hardware issue

At some point this morning, it seems one of my hard drives crashed, and with that went my O/S since it was installed on one of the partitions of that drive. Fine. All works out, I just reinstall windows. Wrong. When I put in the boot disk, I have a few problems. This first one, when I am in...

Hi, I hope somone out there can help. I've been looking through the forums for a while and I haven't found a solution to my problem. First of all I'm running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit on an i5 system. I powered on my PC and it gave me a warning about the machine not being shut down properly. I...

for the last while my computer has been acting up. for the last few months my computer had been giving me problems. i had mandriva linux setup on a partitions with windows 7 as my main. i got locked out of windows because of a partition problem that i couldnt solve. my dad paid the guy at the...

Hey guys, I've been trying to fix this myself but with no luck. Maybe you can give me some tips? I think it is a hardware issue which I have little to no experience with. It all started when I decided to upgrade to Windows 7 x64 from my Vista x64. I had nothing of importance on the computer...

I have a three month old HP DV7-3085dx which suddenly stopped shutting down correctly. I hangs at the "shutting down" screen. I have to power it down manually to shut it off then of course I get the message that windows shut down incorrectly. I'm at my wits end with this. Today I restored the...

A while ago, my PC started to take a while to turn on, as in I had to turn the power on from the plug and wait a few seconds for the power button to actually work. After a while this 'lag' time took longer and longer and now I sometimes have to wait hours before turning my PC on but sometimes it...

I am in need of help on this machine. It is a custom build with Win7 Enterprise 32bit. Mobo is ECS P4M800PRO-M ver 2.0, Cpu Pentium D 3.0, rma OCZ DDR400 pc3200, Video visiontec HD2600pro apg, hd 300gb maxtor 7200 16 mb sata that is the basics. It has an issue with freeze or lockup require hard...

I just purchased parts and built a brand new system last week, and it's having continual BSOD problems in Windows. Here's my specs - Gigabyte H55M-USB3 motherboard Intel Core i3 2.93GHz CPU 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 Zotac GeForce GT 240 512MB Win 7 Home Premium 64bit I've updated motherboard...

I am using a dual boot, Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Previously I had an accident where water spilled on my keyboard, thus shorting it out. Since then, I have not been able to access Windows, for my password box will fill with random signs. I was able to successfully disable the keyboard via ubuntu...

Hi, Im new here. A user of Inspiron1420. I found prob that i cant update my windows update. internet connections are as usual though. both show error code 80072efe. i tried using tdsskiller but no threat is found. i also tried scanning with malwarebyte' s anti- malware, no thread is found...

I got this computer back in June of this year... Ever since I get Blue Screens (even in initial setup - which I was able to complete sucessfully!) on cold start up. It usually happens about 1-2 minutes after logging on and running any program. Originally thought it was a memory problem -...

Hi everyone, I just did a clean restore on my PC because I thought the issue was a virus or something. After a clean install of Windows 7, I'm still getting the following errors (which I had before my restore as well): - computer wouldn't start up, stuck at motherboard logo screen or "starting...

Hey everybody I've searched around for a while and am having trouble with what seem like random BSODs on my laptop. I used WhoCrashed to analyze the minidumps and every one references ntoskrnl.exe. I saw this could be a memory issue so I scanned my RAM with the Microsoft tool but no issues were...

Hello, I got a problem where my computer randomly crashes. Usually when playing WoW, but I noticed it already freezes on random times. Computer Spec. 1 x 6GB (3 x 2 GB ) Corsair Xms3 - 1333 MHz / PC3 10666 - CL9 (TR3X6G1333C9) 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo / E8600 / 3.33GHz / 1333FSB / 6MB / LGA-775...

When I plug in my external HDD I hear the USB noise, but it does not show up under My Computer. It does however show up and it allows me to safely remove the device, though it doesn't have the original device's name (FlexDrive). So instead of "Eject Flexdrive" it says "Eject External". I've...

salut je demande votre aide j'ai un gros probleme a chaque heure le pc REDEMMARE avec un bsod 0x00000124(0x000000000,0x681f1024,0xb2000040,0x00000800) reinstalliation memory crach dump s.v.p. aide moi :(

Spent over an hour reading the stickys and similar threads - hope you guys can help me with this problem. Short Story: Sys was running Win 7 Ultimate (x64) - BSOD like crazy after three months. Bad memory stick, HD, and MB replaced - no go. Installed Windows XP Pro (x86) works fine. Install...

I have attempted to install Windows 7 a couple of times now (with different copies each time) and I keep getting the same problem: Everything goes very smoothly for the most part. It finishes the installation, and then goes to reboot. When it attempts to load up Windows 7 the first time, I get...

Hello. Im going to start by saying that i am not a computer genius, i can do most basic things but im not a genius so sorry on that front. So, whenever i shut my computer down, it starts off fine.....shuts down normally and then all of a sudden it "Turns off". My monitor goes off, my...

Dear friends: This is my first post. I hope I do it right. I recently bought an Asus U50F notebook. Pretty good so far. But for the past few days, the DVD/CD-ROM E: drive disappears from My Computer. I go to Device Manager and it shows as disabled (Code 22). I proceed to enable it, and it...