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filibust:
Sure i have but he couldn't recommend anyone.

Sir/Madam,

I'd advice that you took your laptop to a repair centre believing it
needs repairing and the let the technician carryout the job.
Visit a good repair centre not the ones offering shortcut repairs or
quoting you the lowest, go to the people that count.

Patronize them just a routine visit to a medical doctor.

Good luck

filibust:
@deji2009, thanx a great deal.

I've tried all of you recommendations in good faith, all to no avail.

What do next pls?

Or do you know of any competent computer engineer in lagos?

Thanks man.

I'm not a Nigeria resident and would advice that you visit a local

repair Center to get this fix. Explain the problem and have faith in the

technician let he or she do the job. at the end of

the day what the professional say is the final. patronize them and pay the

required amount. Needn't paying for further diagnostics as you have done
plenty of them. That's if you followed our instructions and do everything as typed.

Hold down the windows logo key and R a box would come up

type in dxdiag press enter to continue scrool to display and look for the chip type or

manufacturer mostly likely NVIDIA if it is better to get another laptop instead of repairing this.


google hp dv series for known issues, is a defective product and have been recalled

filibust:
@ deji2009, thanks a lot.

I have continually checked the device manager but it tells me all devices and hubs are present.

However, anytime I plug a USB device, I get an alert like " USB device not recognized- one of the USB devices attached to this computer has mal-funtioned and Windows does not recognize it.".

But then, an engineer friend told me its a circuit that has to be changed. Can this be? Cause, I've not been able to access the functionality of the PC in awhile.

Moreso, the window vista just stopped working saying I should insert a serial number of something.

Now I can't even install a new operating system cos I use an external DVD-rom which requires a USB port to connect.

I beg-make una help me o.

Thanks.

What's the outcome from the link I posted in my last message ?

Have you try other usb devices such as mouse or a pen drive ?

From the evident that I gathered your USB hardware device is working

but have problems detecting usb devices. try other usb devices and lookout

for the malfunction message. if you do click start like you previously did to bring

up the run box type in devmgmt.msc look for universal serial bus controller

click the + sign and right click each and every item on the list and click uninstall

restart your laptop then test and see if problem is solved. if no joy check HP

website for latest update. Hp have a built in windows reinstall programme no disk

is required. to do this restart laptop by pressing F10 start recovery message will appear.

This will not happen if your laptop was installed or reinstalled by cd dvd disk.

filibust:
@Zim, yes I re-installed all the drivers from hp's website with the appropriate model description.

Having carried out our colleague instructions, here's your next diagnostics
in narrowing the cause. I take this to be windows Vista or 7 and that was
selected on the hp website during the drivers download.

Hold down the Microsoft logo which looks like a flag next to ALT on your keybaord

and hold letter R both at the same time a box would pop up type in devmgmt.msc

press enter to continue and look for universal serial bus controller

Any yellow sign or code number ?

When a USB device is plugged in do you get a sound or a malfunction message?

Do you have a USB mouse or keyboard that you can plug in to see if USB is truly dead?

Make sure your windows is up to date by installing windows update


If no joy visit microsoft auto fix to resolve the issue

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Tips-for-solving-problems-with-USB-devices#EQ

Bayo igbekele:
pls somebody should help me solve dis 1. can i use pentuim RAM for celeron? 2. wat are the ranges of RAM we have n there price?

ZIM DRILL:
no RAM is made for specif for a processor

what counts

is that RAM compatible with your motherboard as said by the motherboard manufacturer

Best to visit your local computer repair centre

Emzybrown:
pls help my compaq presario cq42 is showing me alert *smart hardisk error 301* on startup i formatd the system its now working buh stil shows the smart hardisk error 301 mesage, now my wlan and bluetooth device not working and also 3d games lik pro evolution soccer ar nt showing again buh i can hear the games audio.

blackweaver:
@Emzybrown time for you to get another hard disk before it finally stops working; i believe it's a warning that your hard disk will soon become unusable

In addition you can restart laptop kep pressing F10 for Bios setup utility
look for diagnostics and run hard drive self test (make sure charger is connected)

ZIM DRILL:
you activate by buying one

its trial version you have and it coming to an end so either you buy one over the internet and activate or you find someone who has a disc and install

Best practice by one of the best advisor.

Good one Zim Drill

Easyjay:
Pls, i nid help now,  I try doing system upate on ma window 7 home premium to ultimate,  Along d installation process, an error poped up that the installation cannot continue n it cannot restore former windows,  So rite now, i nie help on how to load a recovery cd from bios windows,  Pls its urgent, tanks

This very complicated to deal with consult a computer technician nearby.
patronize them and pay the requirement amount in getting it done.

Here at nairaland we offer 1st line basic diagnostics and would
advice to take it to a technician to fix.

stunt89:
Bro i stay in lagos is there any software that i can used to removed it, thanks

Dell Bios password is one the most complicated to remove. I'd advice that you contact
Dell technical support for advice. The eeprom and a controller MOSFET is a last resort
and not guarantee to work. in practice we call dell to deal with this. That's the preferred
method and if nothing is working, best to visit other technician. The problem can

be solve 70% of the time without the eeprom is a delicate and risky process.

Do your research take it to a repair centre at least 5 of them. It will be fix

This cant be done online or looking for software, you need a technician.

expensive007:
Try to repaire the windows, Virus must have deleted the drivers that controls the mice / mouse, Then if the problem persist try to format the system, likely it doesnt make difference then you have to consult the rngineer to help you check if the mouse pad is faulty,

1

Visit www.hp.co.uk and search for  your laptop make and model
then proceed to driver download. (self explanatory)
click to download the software to updata the current one.

The scrool is built into the touchpad just to the right or beow the touchpad.
Update the drivers and test to see what happened.

2

if still no joy google synaptics and follow on screen
instructions to dowload the software for your touchpad

I may consider offering you a remote fix as last resort

Marvellouso:
We've got alot of fakes here in Edo state, so anybody  who lives in Benin should plz direct me 2 a gud technician, 2 handle my DVD RW Drive problem, I'v browsd d entire World Wide Web.n culdnt find anytin useful, Thx in anticipation, TRM

Based on Omegared diagnostics, is the drive now

ejecting ? Read DVD but no cd means is not a hardware problem is a software

look at it this way if is a hardware will never read dvd at all. there's a software corruption

in the registry. The following is industry standard before buying another drive.

If a customer were to bring this to me , I will try the following first. follow the instructions

very careful and you have a high chance of getting it to work 75% chance.

If does not work make sure you have covered all the instructions, if not take it to a laptop repair centre.

I don't live in nigeria so cant tell you where to repair it if it is hardware


If your drive reads cd's, but not dvd's That indicates that the hardware works fine. You will need to edit the registry inorder to fix this problem.

1) click the start menu
2) click on "run"
3) type "regedit" and click ok
4) go to string key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
5) delete "upper filters" and "lower filters in the right side window.
6) right click my computer in the start menu.
7) click properties
go to the hardware tab
9) click device manager
10) expand the dvd/cdrom drives
11) right click the dvd rom and click uninstall
12) restart computer


Wait for hardware successfully installed message to appear
before putting audio cd or a software disk to test

Digriz:
my system is displaying that my windows7 ultimate is not genuine,hw can i solve this problem? i bought the laptop fairly used and have used it for only 4 months.

What you can do is to consult a computer technician.

Freeopod:
Gud ppl ov nairaland! V gt a problem with ma hp 620 laptop, it stops charging when it is 85% full and says 'plugd in but nt charging' pls what can i do?

Here's is your diagnostics

let battery run down then recharge

or test the battery by using HP award winning

http://h20239.www2.hp.com/techcenter/battery/battery_ts.htm

GbengaOGA:
@weaver: tanx once more but that did not work at all. There is a folder that I perceive holds these pictures but it is not accessible. how can i make it accessible? tanx

please click and follow on screen instructions

http://advancedfileoptimizer.com/downloadnow.aspx?src=11&ext=CHK

3kay945:
Hello guys, i need help on my newly bought 'acer laptop' it cant connect to wireless and cant transfer or receive through bluetooth. I think it might be driver problems, pls help.

Does the laptop/netbook have a cd drive ?


What's the make and model number of laptop or netbook ?

Is this XP. Vista or windows 7

ZIM DRILL:
are you using mobile broadband ?

which broswer do you use ?

have you checked if working offline is ticked or not

Superb

chux76:
Hello,
I have a SAMSUNG NETBOOK NC10 with configurations as below:
Windows XP Home Edition V.2002 SP 3
CPU N270 @1.60Ghz
1.60 Ghz, 1.99GBGB RAM.

I had it formatted and installed Windows 7 Ultimate Edition,but ever since it has been running very slow. Sometimes my browsers stop responding and I either have to close the browser or in some cases,force a restart on the netbook,applications take time to respond and I have been wondering what could be the problem.
I have downloaded and installed the necessary softwares for Windows 7 on the Netbook's website and it still runs slow. I thought 2GB RAM with the 1.60Ghz config shouldn't be a problem with Windows 7. Pls what is the possible solution to make my little toy run very fast?


Another thing is I can no longer find the webcam on my netbook,although I have installed the webcam application software for Windows 7 which i downloaded from the website,still I cant find where to access the webcam,and I wonder if the webcam would still work.

PLS HELLLLPPPPP!!!!

Tnx

Having checked http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/detail/supportPrdDetail.do?menu=SP01&prd_mdl_name=NP-NC10 I found out

the netbook does support windows 7 and windows XP. check to make sure the following programmes are not installed.

Norton security software

Zone alarm


Click start run and type in prefetch [/b]press enter to continue

delete everything except readyboot then exit

Do the same but this time around type in[b] temp




Click start, run and type msconfig press enter to continue

click startup and remove everything all ticks except the one

with microsoft cooperation and your security software

click apply and ok then restart to test

Next you restarted your laptop check to make sure windows update is

not schedule to automatically install update. try visiting the windows update

section to find if it is then that would explain why is slow.


Furthermore,


Click start and look for windows update

Check to make sure no update are available,

if they're please install them. Especially service pack 1

baani:
THX but I dnt c how DZ will help MI, for one ma warranty has expired n na naija I dey. U n I knw perfectly well dt such replacement doesn't actually help, any more ideas pls, I rilly nid dt system up n running prompto

Good luck

baani:
Morning people, I have a dv6000 HP laptop tht comes on wen I power button but thtz all it does. d screen does not display, its just the lite on d power dt jst shows it on even d lite 2 identify tht d ram is running doesn't come on as well. I also noticed tht normally wen I power on the laptop the lite tht indicates d caps lock is on blinks but since I has DZ problem tht hz NT been d case, I hv tried removing n replacing both hard drive n ram but still nothing, any ideas pls

For your observations, find http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/28/hp.laptops.with.nvidia/

Image123:
I'm not too familiar with this section, hope this is the right thread?
Just got this universal modem as it seems the gsm networks are going into some interesting competition. So i thought it's plug &play universal, just fix SIM and start browsing. So it's plug& play alright in the sense of drivers installation. But i put different simcards, it's saying

[720]A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You might need to change the network settings for this connection.
Please what am i to do?

Please what am i to do?

Since is a universal internet Modem, you thought you could put any Sim card just like a mobile phone does.

My recommedation is to ring MTN support staff, they 're trained technical support agents and are much

better than myself or anybody else. They know there product in and out.

ugotuf:
this the new msg i'm getting

Revert your system to when it was working by doing system restore

ugotuf:
Hi Deji,thanx a lot for your quick response,here is a clip of the msg i'm getting.kindly help out

Have another go at it.

Enable or Disable Hibernation:

1. Click Control Panel

2. Click Power Options

3. Select the Hibernate tab

4. Uncheck Enable Hibernation box to disable
(or check to enable)

5. Click OK

Then test

If no joy visit microsoft website
then click on the fix it for me

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730

Is this a laptop or a desktop


Should work if no joy

Try that black box again and type in

powercfg.exe /hibernate on

or


powercfg -h on

ugotuf:
My Compaq nx8230 cannot hibernate again after i installed XP SP3.Does any one have an idea on how to get this bug fixed?

Click start, all programmes, accessories, right click command prompt

and run as an administrator. A black box would appear type in

the following. powercfg h on press enter restart machine then test

woyeld:
Pls help me out, my compaq presario nx 7000 report error *smart hard drive detect imminent failure in line 05*. i have tried to replace the hard drive & connector believing that one of them is failty, yet the system still report error each time i power it on. i'm using windows Xp, 80Gb, 512 ram. Thanks

the failure will happen take it to a technician

Bye

melotech:
my system hang when in home screen i.e when i power on after the welcome messages it will write(application fail to initialize properly 0x80000003 click ok to terminate the application ) after clicking ok it will get to the home screen and hang have taken it to some acclaim computer engineer who formatted it for me but the problem still persist pls help me out the system is Compaq desktop p4 ram 512 Hd 80g thanks in advance

ZIM DRILL:
dont be spoon feed you can google the 0x80000003 problem

Go back to the technician.

Engineer To do the following List

On getting there tell the engineer you like to click run and
type in msconfig press enter click start up and remove all the ticks

except those that start with Microsoft co operation. click apply and ok
restart then test to see if error would appear.

Engineer should propose another 512MB to make it 1GB .Engineer should run cc leaner to remove junks

Tell engineer to run cmd as an administrator and type fsutil dirty query c: then press enter c stands for your hard drive letter


if still no joy tell engineer to visit bios and run a memory test. If possible list all the programmes

you have installed on your computer by going to control panel add remove program

To help narrow down the problem answer the following questions

Does the fastlink dongle came with a software installation cd (if any) ?

Does this blue screen appear when other usb device is plugged in such as

a memory stick or any device that has a usb connection ?

When does the problem started ?

get a[b] pen and a paper and  the error message on the screen to assist[/b]  in narrowing down the cause

if you're unable to do so because it shutdown not to worry let it restart and

keep pressing f8 to disable automatic restart on system failure  then the error should appear.

After doing all this, I like you to run a quick test to verify the hard drive is intact before we move on

Let it restart and keep pressing F10 use the arrow to go to diagnostics, hard drive self test go

for the long one and make your battery is fully charge as not to loose power during the test.

[quote author=first_lady link=topic=301179.msg9174090#msg9174090 date=1316408539]Pls guy I need help. I cant access my email add for the past two months now when ever ^ try logging in it keep telling me incorrect passward or incorrect user ID of which I know very well that my Id and password is very very correct. I have tried several ways to make sure it opens but is not working out. Pls help.[/quote]What's type of email client ? Yahoo Hotmail Google Thunderbird
etc.Make sure caps lock is off when entering your password.

Visit the email provider webpage for frequently ask questions/reset password options

What's the make of the computer in question ? for example, mine is a Toshiba P300-20H Windows 7

bobidinc:
My Toshiba Satellite Pro  L450-17 running on window 7 will not turn on. When I plug the AC adapter the power LED and the battery charge LED light up with normal GREEN LIGHT. When I press on the power button the laptop powers up but will not start. There is no video on LCD or external monitor. I have tried to remove the battery and power it directly with AC source but still the samething, i checked on the memory thinking it might be RAM problem, but nothing change,  All this started his morning. Please help,  Any userful information will be highly appreciate, i can't afford to loose my files on the laptop,  it contains my life, odusogatosin@gmail.com

Checking all of the above you'd have stopped and take it to a computer technician rather than

checking the memory. for example a car breaks down you check the basic same as a computer,

A professional will be able to assess the memory modules and advised you the next step.

The last time it was used was battery fully charged or laptop shutdown itself


You may have tried the following. ATX Reset

Take charger and battery out of laptop we are not turning it on

we're carrying out a procedure known as ATX Reset

After charger and battery is out hold down the laptop power button down for 60 secs

to drain any static electricity then connect just charger no battery then power up and keep pressing

f8 any joy ?