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| latitude d 600 Problem | 6/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: its get hang suddenly and showing CPU usages 100% .i thought b coz of Virus and i formated but ...
A: when it's pegged at 100% look in task manager to see what is using all the cpu. Then you can ...
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| acer laptop sound problem | 6/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: I would like asked re my acer laptop...before i used pcmcia card i can play my music in any media ...
A: this is a driver problem with the sound card, or the sound card is bad. Perhaps you have a driver ...
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| erratic system behavior | 6/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have an Acer Aspire 5100 with Windows XP. In the past my laptop would start acting a bit weird ...
A: sounds like that BIOS update may have updated the firmware for your trackpad. I would try finding a ...
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| Laptop failure to display programs/start | 6/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have been given a laptop( Toshiba 430 CDS/1.3 Model# PA 1230U VCD. Ever since i got it, when i ...
A: first I would try plugging in a regular monitor to see if the display works there. If it does, then ...
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| laptop with no NIC | 6/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: Okay, stupid question. Someone gave my mother a used Dell Inspiron laptop. She wants DSL, but the ...
A: not a stupid question at all. There's no reason to buy something you don't need. What BestBuy was ...
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| Laptop mouse | 4/26/2008 | Shot |
Q: Usually I use the mouse that is roll around but sometimes I have attached a desk mouse to my laptop ...
A: It sounds like the laptop doesn't have a driver that understands the scroll mouse. If there is a ...
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| Long time to restart | 4/26/2008 | Shot |
Q: Starting last weekend, my inspiring 1000 running XP, starting to take a longer time to reboot. I ...
A: this could be many, many things, from OS to virus, even hardware, but I would think that would be ...
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| Laptop not getting power from AC Adapter | 4/26/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have been using laptop for the past 8 months and it was perfectly fine.Yesterday the battery was ...
A: the laptop should run on the AC Adapter without the battery installed. If it will not, it could be ...
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| SOUND PROBLEMS | 4/25/2008 | Shot |
Q: I am getting a chipmunk like sound from my laptop when playing a CD or DVD. Not faster but slightly ...
A: did Acer support have you change the drivers? If you don't already have the latest drivers for your ...
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| Dell Latitude D600 problem | 4/24/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have a problem with my Dell Latitude D600. When I turn it on all the loading Dell and Microsoft ...
A: this is really not a nice error to have. Can you boot the computer into safe mode so that you could ...
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| Laptop dark screen problem | 4/24/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have an issue with laptop screen going dark. I have an HP Pavilion dv1000, I noticed a few days ...
A: 90% of the time backlighting problems are caused by a bad inverter. They're usually available ...
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| laptop screen problem | 4/23/2008 | Shot |
Q: my hp laptop screen suddently blanked when i was using it. when the screen is totaly out i cannot ...
A: is it actually all the way off, or is there a really faint image on the screen? Does it do the same ...
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| Heating problem? | 4/23/2008 | Shot |
Q: It used to be fast enough for me but now it is annoying. I noticed that when you start the pc ...
A: Sounds like an overheating problem to me too Alexander. It's possible that the heatspreader has come ...
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| toshiba M70 display problem | 4/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have a Toshiba Satellite M70, 2 years old. The display went all garbled one day, showing random ...
A: if it does this both on the display and on a monitor, it's most likely a problem with the video ...
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| Laptop failure to boot | 4/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have been given an E-System laptop and when the power-on button is pressed the hard-drive light ...
A: Glad to help Ray. The hard drive is not required to get the computer to boot up far enough to enter ...
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| AC Adapter? | 4/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have a three year old Toshiba Satellite laptop (can't remember the exact series number) that ...
A: it could be the ac adapter. It also could be the power settings in the control panel. There are two ...
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| Toshiba A85-S107 Freezing up | 4/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: My computer freezes randomly, even if I only have 1 window open, it is 1GB. Here is what has been ...
A: I can't say for sure yet what's causing it to freeze, could be several things, including the ...
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| Key fell off from keyboard | 4/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: a while ago I lost the question mark backslah key from my DELL Inspiron 630m laptop. I have managed ...
A: I'm afraid about the only thing to do (other than plug in an external keyboard) is to buy a new ...
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| Laptop failure to boot | 4/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have been given an E-System laptop and when the power-on button is pressed the hard-drive light ...
A: when the screen lights up are you given the option to press a key to get into the BIOS/Setup? If so, ...
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| LCD goes dim | 4/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: My Grand Daughter has a nice dell inspiron 1000 that has given her great service for a couple of ...
A: this sounds like a backlighting problem. Usually caused by the small inverter board inside the case ...
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| strange noises, strange freezing, strange problem | 4/20/2008 | Shot |
Q: My laptop has been having this issue about a week now. It's a Dell Inspiron 9300. I'm not sure if ...
A: that does sound like an overheating problem. There are several fans in your case, it's possible one ...
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| inspiron 6000 display issue'a | 4/19/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have a Inspiron 6000. The display if plugged in goes black. If running on battery display is red ...
A: sorry to say it, but that red color usually indicates that the display is failing. You could try ...
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| sudden switch off problem | 4/18/2008 | Shot |
Q: i hav an compaq pressario v3000, and after having some probem had fomated the system abt 4 times.but ...
A: this could be a virus, or it could be an overheating problem, or, possibly a hardware problem. Have ...
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| AC Adapter issues... | 4/17/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have a roughly 2 year old Inspiron e1505 (a freebie from one of those credit-card transfers, so a ...
A: I've seen all kinds of problems with aftermarket generic adapters, ranging from batteries not ...
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| touchpad not working | 4/17/2008 | Shot |
Q: I am using HP pavilion 6000 series laptop since three months. Since last week I am not able to press ...
A: I don't have that particular model around to check on, but normally there are adjustments in the ...
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| Compaq Laptop display problem | 4/17/2008 | Shot |
Q: I hav a Compaq Presarion V3149AU model. Its just a year old. From the last 10-15 days it is having ...
A: if the battery is bad, you should still be able to remove the battery and run the laptop on the ...
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| compaq laptop | 3/17/2008 | Shot |
Q: my screen is black when i turn it on,and in the top left hand corner a message flashes saying ...
A: it sounds like your laptop can't find the hard drive. Maybe the hard drive has gone bad, or maybe ...
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| Cant Start up Dell D800 Notepad | 2/23/2008 | Shot |
Q: My pointer would move eratically on the screen but I solved the problem on my Dell D800 by doing the ...
A: disabling the touchpad should not disable the power button. It's more likely a coincidence that ...
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| Dell Inspiron 1520 with Windows Vista | 2/23/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have a built in camera on my laptop and I cannot seem to find any possible way to use it. Do I ...
A: yes the camera would need a driver. I'm a little suprised it's not included in Vista, but take a ...
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| Laptop can not switch on | 2/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: My laptop automatically switched off and now i cant even switch it on..Already checked the charger ...
A: There could be several reasons for this. If you can borrow that other person's battery and try it ...
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| my computer wont start up | 2/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: when i try to turn my computer on the power button just flashes and it will stop flashing and the ...
A: try it runing on AC power with the battery removed. If that doesn't work, try borrowing an AC ...
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| Laptop to TV ( SVideo ) No Video | 2/22/2008 | Shot |
Q: I am using a Dell Inspiron 6000 and had no problems in the past displaying video from my laptop to ...
A: first, I would check for any updated drivers. If there are none, check to see if you can back-rev ...
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| hard drive | 2/21/2008 | Shot |
Q: I bought a used laptop hard drive from ebay. It is a Generic ATA 2.5, 30 gig. It is like the one ...
A: take a look in the BIOS of the laptop and make sure it is set up to automatically detect the hard ...
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| cd-rw/dvd problem | 2/20/2008 | Shot |
Q: am having a dell latitude c640 laptop and while trying to update the driver of my samsung cd-rw/dvd ...
A: there are many things that could cause this. Do the drives show up in Device Manager at all? Have ...
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| Battery Meter crazy with replacement battery | 2/19/2008 | Shot |
Q: I have a Compaq Presario V2000 series. I just replaced the battery and am working on going through ...
A: hopefully this will just work itself out with the new battery, unless the new battery has a ...
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| TOUCHPAD | 2/19/2008 | Shot |
Q: i have purchased a used dell 3500 ts30t for my daughter to use. It has no pointer and the right and ...
A: sure you can download it to a CD and install. You'll want to go to Dell's website here: ...
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| laptop wont log on | 2/19/2008 | Shot |
Q: When i type my password into my laptop it simply just doesn't log. what should i do ?
A: you get no messages at all? It just sits there? Have you tried starting the computer in safe mode by ...
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| Inspiron 6000 laptop | 2/19/2008 | Shot |
Q: When typing text (word document, e-mail, etc) the cursor will suddenly jump to a random location in ...
A: usually this is a mouse problem. It moves itself where ever it wants and clicks by itself. But ...
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| Acer aspire 1691 wlmi problem | 2/18/2008 | Shot |
Q: Seems like I've got a serious problem with my acer aspire 1691 wlmi,the thing is that my display ...
A: there's a couple of things to check, first, plug it into a regular monitor and see if it shuts down ...
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| Laptop Sound Issues | 2/18/2008 | Shot |
Q: For two weeks now my laptop has been very slow. I figured because I have a lot of software but it ...
A: since you've already ran the defrag, I'm assuming you should have at least 15% of your hard drive ...
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