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one day i came home from work and my monitor's screen was black and the computer was still on, so i restarted it, nothing still a black screen, so i tried restarting it again nothing, so i opened it and flashed the bios, and it started, that allowed me to …

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Ok I just built a new computer. I have done this many a time before but for some reason I am getting lots of problems with this one. I have a: Windows 98 Gigabyte motherboard- with the KT400-GA-7VAXP a GeForce 4 4200TI-XFX with 128mb ram 512 pc2700 ddr ram-Premium a …

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Hello i bought laptop from some1.There was something wrong with CMOS battery so he removed it.Now i need to install new battery.I tried searching for battery on eBay but i didnot find any for my laptop.My laptop is Acer TravelMate 4011WLCI. My question is will it work if i put …

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I have now gone through 4 motherboards. Something about my rackmount case is cooking them! Help!! When I assemble the bare bones systems outside the case, everything is peachy. It boots up, shuts down, posts, I can fiddle with the BIOS, etc. As soon as I sick it in the …

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I normally leave my computer on, but one day I came home and noticed it was off. I went to turn it back on and nothing happens at all. No sounds, no nothing. The power light in the back off the desktop is on though. So I have zero idea …

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Ok this is the problem,daughter calls me at work to say the comp just keeps rebooting over and over, Its and Asus 8avdeluxe with amd 3500 proc 1 gig of ddr ram So first thing i do is look to see if its a heat issue,nope clean out dustballs from …

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I have a trojan(s) in my machine, antispyware differ on which one it is, but I can tell after running SpyBot, AdAware and Avast constantly for two years on my machine that something was up with a pseudo webpage popping up every 2 secs saying my machine has been affected …

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Hi, few weeks ago, I tried to start up my laptop but it didn't want to boot. I was having the leds indicating battery and power blinking for few seconds but then nothing was happening. Then, I brought it to a computer service shop where they didn't find anything, but …

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I have a PC that randomly will not boot into Windows XP. The screen displays the message: reboot and select proper boot device. Installed boot devices are: SATA hard drive, and IDE dvd drive. The SATA is the chosen first boot device. Any feedback appreciated.

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I have one Gateway laptop with 512mb RAM and 80GB hardisak.It installed Windows Vista and it works well before a cuple of weeks yesterday when i treid to ON it it dosnt display anything even when i tray to start from the CD . u welcome to put some solution …

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Hi, I have an Hp Compaq nx8220 business notebook. My problem is that the bit at the back where the power adapter goes in is broken, The pin in the middle of the socket has come detached from the Laptop. I called the local repair place, and they quoted me …

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My HP Pavillion Notebook loads normally until the welcome screen, just before it would normally display the list of users. It makes the start-up sound and then freezes on that blue screen that says "Welcome". It just started doing this all of a sudden. I didn't make any major changes …

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When I turn on my dell inspiron laptop, it goes all the way to the "windows" screen and seems to stop loading and just stays on that screen. The only way I am able to use my laptop is on "safe mode"...Please help me!!! Aija

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I have an HP notebook that I believe is busy eating the hard drive or the processor. I would assume that the noise the computer makes when you start is the hard drive? My laptop froze up and is now making clinking and clanking sounds while it is running. I …

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My computer will get a blue screen at start up and say I have hardware/software problems or errors and most of the time will not restart and go back to normal! My cousin and I pulled the ram out and flipped into different banks i am using 2 1gb ram …

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Hi, can anybody tell how come a standalone laptop is giving this error. [B]PXE-561[/B] I tried Googling just to end up without finding even a single result. PXE alone yields many results but nowhere 561 is mentioned. what i it some kind of error number I suppose. For more information …

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Hi all I have only had my Dell PC for 1 week and yet it keeps crashing all the time. Its very frustrating and in fact im typing this as fast as my fingers will let me in case it happens any second!! It crashes to a blue screen which …

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Hi all. I need help on a problem. I sent my Pavilion notebook off to HP to get a hinge replaced, but I removed my hard drive before I shipped it. The Pavilion is back now, and I've reinstalled my hard drive, but when I try to boot up I …

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[COLOR="red"][COLOR="red"]Hello guys & girls......... My first time here -- Ive spent a lot of time looking round and whilst there is a lot of faults the same as mine - ie, non starting pc's... I cant find one that fits exactly -- so, Mine is as I say, a TIME …

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Hi again, long time since I posted something here. :) Problem: My Acer Aspire 1801WSMi is dead. No boot, no post, no fans, no lights. The powerbrick seems to be fine (19Volts). No strange smell (burnt components) or something like that. Can somebody help me to find a startingpoint for …

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Greetings, My laptop no longer turns on. At first, it started turning off by itself. Then it would turn on, but turn off before booting up. Now it will not turn on at all. I want to revive it because it has a nice big screen (almost 16" diag). I …

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[B]Greetings;I just spent about 4 hours doing a straight forward xp-pro install! I had file read errors "file *.* wouldn't copy try again? etc,etc.It turns out that three of my new and fast dvd/rw/rom drives didn't do very well copying windows file in PE environment. An older cd-rom saved the …

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I decided to replace my motherboard in my old vaio pcg k45 but after taking out every screw it still wont open,,,,,,,,,,,any help would be great. Thank you

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Gday can anyone give me a hand with my Toshiba Tecra S1 come up wit 3 beeps but no display i think it is the video card but i can't find whre about in the main board can some one help me how to fix this problem other than replacing …

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Hi I'm new to forums but have a major problem with my Sony Vaio. It is just out of it's 3 year extended warranty and it crashed one day. I tried to close down the program and even pressed Alt+Del+F4 but it would not respond so I pressed and held …

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My T 6420 eMachine suddenly developed a problem with the mouse and keyboard not working, then it was hard to turn off, now it is completely dead. The Geek Squad said it is the mother board but I have no power, no lights no noises nothing. Before investing in new …

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I just recently installed a new hard drive because my old one died on me. I installed windows XP Pro and all of the current drivers I could find. Some of the components are kind of older, like my graphics card, so the manufacturer website did not have the drivers …

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All right, not a battery problem at all, when I turn it on, I recieve "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did now start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." I am then given options of Safe mode (which displays flooding text and freezes) …

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Hello, First off i would like to say that this is a awesome site and i'm so glad i found it because i'm in over my head with my laptop.I have a Toshiba satellite model P205-S6287.The other day it started acting funny for instance every time i would click on …

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