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| | Ok so heres the story, was trying to upgrade my fathers old pentium II with more ram and a bigger harddrive cuz he uses it just for work and doesn't need much but the 2 gig harddrive was full and had little ram. Well the 4.51 Bios wouldn't accept the … |
| | Okay, so I've looked through plenty of the "Computer starts up, but shuts off" but none of them seem to be the case. Here's my dilemma: I'm upgrading my old PC piece by piece until totally overhauled. Old Computer: Pentium D in mobo that came with it, 2 gigs ram, …  |
| | Morning all. I am having problems booting machine, It started with a problem booting up, it both restarted during xp screen or froze. assumed hdd, got new one. while doing this clean out case, therm paste chip. check all cables.. re installed windows and the same thing happens.. ok change … |
| | I'm so angry at my computer that I feel like making a really bad movie called "Return of the Boot Problems!" I've been having the same problem for...ohhh, around eight months!!! Here's what happens: Issue A: 1. Hit the Power button. 2. Lights in the computer come on, fans spin. … |
 | When I switch the computer on, if im lucky, it will tell me the processor speed amount of ram, etc. (sometimes the screen just turns blank before this stage.) Then it displays an error explaining there is a drive A:\ problem; however the computer in question is a server without … |
| | I know you're suppose to take it out when you need to remove a BIOS password, but what happens when it's not put back in? Will the BIOS work correctly/will it not boot at all? My reason for asking is that I have a dead Latitude that just so happens …  |
| | Hi, i'm having trouble booting my computer up. When i try to boot it up, it shuts off by itself after a few seconds. If it goes longer, it gets to about the Windows loading screen, and then the monitor says "No Source" and then i have to reboot again. … |
 | :?: Ok, I was just sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out my next move when I thought I would just ask all of you. I just bought a broken Alienware 51m Notebook, but found it was still somewhat operational. So, here is my problem: I have tried … |
| | I have an old model eMachine given to me. The problem is they didnt have the install disks that came with it. When I got it I tured it on and it would do nothing. I installed with great deal of problems windows 98 SE. I can now turn it … |
| | I have a Gateway 500MHz machine which works perfectly fine with exception to a windows GUI. Works fine in DOS mode, in DOS, it seems as functional as it was meant to be, but will not function when switched to a windows gui, despite several different versions including XP, 98SE, … |
| | Computer was running then screen went black. Shut down machine turned back on. Power going to machine (green light on at back and main power light on at front) but no fans turn. Any clues on this?:confused: |
| | os windows xp sp2 display ati radeon xpress 200m series Hi have a equium M50-244 with a problem. Seems to work fine but suddenly goes to blue screen with message: A problem has been detected has been shut down to prevent damage. The problem seems to be caused by following … |
| | hi guys...my sister gave me a dell latitude d600..nice laptop,old but.winxp-pro-sp1. but she doesn't have the installation cd,and the disc with drivers. i plan to wipe ansd reinstall. -does any other winxp-cd would work?..for reinstallation --..but what about the drivers.... ..i was advice thta i can collect the drivers using …  |
| | Have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 1600 that has ceased to be. Green power light comes on when plugged into AC, but when I press power the power light blinks amber and the laptop does nothing. No noise, no screen, no POST, no nothing. I pulled the battery and AC and … |
| | PC Specs: Intel Q6600 @ 2.4GHz eVGA 8800GTX 768MB 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 ASUS P5K-E Mobo OCZ 600w PSU --- My problem: My PC has been dead for about seven days. I was greeted one morning by a nice, black monitor. I powered it off and back on (the monitor) … |
| | HI! For my sins i have a vaio S1, It worked great for the first year and a bit I had it, but now, it has become unreliable! Sometimes it just will not power up! The leds at the bottom of the keyboard tells me that the power is on … |
| | Hi I have an Omnibook vt6200. The other day I was using it and the screen suddenly went black. At first I thought it was just the power, but then I realised that the power was still on and the screen was still on but EXTREMELY feint. It is so … |
| | Hi! Today morning my friend tried to start her laptop(Acer Aspire 5100) and it did not bootup it just showed black screen with power light on...the keyboard also was not active. She did not know how to switch it off so she disconnected the power and then removed the battery … |
| | I've always had a problem with my laptop freezing. Sometimes I can be on it a while with no problem other times it constantly freezes. I have resetored it and reinstalled windows xp but the problem still exists. I have downloaded and installed all the updated drivers from dell.com but … |
| | My store bought computer (emachines, 2004) wont start. There is no LED light when you hit the start button on the front, no noise, no nothing. The external power protector is working fine, the monitor comes on and gives the check your PC message... but nothing else. I bought another … |
| | Hi there, I've had troubles with my computer for the last three weeks or so, first background story. My hardware 3weeks ago: MSI pt890 neo Intel Pentium D 925 Geforce 7600 GT 2x 1GB DDR2 RAM My computer crashed three weeks ago, and had some motherboard/cpu related heat issues, the … |
| | No, my machine did not die so far: HP Pavilion m7370.se Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 sp2 AMD Athlon X2 4200+ CPU, 2.19 GHz with a fantastic cooler when it works. During the two years that I have owned this computer it has been very good to … |
| | Hello i have a newer dell computer that was given to me by a friend it worked for a few days and then one day i tried starting it up. it will get to the windows screen where it says "prees f1 for bios" at the bottom but then it … |
| | Hello. This was my first and maybe my last build. I finally got this system to work fine. gforce 8800ultra, 4gig corsair ram. e6850 proc. It worked for a month more or less. Then it would post but wouldn't load windows. I couldn't hear my harddrive spinning. (wdraptor) so I … |
| | Hello everyone I need to pick some brains, I have a Toshiba Satellite 2400-103 laptop which I purchased approx 3 years ago. Everything with the laptop has been fine until last week. I was using my laptop in my office, packed it away and took it home. When I started … |
| | hello: i have a compaq presario 2100 and one day when i was done working on it i shut it down, and when i tried to turn it back on nothing happens,the computer will not work please help |
| | Hi Guys, Just built a new system and I was really excited. I booted it up, and everything started very smoothly. Fans kicked on, lights were bright, but no picture. Monitor light went from green to orange. I shut everything down, removed and reinserted the Video Card. Hooked everything back … |
| | Hello everyone, I have an e-machine T2984 computer that recently stopped powering on. The monitor powers on fine but the tower itself does not power on. I checked the AC outlet and the power cord supplying the unit. Both of them are working fine. I also opened the computer with … |
| | So I've been using the same self-made pc for about 2.5 years now. The other day it started acting funky and freezing/crashing. Last night, it just stopped booting period. Here we go with the fun diagnosis part... what's dead? At first I thought it was the HD as it usually … |
| | I am having troubles with my presarion 700 laptop. With the battery removed and AC plugged in I hit the power button and can hear everything turn on and lights light up and fans are on, but nothing is on my screen!!!! The cd-rom lights are working and I can … |
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