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OMFG I need smart computer brains, please help (pg. 2)
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| Omegasox |
Have to agree with joeh. My family and I have each used Dell computers for the past 5 years and haven't had any problems.
I had a similar problem as you're describing with an old Gateway computer but I can't remember for the life of me how I fixed it, it was long ago. :( I always just reboot if I have a problem, but I'm sure you've done that plenty of times in your efforts to solve this. ;) |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omegasox
Have to agree with joeh. My family and I have each used Dell computers for the past 5 years and haven't had any problems.
I had a similar problem as you're describing with an old Gateway computer but I can't remember for the life of me how I fixed it, it was long ago. :( I always just reboot if I have a problem, but I'm sure you've done that plenty of times in your efforts to solve this. ;) |
now gateway is crap :) |
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| Mrs.Spice |
no go...
i set it to 800 by 600 and 16 bit colour which was the lowest option and it hibernated again:( |
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| montie |
hmmm ok. go back into safe mode
then go back display settings and tell me exactly what you see there.
it could be something is messed up with your power settings also
you can click the screen saver tab in the display properties (right click desktop go to properties) and make sure that all the screen savers are off. then go to power and make sure everything there is set to never. |
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| hadi burpee |
| you shouldve told them to ship it overnight to you |
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| Mrs.Spice |
umm it saus 800 by 600 32bit colour (yes i hit apply b4 when i chose 16)
troubleshooting and advanced |
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| montie |
does it say what type of video card you have and your monitor?
also go to the screen saver tab and made sure your computer is set to never go to sleep or hibernate or anything |
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| Mrs.Spice |
| quote: | Originally posted by hadi ******
you shouldve told them to ship it overnight to you |
they said they ahve to ship it from india which i think is a lie, theyve blatantly lied to me like 9 or 10 times in the past |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mrs.Spice
they said they ahve to ship it from india which i think is a lie, theyve blatantly lied to me like 9 or 10 times in the past |
haha :)
ship it from India??
where did you order this computer? are you sure it really is a Dell?
thats crazy |
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| Mrs.Spice |
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
does it say what type of video card you have and your monitor?
also go to the screen saver tab and made sure your computer is set to never go to sleep or hibernate or anything |
it doesnt say what card and the setting wont stay at 16..always goes back to 32 even with no boot. monitor is a 17 inch flat if that helps |
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| xKaoSx |
| reinstall the video drivers for your computer |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mrs.Spice
it doesnt say what card and the setting wont stay at 16..always goes back to 32 even with no boot. monitor is a 17 inch flat if that helps |
doesn't say the vid card? thats weird.
change the screensaver/power settings. then reboot and see what happens. if its still donig the same thing boot back into safe mode and then we'll set up the vid card as the standered VGA one so you can get into normal windows, then you can install the drivers for the card. do you happen to know what type of vid card you have exactly? |
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