I have a Dell Inspiron 9100. Mine kept on shutting down randomly and eventually got worse. I got a laptop technician out and at first he thought it was overheating but it turned out to be the AC plug going into the back. Every time it moved around the laptop turns off. This implied that [...]

I had a slew of problems with my Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722. So I thought about putting in my recovery CD in it, when I did it locked me out at the BIOS screen requiring me to put in a password, when I never ever put one on to begin with. Now all it does is [...]

When I move or lift up my laptop video on the screen becomes garbled and everything freezes. The laptop works fine as long as it stays on the desk but when I lift it up video goes bad and cursor freezes. After that I have to do a hard reboot. Today I had to troubleshoot a [...]

I was taking my laptop apart. One of the screws was very tight and I accidentally stripped the screw. How can I remove the stripped screw? I found that it’s easier to remove a tight screw if you heat it for a few seconds with a soldering gun. The heat will soften securing glue on the [...]

I have problem with my screen flickering a rainbow of colors even when I was at the Windows bootup logo. But when i using a video output everything is fine. Any Idea? I have a Compaq Presario V3000 Series Notebook PC. The external video works fine, so your problem is not software related. I don’t think it’s [...]

Do you know if the hinges for a Toshiba Satellite A15-s157 PSA10U-01C8WV are interchangeable? For example, would the hinges from an a15-s127 work on a Toshiba Satellite A15-s157 PSA10U-01C8WV? I had also herd that some Tecra models, and some A10 models would also work for my Toshiba Satellite A15-s157 PSA10U-01C8WV but before I buy I [...]

The backlight on my laptop LCD lights up..but there is no image. Even when its Posting (before booting in the OS) there is no image. HOWEVER if i put pressure on a corner of the LCD, the image shows up. Is it a bad inverter or video cable or other? This problem is not related to the inverter. [...]

My Dell Inspiron 1420 was dropped, and the LCD is broken. Every thing else is doing ok. Is broken LCD harmful for eyes? From where can I buy a screen with the lowest price, and can I replace it myself? I have basic electronic knowledge. I don’t think that broken LCD is harmful for eyes, it’s [...]

I cracked the LCD screen on my HP Pavilion laptop. When it cracked, there was only a red tinted picture on the left third of the screen. I replaced the LCD screen and when I turned the computer on, you could BARELY see a faint image. I got a new inverter and put it in [...]

As soon as I boot up the laptop, there is a one inch wide white bar running from top to bottom in the middle of the screen. It stays all over from the bootup till I switch off my laptop. Please let me know how I need to proceed to get this problem resolved. Is it [...]