Quantcast
Channel: Tech Support Guy - Hardware
Browsing all 7601 articles
Browse latest View live
↧

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Problems with dell inspiron not booting

I have a dell inspiron that all of a sudden won't boot up.I had previously shut down in the normal way but now when I turn it on the fans start-stop-start-stop-start again and I can here one beep....

View Article


Fan error code

Hi I have a Dell latitude e4310 and it has recently come up with an fan error code upon turning it on unfortunately I wrote it down wrong is there any way to recover the error message? eg run a trouble...

View Article


Need suggestions on an upgrade for a new desktop

I now have the following system and I'm going to give it to the family- Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor, AMD64 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3 RAM: 8189 Mb Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 ,...

View Article

S.M.A.R.T. Error remains after swapping drive & motherboard

Hello everyone, I'll try to make this short. My Desktop PC (running Win7) had some issues that grew in number over time. This would include windows of folders freezing (the rest still running) and...

View Article

Q-code reading

My first build booting came back with a Q-Code reading and then shut itself off..The reading was "0-0"..the description for it in the manual says "not used"...It gives no explanation on what that...

View Article


bios issue

not sure if this is the right place but, i have two PCs, the first pc the motherboard fried, so i assumed i could just pull the bios chip and replace the failed one in the second PC, but the problem...

View Article

Dismantling Seagate External DH

My External HD has failed and I suspect the output point to the USB . How do I get the lid off the HD to see if there is a broken connection? , I can't see any catches or screws . Do I just force it...

View Article

Is This Worth Upgrading

Hi My Tower is a good few years old now and with the support for XP stopping I'm wondering if it's worth getting some more memory for this and windows 7 or biting the bullet and investing in a new...

View Article


Solved: motherboard power connectors

Hi i just bought a gigabyte 970a-d3p motherboard and im building a computer from alot of parts that i already had and the power supply i have doesn't have a 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector. The power...

View Article


Two hard drive failures in one year - Just bad luck?

I have a 2010 Macbook, and within the last year, I have had two different hard drives fail after being installed. The first HDD lasted around 4 or 5 months after I installed it (upgrading from 250GB to...

View Article

Need help with replacement parts!!

Hey guys, sorry to bother you, but recently i lost my laptop's charger and i as trying to look for a replacement and i decided to ask you guys for help on this matter!! This site below has the...

View Article

Photo Smart 5510 won't print a colored picture

H-P Photo Smart 5510 won't print a colored picture. I replaced all ink cartridges and the black prints fine. When I try to print a color picture it comes out colorless. I took and made a sheet with...

View Article

External HDD - Files being moved and deleted

I have a 1tb external HDD that I use to store files, movies, games etc but recently I've been having a problem where I would copy files over to it but when I plug it back into the computer I notice...

View Article


cleaning the encoder strip of a printer

Hi, I have an old HP deskjet D1430 printer. Recently, the cartridges would sometimes zip extremely fast and bang side to side when the printer starts up. I read that it could possibly be a dirty...

View Article

motherboard ports not working

So I built a computer about 2 months ago. Everything was working properly on that computer for about a month. About 2 weeks ago, I turned on my computer and none of the ports on the motherboard where...

View Article


Hard drive

Guys, I am looking to buy a sata internal desktop hard drive. Does not have to be bigger than 500GB. I trying to find one as least expensive as possible. Where sites should i look at getting one? thx

View Article

Solved: Windows Failed to Start due to Hardware changes?

Hello, okay so I been getting some pretty high temps on my CPU and GPU so I decided to clean out the computer of dust and what not. I have a Corsair H50 to cool my CPU and 2 fans in Push Pull on the...

View Article


Upgrading from XP OS to Windows & OS

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Processor...

View Article

what to do with old system

I am going to buy a new desktop next month, but i don't know what to do with my old desktop, its an old tower that is 14 years old, should I put it out with the garbage, but that's not responsible. any...

View Article

CD burning drive won't burn CDs

A very long time ago I either formatted a CD, wrote files onto a CD, or just deleted them off of the CD, and if I formatted it I don't remember if something went wrong or not, if I just deleted/wrote...

View Article
Browsing all 7601 articles
Browse latest View live