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Computer won't start when connecting SATA HDD

I just bough a new HDD some time ago and recently i bought another SATA cable to have both HDDs connected at the same time, to transfer all the files from the older one to the newer. When i connected ...
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HP laptop boot loop & black screen

After loading a driver for an external usb wifi adapter, this laptop is having issues booting. Symptoms are: Boots up but loops after 15 seconds or so, don't know if it is actually posting Black ...
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retrieving saved draft of ques tion [migrated]

I spent a fair amount of time putting in a question. As I did, I noticed a message saying a draft was saved. When I tried to post my question, it was unsuccessful - probably because I clicked on the ...
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Acer Aspire 5520G wont boot/show post.

I have Acer Aspire 5520G laptop. I turned it down yesterday and today when I wanted to turn it on it wont boot up. When I press power button it lights up ( green) there is some blinking of HDD led ...
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Old and new parts won't pass POST [closed]

I recently acquired new parts for my PC. I plugged them all in correctly and started it up. The mother board lights up and is able to run on-board checks such as MemOk!, but for some reason I don't ...
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MSI laptop will only turn on once

I am working on an MSI A6200 MS-1681. When you press the power button the lights all flash. The fan comes on. The screen comes on and shows the POST screen for a second and then it dies. I have been ...
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Asus P9X79 Deluxe Issues

First off new system specs: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz Asus P9X79 Deluxe Mushkin Enhanced Redline 32GB (8 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Corsair H100 cooler 2 EVGA ...
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Brand new ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3 motherboard won't pass POST

I am staring at some brand-new kit that doesn't want to play with me: Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3 CPU: Intel i7-2600K RAM: 1 stick only of Corsair Vengeance 4GB 1600MHz (originally 4 sticks, ...
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ListServ not accepting email posting

So I'm having trouble with technology that's 25 years old and has no substantial tech support, so this post is really just a last-resort shot in the dark in case someone has some enlightenment. I'm a ...
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How to send POST with body data, headers, and HTTP params over the cURL command line?

I found a lot of examples on how to use simple POST commands in cURL, but I didn't find examples on how to send full HTTP POST commands, which contain: Headers (Basic Authentication) HTTP Params ...
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Post to feed in dekstop application shows captcha after posting and end with an error

I'm using the 'feed dialog' with my Facebook desktop appliaction to recommend my app (and not using prefilled text). This dialog worked well before, but since Sunday after trying to post I'm ...
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Strange row of red Asian characters on boot

When Chrome OS boots, there is blank screen with a row of red Asian characters at the top. Here is a reference to it: After doing this the default splash shows up and then boots to a black ...
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Google Chrome: Extention to submit POST/GET requests?

As a developer i sometimes need to be able to make GET/POST requests without having a form on the page. Are there any plugins that allows me to submit GET/POST requests to a specified page and then ...
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PC often won't POST and freezes when it does

When I turn on my computer after leaving it to rest for 15+ minutes, it will POST and sometimes freeze while loading Windows. 50% of the time, it will freeze for a few minutes once it boots Windows. ...
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit complete system failure

I'm having a problem with Windows. Here are my system specs: i5-2500K Sandy Bridge ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 EVGA ...
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no display, no beep sounds, no keyboard or mouse lights [closed]

Possible Duplicate: What Reasons Would A Computer Power Up But Not Boot? My pc is was working fine yesterday and today when i try to turn it on, the CPU powers up, all the fans spins but ...
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BIOS POST problem

I have an ASUS P5Q SE2 motherboard with 2x 2GB DDR2. I recently added 1x 1GB RAM which is when my problems started. I can hardly get my PC to boot. When I power it on, in most cases it restarts after ...
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Why are my video cards heating up when my machines won't boot or pass POST?

I have three machines with the exact same hardware and the exact same problem. After I push the power button, the CPU fan runs continuously at a high speed rather than spinning down to a low speed. ...
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HP Pavilion m8000 - No video or POST on boot

I was recently given this computer by a friend to fix. It was working fine until the other day when it abruptly stopped working overnight. When it receives power, everything in the system receives ...
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How do I fix a motherboard error 02 on an EVGA 123-yw-e175-a1?

I have a motherboard 123-yw-e750-a1. When I turn it on, it just hangs with a POST code of 02. I've tried removing different components, but it's still the same. I tried a new hard drive and it ...
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Laptop won't show anything on display

Yesterday I've tried fedora live 15, when I would leave fedora I made a restart, but instead of restart fedora turned off the laptop. I let my laptop in that way until today, but right now when I try ...
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USB devices slow or halt PC boot

On my self built machine, leaving certain USB devices in will cause strange boot problems. For example: If an older flash drive I have is plugged into the machine, the PC will hang at POST... ...
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PC booting and rebooting repeatedly without completing POST

I have a custom build PC: Corsair HX620 PSU Intel 6870 C2D Geforce 8800GT Asus P5Q-E I've recently moved from the UK to Canada, upon plugging my UK built PC into the wall socket it gets stuck in an ...
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What are the possible causes of a not-booting motherboard with drdebug 00 code?

I have pursached a new Asrock Z68 Extreme4 motherboard with an i7 2600K and 2x4GB ADATA DDR3. My problem is that it doesn't boot or beep, and the onboard drdebug led constantly displays "00" - which ...
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New computer has no display and beeps once

Motherboard: M4A88TD-V evo/USB3 AMD Athlon II processor 2x4g Corsair Vengence Corsair TX650W power supply R5770 Hawk video card As far as I can tell everything is hooked up right but I'm getting no ...
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Is my new Graphic Card cause for my PC hanging?

My Computer Specification My Motherboard specification My new Graphic Card Some days ago I bought a GeForce 8400 GS Graphic card. My computer satisfied all the minimum system requirements it ...
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Laptop won't boot after alcohol spill

So I just had a minor spill and let everything dry out. Now when I try to boot my laptop, I get one or two beeps on the bios splash screen before the laptop shuts down. I can't get to the post screen ...
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P.O.S.T issue and keyboard failure

I have bought an 4core1600twins-p35 motherboard a few month ago and am only testing it now. When i plugged it in, the keyboard light automatically turns on. and when i boot computer it freezes right ...
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Windows Vista won't start on Satellite laptop

When I start my computer it shows the standard Toshiba loading screen and then, when Windows would normally start, it is just blank with a cursor blinking in the top right corner and eventually (after ...
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How do you display POST data with cURL?

As an example, POSTing to a web server with the -v argument: curl -v http://testserver.com/post -d "firstname=john&lastname=doe" And the output > POST /post HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: ...
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Taskbar Application That Notifies Of Everything - Which Would You Recommend? [closed]

I remember seeing some application (or was it Firefox plugin?) that notifies of emails, new blog posts, new forum posts, forum PMs, RSS news and whatnot. What it is called and where can i download it? ...
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Boot stuck at blinking cursor before GRUB - only works via BIOS boot menu

I have a new box running Debian Squeeze. Grub is installed on /dev/sda, but when booting up I just get a blinking cursor, before the Grub menu. I can only boot to grub successfully when I choose boot ...
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Why does pulling the power cord then pressing the power button fix a non-booting PC?

I've been working at this institution for about 6 years. One thing thing that I've always found curious is that sometimes—especially after a power outage—we find a PC that won't boot when the power ...
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Motherboard won't post after electrical storm

An electrical storm hit earlier and has taken out my phone line, router and a PC. Both PC and router were plugged into a surge protector. The PC no longer POSTs. I've swapped out the PSU to no ...
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Computer turns on, then off

I have an Emachines desktop. It turns on for about 3 seconds then off. All the fans turn on and the hard drives spin up. Theres no POST or any display signal. I removed all the RAM sticks but nothing ...
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ASUS P8P67-M - red RAM diode lighted and not passing POST

I received the following parts for a new desktop today: ASUS P8P67-M B3 iP67 ASUS PIC-e Radeon HD6950 2GB (reference model) 2x Corsair 2GB DDR3, PC10666 (1333MHz) (also other parts, but the problem ...
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pc hang at motherboard's splash screen

last night my pc was working normally. today when i power on my pc it just hang at motherboard's logo screen. keyboard was working slowly(when i press num lock key the light indicator work after 5 ...
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New laptop shuts down after seconds during POST, what can the cause be?

My laptop will no longer start up. It will shut down itself after a few seconds during POST (and it is not related to the operating system (Linux, Fedora 14) in any way since the problem occurs also ...
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Two Video Cards Cause Reboot but both work fine alone

I purchased a second video card for my machine so that I could setup a 3 monitor system but I am experiencing an issue where the machine will constantly reboot. I see the post screen for a second or ...
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No POST, No Display, Fans Spin, LEDs On

I have an Acer Aspire M5641 that won't boot. First, the onboard video stopped working; I bought a new compatible video card and connected it but it made no difference. I started some deeper analysis - ...
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Computer boots to first screen and freezes

Computer boots to first screen and freezes. I reseated the ram and it boots until I shut down. On next reboot it freezes. Have replaced with new ram and it is still freezing until I reseat the ram. ...
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eMachine W5243 won't POST; fans run but optical drive will not open

Symptoms are what is described in the title. The machine reacts to the power button being hit by spinning up the two fans: CPU and PSU. The hard drive (SATA) spins up as well. No other reaction. This ...
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cURL Upload file AND send POST data

I have a web server running some PHP that checks for an image (curl -F 'imageName=@myimage') and it also checks the POST data for username=&password=. When the PHP checks _REQUEST I can just do: ...
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How do I see a history of what I've POST-ed in Google Chrome?

I just submitted a form that included a text box, in which I had written a quite long text. In another textbox, I filled in a date in the wrong format - and instead of getting an error message, the ...
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Video card not detected in POST on initial boot

I have a minor problem with my desktop computer after cleaning it out for dust. When I first boot up the computer, the video card does not get detected so I can't see anything. In POST, I'm getting ...
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Post / boot takes an hour, works fine after loading Windows

It seriously takes an hour for my computer to get to Windows, but once it does, it works perfectly. This hasn't always happened, but I'm not real sure what's changed since. There is a video at the ...
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Beep codes - 2 short; 4 long

I'm getting these beep codes - (2 short, pause, 4 short, long pause) - repeating. I couldn't find the meaning of these codes on the internet, the PC model is Omron NSA-CPU01-E. Does anyone know what ...
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New build won't power up

I just finished putting together a new build, and nothing powers up (no power LED, no fans, nothing) , except for the STDBY LED on the motherboard. It is a micro-ATX motherboard. I tried the paper ...
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Harddrives aren't seen after POST, but OS still boots

I've been troubleshooting some issues with my desktop recently. I have Windows 7 installed but saw some strange behavior. I thought maybe it was because I had my 2 SATA harddrives plugged into the ...
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Intel Server Board S3420GP fails to boot with video connected

All, Building a new system using an Intel Server Board S3420GP motherboard and an Intel Xeon X3440 processor. Before installing this motherboard into the chassis we want to test that it will actually ...

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