hardware issues

(XP Home Edition) I made a mess trying to change security from Zone Alarm to Comodo - ended up with Avast. The changes ( the initial try of Comodo) triggered a 10 second intermittent 'siren' from inside the unit (standard - not laptop). I've tried every kind of removal, reinstall, reboot...

Hello everybody, I'm from Buenos Aires City, Argentina I'm desperate. I don't know what to do. I've been having a lot problems with my laptop (Lenovo y560) since last thursday (February 13th). I don't know why, but, out of nowhere, random BSOD's have been appearing every single day since that...

Not sure if this thread belongs here or in networks. I have a point of sales system that is Windows 7 based. Connected to serial port 3 is a customer pole display that shows the total for each item sold. My problem is that my point of sale software say that it cannot connect the pole display...

So, I must say I'm at my wits end. I've been getting complete system freezes while going about my business, happening while doing various things. I could be simply browsing, playing games, watching video, and sometimes doing nothing. I don't BSOD, everything just locks. The mouse cursor won't...

Hello, I'm running Windows 8 on my laptop, and I've started getting very intermittent Blue Screens, with a different error code every time. I'm not ruling out hardware, but running linux off a bootable usb runs totally stable. Maybe hard drive? I'll be upset if it is, it's a 750 gb SSHD I bought...

I have a barcode scanner that hasn't given any problems in the past, but now when I connect it to one of my front USB ports, it lights up and pings to indicate that it is working, Windows chimes indicating that it is connected, and when I scan a barcode, it chirps to indicate that it is read...

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I've had my computer since last march and I've had it formatted multiple times due to BSODs and freezes, after it has been formatted it works for while then the problem comes back. I've had it sent off to the manufacturer and they said it's not hardware but the upgraded my power supply from a...

Hi, I observed a problem on my new pc with windows 7. When I try to adjust the screen brightness, the adjustment slider is always in minimum in Control panel>Hardware and Sound>Power Option, as shown in this picture but once I go to the "Edit Plan Settings", the slider is in maximum...

Dear All, I have been using windows xp for a long time, recently I am trying to install windows xp but usb ports stop working in windows. In bios all the usb ports are working fine but as soon as windows starts all the usb ports stop working. I have used almost all the solutions that I have...

This is a carry on from this thread as I was told I should come here. To put it simply, I started having regular BSODs since I installed my GTX 780, I was pretty confident that it was just a driver issue, and decided I would be sending it back as I didn't want the hassle (tried lots of things)...

Hi all, This has been an ongoing issue for months, but it had calmed down. But now the past few days it has become very frequent again - I am now getting totally fed up with it as I don't know what it causing it. I have a 4770k Intel Kingston 8GB 2400mhz ram MSI MPower Z87 Board AMD 290X video...

I purchased a Soundfreaq Sound Platform (SFQ-01) and connected it to my HP Pavilion p7 using Windows 7 via Bluetooth. A Sound Platform icon was now in the Hardware & Sound - Devices & Printers window. Because I have multiple devices hooked up via bluetooth to the sound platform I would have to...

We recently built my friends computer. We started with Windows 8.1 and that was fine until the keyboard and mouse stopped working. We tried other USB ports, disabling the XHCI in BIOS, and other things but nothing worked. We decided to clean format and switch back to Windows 7. We're now using...

Recently installed windows seven after having to replace my old hardrive, and now my computer will crash unexpectedly. At times, the screen will glitch. This doesn't interrupt any programs, nor stall my computer. It's more of a flicker. I fear this is a symptom. Please help. Attached is the...

Hi everyone, I currently have issues with a HP EliteBook 8460p. I keep getting a BSOD at login and sometimes it does not even boot up to login screen. Its very irregular since i can go into safe mode sometimes and other times i get the BSOD. I have gone into safe mode and disabled, Video...

Hey guy's im trying to figure out my body's PC.. his keyboard works cause on boot i go in bios and can use the keyboard to navigate.but as soon as the PC boots the keyboard does not work any more.. need to use virtual keyboard.. i have tried a few keyboards with the same issue??? any clue why??

My Win 7 PC seems to freeze a few minutes or 10 minutes after resuming from sleep (not hibernation). This has only started to happen in the last 3 weeks or so. Up until that point it has been fine (PC was bought in 2008). Any help would be much appreciated Win 7 EVGA 750I SLI nForce 8 G ram 1...

I realize that the MS Wireless Mouse is not Windows hardware but I don't know where else to ask. The MS wireless mouse 5000s used in both my Win 7 and Win 8.1 systems ignore their power management setting that is supposed to prevent mouse movement from waking the systems from "sleep". The...

Hi there - "WindowsForum". I've had an issue with my computer for LOOOONG time, first it all started out giving me "0x4f" errors, but the whole 0x4f ended when I changed my keyboard, and it stopped happening the BSOD but then suddenly 6 days after. I recieved the 0x7A, and now its called...