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Sony Vaio PCG K13 won't power up

When using my laptop yesterday, it wanted to restart after installing some updates, but I kept postponing it. Then, when I was shutting down, I told it to sleep rather than shut down. When I try to use it again later, I press the power button, but absolutely...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Engineering, Sony Vaio, techpastor@..., Sony Corp., battery, computer, power supply, WD-40

Discussion threads 2007-07-17

Is it moron act?

Hi I seriously need your urgent replies as i did something stupid with my motherboard & other cards. I really worried and need to know some solid solution & hope this forum will solve my problem as it did before.I intentionally sprayed WD-40 solution to all of my boards (motherboard...

Tags: Corporate governance, Processors, rissvann@..., WD-40, alcohol, board, processor

Discussion threads 2007-07-02

Disaster Recovery - Hurricane

Disaster Recovery - HurricaneNeed hints to individuals who are trying to recovery their computers/pheripherials from water/dirt/pollution damage from hurricanes?The hardware was receovered what's next?Good luckI'd start by dismantling the machine to the board / card / assembly level and spray everything thoroughly with a commercial electronic component cleaner. I...

Tags: al.parker@..., computer, diasters, disaster recovery, electronics, hardware, off-topic, Palmetto, recovery, submerged, WD-40

Discussion threads 2005-09-15

Quiet noisy computer fans with a drop of oil

When a user complains to you that his or her computer is making a loud whirring noise, there are really only two types of components that can make that type of noise: disk drives and cooling fans. A problem with either type of component could spell disaster.But in most cases,...

Tags: computer, Greg Shultz, WD-40

Technical articles 2003-06-03

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USB portable harddrives

I am looking for a usb powered harddrive to accopany a laptop. I was thinking of a Western Digital 120 or 160 GB pasport drive.Any one any pros and cons I should consider or experences good or bad?I refuse to buy WDas I have had too many problems with...

Tags: jj.grayson@..., hardware, hard drive, USB

Discussion threads 2007-03-02

(Photos: External hard drives get makeovers)

WD 120 GB 'Passport' power requirementsBe aware that not all laptops have a USB port with sufficient amperage to drive these. The WD 120 GB Passport requires 650 milliamps but my laptop's USB port delivered just 500MA. WD offers a special 'double'

Tags: hardware, laptop computer, photograph, USB port, Maricaibo

Discussion threads 2007-03-09

WD External HDD Problem

Hi, I have a WD external 2.5" HDD FAT32 (160GB), and I've been experiencing the following problems.First of all, I've been connecting this to both a MacBook (MacOSX 10.4) and a PC Windows XP Prof. Sometimes when moving data to the disk from the PC, I was getting the following...

Tags: Desktops, effiem@..., PC, disk, hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-05-30

Hard disks conflict

I have 2 hdd. A Seagate 20GB and a WD 250GB. The problem is that my ASUS A8V-MX cannot recognize the WD250GB as a secondary I know about jumber etc. But when I use the WD250GB as a master IDE, it will recognize the Seagate as a secondary. I've tried...

Tags: piravlos01@...

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

WD Christmas Screensaver (exe)

WD Christmas Screensaver contains a collection with Christmas images. A great image slideshow for your desktop. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Slideshow, WD Christmas Screensaver

Software downloads 2007-11-29

WD Improves Productivity and Cuts Phone Costs With VoIP Communication

Western Digital WD, a leading hard drive manufacturer, employs more than 45,000 people in 38 offices around the world. Frequent travel and geographic distance make it challenging for employees to communicate - and the sheer size of manufacturing facilities often make it difficult to locate people. To overcome these obstacles,...

Tags: Solution, Phone, Unified Communications, Western Digital Corp., Microsoft Corp., WD, Telephony, E-mail Servers, VOIP, Groupware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Telecommunications

Case studies 2007-10-01

WD Halloween Screensaver (exe)

WD Halloween Screensaver will show an image slideshow with Halloween characters. A great Halloween screensaver for your desktop. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Slideshow, Character, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-12-05

partition improperly dismounted

I have a 40GB WD Drive that says partition improperly dismounted. I have tried gdisk, partition magic, disk copy, ghost, windows repair. Nothing recovers. I have unhidden it, hidden it, made it active. I cannot boot, even as a 2nd drive (BSOD error x0...024. Computer sees the drive as master...

Tags: disk, disk drive, hardware, WD, wpcc@...

Discussion threads 2005-02-10

SATA HDD as simple volume

My new WD 2500KS 250 GB HDD will only recgonize as a simple volume. disk amnegment will only allow for this wont allow a partition, I added to a system with a WD 2500JS already installed Intel DG965 with 2 GB ram

Tags: tomihama@..., hardware, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

screen resolution problem

Hello,I am working on an older computer with an nvidia vanta vid card running 98SE. I have used the WD utility to copy from an old drive to a new 40 gig drive. It boots, everything works fine with the exception of the screen resolution. The col

Tags: AGP, BIOS, card, gsquared, hardware, monitor, screen resolution, software, video, windows, wordmaster1

Discussion threads 2006-11-06

SATA HDD

I installed a second SATA HDD to my system but it don't boot, if I disconected the system works fine. My MOBO is a ECS K8m800 M2 my primary HDD is a WD 2500SD and my Slave HDD is a WD 2500 JS the system has 1.5 Gig of memory

Tags: c666318@..., SATA HDD, hardware, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2007-01-31

HDD SATA

I installed a second SATA HDD to my system but it don't boot, if I disconected the system works fine. My MOBO is a ECS K8m800 M2 my primary HDD is a WD 2500SD and my Slave HDD is a WD 2500 JS the system has 1.5 Gig of memory

Tags: c666318@..., hardware, hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-01-31

Western Digital External HDD Problem

Hi, I have a WD external 2.5" HDD FAT32 (160GB), and I've been experiencing the following problems.First of all, I've been connecting this to both a MacBook (MacOSX 10.4) and a PC Windows XP Prof. Sometimes when moving data to the disk from the PC, I was getting the following...

Tags: Desktops, effiem@..., Western Digital Corp., PC, disk, hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-05-31

Flash movies totally freeze computer

WindowsXP SP2 all updatesIE7Asrock 939 dual sata boardAthlon 64 32001g ram30g WD Raptor250g 16mb WD SataI can't pin point when flash movies started totally locking up computer, but in the last two weeks IInstalled new DVD burner fro

Tags: lockup, flash, movies, software, windows, freeze computer, nicknackr@..., Run Box, computer, keyboard

Discussion threads 2006-12-10

Degrade raid 10

How do I fix a degraded raid 10 system?I have a degrade raid 10, drive 2 degraded, All 4 drives are WD Caviar SE Serial ATAHD, 200 BG.I replace the degraded drive with a, WD CaviarSE16, 320 GB.This is all I have done so far.

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Discussion threads 2007-09-27

how to recover info from WD Scorpio Hard DIsk?

hy Im a new at recovering info. I have Dell computer running wich has a WD Scorpio Hard Disk running windows 2000, It has 2 partitions COS Dmy files. One day out of the blue it wont let me access my files from the D partition nor run a...

Tags: sangretibiamesientovivo@..., WD Scorpio, software, hardware, hard drive

Discussion threads 2006-12-04