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| | Ok, I'm not the most technically inclined person but know a little about trouble shooting. Here's my problem. My computer doesn't boot. Here's what led to this problem. One of the cooling/exhaust fans, not on the motherboard itself but screwed into the side of the case, was making a LOT … |
| | Specs: Gigabyte M55-SLI 4 AMD 64 x2 4200+ 2.2 GHz e-GeForce 8800 GTS 40 GB Seagate IDE HDD - master 120 GB Seagate IDE HDD - slave 2 GB (2x1GB) A-DATA DDR2 800 Zumax X3 series ZU-550w This system worked for about 1 week and today it does as the … |
 | We had a power outage yesterday and it caused a bunch of errors in our computer which prevented Windows from loading. I was frantic, I had no clue what to do and was afraid I'd have to pay hundreds to get it fixed. Then I decided to do a google …  |
| | Hi guys, I recently brought my sister's computer home to do some upgrades. The computer worked fine over her house. When I tried to boot the computer up at my house, it shuts off about about 3 seconds. It is a HP Pavilion a 475c. I have never experienced something …  |
| | So I left for the summer this past summer, leaving my Toshiba Satellite sitting in my room (top floor of an un-ACed house in Vermont) for the summer. When I came back the battery was dead (wouldn't charge), so I bought a new one. Now when I try to turn … |
| | My freinds have one Sony Laptop with 256mb RAM and 10gb harddisk,when he tried to install and use ARCHI cad graphics software the labtop becomes dead.when the power is ON and the OS treid to start it shows error like " window is unable to start becouse of some hardware … |
 | i have made a pc and when i turn it on sometimes it turns on fot 2 secons turns off for 5 secons then turns back on is there anyway of moving this problem |
 | [LIST] [*]I understand this gets posted alot. I've done alot of research on the subject keeping that fact in concideration. No I have all the Problems that have been noted down. I've completed all the Fixes that have been posted in replies from various forums. [*]I recently changed from 7600GT … |
| | I've looked through a few pages but I couldn't find anything related to my problem Okay, I recently put together this PC: Intel Core 2 QuadQ6600 Asus P5K 2GB Corsair PC2-6400C4 Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II Thermaltake ToughPower 750W Modular Power Supply x1900GT When I turned it on, the … |
| | Compaq Presario S4000NX approximately 4 yrs old. Yesterday, I added a DVD player burner and everything was working fine. I was able to power up and down without any issue and use the all of the drives. It worked great! This morning, I woke up to find that my machine … |
| | i tried to install a new hard drive it to my old computer because 40gb wasnt enough so i put a 20 gb hard drive in as well put it all back together and now when i try and boot it the moniter stays black. so i took out the … |
| | this is my first post and im in a real bind, so i got this alienware computer from a friend and heres there issuse, when i try to boot up the computer it powers on (fans, MB, Drives) but wont do anything else , and it makes this sound from …  |
| | Hi, I shutdown my laptop successfully last night, and today when I started, it display a message about the heat and asked me whether I want to continue. I immediately turned if off and opend it up to see if perhaps dust had acumiliated in the fan area. I didn't … |
| | Hi, I recently changed mb. I used my old 300w power supply. after a few days I added another 512mb ddr 333. then a friend gave me an 3.20 HT P4 to replace my 2.80 celeron .Then the problems started.when I try to install a game (fear in this case) … |
| | i just upgraded my whole system and wanted to add my old harddrive to new system to back up files then just junk old drive(old pc would notpower up) but it booted up from the old hard drive(running win 98) instead of new the new one(running xp) it did a … |
| | I used to always be working on computers whether it was building, repairing, etc. I recently took on the job of refurbishing some machines that were donated to a local non-profit organization. There were several machines, all from the same place with the same operating system and everything. Heres the … |
| | Hi there, I've got an old Toshiba Satellite 2400 and my son pulled it off the kitchen table on me today. Now it won't turn on. I'm still getting the green indicator light telling me that power is going to the machine, however, when I push the power button, the … |
| | Hi folks, Last night, when I was computer-ing along, a Real Networks window popped up in the bottom right-hand corner of my screen, telling me I needed to click on it to download a security-related patch. I did just that. It seemed legit, since I've read in recent weeks about … |
| | Hi Guys, i hope you can help me with this problem, my laptop will not shut down i have to put it into hybernation to shut it. Any idea's on whats wrong? Dotty:'( |
| | I'm pretty much at an intermediate level when it comes to working on PC's. I've had a couple of problems with my machine before, but this one has me kind of stumped. You see, I woke up one morning having left it on during the night to finish downloading a … |
| | [B]Please I need help. this is happening to me. I m trying to test my motherboard out of the case. The motherboard turn on, but I Realize that the bios dont boot up. im not sure if is a video card problem because my monitor screen seem off (Orange Led) … |
| | I have had a look at some threads and stickies on here, and now I am slightly more worried than when I started looking round for options. I'll explain why in a bit. My PC (which I bought second hand, and was assembled by an individual) won't start up. It …  |
| | I realize that this is an ongoing issue for alot of people but I need some guidance that I have not been able to locate on this forum. Yesterday my computer would boot to the screen (XP) where you can select which account to log into. When I selected my … |
| | sometimes when i start my computer, it just stays on the "windows" screen but does not boot up all the way to take me to the log in screen. It used to happen once a week but now it happens more often where it's sort of stuck and won't boot … |
| | I have a rather new Sony VAIO Laptop that runs Vista Yesterday i had put my VAIO to sleep while i was out by flipping down the screen. When I later returned and 'woke' it up the desktop showed up again and the mouse was working but it had frozen. … |
| | Hi guys I'm the newbie here. I've searched and read a couple of posts of people with related issues but nothing quite the same as me. Theres a bit of history with this comp so let me begin. This laptop has been great to me but its been starting to … |
| | I have been working with Windows XP with much personal stuff. Then I needed to upgrade my hardware. I bought new motherboard, new processor, etc. I tried to keep up my old harddrive and my old Windows XP with all my personal stuff. After the hardware change Windows XP can … |
| | hey guys, im having trouble with my desktop, for some reason it wont boot up. i used it a few days ago, and it was working fine. but today it wont boot up. after you switch it on, the led of the hard drive stays on, instead of the usual … |
 | I've done some intermediate pc maintenance in the Navy, but i think this one is a bit beyond me. Was in middle of playing game when pc froze. After hard boot, pc wouldnt start. No POST beeps occured. I have power to everything. I have blinking lights from activity on …  |
| | hi everybody.. 20gb, 1.79ghz, AMD processor i have a laptop for more than a year.. just last weeek i experienced a windows problem io think. the laptop kept switching on and off automatically without stopping but with a blue screen. some friends asked to re-install windows xp again and format … |
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