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HP Fan error

Got an HP laptop. The fan has stopped working all together. The laptop stills works and boots up into Windows until it overheats. AS you switch it on a pre-bios error message is displayed warning the...

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Dell Bios upgrade failed, now computer will not start.

I was downloading drivers on my dell opitplex 780. I decided to upgrade my bios from A08 to A15, since it was the only bios update. When i accepted the update to restart and begin the flash, the screen...

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Laptop shuts off after plugging in charger

I have IBM 1871PA2 thinkpad laptop. I have issues that it shuts off few minutes after plugging in the charger or sometimes it just freezes and I cannot do any thing. All I have to do to get back into...

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DPC latency issues

Hi there I have been having some bizarre DPC latency issues with my system. I recently just did a clean install of the OS and updated all my drivers with a driver updater program (may have been where I...

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CPU won't run or start

I am having a problem updating to a new Motherboard,GPU and CPU. I installed all three and I can't get the CPU to start, because of that it won't display on my monitor or projector. When I press the...

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Laptop took a tumble - now no display

Hi folks, my laptop took a tumble earlier on, and now there's no display. Screen just stays black when I turn it on. The lights come on as they should, it makes some noise (though I think it's quieter...

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screen resolution problem with DVI

I have an HKC 26" monitor, 16:9 aspect ratio. It has VGA, DVI, and HDMI ports. I've been using the VGA and all functioned normally, but now I want to add a second monitor that is only VGA, and as the...

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nightmare with pc world repairs now they are saying a malware problem no idea...

My netbook has been playing up for a year, since November PC World have replaced the hard drive 3 times and still not able to use it. I had to go and buy a cheap tablet just to have internet contact....

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Frustrated

having trouble with my cursor or mouse or something when typing the cursor just moves kicks me out of and either on a diferent screen or chatting or what ever it kicks me out jumps all over the place...

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PC acting wierd - Suspect a dying GPU

Hey there. My name is Andreas, and I am having some trouble. For some weeks I have been experiencing my monitor "lose connection to my PC" (let's call it a blackout), each lasting for multiple seconds....

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Videos corrupted, then unplayable on external hd

I have Windows 7, and a external had drive. The external hard drive had just been sitting in a drawer for about 8 months. I wanted to pull some videos off the drive so I connected it to my laptop. The...

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problem with hp pavillion starting

A friend of mine has a HP pavillion with an unusual problem. I hit the power button and I get the light blue screen with the info on how to get to bios and boot order. That stays on for less than a...

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Red dram or vga light

Okay so I decided after many videos to do my own build (http://pcpartpicker.com/user/azurleangey/saved/zTGj4D parts here). I put all the components together but when i turned the pc on my cpu light...

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Red vga n dram light

Okay so I decided after many videos to do my own build (http://pcpartpicker.com/user/azurleangey/saved/zTGj4D parts here). I put all the components together but when i turned the pc on my cpu light...

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How to Plug the Power Cables on the Mother Board?

So i have a really old computer. The mother board is a Asus M2N MX SE Plus and i'm having problems doing the last step which is plugging in those Power cables to actually turn on the computer. So...

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Can my computer play Videos with these specs?

Hi there, I dusted off an old desktop that I'd like to use for playing media (no internet or gaming). ..just movies, videos, music, etc. It's an older computer: Intel Celeron Processor 501 gHz 640 MB...

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Solved: Blue screen computer crash

I was working on a Word doc when all of a sudden my computer went to a blue screen. It wasnt doing anything so i rebooted. But when it tries rebooting, the following message appears: Broadcom UNDI...

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Hard Drive Boot Problem

HP G72 Laptop will not boot. When first turned on a message appears "Preparing Automatic Repair" then "Diagnosing your PC" followed by Automatic Repair screen with message "Your PC did not start...

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USB External IDE HDD

Hey I have a odd problem. I attempted to boot an IDE drive (Seagate ST3250823A, Barracuda 7200.8, 250GB HDD, +5V 0.46A, +12V 0.56A) within an external USB Enclosure (Shintaro 3.5" External PATA, 240V...

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Can't get out of sleep mode, ???

I have a compaq presario, CQ56 115DX Notebook, by HP. Problem started last week and resurfaced again this monday. could not get my notebook out sleep mode, the caps lock was blinking once, indicating a...

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