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Hi these HP 6910p laptops are very old the first bios update is from 2007 and the last from 2010 (F19) My one has a sata 80GB hard disk and a PATA DVD drive and 2 GB of RAM How much ram do you have ? With 512Meg of ram you would have to stick to XP you need at least 1GB for Windows Vista, 7...

Hi If you have kept your Windows & hard disk but changed almost all your other hardware components you will need some new device drivers for the ethernet chipset and probably the motherboard chipset, USB 3 chipset and audio chipset Most people will recomend a complete re install of Windows...

Hi DVI has several varients (I, A & D) 1 of which can output analogue VGA signals DVI-I see link to wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface I expect in the cases where the VGA screen connected to DVI it was receiving VGA signals from a DVI -I port regards Mike

Hi some reports say this model does not have a CMOS battery fitted. which means dont let the main battery get fully discharged example http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/satelite-c55-b5300-no-cmos-battery.781126/ sometimes there is a reset cmos location regards Mike Barnes

Hi Is this Windows 7 or Windows 7 with service pack 1? Windows 7 with SP1 will be updated until some time in 2020 this is Microsoft's page for fixing update problems with 7 , 8.1 & 10 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/10164/fix-windows-update-errors regards Mike Barnes

Hi It looks like you have a Computer Terminal not a PC screen It connects to a RS232 serial port on the back of something like a Unix system box. (the 25 pin connector is the RS232 default connector. Latter AT PC's used a 9 pin connector but Modems & Terminals & Printers continued to use the...

Hi have you tried updating the device driver for the ethernet chipset? About 6 months ago I updated the firmware on my Netgear modem/router/wireless/switch Afterwards I had connectivity problems So a firmware update can cause problems & well as cure them. sometimes the Netgear unit was...

Minor point for UK use the PSU mains lead probably should not have a 13A fuse unless the cable is rated at 13Amps and you have a 1kw or more PSU so 13 A fuse is correct in this case. but not in a typical 300 to 750 Watt PSU . The common cause of this sort of problem is probably the...

Hi I suggest you run the disk manufacturers Windows diagnostic software to check there is no physical damage first before data recovery. Available from Seagate & Western Digital web sites I havent seen a Toshiba version generally available (The WD version will check other brands and internal &...

Hi dont try replacing a circuit board from a 5400 rpm drive with one from a 7200 rpm drive if the hard disk is not seen by the BIOS/UEFI the fault maybe on the circuit board sometimes the fuse/diodes blow and prevent the disk starting up that is something you could try yourself if you...

Hi What is the exact model of the asus motherboard? Some have dual bios chips. Some can flash the bios if the usb stick has a bios file with exactly the correct name is inserted before switching on Experts can flash the bios chip without unsoldering the bios chip but this is only ecconomic on...

Hi you should not need to use any special software for fat32 or NTFS formatted external USB hard drive on a Windows PC changing from GPT or MBR partitioning is normally only important for internal bootable disks larger than 2 TB Both Western Digital & Seagate make windows diagnostic software...

Hi It is not worth trying to over clock this Pentium 4 on that motherboard If no overclocking features in the bios it wont work CPU -Z will tell you the exact version of CPU and also what motherboard you have and what socket you have (LGA775?) There may be a Pentium 4 D (Dual Core)...

Hi Microsoft still has Windows 7 iso for download but only retail versions and only if you have a retail key available to allow the download to proceed you can choose language/country home or pro and 32 or 64 bit you must chose Home or Pro matching your windows key but 32 or 64 choice is...

Hi what is the exact make & model? Is it actually made by Marvel ? or is that just the company who make the chipset in some cases the SATA controller card has its own BIOS which is needed to set up the hard disks (often when RAID options exist) In other cases the correct Marvel driver...