plugged in, not charging
good day, new member here, i have a lenovo ideapad, i have read some of the threads under "plugged in, not charging" with the solutions on the device manager control method battery uninstall and...
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Yesterday about 10mins after my internet was fixed,my main laptop suddenly cut off my controller.I used it on this laptop all year with no issues till yesterday. Every time I plugin the controller now...
View ArticleDVD+RW not recognized as valid disc
OK....This can't be seen as a hardware issue. I have one disc that I formatted with XP that works fine. My new computer runs Windows 7 and is an EMachine 1850.... Now the darn thing will not recognize...
View ArticleSolved Resizing Disk Partitions
Trying to help a friend resize the partitions on the hard disk drive on his laptop running Windows Vista.When I did the same on my laptop I used "Easus" which performed great but when we tried to...
View ArticleI just split a 3TB ext HDD in GPT
I bought a Seagate 3 TB external HDD, ($99 at Best Buy for Black Friday!) I copied the Seagate stuff to my hard drive so I could copy it back later. The drive showed up in Win 7 as a full 3 TB NTFS...
View Articlewindows can't read the disc in drive d:\
I have tried a few different discs. both dvd as well as cd. It keeps coming up with a message saying that Windows can't read the disc at all. I have checked the device manager and it shows no problems...
View ArticleHow do I install a driver for my network adapter?
Okay so I have no clue how to do this. This message pops up every time I try to troubleshoot my internet connection. Windows did not detect a properly installed network adapter. If you have a network...
View ArticleMouse makes various beeping noises through speakers
Hi there, I have an Asus G50VT-X1 running Win 7 Ultimate. All parts are standard. Whenever I plug a laser mouse, wired or non-wired, into my computer, it makes a beeiping noise during its operation....
View ArticleNew hard drive/computer dummy needs help.
After receiving the S.M.A.R.T. Message that my HD was failing, I was able to backup to an external HD with a system image. I did not get a recovery disk made before I lost the HD completely. So, I have...
View ArticleLaptop HD Question
I have been shopping for a laptop the last two weeks. I have looked at a lot of them. Even the expensive ones only have a 5400 rpm HD. Why don't laptops come with a faster HD?
View Article1366x768 option not available as a Screen Resolution on Windows 7
Ok, so I heard about all the fuzz about the required screen resolution for Windows 8 so I bought myself a 16 inch LED Samsung SyncMaster S16A100N. I assembled it and all then while I was gonna plug it...
View ArticleTurning USB socket power off and on
In theory powered USB sockets (maybe USB2 and later) can control the power if the hardware supports it. I don't know if my H/W supports this function, but that's a mute point as I've never found any...
View ArticleWorking through ASUS M4N68T-M/nVidi failure and need second opinion...
Hello all! I'm working through an issue that has me out of my wits and under the gun. I purchased a barebones system from a reputable source that consists of my listed specs. I was utilizing the...
View Article8GB RAM corsair is read 3.98 usable.
i have FX-8150 8core. ASRock 970 Extreme 4 Motherboard. i've tried the looking the bios option did find anything , also tried the maximum memeory option in MSConfing and restart , updated the BIOS to...
View ArticleMouse Not Working properly in Windows 7
hello experts i need very serious help here........ i am using windows 7 64 bit sp1 from last 5 days my mouse in not working properly on my pc when i get to desktop its working fine (left and right...
View ArticleA buddy accidentally deleted his boot partition. questions?
Hello all :) I am sitting here with a buddies DELL inspiron M5030. I am currently getting the "Windows failed to start" that lists "File:\boot\BDC" "status: 0xc000000F *What I don't have:* The original...
View ArticleDevice_Power_Failure
Hi! Everyone.. newbie here.. Device_Power_Failure thats what i got after i ran the startup repair.. Please help.. thank you.. Samsung laptop Model:NP305E7A-A02US Processor:Quadcore 500G HDD 4GRAM..
View ArticleSolved Timing for thermal paste renewal
What is the general opinion about (1) giving your CPU cooling fins a good clean with compressed air (2) replacing thermal paste I've noticed a few deg C increase when running on high load. Would you do...
View ArticleShould I plugged in charger to laptop when I using it.
Hi to all seven forum, I came here for a simple question today, the question is, is it better for laptop battery that when I using laptop it is plugged in all time to ac adopter although it is fully...
View ArticleSolved i7 3770k vs i7 3770 for gaming
Hey guys, I'm planning on building a new system. With regards to the i7 3770k vs the i7 3770 which would run better at stock settings? I've never overclocked a cpu before and I'm not sure if I'm...
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