Laptop running slow

POST troubleshooting steps. Question: POST troubleshooting steps. Additional information: This document is intended to help users who are experiencing issues with the POST and may have any of the below symptoms. Computer beeps irregularly when the computer is turned on. Computer turns on but does not boot. Turn on the computer but doesn’t do anything. [...]

Computer POST / beep codes Quick links POST ABCsThe steps of a POSTPOST troubleshootingAMI BIOS beep codesAward BIOS beep codesIBM BIOS beep codesMacintosh startup tonesPhoenix BIOS beep codesMotherboard help POST ABCs The computer power-on self-test (POST) tests the computer to make sure it meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly [...]

USB modem? I’d think anything should recognize most USB modems, those that don’t require Windows anyway. Of course you should have asked this in the Linux forum, you’d have gotten more responses there. However … there are two main types of modems, which are referred to (not totally correctly) as hardware modems and software modems. [...]

Illustrated Laptop Repairs and Upgrades One laptop failure that is usually worth repairing is the hard drive. Laptop hard drives have a higher failure rate than desktop hard drives, assumedly because they get bounced around more while operating. Notebook computer hard drives come in two flavors – the ones that are easy to get at, [...]

Basic Microsoft Windows XP troubleshooting. Issue: Basic Microsoft Windows XP troubleshooting. Additional information: This document has been created as a location of general steps that can be taken to help you with problems you may be experiencing with Microsoft Windows XP that are either general problems and/or problems not documented elsewhere in the Computer Hope [...]

Basic network troubleshooting. Issue: Basic network troubleshooting. Cause: If a computer is unable to connect to a network or see other computers on a network, it may be necessary to troubleshoot the network. A network may not work because of any of the below reasons. Network card not connected properly. Bad network card drivers or [...]

Let’s say you have subscribed to a fast broadband Internet connection at home and you are getting the expected download speeds that were initially promised by the ISP. However, sometimes it may happen that the speed of the same Internet connection slows down and then even simple websites may take forever to load on your [...]

Have you ever tried to shut down Windows, only to have the shutdown sequence hang, or to have the computer reboot instead of shutting down? Shut down problems are one of the most common types of problems with the Windows operating system. At the same time though, they are also one of the problems that [...]

Troubleshooting Windows XP Shutdown Issues 08/01/2002 It’s been a number of months now since Windows XP made its debut. Shutdown problems continue to be one of the primary issues haunting users. A number of solutions have been found for different scenarios, but one thing that is generally agreed on is the primary cause for most [...]

Tutorial #1: Listed below are some basic steps to help restore sound to your computer. This troubleshooting guide assumes that your computer has no sound at all. If you have Windows XP or Windows Me, use the System Restore feature to return the computer back to a time before the issue began. Using System Restore [...]