Summary: Any help on the following problem would be very much appreciated. I have a compaq presario 7470 (I know,I know) that started acting up shortly after a...
Summary: Just recently my PC, a P4 1.7GHz running on Win XP, fails to boot up from time to time after being switched on. I try switching it on and off a few t...
Summary: Hi all, Ok, I am having a nightmare with my PC. The PC is a Compaq, ageing at around 4-5 years. Ive never had any problems with the PC, until about a ...
Summary: Are all your harddrives showing up correctly ??? I had a problem like that only a few days ago while working on an old Pentium 133. I installed 4 old ...
Summary: Ok where to start. I used to have a problem where it would restart everytime I played a game. Then it got progressivly worse and would boot up half wa...
Summary: I just built a new computer and the boot up takes a very long time. It also will not boot up from the hard drive. It recognizes the drive but will not...
Summary: Is this a recent development or has the system always behaved this way? Boot up into bios and check IDE interface settings. enable Autodetect. save an...
Summary: I'll try to summarize the events leading up to my problem as best I can. I have two hard drives. I tried installing Windows Vista Business on the firs...
Summary: I keep getting this message when i start to boot up. primary master failure. when xp is loading up the black screen at the start it sees the hd but wh...
Summary: Hello. I discovered this morning if I start my computer with my Ipod plugged in, it freezes after the gateway screen and won't load windows. I tried...
Summary: Hi, I am having problem regarding my desktop. It cannot be boot up. Initially, I thought that my PSU has spoilt whereby I try changing the PSU with th...
Summary: I've noticed some bios', especially with brand names such as IBM, compaq and HP, tend to see drives a little differently. If you put a drive in one t...
Summary: I bought a Soyo barebones kit from TigerDirect.com, and can not get a display when trying to boot up the computer. I've checked all the jumpers / sett...
Summary: Make that three! I have a very similar problem. See my earlier post "Screen Flicker and Failure to Boot". I have to add that sometimes when i get l...
Summary: "as well as making Floppy the first device in the Boot tab in BIOS, make sure that "Boot Up Floppy Seek" is enabled....." I haven't found that to be n...
Summary: i have a problem my laptop is a Packard bell Easy note Model: FEA 01, my laptop wont boot from the hard drive 30gb Seagate, When i go into the Phoenix...
Summary: Hey Dumbob, thanks for your reply. I've been able to boot up in safe mode and had a look in Device Manager for the yellow ? or ! but there are none!! ...
Summary: I have encountered a strange problem with my PC. (Spec:Intel DG 31 PR Mobo, Core2 duo proc )When I power on and press the power on switch in front of ...
Summary: If I am running router or server on Compaq Deskpro EN (PIII 733 mHz, Motherboard Compaq 187498-001, Bios: Compaq Basic 09/13/02 686P2 v 3.14) how to b...
Summary: Someone please help. The system is an AMD Athlon 1800+ with 384 mb of RAM consisting of one 128mb stick and a 256mb stick. I have two hard drives in...
Summary: iv'e never seen software do that beofore. does the cdrw work on another PC? try to play around with the wiring. it's very hard to keep the original co...
Summary: A friend's system was taking forever to boot up. It would stall at the BIOS just before the memory scan. After a minute or so the memory scan would ta...
Summary: Hi When I push the power button on my pc, it will power up but when it checks the RAM, it says "Memory" and it will sit there for about 30 seconds wit...
Summary: Hi there. I am running a Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB RAM, 64MB Geforce 4MX graphics card under Windows XP. My Motherboard is the K7S5A. I recently purc...
Summary: My computer takes exactly one and half minutes to boot up. During this time it displays the 'Mercury' Logo for initial 35 seconds,then blank screen wi...
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