Hardware failure refers to the act of a piece of physical hardware failing to meet its designed standards during operation.
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How to reroute sound from one hardware output to another using software?
My notebook had some champagne spilt on it a long time ago.
As a result of this disaster the internal speakers went silent and don't make any sound, so I was forced to use external speakers via ...
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USB wiped itself but still showing that its full?
My Data saved from laptop to usb, and then I pulled it out, then something popped up on the screen saying that it was full and that I needed to delete stuff, so I put the USB back in and went to ...
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New Power Supply doesn't work with a specific motherboard
I just bought a new power supply Corsair CX430 V2 in order to meet the needs of a new graphics card I hope to install. The motherboard is the micro-ATX form factor Asus P5KPL-AM/PS running a Intel C2D ...
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PSU cannot provide enough power
I've semi-recently built a new Linux rig for A/V editing and the occasional gaming. On some games I've experienced consistent reboots with high graphics settings that, I believe, are due to PSU ...
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Fujitsu Siemens Laptop Problems
I've got a Fujitsu Siemens Laptop running XP and have had problems booting.
At first the message was to do with corrupt registry files, System, Security etc. I replaced all of the files with ones ...
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My webcam doesn't work, how to set it up?
I just recently bought a third hand Dell Inspiron m5030 laptop, running Windows 7. The problem is, Windows can't seem to use my webcam, even though it is listed in Device Manager as "Integrated ...
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Replaced a broken power supply with a new one, now a bunch of weird things are happening
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I replaced a blown power supply with a new power supply in a desktop computer and now a bunch of weird errors are popping up everywhere (Steam, Malwarebytes, Microsoft Security Essentials, ...
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Microsoft desktop 7000 lagging receiver
I am having problems with my receiver that is delivered with my Microsoft Desktop 7000. Occasionally, once a day, the mouse ánd keybard start lagging. Typing becomes undoable and the mouse switches ...
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Hp pavilion dv7 power button
My power button is non responsive I am getting LED for charging. I've taken it apart before to change the dc jack and it was fine and a few months later it just powered off. I try to power back on and ...
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New Hard Drive beeps once when started
I just bought a new SATA hard drive (the Samsung HN-M101MBB) and connected it to my pc via a external drive reader (the Sharkoon Quickport), when I turned the docking station power on the hard drive ...
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Options on boot medium for NAS?
I have a NAS machine with an Atom motherboard that has only 4 SATA ports. The case has 4 hot swap bays, each with a 2TB disk. The machine runs CentOS and the hard disks are configured in Linux ...
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How can I recover dead SSD drives?
I haven't lost any mission critical data or anything, but I have in my possession a large number of SSD 2.5" drives that were pulled for unreliability or being "dead". I am curious if there's any way ...
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Acer Aspire One (mini) mfgd 9/03 locks up also when plugged in
My problem is almost the same as the Toshiba user (Toshiba A205-5804 freezes when plugged in):
Well I have a Toshiba A205-5804 and the problem is that the screen
freezes anytime I plug the pc ...
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Why might the BIOS report the wrong size for an HDD?
I have four HDDs in my system.
Seagate 250GB (boot drive with Windows 8 RTM installed)
Samsung 500GB
Samsung 1.5TB
Western Digital 200GB
I recently had my power supply fail and after replacing it ...
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Sata internal harddisk not working
recently my system was very slow, so i formatted it and installed ubuntu. After the reboot i was getting 'Out of Disk' error while booting. I took it to my friend and checked with the USB kind of ...
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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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How can I detect what is blocking some certain keyboard keys?
After a while (about half an hour) booting up my system, some of my keyboard keys become unresponsive. Their respective Shift+, Ctrl+ and Alt+ combinations are also unresponsive. Pressing these keys ...
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Laptop won't power on from battery or AC. What are some possible fixes to try?
My Toshiba Laptop (around 5 years old...) no longer powers on. When I hit the power button it lights up for several seconds and then turns off. There is no other sign of life, such as the fan starting ...
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Error searching to find hardware freezing issue
I came home to find my computer frozen at the screensaver.
I forced a restart, and it froze at the regular Windows start up. Sometimes it would launch completely, and then freeze pretty soon after. ...
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Apps for multi-device firmware updating of my PC
According to this question, are there some free (freeware) applications that can help me easily update whole PC's hardware's firmware? App that can find and install new versions of firmware for every ...
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Hard Drive Recovery
I'm attempting to recover a hard drive, which may or may not be possible. It shows up in the BIOS, and in Windows Drive Management, but unloaded and cannot be loaded due to CRC failure. I tried ...
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Unreliable resume from suspend?
My desktop PC (home-built) resumes from suspend somewhat unreliably. I'd say that it resumes successfully about 85-90% of the time and hangs with a blank screen 5-10% of the time. As far as I can ...
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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 ...
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Windows Boot Manager 0xc0000225
Alright, so i tried to start my computer but it suddenly said
Windows failed to start.
A recent hardware or software change might have caused this problem.
To fix the problem.
1. Insert your ...
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD in NDIS.sys, with MemTest passing - what's the cause?
I just got a Blue Screen of Death with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, in NDIS.sys.
My hardware:
Intel P4 Northwoord 2.4 GHz
Intel D850EMV2 board
4 x 256 MB RDRAM
other stuff
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Computer was ...
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unallocated space in hard drives causing windows not to load
I was trying to dual boot kubuntu with windows 8. Now, I created unallocated space and restarted my PC, the windows didn't load showing an error. Windows diagnostics didn't work. There partitions in ...
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Windows 7 hard disk failure - Re-enable warning
I've previously disabled a hard disk failure warning in Windows before later removing the disk.
I've since done some further diagnostics and I now believe the SATA cable to be at fault, I've replaced ...
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System hangs after Windows startup
I have an Asus N61JQ laptop with Windows 8 Enterprise 64bit installed – same problems using Windows 7 X64 though.
Sometimes my Windows hangs when I shut it down by pressing the power button, and when ...
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PSU Issues - Antect 1000w Quattor
I have a server using a 1000w PSU from Antec. My Raid 6 was becoming degraded and I tried to repair without success. So I have looked at the drives and they are all operational. I have now found that ...
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Hard Drive not recognised by BIOS and no visible damage on PCB
An external IDE harddrive that I have has recently stopped working quite suddenly, when tried in other computers it is not even recognised by the BIOS or by a Linux recovery disk. I assumed that the ...
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Computer has video artifacts after been exposed to rain
My desktop now displays video artifacts after been exposed to rain. Only a very small amount of moisture went inside the case. The only place I noticed any water was on the CPU socket. I used a hair ...
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New Motherboard doesn't POST? Can't seem to solve the beep code puzzle
I just purchased an MSI 970A-G46 to use with an AMD FX processor I already had. I also got 8GB of DDR3 RAM to go with it, and a 120GB SSD. I hooked it all up, and put in the graphics card from my old, ...
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No drives to choose while formatting
I was trying to format my friend's computer and when we came to the point where we have to choose which drive to install windows on, there was no option to choose from, i.e there were no drives ...
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How to access NTFS partition and erase files on clicking hard drive (part-success)
Had a new laptop for 4 days and when turned on today, the hard drive (Hitachi) was clicking (hardware fault) and Windows won't load: "0xc00000e9 error - hardware fault".
Definitely not dropped the ...
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Hardware issue, bsod with windows xp irq and strange messages with ubuntu
I have an old Acer T160 and it used to run Windows XP. But I keep getting random BSOD's. I keep seeing IRQ conflicts. I tried to run ubuntu, which runs and keeps running. But sometimes is not ...
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SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.11 HDD not running
After a huge research, I'm stuck at the beggining of getting my HDD data back.
Whats happening to me is that in the moment when I plug the power wire to my external 1TB SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.11 ...
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Linksys WAP54G v3.1 no access, power and link LED solid
I'm managing the Network of a small enterprise. A Linksys WAP54G v3.1 used to provide the WiFi network.
I was called, because the device did not provide a WiFi network anymore. I first of all tried ...
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DVD-RW does not read regular CDS/DVDs on Vista
I have a dell vostro 1510 laptop with windows vista.
It has an "Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7640A ATA Device" installed which used to work find.
My vista has two user profiles on it.
Now when I insert a ...
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How to solve instant pc shutdown
My pc has an instant shutdown problem in different times. Sometimes when i am playing a game, sometimes i am develping web applications on Visual Studio, sometimes just browsing the web.
It hangs and ...
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PC hardware (HDD, BIOS / motherboard) acting weird
This is going to be long story. I'm trying to figure out what the hardware problem with my desktop is.
It started with my Windows XP's very slow response and later even a BSOD, when shutting down. ...
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Cannot boot anymore, power supply broken?
My desktop computer is not able to boot anymore. Currently I have breadboarded my computer taking everything out of the case so the motherboard is only connected with:
500W power supply, connected ...
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Windows 7 remains powered on when restarting
I'm running windows 7 x64 on an MSI P67A-GD53 motherboard, in an Antec P280 Super Midi Towercase with a Corsair 650w PSU.
I've just installed a second instance of windows 7 x64 on a separate disk ...
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BIOS wont boot (code 66) when Sata drive connected
When I can to one of my computers today it was showing Intel's splash screen (two intel logos, BIOS Settings: 'F2' and '66'.
The board is an intel dp55wb.
Pressing F2 does nothing.
However, when I ...
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Troubleshooting Computer Failure
I'm usually pretty good at this but I'm a bit confused.
I'm on the internet and my computer turns off randomly. Okay, just turn it back on. Boots into bios just fine. No errors or warning signs. ...
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Fsck says read block too short
Yesterday I left my Ubuntu laptop alone for a bit, and the power cable got knocked out, so the computer got shut down. Upon starting it up, it insisted on running fsck, which failed, asking me to run ...
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Computer restarts with OpenGL and Catalyst newer than 11.7
You guys are my last hope literally, before I have to replace my motherboard/CPU/RAM and Graphics Card.
When I start OpenGL Programs in fullscreen and the same resolution as my desktop, my computer ...
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Compaq Presario CQ71 no power - power LED lights up briefly when plugged in
I have a Compaq Presario CQ71 which will not power on. When plugging in the charger, the LED turns on for about 10 seconds, and then turns off, no other lights turn on. Nothing seems to be happening ...
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No signs of life, motherboard and PSU seem ok
My computer does nothing when they power button is pressed. No fans even budge.
All cable are in right place and used only the minimal components.
When shorting the green PSU cable to black the PSU ...
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Acer Aspire ASE700-UQ660A will not respond to power button
This is something of a continuation of this question.
I am now completely unable to boot this computer. The last time I used it, I used hibernation mode. When I needed to use it again, it would not ...
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WD HDD in endless power-cycling
My WD Red WD20EFRX making trouble again. Some weeks ago, I already had some problems with it and since it only works when directly plugged via USB without any interfering Hubs.
Yesterday my Mac ...
