Summary: I have a compaq laptop that is a few years old. It all of the sudden wont charge the battery. When i put my battery in my friend laptop it charges f...
Summary: Hi Matt, When you have the battery and the AC adapter on the laptop, have you tried to remove the battery and reconnect the battery while the laptop ...
Summary: Check the cooling fan. On laptops, they are usually thermally controlled (to save battery power), hence the random effect. Fan may be going bad, or ...
Summary: I bought an old 586 motherboard from a surplus store really cheap to build a system for my niece. Didn't really inspect it much. Anyway got it home & ...
Summary: My laptop has an Hp lightscribe Super Multi 8x DVD +/-/RW drive with double layer support. All of a sudden when I try to run a dvd movie on laptop th...
Summary: Turn the computer of and remove the power lead. Find the battery on the motherboard - it looks like a small silver coin. Ease it out of its clip noti...
Summary: "It's very loose. Wiggles around about half an inch in all directions." If you're not greatly eggadurating (sp?) , then in that case it's probably not...
Summary: Some cmos batteries on laptops use rechargable cells and are charged whenever the laptop is plugged into the AC adapter. If the laptop has been sittin...
Summary: The battery icon on my toolbar has a red cross on it and says "no battery is detected". Obviously the laptop is still working at the moment because i...
Summary: If the keys are sticking it probably wasn't just water that was spilled on it - liquids such as soda pop are conductive and deadly to computers. Many ...
Summary: Your error indicates that data is not consistent in the CMOS. This most likely means the information has changed without your direct input (could be ...
Summary: Hello Last night somehow i managed to spill some alcohol on my friends laptop. I shut it down straight away, then we tried to turn it on but it wou...
Summary: One just has to wonder what it would do if you spilt the other form of Coke [not the real thing!]. If you are lucky, it wil dry out just fine. Assist ...
Summary: You said you cleaned the contacts on the battery and laptop (lappie, hahaha). This is recomended to be done with a normal pencil erasor. If you did it...
Summary: You can't get to the battery without accessing the guts of the laptop. Did you search the Support information? I found this: http://support.dell.com/...
Summary: I have a IBM Thinkpad T20 with a new battery. What is going on with this is that I fully charge the battery, and it works fine except for when I use i...
Summary: Does anyone know how to change the cmos battery on a samsung laptop? I have a sens810 and it seems to have some secret screws or something. ...
Summary: You should be able to open the system up and find a jumper that will clear the BIOS along with any hardwired passwords. If you don't find a jumper, p...
Summary: Hi, Everybody, I hope someone can help me. I deal with recycling lithium-ion batteries for laptops (just replacing the cells). But often the interna...
Summary: My Ac Adapter doesn't work on my laptop... doesn't charge and doesn't supply power... the power led doesn't light up either when i plug the ac adapter...
Summary: My armada laptop started having a pinkish screen so I thought I'd do some troubleshooting. I plugged in a CRT monitor to see if the screen was still t...
Summary: Hello, The battery on my laptop accepts and holds a charge. The problem is that ten to fifteen minutes after running on battery power the computer su...
Summary: well i screwed up and fell asleep in front on my laptop the other day woke up in the chair and realized a few splash marks on the screen and keyboard....
Summary: My dell laptop had one problem. I need battery and AC cord both on the laptop to turn on it. Either battery or AC cord did not on the laptop, I can no...
Summary: Hi I am having trouble making the battery display on the taskbar ( by the clock ) even though in power options, the option " display battery on taskba...
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