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Why would a computer stop POSTing only temporarily after a crash?
The other night, I was playing a game on my desktop PC when the graphics started stuttering and, eventually without warning, the entire display froze and the speakers emitted a constant buzzing sound. ...
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Is my PC failing or could it be my monitor?
I have a desktop PC (HP Pavilion Elite) that originally came with Windows Vista on it. (I now have Windows 8 Pro installed.) So my PC is at least 4 years old. Also I've noticed that the monitor isn't ...
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Computer does not BOOT, POST, show any image nor react to power button once turned on? [duplicate]
Well I have a Packard Bell Easy.. something, I don't know the model anymore, but it's a 6 years old Desktop and it worked pretty well until last night.
The problem is that when I boot it on the ...
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Odd HDD issue, should I be worried?
Ok, so I get my build up and running on Friday and everything was working great. I have two drives, a 256GB SDD connected via SATA 3(which is the boot drive.) and a 1 TB 7200RPM connected via SATA 2. ...
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Issue with a computer I built
I just built a new computer and I'm having an issue and want to know if this is CPU or Motherboard.
The hardware is:
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Intel i7 3770k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Heat Sink
Antec 750 ...
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HDD not detected whenever first power on (detected at BIOS level)
I am using
Asus P8H61-M LX Motherboard with latest version of BIOS: 4401
One SATA-3 Western Digital Black Series 1.5TB is attached to SATA port 0
A Samsung 22x DVDRW SATA drive attached to ...
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Idling CPU at 65C, re-place or re-paste?
Replaced Graphics card because screen would go black at a certain temp while gaming, but sound would stay on (but locked up). Then with replacement card whole PC shuts off during gaming now because ...
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Computer won't start up. Stuck on Lenovo splash screen. Help Diagnose
I have some (I'm not sure exactly what model) Lenovo 21" IdeaCentre. Honestly, the computer works off and on. I have had problems with it not being able to shutdown, which I fixed. The fan seems to be ...
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Motherboard makes high-pitched chirping noise; will it stop by itself, or what do I need to do to fix it?
I know computers, I have been fixing them and building them for over a decade... but I don't know the exact electronics of them.
My personal desktop PC is making an irregular, but constant, extremely ...
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Computer motherboard failure?
So, I am pretty sure this will be a unique problem
One of my fellow employees took a cable with a RJ-45 jack on one end, and a USB on the other and thought it would be neat to plug the cable into the ...
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Lenovo Desktop PC 3000 J Series shuts down unexpectedly
I had this PC given to me with the recovery disks. I have tried starting it as it was given to me. It came up to the log in screen (don't have the previous user's password offhand). It sat there for a ...
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Investigating cause of dead computer
My primary desktop computer has stopped working entirely. Nothing happens when I press the power button. No noise, no motion, no blinking LEDs, absolutely no response.
However, the power LED on the ...
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HP business desktops fail non-HP hard drives in BIOS disk test. True?
Since I have NOT needed to be out on the bleeding edge, of late I have been buying factory refurbished or trusted re-builder refurbeded business desktops. For the ones with Windows, they often don't ...
