mufikings:

Hello,

I use a HP Pavillion with 1 Gig Ram.My challenge is that I make us of lots of heavy programmes cos am into web design and other stuffs.~

These programmes tend to slow my system mostly en am online i.e connected to the internet.I have a Windows vista installed and have been using the laptop for 2 years now.

I would like to know:

1.Can I increase the ram to say 2 Gig, i understand that would make it process faster considering the programmes i have installed.

Murphy.

Busy_body:

The other one refuses to switch on and when it does, all i get is this white screen with a vertical line forming in the side, like it is trying to load

blackweaver:

upgrading to 2gb will not harm your pc in fact you have been running below capacity before this so by all means do

i suspect the problem may be with the laptop screen, do you  have a desktop pc too, if so one thing you could do is connect the monitor to the laptop and put the laptop on again (you might want to get a friend with some technical knowhow to do it for you). If the monitor shows properly then the problem is with your laptop screen; either way you'll probably have to take it to a pc technician to fix

vishnu2:

I formatted my laptop hp dv6 pavillion few weeks and have been using it since then without any ant virus installed on it, courtesy of a friend who told me that window defender is same thing as anti virus. Though my system has been doing pretty well(both in speed and browsing) since then without any hitch but i still nurse the feeling that i may be subjecting the system to its untimely breakdown by viruses.
Please could the idea of using window defender in the place of anti virus be true or am i making a big mistake? Your well informed and professional advice is highly needed.

tipsydude:

@ Topic

mine ain't more of a problem than a challenge. am using d Macbook Air by Apple and I really need 2 get MS Office suite on it so I can view word docs sent 2 me. I would also like 2 install windows on it so I could run both OS simultaneously i.e. Mac and Windows.

Busy_body:

With the first one, sometimes it just switches off and switches itself on again, and then says something about microsoft detecting a problem ; bluescreen, whilst the problem about getting the white screen when i switch the second one sometimes happens to the first one too, can i just link you up somewhere to drop them off to you abeg, i don't trust myself with taking the batteries off, i don't even know where the batteries are to start with

Busy_body:


I spoke to some technicians in Barking, and was told to switch the lappie on and wait for around 30 minutes that it would fully come on but then i discovered the second one was doing the same thing sometimes, i dunno, maybe it is some manufacturing hiccup because both were purchased at the same time and started mucking up two months after the warranty expired

Pharoh:



The battery is at the back of the laptop and i think you installed something recently thats not compatible with your windows hence the blue screen. So tell us the message for your blue screen so we can give the right solution.

blackweaver:

upgrading to 2gb will not harm your pc in fact you have been running below capacity before this so by all means do upgrade, in fact if possible
you might make it 3gb - unless your motherboard does not support that but i don't see that happening since it came preinstalled with vista

Thank you for the info, but do you have an idea what this will cost, and how to know a good one, also were to get one.

Murphy.

aladesuyi:

hello house. u guys are doing a nice job here by helping with laptops.
But i have a problem with my toshiba laptop.
1. when powered on the system (screen) does not display anything, where as the on on button displays light which means the system is on but the screen doesn't come up.
Pls assist

Busy_body:


It is not the screen that is blue per se, its this message that comes on after it switches itself off and on that says PROBLEM ; Blue screen, then asks if i want to report problem to Microsoft Sometimes it freezes whilst in use and then the screen gets fuzzy for about a minute and then it returns to normal, and this happens on both laptop, i think i got shafted for real I will arrange for Deji2009 or anyone of you to pick it up and see what can be done with it

tipsydude:

@ Pharoh

Tnx dude 4 d prompt response. I hav located d bootcamp stuff in my utilities folder and am on it right now. I really appreciate your response. And the macbook air possesses the optical drive. will be back if i need further assistance.

omega25red:

sorry if im getting this wrong but if you are getting a blue screen or a blue message you should start your computer in safe mode. this can be done by pressing the F8 key right before you see the windows logo and select safemode with networking. Then you want to use a flash drive to download a program called Malwarebytes. install it then run it. This might work because if you have been online with your computer and it is coming up with a blue message either you have a virus with a warning message banner or your operating system is currupted in which case you might need to reinstall windows.

Also i think i saw something that said you upgraded to 2gb of RAM? if that is correct you should try removing one of the RAM stcks and boot up to see if you get a stable boot because sometimes the RAM sticks would present stability problems with your windows system because of one reason or the the other

jay bee:

^^
drop the stuffs off with deji na. or u want make i come collect am?

Busy_body:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/dell-explains-nvidia-gpu-issues-throws-out-bios-updates-to-help/

[size=14pt][. . .  I called Dell and thank god for extended support. They had to come to the house, and replace the entire motherboard. Once it was swapped out everything worked properly. I found it interesting the tech did not flash my bios on the new motherboard. I just did it.[/b][/size]

switchmax8:

miksonic,
sometimes while am working on my laptop it will just go off and restart itself though the laptop came with vista but i changed it to xp any help on this will be appreciated

aladesuyi:

still no response after pressing the function keys (f8 - ist for some mins.,F3 AND F4 respectively)
pls any other thing dat i can also do?