251. Laptop start-up problem
Q: I have a refurbished Lenovo with XP pro that won't start up all the way. I get to the welcome screen ...
A: while you have it booted up in safe mode, go to start>run and type in msconfig then click ok or ...
252. IBM Thinkpad R50e
Q: I tried pressing F1 and it says " Entering IBM BIOS Setup Utility" and still proceeds to the black ...
A: I certainly don't mind you asking! That's what I'm here for. Unfortunately, I don't believe there ...
253. IBM Thinkpad has black screen with a lock icon need help ASAP
Q: I have aproblem with my IBM thinkpad. iT starts up with the IBM page and then in stead of proceeding ...
A: I know that prompt, I have a Thinkpad too, but that's not the prompt I was referring to Lauren. It ...
254. sound
Q: Hey i just got a new laptop and downloaded a few things onto it and i noticed theres no sound on ...
A: I'll probably need some more information, like what make and model, and what operating system you're ...
255. HD to HD
Q: I loaded pictures from my camera to my laptop to free up the memory card. Ques: can I use a usb ...
A: you can if you're using Windows Vista, and it might work with XP too at some point, but you can ...
256. Dvd 's not running on Laptop
Q: When i put a dvd in my laptop the computer tries to read it but nothing happens after a while.No ...
A: there may be several solutions here, but at least it sounds like the drive is good. What program ...
257. laptop problem
Q: I have a major problem. I have a Toshiba Satellite P15-S479 laptop. I just replaced the hard drive ...
A: I hate to send you out to spend money. I would like to say check for a BIOS update that would let ...
258. Laptop Sound
Q: My laptop sound goes on and off if i move it a certain way one day it will work and the next day it ...
A: sound going out when you move it may be a sign of a loose connection. Does it go out when listening ...
259. unzipping a self loading file
Q: Helo Shot. I have another question for you. My Dell inspiron 3200 has no floppy. I want to install ...
A: try this: Create a new directory on your hard drive, maybe c:\test. Then open a command window by ...
260. laptop problem
Q: I have a major problem. I have a Toshiba Satellite P15-S479 laptop. I just replaced the hard drive ...
A: is this external CD a USB CD? If so, this could be a problem, depending on the bios of your laptop. ...
261. laptop problem
Q: I have a major problem. I have a Toshiba Satellite P15-S479 laptop. I just replaced the hard drive ...
A: this is the screen you get when the laptop is trying to boot from the network card. It does this for ...
262. HP Pavilion -blue screen - stop: 0x0000007B
Q: My HP Pavilion N5000 laptop first got the blue screen sometimes....but I could still get to the ...
A: I thought this sounded familiar. :-) Yes there's an option on the CD to do repair. Actually, there ...
263. loptop
Q: I have an IBM thinkpad lop top which some how when I turn it ON instead of going right in to the ...
A: as long as you have the passwords it should be fairly easy. You need to go into the BIOS setup when ...
264. HP Pavilion -blue screen - stop: 0x0000007B
Q: My HP Pavilion N5000 laptop first got the blue screen sometimes....but I could still get to the ...
A: if you want to try running chkdsk, you could try booting to safe mode-command prompt only, it may ...
265. Laptop Probz
Q: hey there well i have been using my brothers laptop for a week or so and i went to turn it on today ...
A: this is the startup menu you get by pressing F8 as Windows boots. You should be able to select start ...
266. Dell inspiron 3200 233
Q: My operating system crapped out on me so I did a clean reinstall of the win 98SE OS. It reinstalled ...
A: this is normally because Windows does not have the right device driver for your video card. If you ...
267. spacebar, enter and backspace keys stop working
Q: Suddenly my spacebar, enter and backspace keys have stopped working on my Dell Latitude D620 laptop. ...
A: this usually happens when the keyboard is going bad, or when the cable connecting your keyboard has ...
268. Dell Inspiron E1405 Screen Problem
Q: When I turn my computer on and log in normally into my account. The screen will change from black to ...
A: the blinking black screen is your computer trying to put the regular background up there, and it is ...
269. laptop does not turn on....
Q: Sometimes - up to a few weeks at a time - my laptop (Dell 600m) does not turn on! When I try, the ...
A: intuition is not always a bad thing! Since I obviously cannot see your computer, a lot of what I go ...
270. Dell Inspiron AC Adapter
Q: My daughter is in London for her junior year of college and took her Inspiron 9300 over with her. As ...
A: yes I have ran into this! Not personally in London, but in other parts of Europe. Some parts of ...
271. Dell Inspiron laptop keyboard problem
Q: Many thanks for any help you can give me. I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop. I'm having keyboard ...
A: what's happened is that the number lock got turned on somehow. You'll find the "numlk" key on the ...
272. laptop does not turn on....
Q: Sometimes - up to a few weeks at a time - my laptop (Dell 600m) does not turn on! When I try, the ...
A: I'm afraid there really isn't an easy way to test these in a laptop unless you have parts to swap. ...
273. Running software on Inspiron E1505
Q: I have an Inspiron E1505 running Vista, and I'm trying to put a Spanish (legal) CD on the computer. ...
A: at first glance it appears that you may have a bad CD. Can you try it in another computer just to ...
274. toshiba satellite not turning on
Q: Notebook won't turn on, everything lights up perfectly, but there is a blank screen for a long time ...
A: that churning noise is probably your hard drive, and I have a feeling it may be failing on you. I ...
275. Screen wont turn on...
Q: I have a Compaq presario F500 and everytime i turn my laptop in, the screen stays black. If i leave ...
A: when the screen stays black, is it completely black, or can you see faint images on it? You may be ...
276. Beeping Laptop
Q: Our Dell laptop all of a sudden decided to go haywire. On day I cam home from work and pressed the ...
A: kind of a strange symptom you're describing here. The first thing I would do is run a thorough virus ...
277. Laptop Problem
Q: When i turn it on the power button lights up and the hdd light lights up but nothing else happens ...
A: good luck with your A+ certification, it's a great place to start, and really means something on a ...
278. laptop quit
Q: my 1277 presario was working fine until i added a desktop monitor. i then turned on the laptop and ...
A: you will need to put the memory back in before it will boot, even far enough to get into the BIOS. ...
279. Battery problem
Q: I have exactly the same unrecognised new battery problem with an IBM X31 as your recent 16/9/07 ...
A: I am still looking for a solution to the unrecognized batteries, but so far, I have not found ...
280. Dell Inspiron 5100 problems
Q: Hey, I have a major problem with my laptop, whenever I go to turn it on it does the ordinary load ...
A: can you boot the computer into safe mode by pressing F8 after the POST screen? You may also want to ...
281. latitude d 600 Problem
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 ...
282. acer laptop sound problem
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 ...
283. erratic system behavior
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 ...
284. Laptop failure to display programs/start
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 ...
285. laptop with no NIC
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 ...
286. Laptop mouse
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 ...
287. Long time to restart
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 ...
288. Laptop not getting power from AC Adapter
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 ...
289. SOUND PROBLEMS
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 ...
290. Dell Latitude D600 problem
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 ...
291. Laptop dark screen problem
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 ...
292. laptop screen problem
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 ...
problem?
293. 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 ...
294. toshiba M70 display problem
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 ...
295. Laptop failure to boot
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 ...
296. AC Adapter?
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 ...
297. Toshiba A85-S107 Freezing up
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 ...
298. Key fell off from keyboard
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 ...
299. Laptop failure to boot
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, ...
300. LCD goes dim
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 ...
