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| | Hello...first post here. I should preface this by admitting I am just a regular layperson who really knows very little about computers. Last night I was using my laptop and it suddenly went completely dead. Black screen, no indicator lights would come on, unable to repower, was 85% charged and …  |
 | It takes me roughly 4 to 5 hours, start to finish, to assemble a new PC and load the OS. I lost count of how many systems I've built over the years, but this one has me stumped, I've never seen anything like it!! I hope there's someone out there …  |
| | My grandaughter has an Advent 3105 desktop.It was never any trouble until one day it just wouldn't start-no lights,no anything.I thought it might be the psu,after first checking the cable.When switched on the fan doesn't work,but the smaller case fan beside it comes on for a few seconds and a … |
| | i have a vaio lap top model (sz 670 n ) while i am upgrading my bios with one of file update that i found in vaio update site my bios is damaged . now i cant see any thing on my displayer and it doesn't boot what can i … |
| | Hi there I have a dead machine. I purchased a post card and it stops at d555. Can anyone help to tell me what it means. The motherboard is an ASUS P5k, with ami bios. when turned on all fans run and no postcode beep are emitted. (beeps are emitted … |
 | hi there, ive got a bit of a problem. my laptop runs XP Media Center and whenever i try to install it it asks for the sata drivers for my hdd. ive tried to install them rom a usb storage device but it wont take them. im assuming therefor that … |
| | my daughter has a laptop she used in college but will not boot up for some reason. it was bought in 2001 can anyone help? thanks PHIl |
| | Hi everyone, Could you please help me with this problem? I'm recently getting a 'blue screen of death' and now it's coming out more often. Laptop Details: Aspire 3050, AMD Sempron, Windows XP Media Center I'm not sure if it's due to overheating, but here's the info mentioned on the … |
| | MY NOTEBOOK WON'T BOOT/LOAD/START Hi Ive been looking over a lot of the other posts but their problems don't seem to be exactly the same. And a lot are yet to get any replies to their posts..so I'm going to start a new one. The Story. I took my laptop … |
| | Hello, I saw another thread in this forum about an HP Pavilion ze4500 that wouldn't turn on, but this case is a little different: previously, this laptop's battery would not hold a charge, so we had to keep in plugged into the charger every time we used it. Recently, however, …  |
| | Hi, I am a novice when it comes to PC builds and I just wanted to add more ram and change the pc case and i think i have done something a lot worse! I moved everything over and put in the new ram- it was working fine yesterday but … |
| | If anyone can help, I would love suggestions... Usually I can solve my own computer issues but the one I currently face has me perplexed. My computer is ~5 years old and was built by ABS PC. It is an Athlon (not 64) 3200+ with ASUS motherboard and 1 GB … |
| | Hi, I'm new to this forum so would really appreciate any help. My Dell imension 4550 would'nt start this morning following severe thunderstorms over the weekend. Both CD & DVD units have power lights which are permanently flashing. . The green on switch light is solid. On he back of …  |
| | This is Pam again---I needed to tell ya'll that about a month ago my laptop got really really HOT even when I took the battery out the computer was still really hot and it stayed hot for about an hour--then everything worked fine until a week ago when it comes … |
| | Ok, I've had alot of problems with my computer but this is the most confusing. I was playing a full screen game, and it locked up. So I had to turn off my computer. When I turned it back on. It started booting. It then stops on a screen with, … |
| | Hi, Please be patient this is my first time at this. I have a problem with a new external hard drive and would appreciate some HELP! Bought a maxtor hard drive which works well when connected, however, my system refuses to boot up if I leave it connected??? Any advice, … |
| | hie every body out there i have a dell dimesion 2350 that wont boot after a clean installation of windows xp professional with sp2.it has been displaying an error message of (NO BOOT DEVICE DETECTED) but i did some check ups and found out that my hard drive its okay(if …  |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite M35x-S161 laptop that I bought in 2005. In mid 2006 I left it on all night and woke up in the morning to a dead computer. When I push the power button the button will turn blue, and all the fans and such will start … |
| | I am in the processing of purchasing either a compaq s6900nx or an hp a530n, both amd 64 bit machines of comparable specs. However, the hp features a nvidia 5200xt while the compaq features just the 5200. I am confused because I know that the xt in the nvidia lineup … |
| | Hello, My name is Pam, I have a Dell inspiron E1705--my problem is when I boot up it stays on for about 2 minutes then the screen goes black and its dead. What is the problem?? It is NOT the battery. This laptop is only 2 years old. any and … |
| | im having trouble with my pc and its now getting beyond a joke.. my pc has now got a habit of just turning the monitor off and i also believe its shutting the pc down,(also tried 3 other monitors thinking it was just mine that was playing up) but i … |
| | I am having issues with my Dell Optiplex GX270. On power up the machine hangs - everything freezes (no screen signal, optical mouse LED turns off). Only way to recover is by power cycling the machine. With each power cycle the PC will get either to the hang at the … |
| | I am working on a Dell gx280 mini tower. I don't know the exact details of the 'power loss' but apparently the fan started making a noise like a 'hair dryer' and then the computer would not stay running. Eventually the computer would not start at all - another person … |
| | When I boot up my lap top it stays on about 2 minutes then everything goes black. What is my problem--CAN ANYONE HELP ME?? please please please |
| | Hi Everyone, I am having trouble fixing my mothers pc.. A power surge has caused the computer to restart constantly it goes to a black screen with reboot, start normally etc, thing is any off these options have no effect and it goes to a blue screen with an error.. … |
| | Hi folks, I'm really sorry if this has been asked before. Several months ago (yes, it's been a long time but it's about time I get it fixed) I had a problem with my XP PC. When I hit the power button, the fan moves for a fraction of a … |
| | When I start the computer it starts and sometimes (Not always) get shut off automatically and when I again open the computer the message comes as "CPU was previously shut down due to over heating, Resolve the unit". I checked the CPU, SMPS fan , it is working fine. Some … |
| | Hi, I have been trying to install windows XP on a new Dell Vostro 200 machine. The machine has two 500GB hard drives and I want two have them set up in raid 1 (mirrored). The instruction manual that comes with the computer and the online documentation I can find … |
| | Greetings, I have a problem finding an appropriate LCD for my Sony VAIO FX140. While doing some research, mainly on eBay, I found LCD SCREEN FOR SONY VAIO PCG-GR250P, PCG-883L, HP OmniBook 4150 Laptop 14.1" LCD Screen and 14.1" LCD Laptop Screen LG model LP141X1. Now, can anyone tell me, … |
| | My friend's Dell laptop was working fine until one day for no apparent reason, it wouldn't power up. The power adapter seems to be OK, I measure 19.5 volts DC on the plug. When I hit the laptop's power switch, the green LED on the adapter just fades out and … |
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