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The next rapid development, now it won't boot. I push power, only the fan turns on. Is this the motherboard failure? ihog-thanks for confirming.

Hi ihog, thank you for taking the time to review/reply. I did order the manufacturer-recommended DDR2 RAM specs (2x2G), and these were installed over 5 months ago. As for the CPU - I did think the CPU would be fully compatible - I googled to research- I'm a tinkerer, not an engineer, so maybe...

Hello, I have a Toshiba L505D S5983 laptop (i bought a factory refurb in 2010). Over the last year I upgraded the RAM (3 to 4GB) and Microprocessor (from shipped to AMD Turion M640). I have recently noticed that the computer displays “low on RAM memory” type errors (baseless since I run laptop...

THANKS Alexoiu. CMOS battery replacement did the trick! Major appreciation to you. Too bad I didn't ask you several months ago...before I spent about 100 hours on this issue...

Hi All, I have a Gateway SX-2800 PC that has been having problems with turning on. When I push the power button (or send a magic packet for WOL), the power light turns on and the fan does as well, but nothing else happens. I have to turn off, then turn on again (sometimes several times) before...

Thank you for the response. I do not think this is the GPU. The PC does not boot when the power button is pushed until I push it several times (i.e., on, off, on, off, on etc). After it starts booting, the screen signal displays OK. I have tried upgrading all drivers, but to no avail. Any...

Hi All, I have a Gateway SX-2800 PC that has been having problems with turning on. When I push the power button (or send a magic packet for WOL), the power light turns on and the fan does as well, but nothing else happens. I have to turn off, then turn on again (sometimes several times) before...