Recent content by EastCoastCanadianMrFixIt

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    Solved! Lenovo yoga 700 won't turn on. Light is on the power button but the screen is black

    Remove CMOS battery and short the terminals to Clear the CMOS. Then remove the ram and put in one at a time and swap them to see if one is bad. Let us know if you get any results or if resolved. thanks Also note that (not this model in particular) I had one laptop that had a ground wire that...
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    Solved! hp pavillion dv6 black screen caps lock wont light up

    try removing battery & power, then hold power for 30 seconds on laptop, replace battery and power and reboot. Also remove the Ram and replace it one at a time until sucessful boot. clear the CMOS by removing the CMOS battery and shorting out the terminals for 10 seconds (CMOS battery is...
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    Solved! I have a gateway NE56R41u model laptop that the keyboard is locked and ctrl/alt/del won't restart. The screen is black and hav

    Take out the Ram and only insert one at a time. Suspect ram fault or not in place properly. Can you tell us what led up to this situation, was it working fine and crashed or you bought it this way. \If you have 2 hard drives connected try disconnecting one of them.
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    Hard up for an answer.

    You have a slight chance that you may be able to flash that bios from a usb flash drive. Google for instructions and note you need right bios for that motherboard and it's respective cpu. As the first guy says chances are the bios chip is corrupted and can be replaced but may have to be soldered...
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    Blue Screen on startup, restarts and goes to black. Unable to open BIOS

    Can try flashing bios from a usb flash drive. Google for directions and proper BIOS to be flashed with respect to motherboard and CPU can flash BIOS MAny times but less is best. BIOS is on a chip and when computer starts it places it all on another chip then the Computer starts up from there. If...
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    Blue Screen on startup, restarts and goes to black. Unable to open BIOS

    Blue screen is a hardware to software driver issue or hardware failure(rare) Attempt Safe Mode startup. It's F8 key I believe. you tap F8 on startup to get menu. Its F12 for startup device menu F8 for Windows startup menu choices. Look for Safe Mode - try 2 or 3 attempts. Watch screen shows...
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    Blue Screen on startup, restarts and goes to black. Unable to open BIOS

    Try a usb keyboard to get into cmos. Try a different hard drive or boot from cd with a windows live version. Computer may not be detecting your keyboard or any keyboard but try a couple anyways Cmos reset for a Toshiba is difficult if not nearly impossible almost but extremely tricky and only...
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    Sony Vaio VPCF11M1E - Loud fan noise and high temp GPU

    See my other previous posts on fan noise repair solutions noting these are temporary as noise is a bearing/bushing in fan worn or fan shaft itself but since that's steel and bushings are brass the bushings go first. Cheap replacement from junk tower perhaps. I really suspect that the exhaust...
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    I spilled water on my keyboard board and I cleaned it and dried it , but the thing is it keeps turning on and off on its own

    Must be a laptop keyboard and water will go below most to settle on logic board must remove power immediately including battery to motherboard.keyboard is likely toast. Leave it disconnected for testing startup. Check ram and slots for black spots if arcing power AND clean gently with a sharp...
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    Acer Laptop E5-575 keeps turning off on battery power

    Was this a new laptop? Sounds like weak battery or charger not charging battery. Need more input. Did you install anything like new OS or update anything recently. Did this happen all of a sudden say from 100% power of 2 hours++ to this?? Any liquid spills? Did you swap someone with wrong...
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    Acer Battery AC14B8K out of juice

    Sounds like a battery that was charged with too fast of a charger and has a dead cell or is swollen. When it demands a lot of energy it has a bad cell and can't hold the power level and sinks below threshhold. Try a replacement battery and check charger output values normal for yiur machine and...
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    Solved! URGENT: Acer Aspire One Z1402 Battery

    If you do upgrade the battery remember it will take longer to charge unless you upgrade charger too but not so much say 65 watt to 80 watt example but never upgrade charger without battery as fast chargers reduce life of battery may make them swell and explode. Batteries get weak and hot bus...
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    Solved! URGENT: Acer Aspire One Z1402 Battery

    Sounds good. Must be 12 yr old
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    I have an acer aspire cloudbook 11 and i have an hdmi cable plugged in, the hdmi is plugged in to an hdmi-dvi converter, and t

    There is usb to HDMI not sure work on particular machine. Must turn off tv prior to switching/exchanging inputs then reboot tv then new or switched devices.
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    HDMI cable doesnt work when plugged into multiple consoles and tv

    You may be able to use a usb multiport cable and connect all to HDMI 1 typically.