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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Fix standard vga graphics adapter problem

This time i will share about what i have found just now, this is about " Standard VGA graphics adapter " that appear on display option at Device Manager of a laptop, Toshiba satellite L740. I know as you, graphics vga device of this laptop is Intel. The problem here is that intel vga driver from toshiba official site can not installed or can but the driver detected in Device Manager is "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" this mean the real vga device driver not installed correctly and windows 7 bring the system a alternative driver for VGA, we can sett resolution until 1024x768 but can't increase or decrease back light of laptop LCD and graphics device not working with high performance.
How to fix this problem, one driver with title GFX Intel should be installed. After you install correctly all device driver include chipset, Intel vga driver etc. install GFX Intel driver. Downloa this driver here.
After install this driver Device Manager will detected driver for VGA, real device driver, " HD Intel graphics VGA "
Note that i am using Windows 7 professional 32 bit, and i think this issue appear on many other OS, and can be fixed by the driver above.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Fix general computer problem

Fix some problem of your Computer or Laptop.
Follow the instruction below when your computer does not respond.
 • To turn off your computer, press and hold the power button for 4 seconds or more. If the computer still does not respond, remove the AC adapter and the battery.
• Your computer might lock when it enters sleep mode during a communication operation. Disable the sleep timer when you are working on the network.
Follow the instruction below when your computer does not start a device you want.
• See the Boot menu of the BIOS setup utility. Make sure that the Boot Device Priority in the BIOS setup utility is set so that the computer starts from the device you want.
• Also make sure that the device from which the computer starts is enabled. In the Boot menu in the BIOS setup utility, make sure that the device is included in the Boot Device Priority list.
• While powered-off, press Novo button to select the device you want the computer starts from.
Follow the instruction below when the connected external device does not work.
• Do not connect or disconnect any external device cables other than USB while the computer power is on; otherwise, you might damage your computer.
• When using a high power consumption external device such as an external USB optical disk drive, use external device power adapter. Otherwise, the device may not be recognized, or system shut down may result.

All instruction above is first easy steps, if you can't fix the problem with the instruction above please to call technician center for further checking.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

What OS installed on Laptop

To know what OS installed on our laptop, follow the steps below.
1. Right click Computer or My Computer
2. Left click Properties

Left bottom of Properties screen is general specification of our laptop and above it is detail OS have installed.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Repair Power Problem of Dell Inspiron

Solving about Power Problems of Dell Inspiron Laptop.
If the power indicator light is off, this means that the computer is either turned off, in hibernate mode, or is not receiving power.
Follow the following instructions.
Press the power button. The computer resumes normal operation if it is off or in hibernate mode.
Reseat the AC adapter into both the power connector on the computer and the electrical outlet.
If the AC adapter is plugged into a power strip, ensure that the power strip is plugged into an electrical outlet and that the power strip is turned on. Also bypass power protection devices, power strips, and power extension cables to verify that the computer turns on properly.
Ensure that the electrical outlet is working by testing it with another device, such as a lamp.
Check the AC adapter cable connections. If the AC adapter has a light, ensure that the light on the AC adapter is on.

If the power indicator light is solid white and the computer is not responding, this means that the display may not be responding. Press the power button until the computer turns off and then turn it back on.

If the power indicator light is breathing white, this means that the computer is in standby mode. Move the pointer using the connected mouse or press the power button to resume the normal operation.

If you encounter interference that hinders reception on your computer, this means that an unwanted signal is creating interference by interrupting or blocking other signals. Some possible causes of interference are:

  • Power, keyboard, and mouse extension cables.
  • Too many devices connected to a power strip.
  • Multiple power strips connected to the same electrical outlet
For more about problem solver for Dell inspiron you can download it on dell official site. The list above are for general problem, if you meet the problem that need especially technical analysis please write on comment area.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Extensa 5200 Laptop Driver Support XP

Acer official site give us all driver support for Laptop product. We can get it for free by visit acer.com. Here, we want to sharing instant link to download driver for Acer Extensa 5200 laptop for Windows XP, link source is from acer official site too. I hope this instant link will help you to get driver faster and still free. Get it now.
Chipset driver link
Audio driver link
Bluetooth driver link
Webcam driver link
Card reader driver link
Lan driver link
Modem driver link
Touchpad driver link
Intel VGA driver
Wireless driver link
Still have problem? Don't hesitate, just write on comment area so we can give you some advice to fix it. We are online every day and will reply your comment immediately.
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Free Driver For Extensa 5010 XP

Do you want to get free driver for Acer Extensa 5010 laptop? Here, we sharing this free driver support for Windows XP, this download link is free and instant. Get it now.
Chipset driver ATI
Audio driver realtek
Bluetooth driver broadcom
Camera driver bison
CIR driver realtek
Wireless lan driver broadcom
Touchpad driver synaptics
Modem driver foxconn
Lan driver realtek


Cleaning processor heat sink routinely will keep processor temperature not too high, and will keep running speed of laptop, disassemble back casing of laptop to clean heat sink.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Print Spooler Problem for Windows 7

When add printer in your computer you can't do it because the print spooler have stopped. To solve this problem please do the following steps :
1. Click Start and right click computer and then choose manage and click it
2. Click service and application and double clicks service
3. Look for print spooler and double clicks it
4. Choose startup type option and if you see manual changes with automatic
5. Look for start and click it.
6. Click OK and restart your computer

Now you can add the new printer, don't forget to install it's driver correctly. Visit here to get free driver for printer.
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Friday, May 18, 2012

Repairing Laptop Blurry LCD

To solve the problem of LCD laptop that blurry you can use the following tips.
First, i calibrate trimpot back of LCD ( open the LCD casing first ) but this action not success, LCD screen normal just for a minute and blurry again after that. And then i do the following steps.
1. Open the LCD casing
2. Look for trimpot / potensio meter / variable resistor back of LCD
3. Calibrate by turn it until almost normal ( calibrate and watch to LCD screen, the scree must be changed when you turn the trimpot )
4. Preparing new trimpot / variable resistor
5. The trimpot consist of 3 legs /pins. Choose the third leg and connect to ground via new trimpot a like the following sequence. Use small cable to connect it.
third leg of timpot installed --------- new trimpot ---------- ground.
6. Calibrate again the new trimpot have installed until the screen normal ( not blurry ), and success!!!.

Position of new trimpot can be placed a like the following picture.
Pict. 1. Posotion of New trimpot




























I hope this post will help you. I have done this steps and success, please write on comment area if you still fail.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Remote Desktop Software

For about a techie much like me, being away from my computer for long amounts of time is always difficult. Even employing the advancement of smartphones and complimentary public wi-fi, nothing at all like having to access your private home computer with all of the valuable essential data and programs accumulated there. Best Remote Desktop Support Virtually all computers running Windows have native remote desktop support. In reality only the basic home version of Windows 7 lacks remote desktop support when looking at all the versions of Windows 7. For connecting from 1 computer to the next one is able to view this guide by Microsoft. Best Remote Desktop Software As well as the remote desktop system supplied by Microsoft, you will discover great alternatives should you not own a Windows PC or choose something a little more sleek. I physically have utilized couple which I highly suggest for several reasons. Best Remote Desktop for Office and Work TeamViewer TeamViewer comes in two varieties, a no cost personal license or just a paid license (ranging from $749 to $2,690) for professional use. 
TeamViewer is geared for pro use. It does not flow audio as well as a little slow or laggy with screen refreshes. Unfortunately, I still think it is among the best remote desktop software to utilize. From putting together for connection to easy file transfers, TeamViewer may be a powerful remote desktop software. Again, if it's possible you'll be merely curious in doing work, modifying documents with no additional frills, definitely consider TeamViewer. Best Remote Desktop for Media Splashtop Remote Desktop Being completely truthful, I have never tried out numerous remote desktop software before settling on Splashtop for my media requirements. It rivers video and sound and also a phenomenal screen refresh speed. Unfortunately, it's real energy lays in streaming to pills and mobile devices. I was lucky sufficient to grab their application while it was complimentary and also have used it many times to view movies stored back at my computer. Yes, you can find a little of lag, but because I can observe flash and retrieve films collected over at my exterior hard drive, I could not become more satisfied. Putting together Splashtop is also easy, though a bit harder than TeamViewer. You need to first install Splashtop streamer in the computer you want to control and then install using the remote desktop software on another device. While the streamer is very free, the remote desktop app costs $one.99. and $4.99 considering the HD variation. However the remote desktop software is free for individual use for both computers and laptops. Certainly consider giving this desktop remote software a try in case you would like to flow news and audio. Keep in the mind you can alternative software that equally offer remote connections. Try and understand what your necessities are before buying any software. Do you have a Mac, Windows, or Linux? Does it be for personal utilize or expert utilize? Do you will need to flow media/games or work files? Could you be connecting from another laptop computer or a tablet/mobile device? Recall, here are a large amount of alternatives and this will require a bit of analysis to find the best remote desktop software for your needs!
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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Some Causes of The Laptop Problems

Laptop is an electronic equipment that have regulations in care, to be more durable. General problems that often arise of laptop are the battery lifetime decreases, keyboard problem, system which often error, over heating, charger problem, the speed down suddenly etc. This problem appear caused by human error or some thing are not accidental. For example about reduced of battery lifetime, this can occur because we too often for charging the laptop, or we lazy to unplug the electric power cable so that the laptop battery over heat because get continuous power source and this is cause the laptop battery in saturated condition. This is should not be done. We must safe the laptop battery more durable with charging just when the power of battery is low about 3%-5%. And unplug the charger when the laptop power meter indicate power full 100%. This is difficult when we use the laptop in office, because we use the laptop for a long time and impossible to use battery only without charger And usually, Most people choose to still plug the charger until the laptop turned off when they will go home. I think if this happen everyday you can imagine what happens. Here, to officer user the PC computer better than Laptop, because as you know that the laptop is mobile computing, we can use the laptop every where within in certain period.
For the keyboard problem, in general caused by the dirt or over heat of processor or mainboard system. The dust easy to stick in the sidelines of keyboards button, If left it, this dust can disturb the keyboard button so that cause we difficult to press the keyboard button, you can use the soft brush to clean it. 
Another cause is over heat of processor or motherboard. You know the position of keyboard is above of Processor and mainboard chipset, and this device always in hot condition when the laptop used. Some specific laptop, the heat of motherboard chipset spread to keyboard easily and cause problems to keyboard. The problem caused by the heat of motherboard is stickiness of some keyboard button, this indicate when the laptop turned ON appear the small sound from the laptop speaker when booting, 'tit' 'tit' 'tit' 'tit', and this sound disappear when get in to Windows display. Other causes the stickiness of some keyboard button is because we often insert the laptop to the bag when the laptop just turned off and still hot. So don't do this to safe the laptop keyboard, because the laptop keyboard price is expensive. 
For more information about Laptop repair or how to safe the laptop you can visit the link below
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Friday, February 3, 2012

One Thing That COMPAQ/HP User always confused!

I found that there are still many people didn't know the difference between series and product number. To make it easier to understand. Let me make it clear that HP on 2001 merged with Compaq but instead of merging and come up with only HP or etc, they keep it separate which you will find there are products start with HP compaq notebook, Compaq notebook, and HP etc.
There are 4 levels you need to know to know exactly what is the product number for the laptop:

Level 1 - Type: Notebook PC

Level 2 - General Product : (all product for notebook and tablet PCs)
  1. Compaq Armada Notebook PCs ›
  2. Compaq Concerto PCs ›
  3. Compaq Contura PCs ›
  4. Compaq Evo Notebook PCs ›
  5. Compaq LTE PCs ›
  6. Compaq Mini PCs ›
  7. Compaq Notebook PCs ›
  8. Compaq Portable PCs ›
  9. Compaq Presario Notebook PCs ›
  10. Compaq ProSignia Notebook PCs ›
  11. Compaq SLT PCs ›
  12. HP 500 Notebook PCs ›
  13. HP Compaq Notebook PCs ›
  14. HP EliteBook Notebook PCs ›
  15. HP ENVY Notebook PCs ›
  16. HP G Notebook PCs ›
  17. HP HDX Notebook PCs ›
  18. HP Home Notebook PCs ›
  19. HP Mini PCs ›
  20. HP Notebook PCs ›
  21. HP OmniBook Notebook PCs ›
  22. HP Pavilion Notebook PCs ›
  23. HP ProBook Notebook PCs ›
  24. HP Special Edition Notebook PCs ›
  25. HP TouchSmart Notebook PCs ›
  26. Rugged Notebook PCs ›
  27. Ultrabook ›
  28. Voodoo Notebook PCs › 
Level 3  - Specific product

Let say you pick Compaq Presario Notebook PCs from the list , you will see another list of compaq presario product such as :

Compaq Presario CQ40
Compaq Presario CQ45
Compaq Presario V3000 and much more (if i list down all of them here you will be tired scrolling down)

Level 4 - Product Number

Then now you know you own let say you have Compaq CQ40 (you can see it written on your notebook). BUT that is not the exact product number you need to know, it may help you to seek for technical support but you have to know that there are hundreds of CQ40s. So, you must be more specific.

Now, look at the back of the laptop, you will find a sticker. Your exact product number will look like this (exe: compaq CQ40)

Compaq Presario CQ40-XXXAA (X = number A = letter)
example: Compaq Presario CQ40-123TU, Compaq Presario CQ32-110XX

There are lots of people asking for technical help especially drivers, and leave with a general product number such as V2000. If i listed all the V2000 here you find it longer than you house's door. So take your time and i leave you with this link:


How to identify your product number.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

computer repair specialist in New York

If you want to choose the place to repair your laptops, and you home in Newyork City, so this is the good place computer repair specialist.

People call Laptop MD, yeah, this is about Laptop MD
Laptop MD say : Tech repair isn’t just what we do, it’s who we are. Over the last decade, we’ve perfected our repair skills to the point that we have no trouble saying we’re the best computer and laptop repair shop in all of New York City. From the fastest iPhone repair (don’t believe us? we’ll get you a stopwatch so you can time us) to the most thorough, always-free estimates (done while-u-wait), we are the go-to resource for any computer, laptop, Mac, or iPhone repair. And if that wasn’t enough, we also offer in-house enterprise level data recovery. Whatever your tech ailment, check out our repair categories below to find exactly the kind of service you’re looking for, or give us a call and one of our trained managers will be happy to help!

Visit their site here
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

How to update drivers your Computer

Many people not understand yet how to update drivers of their laptops, netbook or PC. Here, i will bring to you about computer update driver.
Please to use the following steps to update drivers on your laptop :
1. To install or update driver you must have driver for device you want to install or update. If you haven't, you can downloading on internet ( with this blog ).
2. After that, choose file set up ( .exe format usually ) and double click this file
3. And than you can see install progress, use "next job" and finish, you must restart system for get perfect effect.
4. To see that your driver installed correctly, you must check on Device Manager. To access Device Manager Right Click My computer and left click Properties, and choose Device Manager. There, you can see all device installed on your computer, if no attribute a like '!' or '?' so you have installed correctly your device driver and your computer will work normally.

If you see attribute a like '!' or '?' on Device Manager, please right click on it's device and left click update driver and than choose file of driver you have downloaded and click OK or Next until finish
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Windows 8 Driver

Like always, when there are new Windows, most of us want to try it even it still BETA release. I blog for drivers about 3 years now, and a lot happen after the windows 7 release. The most common problem is no support for old model use old devices.
So, i try windows 8 this week, I'm not really interested on the OS but to see what did we need a new drivers for windows 7?

Let us go to the Vista age for a while to look to the whole situation,
When Vista released, you can't use driver from windows XP, and most of the model design for Vista did not have support in their official site for windows XP. Later, many Vista User dissatisfied with the performance and want to use XP. Then the big problem is, you can install XP, but where is the driver?
Similarly when windows 7 comes, people still want to use XP or Dual-boot , so where is the driver? this is the reason i build this blog, as my journal, my reference, to gather drivers and solution for this type of problems.

Now comes windows 8,
There are no problems for newer model that design for windows 7, practically windows 8 driver are similar to those windows 7. I hope you guys don't misunderstand me, if you want to talk about direct X 12 or else, it is different from my intention. Example, after installing windows 8 you have no audio, so I'll try to find the driver so you get your audio in windows 8, but if the audio Quality is not as great as windows 7, it is a different topics.Not that i don't want to help, but i know myself, i know few things, and i don't speak something that I'm not really know about it.

I spent most of my time study the drivers and thousands of model, I'm not study the hardware specification in term of performance. The strength of window 7 is it automatically install most of your driver, and i believe this Microsoft enhance this feature,like em my desktop, after windows 8 installation, all driver installed properly.


Here i have initial opinion about the drivers:

CHIPSET/Motherboard etc:

INTEL
Inte 3,4,5 and 900 installed automatically, or by windows update. You can also use windows 7 drivers from intel website.

AMD:
South bridge Driver and Co-processor;
Windows 7 and vista drivers will do.

Nvidia:
Use windows 7  and vista drivers. For Older model, you modified inf to get it work.
XP driver may work on some model, the difficult thing is to get the right version. (laptopvideo2go is the best place to start)

GRAPHIC:
the pain is on older Intel graphic, like 82825/852GM GME and 915 graphic chipset. The method for windows 7 requires several steps to complete. Sadly in windows 8 the file in system are different and yet i still didn't found the solution. The best thing to do is look at microsoft update catalog, search for you chipset and install it manually.
For other graphic chipset, manual installation using Vista or 7 drivers normally work.

OTHERS:
card reader, bluetooth, LAN, Wireless,
You fuys don't really have to worry about this, from my experience, this driver not bring to much problems for users. Commonly these drivers installed along with windows installation.

I only tested with my desktop and not with any laptop yet.
This blog work with comments, all article and driver base on request, test and feedback, if you have something to share, I'm so grateful for that.



(p/s: again sorry for my English, as long as you understand my message)
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