Posts by TravisT

Thank you for your help. I got it working. omg I am drained ... I didn't mention that I have 4gigs of RAM in my laptop that was running Vista, now it's running XP. I'm sure you know Windows doesn;t recognize more than, what 2Gigs? 2.75...

I've already tried that. Thanks for the help. :(

Hard drive should be good. Windows is installed on it, I can tell.  As of now same thing: Start computer Loads like normal, windowsXP logo screen with moving bar. Once this finished screen goes black   At...

Oh I see, sorry for the inadequate details. The system does not shutdown. The screen just goes dark. The CFL light is still on and I can adjust it's brightness with the keyboard Fn key and appropriate buttons. The CD spins and sounds...

Thank you for your reply.   While I wouldn't be against cleaning out the laptop, this does not sound like an overheating issue to me. The laptop performed well, it was windows that had a lot of errors which is why I attempted...

It does the exact same thing with the external display. -_- I've taken the hard drive and put it in another pc, installed windows and then put it back in the laptop hoping windows would scan for the change in hardware and get the same...

Hello, thank you. Yes my BIOS is not up to date but I do not how to install bios without windows environment. I can get to a command prompt through windows install repair. In Safe Mode I get the same problem.   I choose Safe...

Hello, I bought my Acer Travelmate 5610 a few years ago with Vista home basic on it. I love it, it's been great but after a few years it started getting buggy. I am very comfortable with PC's and decided to backup my wanted files,...