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Blue screen – Monitor displays everything in a blueish hue
Name: Colin Sandberg I turned on my computer after opening it up and poking around a bit. I did remove the power supply and replaced it. When I turned my computer back on, the screen was blue, however, besides this, it functions normally. I hope you can help me. Is your monitor connected via a [...]
Laptop question – Computer shuts down due to overheating
Name: Kelly Susalla My laptop continues to overheat ( I think) It will not even completly load up before shutting off and the fan runs very hard and the bottom feels very hot once it shut off. It is less than two years old. Is this a prpblem I can fix at home or do [...]
Is my motherboard causing my BSOD crashes?
Hello, I have been going through this problem off and on for quite some time now, at least two years with an ASUS A7V333 motherboard with onboard RAID. Just as you describe, I can be working along when, all of a sudden, the blue screen of death in Windows XP. My question is, should reducing [...]
CPU Overheating
Lately, anytime I am playing a graphics intensive game, or running a long program like Norton Anti-virus, my computer shuts down after about 10 minutes. When it has cooled off and is restarted, I get a message saying I have a “thermal” problem” and need to have it looked at immediately. I am sure I [...]
Electrical storm has taken out roommate’s DSL modem.
Name: Chani Slaughter Hi, and hoping you can help. We had a bad thunderstorm two nights ago, with a lightning strike that seemed to be right above the house. There are two computers in the house, both plugged into surge protectors. My cable connection is okay but a room mate has DSL and now cannot [...]
Sony Vaio Broken Keyboard Question
Name: Vanessa I was recently given a great Sony Vaio laptop from my professor who says she had it examined by some tech guy who broke it. The mouse works but the keyboard won’t connect to the screen. I use a wireless keyboard instead, which is a pain, but workable. My question is this; is [...]
Sonic DLA – Causing BAD_POOL_HEADER
I saw your web site regarding BAD_POOL_HEADER. I don’t have problem booting rather… I was getting the “blue screen (BAD_POOL_HEADER)” every time I put in CD. Microsoft said it was the Sonic DLA, but Sonic does not have an update. I removed Sonic DLA from PC and no more problems. Now PC doesn’t recognize Drive [...]
BartsPE-Builder – Burning an image
Name: Harold Caller I’m using a notebook-PC with single read/burn CD drive. The MS install stuff is on a cd. Should I swap out the original MS cd with a blank while PEbuilder is creating the ISO-image, so it’s ready to burn when the image is finished? I don’t actually think that it accesses the [...]