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I recently replaced the motherboard, wifi card, and switch on my Dell XPS12. Now when powered up, it will shut down on its own within a few minutes. What to check / replace next?

I'm wanting to build a new computer but I'm having trouble, it's been a long time since I've built one and my head is starting to spin just looking at the options for motherboards. So you know what I'm working with this is my empty tower -> NZXT Source 210 …

As PCs age you enounter "The Dead PC" from time to time. Long ago I even owned a PC repair shop and learned a lot from the experience. But fast forward to today. While I know a bit about PC design something of a mystery to me is why folk …

I often use the Parallel port (D-Sub DB-25 female) of PC to communicate with MCU or a processor card with my unique and self developed software and interface circuit . Now it looks like I've found a functional bug in the USI hardware of AVR ATtiny45/85 MCU. I wanted to …

So I basically tried to make a gaming pc, first one. And I encountered a big problem. I thought I had everything set up and connected (with the disappointment that my Gigabyte Z370 Ultra Gaming didn’t support RGB) but when I went to turn it on for a final test, …

I am having an issue with my computer starting up. It will power up, I hear the hard drives spinning, the fans all come on including the CPU fan. But I get no visual, no beeps. I tried to wait out around 5 min or so to see if it …

Recently the LCD screen on my Gateway Solo 5150 Laptop went black. I took it to a repair shop where they replaced the inverter board that supplies power to the LCD lamp. The unit worked very well for a couple of days and the problem re-appeared. I took it back …

Hi, I have a 3 year old toshiba satellite pro and recently I've noticed that whenever the laptop is plugged in to the AC ( ie when I want to charge it while the laptop is on) it shuts down after about one second. Therefore the only way I can …

Hi i have a problem with the print screen button. When i press that button my whole system is freezing. The only thing i can do is restart pc by hand. Since two weeks i have a new key bord it´s the Logitech K800 with setpoint installed. some info from …

i am not able to reboot our notebook because when press F10 administration password comes setup is locked please solve

I need a recomendation for a good motherboard and accompianing CPU. Here's what I'm looking for. Compatible with Linux plenty of USB ports plenty of sata ports, may be a dual boot Linux/Windows/SteamOS Although I don't currently do a lot of high end gaming, or gaming at all, but I …

I have a 2005 Toshiba laptop with a celeron processor. For some reason my computer will just shut off without warning. You've got about 15 minutes tops to use it before it'll just turn off unexpectedly. If you're doing something a little more complicated, like running a virus scan, it'll …

I just bought a 32GB USB stick to store 15.7GB of video on. When I get about halfway, any more video files I add will not play, or in most cases will not even show up. I've tried reformatting a few times.

I have a gateway FX laptop with 1400 x 1200 screen resolution. Can I swap this screen to another FX laptop with a current screen resolution of 1400 x 900 if they have the same video card or will there be other consideration to deal with?

How to troubleshoot and fix Windows 10 blue screen errors, Please help

3 metre USB cable with portable DVD writer will not work with Dell laptop. The same laptop and DVD writer will however work with a short 60cm cable. Any reason why?

hi I am Hoping some one here can shed some light on this. I have a toshiba satellite pro laptop but it's refusing to turn on. it was working fine 2 days ago and was last shutdown as normal. With the AC power supply plugged into the laptop the DC-in …

Hello, I was playing a game on my PC (NFS Most wanted) when I heard a fan starting up noisily. All of a sudden the system tripped off. When I tried restarting it, only the light on the CD-ROM was blinking, even the power button light did not light up. …

Hi I am unable to complete an installation of an Officejet 6000 inkjet printer on a home network Dell 690 workstation running . Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit workstation. The printer had been previously connected to a Windows XP Pro 32 bit OS Dell PC. The HP CD wouldn't install …

Hi, i bought an alfa wifi adapter with realtek rtl8187 moderboard, when i plug it to computer using 10 meters usb cable it show me the message: usb device not recognized. but it appear on Device manager and wifi management softwares (but no wifis shown) . but when i plug …

hello i hope you are all doing well! so i have my coputer that i build one year ago with 240GB ssd for the OS and 500GB HDD for data, i have set document pictures videos and download default location the HDD but and installed all software on SSD too, …

OK, so the Jelly Pro is being touted as the world's smallest 4G smartphone; but is it any good? Every time I pull the Jelly Pro out of the change pocket of my jeans, yes it really is that small, I cannot help but think of Derek Zoolander and his …

Gaming work area is outstanding amongst other critical requirement for a gamer. When you sits before the work area for quite a while you should be however much agreeable as could be expected. There are som numerous choice of gaming work area that you can pick. Among them I list …

I have a 7 years old laptop in better condition but there is a problem with their mouse. Mouse does not work properly. after 2 times restarting the system then mouse works but after few time approx. 10 to 20 min or when right clicking then mouse stop working.

I am looking to buy a motherboard and I'm looking for lots of USB and sata ports, it should fit in this case -> item# N82E16811146077 on newegg.com and will work well with Linux for my main desktop, and a windows and SeamOS drives as well for gaming? Will this …

remote server not responding on my nokia 208

Hi, I seem to get an Assertion failure with the following code: if (Butten.tag==1) { //int errorCount = 0; //UIImage *filterImage; GPUImageAmatorkaFilter *ColorMatrix=[[GPUImageAmatorkaFilter alloc]init]; [ColorMatrix prepareForImageCapture]; UIImage *filterImage=[ColorMatrix imageByFilteringImage:img_MainImage]; //while (! (filterImage = [ColorMatrix imageByFilteringImage:img_MainImage]) ) { // ++errorCount; //} //if (errorCount > 0) { //NSLog(@"GPUImageiOSBlurFilter imageByFilteringImage button clicked:"); //} …

Hello guys I'm troubleshooting a Lenovo M91P pc that goes on but there is no display and the monitor and keyboard is off aswell. I tried swapping psu's and different ram cards, but it does the same.. no display anyone got any good suggestions on what could be the problem? …

Got Android? Then you had better be on top of your security smarts. With Android cornering more than 80 per cent of the mobile operating system market, it's no surprise that Android devices are the number one target for the mobile malware merchants. Kaspersky Lab reckoned that Android malware attacks …

My Samsung HD is OK, but not showing. I haven't yet found a user who in any of discussions about problem of this type of disappearing Samsung HD502HJ admitted that he succeeded in bringing HD back to accomplishment. I have been watching videos, what they tell for setting up BIOS …

I have a technical room in my flat where I have (among other things) two meters counting the use of hot and cold water. To automate the task of reading these counters I want to use a Raspberry PI model 3 with a camera module, controlling the process from an …

Generally speaking, when it comes to being as secure as possible (and, just as importantly, staying as secure as possible) newer is better. This is certainly the case if we are talking mobile operating systems such as Android and iOS. As of the start of March 2017, according to [Apple's …

I've installed a new pci-e sata2 raid card, but it won't detect any hard drive. When i access the software to set up the raid, (silicon image 3132) right after the bios, it doesn't show any physical drives, as if there was no hdd connected to it at all. Jumper …

Hi, I'm going to see one of our sites tomorrow and been asked to look at a PC that isn't working. I dont have long there so wondered if anyone had any tips for what i should try to do/test when I do get there. I even sent them a …

Newbie hades here. My second-hand Presario F730 seems to have killed its power jack; the typical home handyman, I ordered a new power jack board, tore the machine apart (actually following directions from the repair manual, available online), and plugged it in. The new jack glows properly. Of the 3 …

Hi Guys, Am trying to develop an android application with 13 fragments. The app works very well with the navigation drawer, but when I tried to add the code for the function to swipe the screen to switch betwenn fragments, the app stopped to work. I am very new to …

Hey, I'm new to the forums but fairly experienced when it comes to computers. I've got a Dell Dimension 8400 and a 2001FP monitor. When i boot the computer up, the video card's fan is spinning and the computer seems to power on fine... except for the fact that there …

Hi, bought a gaming PC tower (with a top class nVidia graphics card) for the kids, Xmas, but sent it back cos of a couple of probs. It's arrived back with me and some problems persist. When I switch on and boot-up (I assume it's booting up, as I can't …

Hi, I wanted to setup dual monitor, before trying to purchase I looked up at few articles and forums and most of them had language suggesting it is easy and straight forward. I visited 4 stores and they wasn't sure what they are talking about, 2 of them directly denied …

Hello ! I have a baylan Biometrics Finger Print Reader working at my work place for attendance, it imports data to spreadsheet and then let me edit and sort the attendance sheet, i want its automatic backup, is there any way to take its back-up automatically, whether through batch file …

Hello, Am currently facing a problem with my home PC, whereby upon switching on, all the lights switch on normally (HDD, DVD-drives, PSU), then just seconds later, it switches off by itself, and again some seconds later, starts to switch on by itself, but again goes off (in a loop). …

I just got a new cell phone, sanyo 8200 camera phone, and I assume there is software to make your own ringtones from your cd's etc.... anyone experianced in this???? the thought of renting tones for $3 is silly when you can buy a song forever in itunes for $1... …

i have a kiosak in my office.there is the display problem in it. showing no signal.but cpu fan and smps fan is working well.and i have chacked RAM and graphic card,its working fine. plz tell me what is the problem.???

Hello how can i lock a usb drive that the user it will be not able to remove the files that are in also to cant add new ones? I think its very cool for advertising own goals :) - Thanks :)

For the longest time, every pun intended, I was a smartwatch hater. How dumb is that, a stupid-expensive smartwatch that really does nothing much at all. I mean, what's the point of wearing a watch that tells you when there's an email on the phone that's in your pocket? Or, …

Yesterday the power in my apartment went out while I was at work. When I came home my computer and other devices were not working, so I restored the power supply.I get power now at all outlets (including where the computer is plugged in),but my computer will not turn on. …

Good morning all. Call me Imp. I have built a computer from scratch - no problems. A friend shipped his to himself when moving via USPS and when it arrived it wasn't working (and of course his insurance claim was denied). When he turns it on it rattles and hums …