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Asus X551M no power at all
My issue is the same as the one here: Asus x551M shut down and won't come on, but this has not been resolved.
I have tried:
Removing the li-ion battery,
Removing the CMOS (which was completely ...
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My laptop's suddenly stopped working.
I got up to use my laptop this morning and there's a problem. When I try to turn it on, the light briefly turns on and then almost instantly turns off. I've tried to find some help and some other HP ...
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Panasonic Toughbook won't turn on
A Panasonic Toughbook, model CF-W8, fails to start. By mistake I tried to turn it on through another laptop charger which provides higher voltage; the Toughbook only uses 16 V.
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splitting 6 pin PCI-E cables
I am trying to add a second graphics card to a workstation. The machine already has a GTX970, and i have a spare GTX550Ti and GTX275 floating around. The 275 requires 2 PCI-E 6 pin connectors, the 550 ...
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Laptop not powering on
Two days ago, I was hurrying to an exam and had to walk in the rain, resulting to my backpack getting rained on. When I got home, there was a tiny amount of water on the side of my laptop, but it didn'...
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Computer can't boot
I have a 1 year old PC and the last weeks, when I press the ON button the PC doesn't power on ( Like I didn't press the ON button ). I have to plug and unplug a few times the power cord in order to ...
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ATX PSU: Pin 9 reads a lower voltage when plugged into motherboard
I'm pretty confident that the PSU is bad in this computer, but I want to understand what my multimeter is telling me. With the PSU plugged into the wall only, the multimeter says that pin 9 is a ...
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What would cause a USB bus under current and how could it be corrected?
I have a new motherboard that is exhibiting a strange issue with the USB (2.0 only) bus. I am having some of my devices losing power and led lights start flicker when I am playing games and other ...
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New PSU won't power on with GTX780, works fine with 9600GT
A friend of mine had a PSU blow in the middle of other rotten luck, so I have him my PCP&C Silencer 910w and bought a SeaSonic SS-660XP2 (660W 80+ Platinum) as the replacement. It's a much lower-...
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PC will not power on with normal power supply
My ASUS M2N-SLI motherboard would not turn back on after running fine for five years. I connected a new (still in the box) 430 W power supply - ATX 2.1 - the system powers on. The power supply ...
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notebook fails to start frequently but sometime it works great
-cpu and ram test and stress test pass when works
-bios reset or load default setting didn't work
-disconnecting every components and taking out mobo again no luck (only posts sometime)
-no luck with ...
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PC crashes with Power LED Blinking at 1 Second Interval
I have a "server" that recently has started crashing around once a week. I have yet to find a reason for the crashing but the nonrecoverable nature of the crash is unusual. The machine is standard ...
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No power, custom build with new parts, yet 850W PSU still works with old parts
I've just upgraded parts in my PC. was a few years old, built it myself then too. Got a new motherboard, RAM and processor. Connected everything and power lasted literally 1 second, then died and I ...
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Why do I need another EPS power connector?
Why do I need another EPS power connector?
I own all the parts listed in the PC build I am referring to. My motherboard manual and power-supply manual all say that they only have one EPS/ATX8PIN ...
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How does Windows schedule power on's and automatic updates at night?
What technology does it use? Does it have to be connected to the internet so Microsoft can send a wake-on-lan package? I don't think so. Does it somehow schedule it in the motherboard and wake after ...
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