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chuksokjun: I hava macbook laptop. An engr. Formatted and installed microsoft window 7, but i noticed that the sound is not working. Pls i need

Get intocuh with the engineer because he or she knew what was done and what to do.

adewasco2k: just like they told you already....your system BIOS does not detect the hard disk or the hard disk is damaged or the partition where your operating system is installed is not marked as active.

what to do
Try to confirm the hard disk cable if it is firm
you can then try to install an Operating system on the hard disk (formatting)
If you get the message hard disk not found during the installation process then you obviously need a new HDD

try going through the XP installation procedure...don't install it, just see if it can find the drive.
The last time I saw an error like that it was because the HDD had died on my grandfather's computer.


1. Remove media from your floppy and CD-ROM and reboot.
2. Remove and reinstall the hard drive and battery. Check for dust/dirt and use compressed air to clean if necessary.
3. Boot into BIOS if you know how and see if the hard drive is recognized. Load defaults and reboot.
4. Boot from your XP disk, then select recovery console. Enter these commands:

fixboot
fixmbr

Felzzz: It is just compaq CQ61. Nothing more. It is a windows 7 64 bit sysytem.

We need these numbers.its very unique to each product.


While holding down the Ctrl and Alt keys, press the S key on the keyboard.
The Compaq Support Information window appears.
This window contains the model number of your HP computer.
For example 6330US.Also check the back of the battery


or


If your computer has the HP Support Assistant, you can find the model
number at the bottom of the main screen.

Felzzz: Na my lappy bluetooth. It doesn't connect to my phone or other bluetooth devices. It tells me 'lappy does not support other device', peripheral device not found. I've tried reinstalling the HP bluetooth program to no avail. Thanks.

compaq compaq cq61-100 or what ? please provide the other number next to the compaq cq61.
If in doubts turn the laptop upside down and llok at the lebels. is this vista or windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit
click start, computer then system properties

adewasco2k: What's the make and model of your PC? You have the physical recovery cd or the recovery partition?
If you are to run recovery and not formatting you may not need the windows product key.
If by chance you have an HP system just press the F11 key at start_up to enter recovery mode

This is very good.

OPEYEMI AD: mowa pa
the laptop auto reduce volume
Hp 530 window vista

I take it is windows vista and there's a sound.
Okay, click start, all program...acccessories, run
and type in devmgmt.msc then press enter. look for sound video contollers
click the + sign see if there's any yellow signs. rightclick the Conexant, high def audio
or similar and uinstall restart your machine then test.

If no joy continue

Does this happen when you're playing cd or dvds, youtube
After that bring up the run box and type in dxdiag and press enter
click sound 1 and sound 2 if there's an option to test go for it.
Look inside the square box should say no problem or conflicts

After that go to hp website type your laptop make and and model number.
e.g hp 530 and select whether is vista basic and download an updated sound
drivers. is either your soudn driver is old or conflicts

OPEYEMI AD: hello pals ,
pls suddenly my system sound reduce volume drastically, i have try all my possible best by checking the sound at device manager and there is nothing wrong with that. i increase the volume to the highest but still no avail.
any body in the house to help?

Bawoni Opeyemi,

Your post just came to my desktop now. Is there sound or
the laptop auto reduce the volume itself. be specific about your
description. what make and model is your laptop. e.g. dell 1545 vista

adewasco2k: There are a lot of things that can be blocking you from the net...let me ask a few question, are other internet related apps working? Like yahoomessenger?
Which antivirus was your friend using before he sold it to you and which did you install? (Make sure the old antivirus is fully removed...if you have norton on it before download norton tools remover to clear it)
Have you checked the firewall? See if http, https is listed as block?
Can you open up command prompt (goto run type cmd and hit enter). Inside command prompt type ping www.google.com then copy the result and post here.
Goto you connection property, check ip4 properties hope they are all set to automatic.
Check you browsers network property and be sure you are not on proxy.
A lot of things can be wrong so just try the few and get back.

Would have carried out the same diagnostics

san001: Plz my Samsung laptop screen flex is switching off...The moment there is no eletcric power supply, the screen light just goes off but there will still be an indication that the computer is still on...which whenever I close the laptop face and open it immediately/ full wide, the light will come up again for a short while and goes off after. Please help me suggest what could be going wrong and/ or if there is something easy I could fix it myself? Thanks

come on techhaeads adetwin, adewasko, femi, denzel2009, skydancer, chikebrain, femi, blackweaver,4lenbutu, sameolg616 and co
How was your weekend guys ? mine was bad because I was very sick our weather is changing to ice/snow. see you later guys

I am going to work

adewasco2k: i have it but i dnt think serials, patch and keygens are allowed on the forum

adewasco2k I love this. you're an example to others
find me on facebook dejisunday there different people
am the one with a glass on the head and with grandma

adewasco2k: Next time if you are making a complain...try to give details like what's it display when you put it on....not just that it doesn't boot but it says: bootmgr compressed press ctr alt del.
This will fix your problem...I once had such to.
boot into Repair, (I presume u have a windows7 OS..just insert the windows CD/DVD, press any key to boot from the CD...when it loads you will see install...check the left hand seide of the bottom you will see repair..click it))
after selecting the Windows 7-installation, press "Load Drivers" (Instead of "Next"
and use the mini Windows Explorer to right-click on your C:/-drive, select Properties, then
deselect "Compress this Drive" and choose Apply to sub-folders and files. And wait for it to decompress your drive.

Goodluck

I see no reason why it wouldn't

if you are SINGLE and keep on saying "I DON'T TRUST MEN OR WOMEN!" remember your mates are getting married every Saturday.
Let me ask you, are they marrying spirits? Wise up! If you are MARRIED and keep saying "I HATE THIS MARRIAGE!"OK! Is it not married people like you that are celebrating Gold,Silver and even Platinum

jubilee? If you keep on ranting, ''I'M LEAVING MY MAN, HE CHEATED ON ME!" Please, go to town and see all the fine, cute, sexy, hot, hungry and desperate chicks waiting to snatch your man's money and property, they don't even mind sharing. Make it work, my friend! Stop saying "I HATE MY JOB!" Look! millions of people are jobless and can't even find any not to talk of keeping it! Do you want to join them?

You keep saying "I HATE WHERE I LIVE!" Oh please! *tears* Try visiting those locations that are flooding now, people sleeping under the bridge at night and you will be grateful to God that you even have a place to stay! Some say "I AM TIRED OF THIS LIFE!" Well, go to the hospital and see people fighting for their lives! Go to the mortuary and take a look then tell me what you feel after that! My point is, be positive and believe in God, that's all that matters. AS FAR AS THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE. JUST KEEP TRYING AND TRUSTING IN GOD, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT MY DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

adewasco2k: Pls guys, who has a motherboard for HP G62 for sale? Or any hint of getting it....I checked today in few places and couldn't see it...though I was in haste today...just wish I can see someone that has it....so we can connect! My number 08067507777. Just send me a txt to signify its about getting a motherboard and I will call you... Thanks mates

adewasco2k if you're geeting a mobo get a new on yeah. there a reason why.

chux76: Hello,
I have an iBook G4 Laptop(Please don't laugh.. ) I have tried to install the Neco biometric software on it to use for Neco registration. After downloading the software and trying to run the software,I was asked to choose a program to open it and I dont know what I clicked but it is now on the laptop with a .msi extension which when clicked upon shows the file is about to be opened with Window Media Video.
Please how do I undo this and how do I install the Biometric software on the iBook G4? Thank you.

ownload the extractor software. Extracting software like Extract Now Alpha Zipand Universal Extractor are available online for download Searching for Extracting Software will bring up many choices, so choose one to download.


Install the software. Once the extracting software is downloaded, click on the icon to open the step-by-step walk-through. Depending on the product version, you may need to download an updater, but this should simply be part of the setup process, so just follow the steps to get the update. This should be the finalizing step to making the software operational.


Extract the .MSI files. Once the extracting software is installed, open the program by double-clicking the icon. It will bring up an input screen, where you can choose which file you want to extract and where you want the extracted files to go. Choose your .MSI file and click on the “Start” button, or the program's equivalent.

aboyaji: please, I have a dell latitude d600. It displays only the starting up windows interface and restarts continuously. Help me out with what I should do.

POwer it on, keep presssing f8 until you see advanced boot option
select disable automatic restart on system failure and press enter
the laptop should restart automatically and present a blue screen
in the form o 0x0000 dumping physical memory or inaccessible device

Hazeleyezz: Pls I need help!!!
I got a new etisalat modem and I have succesfully installed it on my PC
But I can't connect to the internet, it keep giving this error message
"Connection to the remote computer could not be established, so port used for this connection was closed"
Plss does anyone have an idea of what is wrong? And a possible solution.
Thanks.

Make sure your usb ports are working
Make sure the sim is the one that came with it.
Make sure the dongle is connected to the computer
not through a usb adaptor.awalys better at the front of the
pc usb I/O if you're using a PC. If a laptop just connect as normal


Click on Windows Start

Open Command prompt

This step various depends on the Windows Version you are using in your computer.
In Windows XP you can type cmd on Run window and click ok to access command prompt.
In Windows 7 computer you can search for command on Search box and access command prompt.

Type netsh winsock reset on command prompt, After this press enter to reset winsock.
After resetting Windows socket you should restart your computer.
Disable Firewall and network utility programs installed

By turn off any Internet related programs in your computer, you can avoid port related issues. Examples of Internet related programs are download accelerator, Firewall, torrent etc.


We should make sure the COM ports are used by the dialer (Internet Access Manager). To check this follow the steps below.

Right click on My Computer and Click on Properties

Go to Device Manager

Go to modem and click the + sign right click
whats underneath and click proper... then query modem

Also check COM LPT make sure huwaie or etisalat is there
and also make sure no yellow signs on other device

chrisley024: @deji:Thanks! Dell lat.610. Tried runin d diag. test n it shws fail 4 d HD n dat of d memory test wit sum error code n mesage wen at d memory test: 'No diag utility found. To run diag insert Dell drivers n utilities cd den select ok 2 restart d system n boot off cd'. D boot sequence just shws d internal HD only wit oda tins.

Think about this for a minutes.

The Primary hard disk failed the test.

There is nothing YOU can do to get it going
unless you replace the BAD hard drive with a new one.
Install windows on the new hard drive and all your drivers

[PS: I hope you've or will be backing-up any important data.

take it to a shop to take off your data or get the hdd enclousre
we advised you earlier on

chrisley024: @deji2009, tanks! It dosnt even see d OS. Dell wit windows xp. If i may ask does d use of 2 OS has effect on a pc? Cos i hv bin usin it. So do i hv 2 get anoda hdd. Thanks!

What is the model.e.g.dell insipron 1545, DELL D600, D500 OR Dell Latitude D6000

power on the laptop and keep pressing F2 or F12 or delete key if F2 doesn't work
You'd see a blue screen go to diagnostics and press ente it would run the test
if your laptop is not very old this option should be present.
after check the boot or boot sequence to see your hard is on the list i.e. sata 446654654
or ide soemthing that means is your hard drive or what do you have as first boot device

When a hard drive is no longer recognized in the bios, it usually means the drive
has a physical problem. Is it under warranty? If not then you should definitely
replace the drive ASAP and hold on to it so you can try and recover the data off
of it with software. If there isn’t any data you want to keep, then just replace it

you can go to technician to assit you with the data

chrisley024: Pls help! My laptop shws 'Internal HDD error' while tryin 2 boot. Any solution apart 4rm getin new 1 n hw can i recover my data? Thanks!

what make and model is your machine ? e.g. A toshiba P300-20H Windows 7
Most likely you're using a toshiba or compaq Hp laptops. anyway, can it
get to windows before showing the error message. If does boot, you need a memory stick or
external hard drive to copy your data

If does not boot you need a 2.5 hard drive caddy. you insert the hard drive into the caddy and into
another computer then you extract the data. Its very much like plugging
a usb device. very easy to do. I would advice you take it to a laptop technician.

If you're using Acer, HP, compaq and Samsung to mention a few and you're able to boot the recovery manager you can use the
recovery mode recommended option to backup your data.

adetwin: @ queenet where is ur location lets see how we can help u out .......

@ Deji2009 Job well done a big thanks to ur supports all d time on nairaland

This is the only way I'd always remember what I learnt from the books
and from my mentor Yankubu in United state 12 years old. nairaland is the only
place I choose to provide tec support because that what i can give to people.

Chikebrain: Ade i'll advise you give it to a system engineer. I had same problem but after i changed the screen it became normal. Although i was asked to change the flex that it may solve the issue but it didn't. So i'll advise that you change the screen.

I thought at much the changing of the screen might not have been dont peroperly because that should fix it
lookign at the disorted images on his screen. if it were NVdia graphcis then no but ATI should be the screen.

Do we know if the screen is good or bad, this is the problem we have

all4naija: @ adewasco2k

I have repeatedly said it here the major problem with HP laptops is Graphic problem. Changing the screen won't solve the problem nor reflow of the VGA(only for a few period of time before it will return). It is better you change the motherboard!

@all4naija

I applauded your observations. all4naija is absoluetely right. If you google Hp display problem you'd see lots of
people having this problem. Hp basically didnt solder the video chip properly so each time it
overheat it disconnect itself from the motherboard hence the effect on the screen.

Also there's not enough ventilation circulating. either change motherboard or buy a Toshiba or Sony or Samsung

adetwin: @ adewasco I advice u change d screen but u said u av tried it with a working screen it still d same ( last a client brought a laptop of such to me I only changed d screen) Ur location 1st ? Lets see if I can come over ......

Well observed. Some Hp laptops have been recalled due to grapchics display problem and any
customer affetced should try hp fix before spending their money. I spent 20 minutes earching on
hp website and find this. Try it and follow instructions

I think changing the screen, inverter and cable should fix the problem.

something is not right here

adetwin you're right

@adewesco please follow instructions

reinstall video/grapchidriver
Update the bios from hp website
install speed fan to determine if
cpu fan is overheating hence the effect
on the graphics chip

I'd like to know where you got the screen from please. new or borrowed or generic
Is the video chip intel or nvidia or ATI Radion Hd

deji2009: I will be offline by 6.30pm so be quick

have accepted it but you're offline
on facebook.hurry up please

have accepted it but you're offline
on facebook.hurry up please

queenet246: i sent u a request on facebook. queenet liz ezeigbo

Anyupdate on that
I wore a traditional waear
with a tradtional cap

search for dejisunday with
spac after deji

queenet246: there's notin like dat icon except for d battery and volume icons. how do i find it? ope am nt disturbing @all

I take it this laptop is windows xp OS ?
click start>control panel>network connection
or anything that says network click on it
and when it open right click on network connection then view
wifi nwtwork. if this is vista go to control panel then network and sharing centre
or if you can connect by cable download teamviewer free edition and i will remotely
assist you just for you though

queenet246: it connected by cable. but i dnt know ow to check for wireless though i put the wireless on. ow do i do that?
tanx. u guys ave been of help

So the wireless On/Off Button is on?
if not the swicth is on the top row
near the power switch button

The Wireless On/Off LED will show
near the Power/Standby LED at the bottom
row where you have the touchpad

Right click on the Wireless Connection icon at the bottom right side
of your screen and select View Available Wireless Networks from the list.
and follow the inst... to enter your password

queenet246: so wat do i do now since d hard drive is ok. someone suggested i get windows xp and do something with it.
but ur suggestion has been of great help. tanx a lot

If the laptop booted ok, no need to reinstall xp

If it struggle to boot then yes. I think a technician
need to assess what is making the noise. cpu fan or cable
touching the cpu fan or debries blocked the air from escaping

Take it to a technician for physical examination

we've conducted our own test on it now need a physical examination.
The test you conducted will save you money that why we are here to
offer that free 1st 2nd line support that you'd normally pay for out there

Take it a shop for assessment since we noe know the hdd test passed

queenet246: all tests were successful.
i even did memory check and it was successful.
plz wats next.

With that you can be sure your hard drive is ok.
Is an internal testing tools designed by HP that we uses to
test the hard drive conditn. The result is the final, thats it.

SO, lets wait for other technicians views on this. If you can some noise
am 95% sure is the cpu fan making noise. your laptop model is old and the likleyhood of
that happening is very high. Especially if the fan run at a very high spped and the air
coming out is hot. or we can remove the hard drive and power the laptop on and see if we make the same
noise without the hdd inside.

queenet246: one more thing. it doesnt accept wireless. it finds it but wont connect. help me i just bought it. buts its not new one.

Can it connect by cable. e.g.

Have you checked in device manager(press Windows key + Pause/break) to see if you network controllers are listed. If they are, check the devices properties to see if they are working properly. You could also uninstall them from there and restart your computer. On restarting Windows will detect new hardware and reinstall the drivers. try connecting and make sure you have your network security ley

queenet246: its HP compaq nc6220.
it makes creaky noise when booting and am wit it now

This what we asked off you and was very pleased when I
saw your reply. In the future, always mention laptop make
and model you'd notice you get replies to a given problem.
This is one of the reason tec dont bother replying. you 'd see
some people ask questions lot of time and dont get a reply is because of
this. Ok make sure your battery is fully charge or plug in to the mains either way
so the test will finish wihtout any disturbances.

Turn on laptop

keep pressing f10 until you
get a blue screen, if not try f2
go to tools >hard drive test and run it

if yo se diagnostics try that >hard drive test run it
let us know the result

queenet246: tanx bt ow do i do dat. is it sold in d mkt?

For any reaction to happen there must be an action.

What led us to conclude that your hard drive needs changing ?

You need to run a hard drive fitness test on the hdd.

The result would either fail or pass and from there you

can decide. Take for example, you have a car and is no working

properly and you decide to spend £300 on it before a mechanic test it.

Doesn't make sense, does it ? If i was you,take this laptop for a physical
exam... for a tec to ascertain whether is hard drive or a CPU fan making that noise.

60% it would be the hard drive but you need to have your fact before spending your money


For the third time again, what make and model is your laptop? we've asked for this several time now.
check at the botton should have a name. e.g. My own Laptop is toshiba p300-20h windows vista

You need to run a hard drive test, thats why we ask for your laptop make and model
as some of them have internal bios testing tools to verify the hard drive condition