Category Archives: Laptop

Problems pertaining to a laptop

HP Pavillion DV2000 black screen on boot up

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Jack

A friend gave me a laptop because it was broken, older and they no longer wanted it anymore. Checking it out, I started it up and yes indeed it appeared to be broken, the blue lights on the media bar … Continue reading →

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NVidia Video Card error

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Jack

I had a Dell Latitude E6510 laptop and the screen would randomly freeze up, flicker to black and then the video display restored. Windows would display the following error: in the tray and I would need to close and restart … Continue reading →

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Power cord only charges the battery when twisted

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Jack

I’m surprised how often I see people do strange things to make their computer work. One example is twisting the power cord on a laptop so that the battery will charge. The process of twisting or placing a book on … Continue reading →

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How to revive a drained Lithium Ion Laptop Battery

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Jack

Many of us that have owned a laptop have noticed that their battery eventually just does not last as long. In my case I was cleaning out some of my hardware stockpile and came across an old Dell Inspiron 2650 … Continue reading →

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No sound on a HP DV6000

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jack

I came across a HP DV6000 that was having an issue where the sound was not working. A re-install of the factory Vista operating system did not help and in fact the sound hardware was not even showing up in … Continue reading →

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