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 Greetings:  I'm downgrading/updrading an Acer 5520 from Vista to XP.  Lavalys' Everest tells me most of the onboard hardware is MCP-67 NVIDIA hardware.  Can anyone point me to the downlo...
Needed! basic drivers for this HP-Pavilion purchased in 2004 at an AAFES (Army Airforce Exchange service) facility in Iraq. Now we are here again and need a little help. I have borrowed ...
I have formetted my laptop's hard drive (Toshiba Satellite A10) and downloaded the necessary drivers from toshiba europe web site. Everything worked out fine. Then I decided to upgrade my netw...
Dear Experts, I have HP Pavilion DV2000 notebook it comes with MS-VISTA OS I formated the computer and installed widnows XP SP2 while trying to setup dirvers everything went ok except sound c...
Hi, I have a problem with a toshiba satellite 1800-214 Can't boot in any mode, the normal keeps showing the xp loading, and after about 10 minutes gives the following: "STOP: c0000221 wro...
Hi I have a Pentium III 700Mhz with on board USB ports and I am trying to install Win XP from an external USB DVD drive. but i cannot find the drive when pressing f2 to change the bootdisk....
Hi Guys, I'm doing this for one of my best friends: The shown above in the title of the Q, simply lost the BIOS Password how can i retrieve it, Is there a backdoor password, or resetting...
This is an extremely difficult one to troubleshoot, I believe. In fact, I'm willing to bet this is the question of death. I've done a lot, tried a lot, and I'm beginning to think my USB ports ...
One of my teachers has an Inspiron 5150 that only works under AC power.  Back in May she replaced the battery under warranty and it did not solve the issue.  She then left for the summer, and ...
I purchased a (Canadian) Toshiba Satellite A100 Laptop (PSAA5C-TA102C) recently. Since the Media Centre software that came with it cannot connect to a domain, I loaded XP Professional. In t...
I need driver for this device "Intel(R) 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Controller - 27B9" it showing as unknown device in device manager. FYI: I am using windows professional with SP2 (32b...
TV out via S-Video cable to a TV does not work I try switching monitors by hitting FN F8 and tried switching monitors in the display properties but in the properties it does not show a second...
Hi, Perhaps someone here can provide me a quick link where can I get the drive for my laptop model Compaq presario V3000 and also need some advice how do I install it on Win XP
Hi! I have a couple of questions about mobile processors... 1. What in your opinions is currently the best mobile CPU? Turion or Centrino 2 Core Duo? Or are both more-or-less the same? ...
Greetings. I've spent quite a few days on this one and I'm afraid I'll have to do a complete reinstall of Windows XP which I wish to avoid. Maximum points awarded to whomever can help me figur...
A friend brought me a couple / few month old Toshiba laptop (model from the label on the bottom of the machine is A65-S126) asking for me to see what's going on with it. First thing, I look...
Has anybody been sucessful in resetting a BIOS / Supervisor password on a Presario 2100 (Model 2135US)? I got it used and took a gamble on being able to reset the pwd, but after ripping it apa...
I was given a laptop from my boss and he asked me to check and give my opinion on the status of the unit.   I tried turning it on and basically the unit did not turn on.  So I immediately t...
I have a Dell Inspiron 1000 in which it has a bios password set.  I don't know the password and need to get past it.  I have taken the BIOS battery out of the machine as well as all other form...
My son's laptop was recently stolen.  He bought it while on active duty in the Army so we could communicate.  He'll be leaving for Iraq soon... :( Is there any way to track a stolen laptop?...
How does one get into the bios on a toshiba satellite 4080 ? I've fried esc and f keyes 1 to 12. ???
Alright guys, this one has got me good. The other day I purchased one of the new Lenovo Thinkpad Z60t-2511 laptops and decided that it would be a good idea to go ahead and format the machin...
Hi - I purchased a Dell laptop for a client a while back, not alert of the fact that the 'ExpressCard' format is replacing the PCMCIA format for laptop cards. The client bought a Verizon...
I have a Dell Latitude D830, and the battery light is blinking 4 orange light pulses and one green.   I got this laptop for one of my customers in November of 2006.  Called Dell and they in...
An old latop I was re-building with XP (a Dell Inspiron 4000) went to sleep while I was using Partition Magic 7.0 to create some new partitions and did not recover properly. The OS was complet...