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davieG

HELP is at hand for General PC queries, not Foxestalk ones

By davieG, in Music and Gaming

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coale39

coale39

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Sooo...

Laptop flashed up with the usual "close to no battery put it on charge now" message thing. All good. Put the charger in, and it is "6% battery, plugged in, NOT CHARGING".

Not charging?! Any ideas? Is the charger done in? Is the battery broken? Have I pressed something daft like "don't charge"?

Ta.

Mess about with the charger, you've prob got a loose connection / dodgy connection

DB11

DB11

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Sooo...

Laptop flashed up with the usual "close to no battery put it on charge now" message thing. All good. Put the charger in, and it is "6% battery, plugged in, NOT CHARGING".

Not charging?! Any ideas? Is the charger done in? Is the battery broken? Have I pressed something daft like "don't charge"?

Ta.

Try a different charger. If it still occurs, or is intermittent, it may be the DC Jack pin thing inside the laptop.

  • 2 weeks later...
DB11

DB11

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How do you change the file type of a video?

Could be as simple as editing the file name and changing it? Or importing it into Windows Movie Maker and then going File > Save As and changing the format.

AyewJoking

AyewJoking

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Could be as simple as editing the file name and changing it? Or importing it into Windows Movie Maker and then going File > Save As and changing the format.

Thank you.

Also, trying to download internet explorer 8/9 but it says i cant do it on my current operating system (vista). Wont let me download firefox either?

Any idea's?

danny.

danny.

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Thank you.

Also, trying to download internet explorer 8/9 but it says i cant do it on my current operating system (vista). Wont let me download firefox either?

Any idea's?

You can definitely run IE 8 and Firefox on vista, must have a problem somewhere? Vista was a horrible os though, full of bugs - could be anything

davieG

davieG

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Sooo...

Laptop flashed up with the usual "close to no battery put it on charge now" message thing. All good. Put the charger in, and it is "6% battery, plugged in, NOT CHARGING".

Not charging?! Any ideas? Is the charger done in? Is the battery broken? Have I pressed something daft like "don't charge"?

Ta.

I'm on my 4th charger they're well known for breaking down, I had the original Toshiba one, a cheap substitute (£10), a genuine Toshiba replacement (£30) and now I'm on a really cheap (£5) and none have lasted any longer than they other. Oh and I also had a new battery.

Maybe I'm just unlucky with PCs as I also had to replace the power supply in my desk top PC yesterday and a couple of years ago I had a £650 Phillips lap top go kaput when the motherboard packed up 3 months after the warranty ran out, even that cost £60 to find out it was irreparable!

Saxondale

Saxondale

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I'm having problems with my wireless dropping out. If I reset the router and/or modem it tends to be OK again. Only started happening recently but, prior to this, I noticed that my wireless signal was not as strong as it was before.

I have Virgin broadband and a Netgear WNR-2000 v2 wireless router.

Any ideas?

m00nie

m00nie

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I'm having problems with my wireless dropping out. If I reset the router and/or modem it tends to be OK again. Only started happening recently but, prior to this, I noticed that my wireless signal was not as strong as it was before.

I have Virgin broadband and a Netgear WNR-2000 v2 wireless router.

Any ideas?

try changing the channel.. (log into router to do it)

Saxondale

Saxondale

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try changing the channel.. (log into router to do it)

Nice one, thanks, I'll try that. I think it's currently set to automatically set the channel?

Think it might be interference?

  • 3 weeks later...
Guest

Guest

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Bought a cheap ( £60 ) chinese tablet of the internet last year which I use as an Ebook - fantastic. Decided to get my son one at Christmas and the second time he used it it blocked on the "pause" screen. Now when he/I turn it on the green light comes on but the screen stays blank.

Can anyone give me a suggestion.

The reset doesn't seem to do anything. the hold all buttons down at the same time doesn't seem to do anything.

Does anyone know of a site where I could download android again for free onto a microcard to try powering up with that in?

Any help would be appreciated. Otherwise I've just wasted a few quid and will have to go to a local store and buy the cheapest replacement that I can find.

Guest

Guest

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Bought a cheap ( £60 ) chinese tablet of the internet last year which I use as an Ebook - fantastic. Decided to get my son one at Christmas and the second time he used it it blocked on the "pause" screen. Now when he/I turn it on the green light comes on but the screen stays blank.

Can anyone give me a suggestion.

The reset doesn't seem to do anything. the hold all buttons down at the same time doesn't seem to do anything.

Does anyone know of a site where I could download android again for free onto a microcard to try powering up with that in?

Any help would be appreciated. Otherwise I've just wasted a few quid and will have to go to a local store and buy the cheapest replacement that I can find.

Any help at all?

Guest

Guest

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Has it got a particular name. Like a brand name. Such Apple ipad ect,

Has it got a particular name. Like a brand name. Such Apple ipad ect,

Mid is the brand name

  • 2 weeks later...
Fox in the North

Fox in the North

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Hey guys, I've got an Advent Roma 3001 that runs on windows 7. It's not even 2 years old. It worked fine at 3am today but now I can't get any response from it. It does not register that I'm charging it with a blue light or give any other sign that it's charging. I've managed to get onto the log on screen by taking out my battery and re inserting it but I cannot go beyond the log on screen as it shuts down. Been to a friend who's tested that the charger still works , so I'm thinking it might be a hardware/mother board problem. Any help will be greatly received thanks!

DB11

DB11

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Hey guys, I've got an Advent Roma 3001 that runs on windows 7. It's not even 2 years old. It worked fine at 3am today but now I can't get any response from it. It does not register that I'm charging it with a blue light or give any other sign that it's charging. I've managed to get onto the log on screen by taking out my battery and re inserting it but I cannot go beyond the log on screen as it shuts down. Been to a friend who's tested that the charger still works , so I'm thinking it might be a hardware/mother board problem. Any help will be greatly received thanks!

Dropped it?

Salieri

Salieri

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If you have deleted e-mails (plus emptied the recycle bin) is it possible to retrieve them? I'm sure it is but am guessing it's not hugely straightforward?

ousefox

ousefox

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Right, every 10 mins, my internet goes off and in the bottom corner where it says how good your signal is it says 'no internet access'

Then i disconnect from the network and reconnect and it's fine. So ****ing annoying doing that and i can't stop it.

My connection is perfect and this has just started to happen recently.

On wireless laptop!

HELP PLEASE!

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