Tech Support Forum - Laptop Support http://www.techsupportforum.com Support Forum for laptops; Sony, Toshiba, HP, Acer, Dell en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:01:01 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.techsupportforum.com/cwd/images/misc/rss.jpg Tech Support Forum - Laptop Support http://www.techsupportforum.com Have I done gone broke my laptop? http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433714-have-i-done-gone-broke-my-laptop.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:52 GMT On Monday, in a fit of rage, I slammed my laptop closed pretty hard.

From Tuesday onwards I've been unable to stream video from my latop to my Xbox. Videos will load, but very very slowly. And they'll start buffering again every few minutes.

Streaming was working perfectly before. I have all the settings right.

Could I have damaged something with my foul temper? Maybe I'm looking for the obvious answer. But if I didn't change anything on my laptop, Xbox, or router I can't think why it would stop working.

Laptop is a Compaq CQ60 running Vista 6.0 SP1. Having no other issues on the laptop. Internet speed is unaffected at 5mb.

Any ideas? ]]> Laptop Support stupot101 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433714-have-i-done-gone-broke-my-laptop.html Dell Laptop Very Slow http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433703-dell-laptop-very-slow.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:43:21 GMT Hi, I have a new Dell Vostro 1720 laptop that I bought this summer. It has already had various viruses which have resulted in the laptop hard drive being renewed. I have no problems with this as I have waranty and a guy to fix it but just to let you know the last time its hard drive was wiped was... Hi, I have a new Dell Vostro 1720 laptop that I bought this summer. It has already had various viruses which have resulted in the laptop hard drive being renewed. I have no problems with this as I have waranty and a guy to fix it but just to let you know the last time its hard drive was wiped was about 3-4 weeks ago. Right now I am experienceing a very very slow laptop! Opening any application or programme takes a very long time and frequently a programme, most commonly internet explorer or windows explorer, will be unresponsive and when I 'end task/process' in task manager it does not end the task and so I have had to hold the power button down until it turns off. I have been having to do this ever increasingly recently and it is getting rather annoying. I really don't know what the problem is. I am not using much of the memory with 133 GB spare out of 232 GB in total. ??????? any suggestions?
thanks, benji ]]> Laptop Support benjikj http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433703-dell-laptop-very-slow.html Please I need the driver (XP) for a compaq f500 (with Vista) and their installation s http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433684-please-i-need-driver-xp-compaq-f500-vista-their-installation-s.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:33 GMT I just want to remove (Vista) to put Xp, I need the driver, I would like to know the secuensia to install sorry if I do not understand well is that I do not speak much English ... thanks in advance ... There is a report done by Everest I just want to remove (Vista) to put Xp, I need the driver, I would like to know the secuensia to install

sorry if I do not understand well is that I do not speak much English ...

thanks in advance ...

There is a report done by Everest
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]]> Laptop Support hansel777 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433684-please-i-need-driver-xp-compaq-f500-vista-their-installation-s.html Acer Aspire Power Problems http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433680-acer-aspire-power-problems.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:03 GMT Hi guys and girls, firstly, if there is already help for my problem and ive missed it, i apologise. But i will list as much detail as i can remember. - I have an Acer Aspire 3100 series, and a while ago, ordered a replacement charger, as due to wear and tear, the end of the cable and become... Hi guys and girls,

firstly, if there is already help for my problem and ive missed it, i apologise. But i will list as much detail as i can remember.

- I have an Acer Aspire 3100 series, and a while ago, ordered a replacement charger, as due to wear and tear, the end of the cable and become torn and the wires were frayed.

- After using the replacement for a little while, (it seemed to be a cheaper version bought from ebay) i had to start fiddling around with it when plugged into my laptop to get it to charge, in some positions it would charge, in others it would not. This makes me think theres a problem with the dc jack on the motherboard.

- Was using the laptop whilst plugged in, and didnt realised the charging pack was being covered by a duvet, this got extremely hot and anded up blowing up internally, with the charger being a little deformed(woops)

- I ordered a replacement from ebay, and after receiving plugged it in. After approx 2 mins of charging, it stopped, and would not charge again. The end of the charge is sturdier and of the "L" variety, so i assumed it maybe the charging jack on the motherboard.

- I opened the laptop, and got to the charging jack, but cannot find anything untoward, its not loose, no points arent making contact, and no solder is missing.

- I ordered a new charger, and had been workin for a good few hours, but all of a sudden, when i plug the charger in, and turn the laptop on, it shorts the electricity in the house and the fuse switches off at the mains

- however if i plug the charger in and connect it to the laptop, and DONT turn the laptop on, it charges the laptop.

Sorry for the LONG post, but could anyone give me any ideas if its just the same ebay seller giving me faulty charging packs? or could it be that my laptop is shorting the pack? or something i may not have correctly assembled when puttin my laptop back together? Any help most welcome.

Thanks ]]> Laptop Support roheel http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433680-acer-aspire-power-problems.html <![CDATA[Dell 4150 laptop won't start up!]]> http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433672-dell-4150-laptop-wont-start-up.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:16:29 GMT Sorry if this is a repost, search didn't produce any results for me. Anyway, I'm trying to help out my mother-in-law with her laptop that won't start up. I doesn't do anything, no light, no fan, nothing. I've searched the web trying to find answers but everything I've tried doesn't work.

I've taken it apart and can't find any short circuits that are noticable. The olny thing it will do when the poser is connected is make a high picthed sound but you have to listen very closely to hear it. Any Ideas? ]]> Laptop Support ArmChairGeek http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433672-dell-4150-laptop-wont-start-up.html Will an Intel Pentium M CPU processor able to handle Win7? http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433600-will-intel-pentium-m-cpu-processor-able-handle-win7.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:44 GMT I am planning to buy a used laptop computer, maybe an IBM Thinkpad with Intel Pentium M Centrino. Will this be able to handle the new Windows 7? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you very much! I am planning to buy a used laptop computer, maybe an IBM Thinkpad with Intel Pentium M Centrino.
Will this be able to handle the new Windows 7?
Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you very much! ]]> Laptop Support meg2129 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433600-will-intel-pentium-m-cpu-processor-able-handle-win7.html Xp boot up help http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433579-xp-boot-up-help.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:23 GMT Ok, i turn my laptop on and it goes straight to a black screen which has the following options:

"Safe mode"
"safe mode with networking"
"safe mode with command prompt"

"last known good configuration"
"start windows normally"

"the last known good configuration" setting doesnt work. it just goes to the loading screen with the windows logo on it and then ]]> Laptop Support demons_2413 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433579-xp-boot-up-help.html Operating system not found http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433541-operating-system-not-found.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:59:28 GMT I have this acer 5670 only thing I know about it was what I can see from the BIOS. I got it with the power cord and computer (Fixing it for someone). Its completely messed up, everything I do results in an error. The computer starts up gets to the acer screen where it asks you if you want to enter... I have this acer 5670 only thing I know about it was what I can see from the BIOS. I got it with the power cord and computer (Fixing it for someone). Its completely messed up, everything I do results in an error. The computer starts up gets to the acer screen where it asks you if you want to enter setup then after a couple seconds goes to a blank screen and doesn't do anything.

Boot from CD? Wouldn't change order. Had to enable the f12 to select boot device then hit f12 and select IDE 2 (Option to choose CD Rom didnt show up)

Once in the menu I cannot delete any of the partitions, cannot install windows on any of them due to errors (one of them is out of space when it asks to format it first I say yes and it gives me an error, one it says it doesnt recognize the partition and the other one just makes it crash with some sort of setupdd.sys error)

Run windows recovery and it says the path or file specified is not valid.

Yeah, I know not alot of information but w/e I do leads to errors lmao. Help would be very much appreciated. Thanks


Edit: If I take the windows CD out and select it to boot from IDE 2 using the f12 menu it gets past the acer screen but says

PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM
Operating system not found.

Reading up on other sites it says to disable network booting in the bios so I did that and it removed the PXE errors but not the operating system not found.

thanks! ]]> Laptop Support evecade http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433541-operating-system-not-found.html Dell Laptop charging problems??? http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433520-dell-laptop-charging-problems.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:54:54 GMT When I plugged in my charger into my 3.5 years old Dell laptop, the cursor starts zapping around when I use the touch pad and sometimes it doesn't move at all. Not only that, I tried several usb mice but they just don't work. Only my wireless mouse works. But I cannot keep relying on the wireless mouse because it runs on AAA batteries. However, when I unplug the charger, everything is fine again. What is the problem? ]]> Laptop Support legenderycity http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433520-dell-laptop-charging-problems.html Laptop Problem! Help! http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433499-laptop-problem-help.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:18:14 GMT I have a weird problem with my laptop.

So this is what happened..
I spilled a tiny bit of water on my keyboard..and then all of a sudden, my L doesn't work,, I'm using an On-Screen Keyboard for that.

And then when I went to restart it, after it displayed the loading Toshiba page it went black and started beeping really loudly and then I started pressing buttons b.c I wanted it to go away and it did and then after that everything was loading normally..

But yea..I don't know it's just weird b.c I'v spilled more water in the past and everything was ok...so I don't know if this has anything to do with the water or what...?

So, L doesn't work and loud beeping and black screen at startup...

Does anyone know what's up with my laptop?
I have a Toshiba Satellite ...Windows Vista..

What can I do..? How can I fix this.. I don't even know what's wrong..

Can someone please help me out!

-Thanks :) ]]> Laptop Support xpezxcandix http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433499-laptop-problem-help.html Laptop extremely slow overnight http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433463-laptop-extremely-slow-overnight.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:48:38 GMT thanks for helping me out.
I've got a Vaio VGN-TX36TP. A really tiny laptop.

it worked perfectly the night before.
I was still using it just for facebook and those farm games.

here's what happened over night:

1. at first, the sound starts to go real slow with lots of noises.
This applied to web music, mp3 music listened offline.
I tried reinstall sound card drive, still won't help.

2. Then the entire laptop starts up very slow. maybe 1/3 of the speed it used to be. Everything functions, but slower then ever.

I have done AVG free 9.0 anti virus scan, Ad aware scan, defragment.
So far, so bad

please help!!! ]]> Laptop Support funkykev100 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433463-laptop-extremely-slow-overnight.html IBM Thinkpad R51 Problem http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433453-ibm-thinkpad-r51-problem.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:14:52 GMT I just came across a power supply for an old IBM Thinkpad R51 I had lying around and decided to bring it back to life. Erased the HD, installed fresh software, everything works fine! Everything except the Wireless networking part. Can't turn on the internal wireless network device to save my life. Can't get into CMOS or the bios, cause it's passworded and I can't remember the password for the life of me, but I'm pretty sure the wireless card is enabled because I never disabled it! The infrared port is intact and working fine. Control panel does not see a wireless device, even though I've installed the drivers for it numerous times with no problem. How do I get this wireless device to work? Please help. ]]> Laptop Support lleach823 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433453-ibm-thinkpad-r51-problem.html <![CDATA[Ibm thinkpad won't power up]]> http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433434-ibm-thinkpad-wont-power-up.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:56:07 GMT Hi all,

I hope someone can help me.. I have a ibm thinkpad not sure of model..I don't have it here with me at work... I forgot to plug it in for about 2 days..so when I remembered I plugged it in.. and I got nothing... I thought when you plug it in, it runs from the power cord??? I afraid that something is really wrong with it... I got a major project that I am working on and I really need it?? please help!!! ]]> Laptop Support Pammiec http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433434-ibm-thinkpad-wont-power-up.html what laptop to buy http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433433-what-laptop-buy.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:51:20 GMT I am buying a laptop for my wife for Christmas. She stores lots of photos, sends lot of emails and likes to surf the web. She plays only simple games. Can any one suggest a good reliable laptop for around $600? I am buying a laptop for my wife for Christmas. She stores lots of photos, sends lot of emails and likes to surf the web. She plays only simple games. Can any one suggest a good reliable laptop for around $600? ]]> Laptop Support deweylovem http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433433-what-laptop-buy.html DELL B130 Inspiron Fan changed new problem http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433425-dell-b130-inspiron-fan-changed-new-problem.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:38:11 GMT I made good use of an existing thread here with instruction manuals for changing the fan. It was worrisome to me, but I think I got it all back together correctly. Boots up in Windows XP, but hangs and then finally blue screen, "KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR" displays.
Any help? Do I need to disassemble and see if there is something not quited right? I did do a system restore, and reset the date time. Appreciate any guidance, and no, I am not a computer whiz. thanks. ]]> Laptop Support Mtnlandslide http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/laptop-support/433425-dell-b130-inspiron-fan-changed-new-problem.html