power issues

I've done a search and found plenty of posts where a harddrive is no longer shown under My Computer. My problem is that it is all of my hard drives won't show in My Computer. So this tells me it's probably not all of the power/sata cables all at once. When I restart my PC they reappear...

Hello there! I'm having a bit of an issue with my HP Pavilion dv6 lap top. The specs are AMD A8-3520M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.60 GHz. 6.00GB RAM. 64-bit OS. This started about 2 and a half weeks ago and i'm not entirely sure from what. I've updated graphic drivers and sound drivers but...

Hi, folks! Gird your grid for a very long OP describing a truly baffling puzzle. I apologize for the length, but I've spent a great deal of time and effort researching this issue and experimenting and testing various hypotheses, so I've provided a lot of details which I hope will allow you...

My Laptop crashing without any information or blue screen. Its happening 1 or 2 times everyday. It just goes off and sometimes do not switch on for couple of minutes. I am attaching the log file of HWiNFO64. the temperatures are going up to 99C. Any solution for this problem ?

I recently upgraded from XP to Windows 8 in a desktop model about 5 yrs old. No problems and the upgrade worked better than expectations. I have had since a couple of crashes, a BSOD, and periodically the system will NOT shut down. Monitor closes but the power keeps chugging along until the...

New external HDD won't show in "Computer" l Have searched a lot, but only find comments directing me to Disk management and Device manager. The Ext. HD is not showing there either. Power light is on. This is a Lacie 2 TB Minimus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive...

Hi guys. I'm using quite of an old desktop rig. I recently replaced my 8500GT in favor of a GTS 450 ( both PALIT) which i bought last year... and my generic 550watts power supply with a newly bought FPS epsilon 700W. ISSUES: 1. Windows 7 freezes at the 'Starting Link Removed screen. all...

This is now my third time with this problem, the first required me to restore to factory settings. These last two seem to have been triggered by a power flicker at my residence. The power momentarily flickered long enough for my computer to shut down. After booting the computer seems fine until...

I have been experiencing BSOD From tommorow after a power failure please help the dump is attached

Hi there, It's all about my friend's PC and it has the following configuration: MB: Asus P5B-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 RAM: 2X Kingmax 512MB DDR2 667MHz => 1GB VGA: Nvidia GeForce 7300le OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 The first thing i want to do is to buy a new single RAM...

Bottom line up front - my PC is having repeated nvstor64 type 3 errors which cause it to hang and the only way to restart it is to hold the power button in until it shuts down. Help! Sorry if this is the wrong forum - I'm not sure where to post this since I really don't know what the problem...

Please help with BSOD. Following power failure, my HP Pavilian tried rebooting, but was interrupted due to multiple power failures. On next full reboot, it went to BSOD when I logged into my Windows profile. On subsequent reboot, Windows offered to do a system restore. I restored it to a...

hi all first of all sorry if its the wrong place i have been doing some work on my second pc a packard bell imedia a5518uk well today the screen went off and the no signal message came up thought maybe it went off as i not moved the mouse for a bit so i moved the mouse and the wireless...

Hello everyone, Today, my computer just finished installing updates, and was waiting for me at the user selection/log in screen when I checked on it. I powered it off by holding the power button down to change some BIOS settings. (In the end, I did not save any changes to the BIOS, so I can...

Hi, I am hoping that someone out there will be able to assist. Last Friday my main desktop crashed (lost power to the machine) and on restarting the PC was unable to ‘identify’ the network. By identify, I mean, when using “Network and Sharing Centre” on the basic network information page, the PC...

Lenovo laptop with Windows 7 OS. The laptop shut down while plugged in overnight. I have removed the battery and let it sit for hours to cool/reset. Upon power up, the hard drive light comes on for 2-3 seconds, then goes off. Sometimes the screen flickers white for another 2-3 seconds, but...

The screen went black and turn back to normal instantly though it's rare. The source comes from USB Root Hub. By the way, I disable that USB setting under power plan hoping it gets resolved. Will get back to this site if I spot any more issues. Right now it should be resolved.

Hello guys. I'm kinda needing help with my issue. when i play certain games anywhere between 10 and 30 minutes my computer will just restart... no bosd (i took off the auto restart) and still restarts like if it lost power. I have replaced video card, ram, cpu fan, case, I have also tried...

Hi guys. I'd like to request your urgent help in helping me solve a blue screen uncorrectable hardware error on a laptop. I was playing Mass Effect 2 when the crash happened and then the blue screen error came up and it lingered for about 10 seconds before the entire screen went black but the...

Hello, In the past two days, my external HD becomes disconnected when the sytem sits idle, or after a restart. I can see the drive (D:), click it and it will open - but without folders. If I disconnect and reconnect both the USB and power cables, it will be restored. I have done nothing new...