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awodman: I came bck one day τ̅☺ use my laptop only τ̅☺ notice Đa̶̲̥̅̊τ̲̅ it was drippin a sticky white fluid..I immediately sent it τ̅☺ a technician who was able τ̅☺ get the laptop come on.But the laptop now can only come on when there is light and goes off when phcn takes its light.please fellow nairalanders what can be done τ̅☺ help make dis laptop come on using its batterym
The laptop specs are: DELL INSPIRON 5050,COREi5,8GB RAM,500GB HARD DISK.
Any help will greatly be appreciated.Thanks

[quote author=MurphyInc ]Point your mouse cursor on the battery icon if it says ''plug in,not charging'' if its so you need to take you system to an laptop expert.but if not try a new battery.goodluck

CyberCom Laptop Experts[/quote][quote author=eagle_eye007]u've pretty much answered your own question. Ur battery is toast. Buy a new one. You can only be alarmed when your PC still doesn't recognize the new battery. Get more help / answers on this issues @ http://.com .[/quote]Yes, you need to replace your battery.

furthermore to check the battery health
drop to bios by pressing f2 when starting
up and you'd see bios setup utility
go to diagnostics and look battery
if you cant see it go to power management
and then battery should be there either
not installed or unknown

mdsocks: lol!

no wahala.,i guess we do a connect in a Lagos ...thinking of a free one day pc clinic for nairalanders...anyone with problems will just bring it down to a location specified...though the idea is still hazy...

good idea

Manweysabi: ok will try it. Thanks

what the

Manweysabi: i'm using HP Intel Celeron M. the OS is Windows XP. i'm using an Etisalat ZTE modem. thanks

better do because
ccleaner
is very popular
ram memory ?
2gb or 4gb

xp minimum 512mb
vista 2gb
win 7 3 or 4gb

overheating ?
has it been for
a health check b4
e.g.any service done
to it ?

you can find out the memory by
clciking start, my computer, view
sys infor to your left

and also look for out for service pack 2
service pack 3 ideally. also restart the laptop
and keep pressing f10 you have to be fast to do it
until you get bios utility go to diagnostics
and run my colleagues a hard drive test.ideally run the
long for me.

wolebaba: can you show a screenshot of the error.
Did you install an antivirus called 'Antivirus 2012', if you did; sorry bro U have installed a VIRUS.

God bless you guys. I am so proud of you all.
You're all doing a wonderful job. Anyone coming with me
to have a tea at Cambridge. Lol, How I wish we are closer.

falansa: When I power on my laptop yesterday evening, it brought out a message saying "hard drive imminent failed, pls backup your datas"... I have tried to restore it and other things but wont work. Pls is my HDD done for? And if the only option is to buy a new one, how much wil I get another one around 360gb, and how will I transfer my old files to this new one? But i pray there is solution. Pls what can i do? I'm using HP COMPAQ 615, 280gb hdd, and 2gb ram.

mdsocks: you can trt and remove the hard disk and get a 3.5 hdd casing to test it and copy your files....320gb shouldnt be more than 10k.

1st option
Nice1 mdsocks. @poster I recommedn that
you follow mdsocks advice. this option is
alot easier and effective. not sure by what
he meant by 3.5 probably a typing error
from his own side. perhaps he meant 2.5 hdd casing
is a laptop is it ?

hard drive imminent failed

This[b] will happen[/b]
so act fast that's it
message in a simple language
If the laptop will not boot up
follow the below


but the most
easiest one in my own country where I live
is to get a 2.5 hard drive usb enclosure is
very easy all you do is connect it to another
computer via usb and copy your files to an extrnal
storage device or to the computer you're using

In my years of experience with hp laptop
you can use the recovery mode to backup data
onto an external hard drive using the recovery
manager screen via f11 on startup provided you
have not altered the original operating system
named the D recovery or HP recovery that can
check /found by clicking start, computer.if is there
you're smiling


2nd option
Level:advanced
be careful all should
go well for you.

Citation/Refrence

During the recovery process, you have the opportunity to back up your
files to a disc or other removable drive. Once you have started one
of the previous recovery methods and have come to an option to backup
your files you can use the following steps to complete the backup and
recovery process:Start one of the recovery methods described in the other sections of
this document and continue reading and responding to the screens
until you come to the question "Do you want to back up your data before recovery begins?"
Select Back up your files first , and then click Next .
Figure 6: Recovery Manager: Back up your files first selection

wolebaba: Are you using Nokia suite? if not please download and install.

deji2009: Have you tried going into the device manager and looking for any yellow marked items?
Something similar was seen with win7/vista as well with usb drives.

Either right clicking to uninstall followed by a full restart
or to have Windows perform an automatic search won't always work.
A manual search by selecting the device from the list of devices
will often see Windows install the correct generic driver where
you end up with Windows has successfully installed your new hardware
type message.I recokon is either the nokia suite or ova am off to work so
maybe someone else will advice you if you get stuck

That's what I advised him.

deji2009: If you previously have Norton on your system, I advice that you
remove it. use Microsoft security essential from microsoft.
Norton has lots of unnecessary resources that consumes memory
and can make the system slow. to completely remove it you need
to download Norton removal tool from google

To verify why Norton is not an ideal antivirus
visit google and type Norton slow computer an
you'd see millions of people complaining.
We have been in this industry and we are well informed

Good lcuk

This is the truth.

smiling: Pls i need to put it back to factory settings.. Pls help.

Ensure your document, pictures, music
and all data is saved before resetting
to default. connect charger and make sure
there's NEPA light or your generator if
you like. restart laptop and keep
ALT key press down and your other
finger pressing on the F10. should
start edit windows boot option
acer erecovery management
follow instruc...

scorpidmo: I've been trying to format an harddrive for over a week now and I keep getting the same error message "WINDOWS UNABLE TO COMPLETE FORMAT". I'll be truly grateful if anyone can offer me genuine help.

at the top of this forum look for post your computer problem and click o it to gt support

topsco: Pls,My windows 7 says 'MTP DEVICES DRIVER was not successfully installed'...whenever i connect my C5 to my system using USB.

Pls try connecting other USB device
to test and see what happens...

Go back to device manager and expand
universal serial bus controller
only uninstall every single thing under
universal serial bus controller
i.e. usb root hub , usb host controller
I mean everything underneath universal
serial bus controller then remov ur phone

Restart the compu.. and follow the instructions

Is your windows genuine and a not a retail trial
to check this click start, computer and look for
windows is activated. I suspect you are using dell or HP

Whats the full model number
of your compu..e.g. toshiba p300-20h

go to computer again, system properties,
system protection and
make sure your system restore
is set to on. click configure and
esure that restore previous settings
and previosu version of window is ticked
and there is 12% allocated space for it

click ok to exit and now we are sure that
system restore is on. we are safe basically.

Below is from Microsoft website
though you're not using ihpone it
may help you.Also pls check that your
windows 7 is servicepack 1

bring up the run box again and type in wuapp
press enter and tell me how many windows update
you have. also does the phone come with a pc suite disk

Citation

Micorosft.net

Click start, all progra...., accessor...run ad type in regedit
- run regedit
- find “{EEC5AD98-8080-425F-922A-DABF3DE3F69A}” under hkeylocalmachine > system>current control set>control>class
- click on the “{EEC5AD98-8080-425F-922A-DABF3DE3F69A}” on the left side of the window.
- appears on the right side differnt things. Right click on “upper something” and click delete.
- unplug iphone (have at least 1 photo on your iphone)
- restart computer
- plug in Iphone and the camera roll apears !
Hope this helps !!

topsco: Pls,My windows 7 says 'MTP DEVICES DRIVER was not successfully installed'...whenever i connect my C5 to my system using USB.

Have you tried going into the device manager and looking for any yellow marked items?
Something similar was seen with win7/vista as well with usb drives.

Either right clicking to uninstall followed by a full restart
or to have Windows perform an automatic search won't always work.
A manual search by selecting the device from the list of devices
will often see Windows install the correct generic driver where
you end up with Windows has successfully installed your new hardware
type message.I recokon is either the nokia suite or ova am off to work so
maybe someone else will advice you if you get stuck

flama: thanks boss, but i've tried all the above prescription, no good result, i run the hdd test, what i got is : hard disk quick 1 (303). And i don't this msg. Pls help me out sir.

okay goo that you've ran thd hd test and its faild.
do you have any data to backup ? if you do you can use
the f11 on start up recovery manager and select the option
to backup date to external device and then you replace the hard drive

The 303 error would indicate that your Hard Drive is failing a
nd will need to be replaced - this is also consistent with the
start-up issues you describe. Take it to a shop for a replacement
hard drive

biggiesoft: .
m xo xo grateful fnkz.
v chekd device managa stuf nd i cnt fynd any yelo indictnz.. d batri iz low naw...buh i wil v powerd it in d nite lyka 8...mayb we cn work 2geda beta...u gonna b fwi?

Read the previous message carefully, if it take me time to type with my fingers, why shoudnt you ?
follow all the instruction. e.g. where i asked you to f8 and disable auto restart on system failure
read the message carefully. Also I dont understand your reply please write it clearly.its confusing me

biggiesoft: pls i jex upgraded my system 4rm vista 2 seven ultimate by 4matin d vista cmpltly...afta diz i installed football manager..now when i play d game it often hangs then shows me a blue screen then restarts...pls i nid help

click start, all programs, accessories and click run press.
A box would appear type inside devmgmt.msc press enter
and continue Yes. you should have some yellow signs in there.
if you do visit the laptop manuf'r website and make sure you
download the correct the driver for your laptop.

Look for your laptop makde and model number

e.g. toshiba p300-20h.if unsure get back to us
Also is the game compatible with the Windows 7 .

Window 7 upgrade advisor will tell you if it is.
In the future always consult peoplein know
before you do something to your laptop.

also bring the run box up again and type in desk.cpl
press enter is the display by 800*600.

Unsure, ask questions so you can be guided

i want you to

1st use the opport...to save all your data before anything happens

In the meanshile restart the laptop and immediately keep pressing
f8 and select disable auto restart on system failure so next you
restart the blue screen should stay on so you can read the error

topsco: Pls,My windows 7 says 'MTP DEVICES DRIVER was not successfully installed'...whenever i connect my C5 to my system using USB.

Seems you're connecting a Samsung/Nokia mobile/Blackberry phhone.
We need to know which one you're connecting.perhaps due to
corrupt suite or ova

adewasco2k: come to think of it, it might not be power problem but rather temperature problem as computers tends to generate more heat when on high performance plugged into AC.
try to see if the fan works well and notice its sound, as earlier mentioned, reduce the brightness and performance on it and see if it still goes off, then you sure know what is actually wrong.

wolebaba: You are actually correct. He should carry out the troubleshoot 1st den we can proceed from the outcome. I also suspect that the battery could be damaged.

adewasco2k: now if i get you well, your AC adapter and battery are not compatible? first!!! is that the original battery and charger that came with your PC? Mind you! you might be damaging your motherboard if the power adapter is outputting incorrect voltage, so your PC shuts down to prevent damages.
so try this.
1. Try using a known working power adapter, you can borrow one to troubleshoot, but make sure its same voltage with yours.
2. Try a known working battery on it to.
3. Try to reduce the performance and brightness of your PC or probably disable the graphic card and see.
If problem persist, i suspect a board problem.

Wait for my colleagues to comment @Deji2009 @Adetwin @all4naija and co

What's the full model number e.g. acer 5315 Widow xp or vista.



If you go to display properties, select the screen saver tab,
then click the power button, in the power schemes field is a drop
down window, click on it and select Rixane Power Scheme, it is a power
switching utility that quickly switches between AC and Battery when
the power cable/charger is plugged in or unplugged while the laptop is on.
If you have it set to always on it will shut off when you pull the power cord,
even if the battery is charged. This will also happen on many non-HP laptops,
if you don't have a HP laptop or there is not a Rixane option available, select
the Portable/Laptop power scheme. Hope this helps!

chygoz3: Just search google for microsoft security essentials

If you previously have Norton on your system, I advice that you
remove it. use Microsoft security essential from microsoft.
Norton has lots of unnecessary resources that consumes memory
and can make the system slow. to completely remove it you need
to download Norton removal tool from google

To verify why Norton is not an ideal antivirus
visit google and type Norton slow computer an
you'd see millions of people complaining.
We have been in this industry and we are well informed

Good lcuk

all4naija: Thank you, Deji! Nice job you're doing here. I really appreciate your effort in finding solutions to people's system troubles.

Meanwhile, how are you doing?

I'm fine.What about you ?
Been a while ! Lets see
and read more from you
from time to time.Gdnight

mdsocks: There are many things that can affect your system not coming up again. ..is it that it powers on the fan rolls but its just not coming up or it is totally dead. Also ask you friend if he any way tampered with the system i.e. maybe there was was an electric surge or something of that nature.

Also smell near the vent at the back to see if it smells like burnt electric appliance... return these answers and we can proceed from there.

What an excellent piece of advice.

@poster In the meanwhile you can try

this. How to perform an ATX reset:

Disconnect the power from
your computer.If possible remove
the battery and external devices.
Hold the power button
for about 15 seconds
Put the battery back
in the computer.Reconnect the
power Press the power
button to turn on your computer

Also, the Enr. said is a motherb..problem
he is more accurate because he can see the
laptops but we cant so don't doubts him

all4naija: Check this link : http://all4naija..com/2012/08/all-desktop-shortcut-icons-changed-to.html

That should get the job done.
Nice one all4naija. I have
been using it for sometime now and
is okay. nice1

flama: Gurus in the house kindly help with this problem, my hp pavilion dv3, is writing: no bootable device, insert a boot disc and press any. How can solve this problem plsss.

Turn off the computer
and wait five seconds.
Turn on the computer
and immediately press
the F10 key repeatedly
until a BIOS Setup
screen opens.

If nothing happens,
press the F1 key repeatedly.

Go to either boot sequence/boot order
and look for hdd its self explanatory
you shouldn't have a problem. use the
key on the screen to move the hard drive
so that the hard drive is 1st, cd/dvd 2nd the rest
doesn't matter. press f10 to save and exit then see.

If no joy make sure no camera, ipod,
iphone, usb or any other device
attached to your laptop.
if there is remove it please and see.

If no joy restart again pressing f8 go for
repair your computer and follow instructions

If after following the instr...still no joy

If you bought the laptop new, I blamed you that
you didn't create a set of rescue recovery DVD for the
unexpected Your Hp laptop comes with a built in recovery
to bail out.however this option is a last resort. if thats the
case we are smiling. all you need is an external hard drive
say 50gb depending on how much data you have.though we cannot
boot to the computer but hp laptops do offer data backup before
we use the inbuilt recovery to remaster the laptop to factory settings.
Recvoery is the last resort to the problem.if you can hold of boot disk
that can match your O/S say Win 7,Vista etc then we can run some automatic repairs.


If still no joy make sure yuou have enough
battery power or just connect charger and
restart go back to bios f10 and go to
diagnostics and run either the short or long
hard drive test, preferably I would like you
to run the long one if the option is available.
fif not just run the one it got and should report
failed or pass

At anytime pls get back to us one of my colleague would
be able to take over incase am offline

great063: RAM-4GB,Norton has expired,no anti-virus installed/running. The laptops fan hasn't been cleaned.Service Pack 1...After running the Primary Hard Disk Self Test,it came up with this-HARD DISK 1 FULL. Do I need to create more partitions or something else?

1st
In practice we usually remove norton
by[b] norton removal tool[/b]. if you had used
the add remove program to remove it, norton
will still there even though is gone.
some files are left behind.

Hp test usually give an error code
i.e., Hard Disk 1 Full (305) whta's yours

Click start, computer, can you see D Recovery/Hp recovery ?

Did you ran the short or long hard drive test ? only if that option was
available at the time. pls remind us what's the full model number of your laptop ?
e.g. hp 530 windows vista home premium.
If you are able to backup your data in
recovery mode via f11 hp recovery manager
backup data using a bigger external
hard drive let say GB depending on
how much data you've got. its advisable
to have a backup of your data just in-case
the unexpected happens. depending on
your reply we would be able to
conclude this for you.

You also have to remember that
we can only do our best here on nairaland.
however you can call this people if need be.
I am not related to them so don't worry.
I tend to recommed because of their popularity on this forum

Contact ADETWIN IT CONCEPT ENT.
We are into all kinds of IT SUPPORT Mobile:
07082998588,08133018196

ITbomb: Impressive

.cdr coral draw

utchken: how can i get an IDM with crack

We do not offer cracks

andante: true. But this is a processor problem. So any links.... If u hv a trusted person in comp villa that sels original stuff, lemme know

which post are you guys referring to ?
Out of 10 chance is the ram, mobo or cpu
ram 2/10
mobo 7/10
cpu 1/10
no boot couldbe anything

cd in drive
peripherals
hdd not sat in
ram not in
laptop dropped
liquid damage
invertetr backlight
screen backlight switch
fn and f5 been pressed
corrupted bios
etc....

Askedi: Please my hp compaq nc6000, remains blank when switched on, any help will be greatly appreciated.

How to perform an ATX reset:

Disconnect the power from your computer.
If possible remove the battery and external devices.
Hold the power button for about 15 seconds
Put the battery back in the computer
Reconnect the power
Press the power button to turn on your computer



If this does not solve the power issue it
may be the hardware its self which is
faulty and will need repairing or replacing.

If no joy the laptop memory ram may need checking
pls do this only if you're competent to do so or
take it to a computer repairer. If still no joy
try connecting it to an external monitor using a vga
cable pls note you may need to press fn and f5 or f6 something
like that.each laptop is different so check yours is a monitor
on the f keys on the top row.if no joy it need repairing

stephenponti: Hello house please i need help, my pc hp 550 window 7, was saying window not genuine, my jnr bro took it to edit a document on the process tried to install a crack to make the window 7 genuine. Now the pc can't boot displays this message each time I chose any of the options on the red screen to boot. " windows 7 chainloader/bootmgr error 13 invalid or unsupported executable format "

Level=Advanced

Pls somebody help me I tried to run the repair cd, the pc couldn't boot from the cd, what else should I do?

Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32
Genuine Windows Vista® Business
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic 32
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 32

What actually happens...

check your cd is not RTM
version or grub/linux loader
is it an original cd not fake ?

This laptop originally
came with the above OS

You then decided to upgrade
to Windows 7 either using a
genuine DVD install or a free
Iso torrent from the internet.
You now need product key to get
genuine so that you can get rid of
the msg and the black screen.You
then continue with the crack installation
that caused the master boot record to be altered.

Okay is an Hp machine and we are unlucky that
the recovery partition has been erased,
it would have come to our rescue.

If there's data on your machine restart
this may be another option (if it has a recovery partition)
by pressing click>> <F11> key which should start the
recovery process with an option to to backup the user
files before beginning the recovery otherwise all unsaved
/notbacked-up files will be lost.


If no date lets proceed to repair the master boot record and
]please be very careful with it[/b]. pop the disk in and
boot pressing f10 and follow my prev colleague andante advised

And when you select the language and installation path i.e. c drive

If you don't have a Windows 7 installation DVD, you can download
it from http://downloads.pcauthority.com.au/?act…
Make sure you get the one that matches your current system.
Alternatively, you can download a Windows Repair disc image
from http://lair360.co.uk/blog/1053/windows-7…
Use ImgBurn from http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=dow… to burn the image to CD or DVD.

If you don't have an up to date backup and need to get your documents copied onto an
external hard drive, you'll need an alternate operating system.
I'd recommend you download an Ubuntu Linux image, burn it to a CD
or DVD, and boot the live OS from that.
This will enable you to copy your files with a fairly easy
to use and somewhat familiar interface.
Download Ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/do…

alpontif: Hello, please i think i am in deep shit, a virus has infected all my files, and added extensions to them, these include Microsoft documents, pdf documents, autocad files...every file i have got except .exe files or jpg files. the virus has added extra extensions to these files, an example of a normal file is this: Cost estimate.doc

this file has now been changed to: Cost estimate.doc.DONATEAFRICA@YEAH.NET_SOS1285

this is the phrase that has affected all my files and made them unreadable and inaccessible, please i need your help. how do i get my normal files back..?

....more has happened, the virus has shutdown my pc, its not booting into windows anymore, and its displaying a message, in four languages, the content of the message is that they are a clique of zimbabwean pirates who have taken over my computer, and i have been given three days to pay them before i will get them back, else my data will be lost forever, it says that my files have been encrypted.

it has also encrypted all the files on my external hard disk. i need help.

If not able to boot into windows call adtwin IT people they'd be able to help you. On this forum look for
Adetwin and call them.IF the compu..not booting into windows is hard to do anything. you need some
physical to check it for you. it is compliccated to be asking you to use a live disk to search for
virus. Go the safe way and you have to remember, we are here to provide support and where we
cant due to one reason or the other we advice you to take it to a profession. call Adetwin on
07082998586,08133018196. i dont know adtwin but can vouch for them as a good compu repairer.
call them first or look for wolebaba on this forum

zugoboss: Good day. what's gonna be the usename & password?

Try your password if you have any. At this point I would suggest you
get intocuh with the software provider they can be more helpful

Emzybrown: @wolebaba and deji,is there any app or software that can be use to increase lappy battery time,my compaq battery last for 1hour.

No Laptop battery is
designed to last longer.
its all marketing gimmicks.
Its purely how you use it.
make sure there's NEPA or
electricity light and We'd
like you to run this test.

connect charger to laptop





o use HP Battery Check, follow the steps below.
Click Start and select HP Support Assistant .
On the HP Support Assistant window, select Troubleshoot ,
and then select Power, Thermal, and Mechanical .

or check hp support assistant on start , all programm...

Click Battery Check to examine your battery and
display the results of your battery status check

The current state of the battery (charging or discharging) is displayed.
If no battrey check google hp battery test and download to test your battery

compaq and hp are the same
and tell us the result

Debokan: Thanks for offering to help out.

I use both Windows 7 and XP, on different systems sha.
Browser type = Chrome
Printer most likely 10yrs old? = Yes
Connection type USB cable? = Yes

I've searched Toshiba website but couldn't find anything useful. I've checked other sites, the one I downloaded that looks like it did not work. I even checked Yahoo downloads, nothing!

32 bit or 64 Win 7 pls check for us

Run the Program Compatibility Wizard

Open the Program Compatibility Wizard by clicking the Start button ,
clicking Control Panel, clicking Programs, and then clicking
Use an older program with this version of Windows.

Follow the instructions in the wizard.

If you cannot install a program, insert the installation disc for
the program and, using the wizard, browse to the program's setup
file, usually called Setup.exe, Install.exe, or something similar.
The wizard is not designed to work on programs that have an .msi file name extension.

To change compatibility settings manually for a program, right-click the ico

n for the program, click Properties, and then click the Compatibility tab.


I also recommend that you contact the maker of that software
program and inquire about future support for Windows 7.

why cant you just time by installing on your xp rather than WIN 7 since this
printer is 10yrs old i doubts it would work by give it a go