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My laptop (used, but not super old or anything) has suddenly started shutting down whenever I type anything for more than a minute or two (I'm writing from my desktop computer!) So I can no longer write messages on facebook or chat with anyone without it shutting down. However, I …
I tried to restore my jailbroken iPad to factory settings. I clicked on the jailbroken device with iOS7 "restore to factory settings," and now it is loading for more than 8 hours (duing night). I was told that this was normal... but I do not believe it. All I have …
Where the data stored temporarily in SOURCE COMPUTER, when sent to another COMPUTER via NETWORK. If to copy in the same COMPUTER stored in CLIPPORD????
Hi all, Kimangel is here, would like ask your help on my laptop problem. My acer laptop shutdown automatically, sometimes in just seconds, minutes, or hours. I already clean up the cpu fan, and the motherboard. The cpu fan stops after a second when turn on, that is on Bios …
can anyone help, i have a hp easynote te and it wont boot with the screen open. if i open it to a third of the way it boots. it wont display on another screen unless my screen is only open a third, i may be barking up the wrong …
hi guys i'm welling to buy a new hard drive i got : core 2 quad 760 - q8200 with 4gb ram and 1 hard drive (250gb) what's the maximuim ammount of capacity can i put in it 500 gb ? 1tb ? 2tb ? and what's the most reliable …
The Internet of Things (IoT) is something of a buzz-phrase right now, and locking down the IoT is certainly something that vendors across both security and hardware industries are talking up. The problem with the publicity surrounding stories of 'things' that have been hacked is that, well, they never really …
My daughter had problems starting her laptop for about a year. She would press the power key and sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't. Sometimes it would take 10 or more tries before it worked and then it would power on. Other times even after 10 tries she …
Hello, I backed up 2 computers onto a simplesave HP md1000h. After 2 years i have re-connected the hard drive and nothing happens - no light, no running sound. I dismantled the unit and removed the circuit board from the hard drive. Using a USB to SATA? cable I connected …
has anyone had difficulties getting chromecast to work on their network? specifically, getting to the final set-up, after the device has successfully located your network and your router settings show the chromecast device in your lan/dhcp settings? have verified that all my settings on my dlink 657 router are correct. …
Hello everyone, I was watching a movie on my computer then suddenly a message pop up that flash is updating. When it finished updating, my computer logged off. When it opened again, a black screen with an "underscore" sign is flashing on the left side corner of my computer. My …
Hey guys .. I just got an invite to buy oneplus one, and it expires in 24 hours. I have samsung galaxy s3 currently, any suggestions should I go for it, whats its performance?
I have this zotac gtx 760 for 8 months and now I'm having a problem. My computer will turn on but there is no display. When I remove the video card it will turn on just fine. I dont know whats the problem I tried my video card to another …
Hi Guys, I have just finished setting up a brilliant space in which we have a large TV with the following connected to it: PC, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Windows 8.1 Laptop, The only thing missing, is that I am currently using just the basic inbuild TV speakers, …
Dear Forum: I am buying a new imac and I wondered if 8 gb of Ram is enough. Due to the expense,I am mainly a webdeveloper, it is difficult to pay $400 more for 16 gb. I am mainly a web developer but with a lot of design i.e. Photoshop, …
A couple of weeks ago my laptop experienced wrong input of keyboard on some keys...adjacent keys or keys near each other tend to be typed even though only one key is pressed..for a while now i have been using a usb keyboard then suddenly my laptop's keyboard worked fine...i didnt …
Hello Everyone! I had a consistent problem with my one year old PC. it randomly shuts down and I would like to clarify and confident enough that overheating in my GPU is not the cause of shutting down. I'm still trying my best (until now) to have solutions. My PC …
I've got a sapphire radeon hd 7850 1Gb OC edition. The display from the card keeps turning off intermittently. To get it back, i have to reseat the card everytime. If i don't the monitor just keeps switching between analong and digital modes and nothing is displayed. I've got the …
Hello, I installed 'Marvel Ultimate Alliance' game on my PC. Every function and graphics display well except for the characters, mine and the villains alike. They seem to look like silhouettes or stick men with weapons. I asked someone else about it and he said the problem could be in …
hi guys, I have a dell xps 17 and I am thinking to purchase an extra Hard Drive - as I have an extra slot available. Ideally I don't want less than 1TB, maybe even more (probably not solid state as they are still too expensive) so I was wondering: …
I got up this morning to check my e-mail so when i opened my laptop i pressed the powere button to resume it from hibernation and about 2 minutes later the hardrive stoppped and the screen went blank. It was plugged into the AC adapter and had the battery in. …
I have a Toshiba laptop that I bought back in 2005. I haven't really used it in the past year and a half because it shuts off within 20 seconds or less. The battery will no longer hold a charge, but even when it's plugged into the wall it still …
I am about to buy a new phone and I am totally confused on what to base my decision whether to get SG5 or N5. I have SG3, had it for over 2 years (Since day of sale), and never had any troubles at all with it, been making my …
My gateway laptop computer will not boot up. All it will do is flash the logo Gateway across the screen. Is there any thing I can do?
Hey, I need help. So yeah I just built my new computer and same issue with no display but everything turns on. Is it possible that it be the CPU at all? I tried everything else and even bought a new mobo and two more sticks of RAM. Specs: AMD …
Hi... Last night I used my pc fine. But today I'm unable to start it. When i push the start up pc button for a bit it light and processor fan start but for 1-2 then it off.. When i plug up one socket of four wire... Than everything works …
Customer has an Epson 2460 scanner, attached by a firewire cable to an old XP pc. His replacement pc has win7 and is also running XP in a VM Workstation. He wants to continue to use XP, partly because of the emails (under OExpress) and partly because he has various …
Hello, I have a Macbook Pro w/ Retina display (A1502), running Win 7 on bootcamp. I also have 2 [LG 25UM64](https://www.google.com/shopping/product/264296052983113163) monitors. The optimal resolution for these monitors is 2560x1080. However, so far as I can tell I can only hit this resolution if I'm connected through HDMI, for which …
Hi there! i need your help regarding BIOS password not working on my emachine(also known as e-system) ei3103 notebook laptop, the issue is not that i have forgotton my password, i am applying correct password but its not accepting it, when i give it 3 times, then i get 'System …
Hi everyone , i have an : dell optiplex 760 small tower like this one  and as you know this tower is small, i don't have the possibility to put more drives and stuff ... i want to take the motherboard and all the stuff and put it …
Hi there. i would like to ask some help here. I have a Sony Vaio Laptop which is i brought it from japan, because the OS is run by Japanese so i decided to change it into English Version. After i Reinstaller my OS into English Version, all the drivers …
hey... i recently just got a sony vaio vgn-fe690p and last night my fn key started freaking out. there are shortcut number keys on some of my letters so i can hold in the fn key and the numbers will type... well now.. in order to use those letter keys …
Good Day to all. Please find below my unfortunate story. I bought my laptop a few months ago. Everything was just fine until one day. Turned off the laptop, unplugged it and left my cabin (currently working on a cruiseship therefore I have limited to none, acces to landbase service …
According to you, what can be the features of a perfect smartphone?
Hi, I need your help in making a USB bootable which is compable to Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. Thanks
my hp pavilion G6 wont power up and whenever i press the power on button it kept on blinking continuously but wont boot up..pls what can i do?
So you've got a tablet, be that an Android, iPad or Windows powered device. Maybe you've got a phablet or just a bog-standard smartphone. Whatever you have, the chances are that it will have a capacitive touch screen. Most people, however, won't have got a stylus. The reasons are straightforward …
I know...I know...many people love their Driod. But, I love my iPhone. Unfortunately, since I am getting older, I need reading glasses to see the small screen. Rumor is that the iPhone 6 will be 5.5" ... very sad... I really wanted 5.7" or 6". In either case...I am sure …
Hi, My Acer Aspire One mini laptop gives me a black screen after powering on. Power light on, battery light on, NO hard drive light on and never shows anything but black. I have tried a lot of the strategies I've read here (remove battery, replace, unplug, etc., pressing various …
Hello, I have a HP ze4500, no matter what I try, I can not get it to power on. The battery light in front is flashing amber. I purchased a new power adapter and still will not power on. Does anyone know what the issue is and maybe have a …
"file system has allocation errors due to cross-linked files. run os built-in tools for checking and correcting such errors", that prompted before formatting which was cancelled due to error. i want to repair that hdd, but which program can i use? i cant really boot now because screen is broken …
Greetings to all -- I have a Compaq 6515b notebook that boots, runs fine. However, when I shutdown, the display remains in a dim, black screen state when using the charger. If on battery, this does not happen. If I replug the charger back in, the notebook will boot immediately …
Is there a way to check if a androind device (tablet or smartphone) is rooted or not Sometimes when doing some android development I need to root a android device but wanted to be able to test if the device is already tooted before i begin rooting
Hardly a week goes by without yet another press release hitting the desk of your technology journalist, or research flag being raised amongst the IT Security profession, that claims Android is insecure. What Android actually is, just like Windows on the desktop in fact, is a big and attractive target; …
I am about to buy a ASUS fonepad 7 2013 me 175cg..is it good?what about lenovo A10 tablet?
Hi all, I am from iraq, i want to learn Microcontroler programming, where is the best place to learn this in a near country from iraq or is online lessons is good? Please give me the advice.
As a platform, Android is naturally very attractive to the criminal fraternity in terms of potential profitability. After all, it has the market share and that nearly always means it has large numbers of users for whom the word security may as well be written in the Cyrillic alphabet. My …
For some odd reason, this whole week, my phone hasn't managed to get even 10% charge on it after charging it overnight. Basically, I plug it in at night, charge it for at least 7 hours, and in the morning it'll have about 10% charge. Why does it do that? …
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