computer wouldn't wake (CPU was replaced error)
My computer wouldn't wake (sounded like it was running but the displays were black) I had to do a hard shutdown, unplug the PSU and restart it a couple times for it to work. When it finally booted I...
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Friend cleaned his heatsink and now fan is failing, intermittent. Initial search from google is it's 90mm CPU fan so wondering if he can order stock and then swap it out, or if he needs a parts number...
View ArticleUSB Cable Question
This week I went down to my local PC supply store to pickup a USB Cable. When I got home with it I realized it had a male connection on both ends, not what I wanted. I got to thinking about what it...
View ArticleToshiba Satellite Freezing after startup
Hey everyone, I'm hoping someone might be able to give me some advice on what could possibly be wrong with my laptop. I have a Toshiba Satellite L505 with Windows 7 64bit. After starting up and...
View ArticlePC stopped working after hibernating.
My computer bought a is an old one. I recently bought a Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6570 1 GB DDR3 Graphics Card and installed it. things were going fine and one day, after some gaming, I put my pc into...
View ArticleHeadphones plug is broken on laptop?
So its a Satellite C855-141,Toshiba. And the headphone plug worked,but now its broken. When I plug any headphones I hear a crack or just some sound,and then its gone. Also the speakers are off...
View ArticleWindows only detecting 8 og 32 - GB RAM.
I recently upgraded my stationary computer with a bunch of new components, just harddisks remaining. Anyway, I bought 32GB RAM, might've been a bit overkill, but RAM is cheap these days. The...
View ArticleBSOD with System Service Exception, CLASSPNP.SYS
hello all, im using windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on my Intel Core i5. im having random BSODs. the blue screen stays for seconds and then the system restarts. in safe mode, before start up, the driver list...
View ArticleAsus P8Z68-V LX Motherboard
I have the above motherboard. I have been using a video card which is three years old and thought I would try out the integrated video before my video card died. I switched it in the Bios and switched...
View Articlemute button doesn't work-explorer.exe crashes
Hello, i have the MICROSOFT WIRELESS OPTICAL DESKTOP 3000 and the problem is that the mute button doesn't work. This problem came after a format. I have also tried through human interface device access...
View Articlehow Disk Management scans/registers Drives?
friends this relates to a challenging 'dead' drive I'm needing data from. I've worked on many before and as you know most of the time you can force a drive to spinup and cough up at least sOME data.......
View ArticleHow to check a hard drive?
Hello, I found a hard drive somewhere is my house, a Seagate barracuda 7200 RPM, 250 GB and I wanted to know if there is a way to check if it's working , I don't even know what's in it, so I wanted to...
View ArticleError code: 0x0..
Hello there.. newbie here and need some help.. i have smsung laptop model:NP305E7A-A02US 500G HDD 4G RAM Quadcore Processor.. i ran startup repair and here's the result: Contact your system...
View ArticleBSOD after wakeup from sleep, won't detect drive now
Greetings, I purchased am HP Mini 110 netbook three weeks ago to use in school while I leave my heavier and bigger laptop at home. It came with Win7 Starter, but I took the (bad) decision of installing...
View ArticleInstalling Belkin Wireless network adapter, (model F7D2102)
I've tried to install with the included CD, plug and play, device manager, and installation program from the manufacturer's website and still get the same error: "This device is not working properly...
View ArticleDo these scanners work with Windows 7?
Hey all-- I am looking at a few nice new scanners to buy and I am wondering whether anyone here has used them with Windows 7 (do the drivers work? etc.). Or if you could recommend one that is best for...
View ArticleASUS 1015CX-BLK024W netbook screen resolution problem
Hi All, I have an ASUS 1015CX-BLK024W netbook running Win 7 Home Premium. I want to increase the screen resolution but when I go to the Control Panel to adjust it, the maximum available to me is...
View Articlereplacing CPU causing issues?
I upgraded my cpu to an extreme edition in my laptop and only thing I changed was CPU. memory SSD/HDD everything else in place didnt take them off or anything. after changing CPU I power it up but...
View ArticleAbout to build a new PC after 11 years!
Well, I have respect for my 2001 Dell Dimension 8200 P4 2GbRDRAM XP PC, it never failed me and I still use it and plan on keeping it as a lab computer (backup, etc). However I thought it was time for...
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