1. That will have to be a repair shop job I'm afraid. There's not a lot we can do via a forum when a laptop appears to be completely dead. The power adapter may have packed up and a laptop repair shop should have a compatible adapter to test your laptop with to see if that's what is causing the problemRead more

    That will have to be a repair shop job I’m afraid. There’s not a lot we can do via a forum when a laptop appears to be completely dead.
    The power adapter may have packed up and a laptop repair shop should have a compatible adapter to test your laptop with to see if that’s what is causing the problem.

    That will at least avoid you wasting your money on a new power adapter if it turns out the problem lies elsewhere.

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  2. I look at the specs for the GA-6BXE.It supports 1X / 2X AGPA card with the FX 5200 video chipset supports 2X / 4x / 8X - I found that here:http://www.nextag.com/Jaton-Geforce...Ads often show only the highest AGP the card's video chipset supports, e.g. 8XYou have to find out whether the video chipseRead more

    I look at the specs for the GA-6BXE.
    It supports 1X / 2X AGP

    A card with the FX 5200 video chipset supports 2X / 4x / 8X – I found that here:
    http://www.nextag.com/Jaton-Geforce…

    Ads often show only the highest AGP the card’s video chipset supports, e.g. 8X
    You have to find out whether the video chipset actually supports 2X / 3.0v or not
    Sometimes you’ll find that in the detailed specs in the ad, sometimes on the web site of the maker of the card, sometimes on the maker of the video chipset’s web site.
    Video chipsets that support 8X always also support 4X.
    Video chipsets first released earlier that support 8X often also support 2X
    Video chipsets that support 4X (highest) often also support 2X.- there aren’t many that support only 4X.
    Generally, recently or fairly recently released video chipsets DO NOT support 2X AGP.
    I have never come across, or heard of, an AGP card that does not all the capabilities of the card’s video chipset wired up.

    Info about AGP slot types and which ATI video chipsets support 2X AGP:
    http://support.amd.com/la/kbarticle…
    Last updated 18/02/2009
    Scroll down.

    This was in a subject I answered, in a post by someone else:

    AGP compatibility for sticklers:
    http://www.playtool.com/pages/agpco…
    Also lots of info about video card chipsets, etc. there.

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  3. Thank you, DAVEINCAPS and Fingers for the responses. It was the peripherals that weren't responding for some reason and causing my motherboard not to post. After reconnecting the monitor and keyboard everything worked out fine. I'm sorry if that's pretty noobish but I very much appreciate the help!

    Thank you, DAVEINCAPS and Fingers for the responses. It was the peripherals that weren’t responding for some reason and causing my motherboard not to post. After reconnecting the monitor and keyboard everything worked out fine. I’m sorry if that’s pretty noobish but I very much appreciate the help!

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  4. As it appears to be browsers related have you run these two on it?AdwCleaner:http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/dow...(blue Download button near top - not anything else on the page).Download and "Save" the file somewhere. Go to the saved file then double click it to run the program. Use the "Scan" buttRead more

    As it appears to be browsers related have you run these two on it?

    AdwCleaner:
    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/dow…
    (blue Download button near top – not anything else on the page).
    Download and “Save” the file somewhere. Go to the saved file then double click it to run the program. Use the “Scan” button, followed by the “Cleaning” button.

    Junkware Removal Tool (JRT)
    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/dow…
    (blue Download button near top – not anything else on the page).
    Download and “Save” the file somewhere. Go to the saved file then double click it to run JRT. It might appear to have stopped at times or flash the screen but sit tight until it has finished.

    If you haven’t already run this one too:
    https://www.malwarebytes.org/downlo…
    Download the free version.
    Install and Run the program but before doing its Scan go to “Settings > Detection and Protection” and put a checkmark in “Scan for rootkits”. Quarantine anything it finds.

    Let us know the outcome for all three and keep all logs if they find anything.

    EDIT:
    If it’s a hardware fault it is hard to see why it only affects browsers. I assume it sometimes happens even when you are not streaming audio.

    Always pop back and let us know the outcome – thanks

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  5. Try this: Press F8 and choose Repair Your Computer. After it loads, run the Startup Repair function if it isn't running already.

    Try this: Press F8 and choose Repair Your Computer. After it loads, run the Startup Repair function if it isn’t running already.

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  6. ISSUE RESOLVED sorry guys, dumb error on my part... did you know that if you don't plug in the 4 pin power supply for the cpu, the computer wont work? who knew?

    ISSUE RESOLVED
    sorry guys, dumb error on my part… did you know that if you don’t plug in the 4 pin power supply for the cpu, the computer wont work? who knew?

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  7. Hi Holetuc - google is your friend in such matters.Searching by the number on the front (X1185?) one finds this:-http://support.lexmark.com/index?se...The number on the back that you supplied, appears not 'used' by the Lexmark website - rather strange!Please advise back on progress.Good Luck - KeepRead more

    Hi Holetuc – google is your friend in such matters.

    Searching by the number on the front (X1185?) one finds this:-

    http://support.lexmark.com/index?se…

    The number on the back that you supplied, appears not ‘used’ by the Lexmark website – rather strange!

    Please advise back on progress.

    Good Luck – Keep us posted

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  8. The first Lab-top, laptops was mid 70's.Since the first IBM compatible PC didn't come out till 1981, it would be difficult to find a lap top in the 1970s. The term lap top wasn't coined until 1983.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaptopThe very first portable computer was the IBN 5100, But look at the pRead more

    The first Lab-top, laptops was mid 70’s.

    Since the first IBM compatible PC didn’t come out till 1981, it would be difficult to find a lap top in the 1970s. The term lap top wasn’t coined until 1983.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop

    The very first portable computer was the IBN 5100, But look at the price! $8,975 minimum and weighing in at 24kgs it was certainly no lap top and probably needed a mains power supply.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_5100

    The very first consumer portable computer, that is one that could be carried around and set up anywhere and didn’t cost a small fortune, was the Osborne 1, also 1981.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1

    It was so heavy the last place you would think of putting it was on your lap. The term lap tap didn’t emerge much later until portable computers became light enough to sit on your lap.

    In the 1970s anything that didn’t need a whole room to itself was so basic that they were considered little more than expensive toys, like the Commodore Pet and Tandy TRS-80, both late 1970s.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commod…

    Just to give you an indication of how easy it is for the uninitiated to get confused, I used to think that the RS in RS232 stood for Radio Shack. I found out different when I discovered that the IBM PC also had an RS 232 Interface.

    What you would have had in the 1970s is a dumb terminal sitting on a bench top connected to a mainframe or mini computer elsewhere with a team of computer operators to look after it. Here is an example of computer technology from the Mid 1970s:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair…

    This was the first computer aimed at the consumer which some guy called Bill Gates wrote a BASIC Interpreter while he was still in collage. I doubt very much if it was ever used as a serious research tool in a laboratory. At that time any decent computer would have cost many thousands of dollars.

    So now who is showing their ignorance. None of the links I posted mention lab-top, let alone lap-top. I know this because I was around in the 1970s and cut my teeth on a TRS-80. The fact that the only reference that can be found for lab-top is in the urban dictionary is a pretty good indication that it was never a recognised term with the computer field.

    Lab-top is a term I have only come across recently, years rather than decades. Besides being grammatically unsound, it was probably coined by people who have never seen the inside of a laboratory in their life.

    It almost certainly came about by people making the same mistake as Justin Bieber did with the “sixteenth” chapel.

    Stuart

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  9. Contact Dell and be prepared to prove ownership. An HD password is a security measure. If anyone could obtain this information from a public forum it would be of no value.

    Contact Dell and be prepared to prove ownership. An HD password is a security measure. If anyone could obtain this information from a public forum it would be of no value.

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  10. Only have one AV installed at a time.ClamWin Free Antivirushttp://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivi...http://www.clamwin.com/index.php?op...Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.ClamWRead more

    Only have one AV installed at a time.

    ClamWin Free Antivirus
    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivi…
    http://www.clamwin.com/index.php?op…
    Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.
    ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 8/ 7 / Vista / XP / Me / 2000 / 98 and Windows Server 2012, 2008 and 2003.

    BitDefender Free Edition
    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivi…
    http://www.bitdefender.com.au/solut…

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