 5-10 …

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Every time it boots and I get into the PhoenixBIOS setup and run the diagnostics, it says that 1-07 fail. If I try and let it boot up it will ask if to go to the safe mode or normal mode command. Each time it will go to a blue …

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my 3-year-old hp pavilion dv4000 works well but lately, it completely shuts down if i leave the laptop for 10-15 minutes. if i'm using the computer, it keeps going for hours with no problem. i turned off all the powersave and stand by options but no change. HELP!

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I have a hp pavilion zv5000 series laptop with a corrupt hard drive in it. I was also given a acer travelmate 240 laptop to salvage parts off of for the hp laptop. I took the hard drive out of the acer laptop to use in the hp laptop but …

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I have a computer here that just will not start. When I received the machine it would start once in about ten tries to start it up. Then over time it just got worse until it just will not start at all. I have checked the power supply and it …

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Hi this is my first post and im a novice with computers so please bear with me. i have a compaq presario about 3 1/2 years old. has worked perfectly till the other morning. switched on got lights, fans started but made different noise as though no load on them, …

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Hi, I have seen similar threads on this forum, but generally they seem to have slightly different situations. My two-year old Dell XPS M1210 is a work-horse of a machine and generally gives me no hardware-related issues. But within the past few weeks, it has developed this nasty of habit …

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For the past 7 times when I have booted up my pc has beeped twice in quick succession instead of once at the memory test stage and the windows opening stage. When my pc is fully booted I can only access my c drive and my d drive which is …

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I tried starting my laptop this morning, but it won't boot up. I haven't added any new hardware, and don't think it got dropped. It shut down normally last night. The power light comes on normally (blue) when I press the power button, and the harddrive light flickers for an …

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[COLOR="red"]Dear all I am a new user I have a problem I have laptop Toshiba me forgave Hard Disk Password on startup plz help me ……[/COLOR] Password error [B]Please Enter Built - in HDD user Password............[/B]

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ok, so i have a asus motherboard deluxe 780i , anyway, 1100watt psu, 8 gigs mem, quad core, gtx 260 and 8800 gt , and uh three operating systems, x86 xp, x86 vista, 64 vista. so i changed the bootloader names from "older os", "winows vista", "windows vista" to "xp …

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hi my laptop has started stutting down straight away, when i switch it on the start and battery light flashes then it shuts down its a compac c300ea thanks for your help in advance

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After putting my computer in a new case I found that it does not power on (No fans and no lights) I don't think my mobo has a LED on it to see if it is getting power and I have not jumped pins 14 and 15 yet to test …

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Hello all, just want to tell im new to this forum and dont know alot about computers ;) but anyways here it goes: I have an old IBM computer from 2002-2003, and a big old screen from the same year, both with alot of problems. It all started 1 ½ …

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Hi Daniweb! This would be my first post, so please, let me know any suggestions to improve my posting on your (On first impression) very well put together site. I have searched the forum briefly for a related issue and could find none, if I missed a previous post, please …

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I have a 4yr old dell dimension 5100 that decided not to start today. i.e. no lights, no fans turning, no hard drive motion -All of the power connections from the power supply have been checked -All of the cable connections have been checked -When plugged in, the LED on …

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Hi, I've have been given a HP/Compaq NC6000. It didn't come with the original Power supply unfortunately. I have a universal power supply I thought I would test it with before I shell out for a OEM one. When the adapter is plugged in, the LED on the charger blinks …

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I have an HP Pavilion dv8135nr. The main HD crashed. I got a new HD, installed it in the laptop. When trying to re-load my recovery/intall CD, the computer keeps shutting down like it would if the battery were dead. I tried having just the power supply and no battery, …

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I am needing help on reconfiguring my laptop. My husband installed the recover cd and now it states no operating system found.

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I got this emachine that when i go to turn it on it lights up, fans work and even sounds like it is booting up i just have no signal and it will not turn off by the power button. I have also noticed that the orange activity light on …

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hi all, i am facing a problem with my pc.few days back i changed the RAM in my pc.first it was 512MB and then i replaced it with 1GB .the replacement was because my pc was giving me the same error and it was not starting up.so the hardware person …

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[B]Hello and Please Please HELP!!![/B] My laptop turns on, spins for a minute and the screen stays blank. This happened after it sounded like a jet engine 2 days ago, I rebooted and now nothing! None of the keys do anything! Just the little lights that say it's "thinking" flicker …

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I recently aquired a dell optiplex gx150, it had no ram or harddrive, so after i bought the correct ram and installed a harddrive, i installed them (yes correctly) and i started it...it wont run, there is a orange light in the middle of the motherboard, i tried dissconecting the …

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Hello everyone. I have a Dell inspiron 1150 that had a hardrive failure. I replaced the 30gb drive with a 120. Everything is visible in the BIOS but the computer still says "no bootable device found..etc etc" The cd/dvd drive was also replaced..not working either. I couldn't find a battery …

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I have a refurbished Tosiba Tecra 8100 running Windows 2000, about five years old, that just stopped booting up. (Actually, I have twin computers- with the exact same problem!) I'll hit the power button and it seems to make an effort- but then there's a black screen and no activity. …

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I recently buy a new desktop it work fine for 2 month..without no reason it won't bootup to bios all i see is a blank screen.. I try everything reset jumper, take out the battery, remove ram hdd graphic card but nothing happen.. When i turn on all fan ok, …

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ok, so my computer was working fine the night before. but today when i turned my computer on it says "disc boot failure, insert system disc and press enter." I tried an old Hard drive in it and it worked. im just wondering if anyone could tell me if its …

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