20 Most Recent HP Pavilion a1120n (PX759AA) PC Desktop Questions & Answers

1. First of all Remove dust from your CPU fan and try again if issue has been not resolve

2. Second test your SMPS by the help of Green & Red wire. In case fan is turning properly it mines your SMPS is ok

3. Third & last kindly replace your SMPS For the same.

You cant do that. The only thing I have seen and tried is to create an image of Windows 7 on a thumb drive, and it was not an easy task. I suggest to get an external DVD drive, plug it into the PC and install. . . . . . . . Hey wait a minute!, I just noticed "my PC has a DVD player only". if its a DVD player and not a CD player, it will read the Windows 7 DVD, you may have to change the Boot Priority setting for the PC to boot from DVD before booting from the hard drive.

16x DVD(+/-)R/RW DL LightScribe drive

It's a WRITER

the drawer motor being out is just an annoyance, it has nothing to do with reading the disk; it may be used for years that way with no problem. As for the Win 7 DVD. It will NOT work in a CD-only drive, has to be a DVD-drive for obvious reasons....it's a DVD. Did you set the BIOS to boot from the DVD drive first ?

WARNING: Before you start troubleshooting remember that you are dealing with electricity that can KILL. http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/static.php - rules Only work inside the computer case when the power has been switched off and disconnected. Never open the power source. Some of the below steps recommend removing physical parts within the computer. While in the computer it is highly recommend that you be aware of ESD and its potential hazards Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions IDE SATA the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have secure dust free connections and are not faulty or just replace them they might be faulty if its a 40 pin flat ribbon type it will be the first to fail make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure dust free connections and are not faulty even something as small as an electrical fan and its lead can cause you problems computers need all power and data to continue through every working device and to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error make sure your graphics card is securely seated with no dust built up or in the socket if you remove your graphics check the socket to make sure its dust free restart your computer then reinstall it this should activate found new hardware wizard or you might try You will need to connect to another monitor or your television to your computer with the vga lead monitor connection. Click start control panel display change display settings adjust resolution this may vary depending on your operating system You should see a no 1 and a no 2 with detect and identify keep an eye on the screen when you select the number tabs this may vary depending on your operating system when you select the no 2 tab this should be the extended desktop always click apply after making any changes. If you can get an extended desktop your monitor is faulty if you cant get an exended desktop Hope this helps.

Did you replace the hard drive? It is quite possible there is an issue with the drive at that age. YOu could try an application called "SpeedFan" or "HD Tune" and run a S.M.A.R.T test on it. This will help you determine the drive status. You can run a benchmark with "Hd Tune" and determine the speed of the drive. If you want to post your results, I will certainly help out further.

If you cannot change the screen resolution then most likely the wrong video driver was installed.Check the make and model of the graphics card and install the driver.

Then enable it. Simple, no?

It looks like motherboard of this computer had only integrated Graphic Card and has no expansion slots for AGP or PCIe Graphic Card. It seems you will need to replace whole motherboard.

Try going to the WINDOWS UPDATE page.

Choose the CUSTOM INSTALL.

Then check in the OPTIONAL HARDWARE / SOFTWARE UPDATES pages for your audio drivers and install those.

Good luck and post back if this was helpful and with how you make out.

my best suggestion to you would be to to the motherboard manufacturer, as the hp support site doesnt offer a driver for audio in the list for your model using xp. more than likely the chipset for the audio is realtek. you can go to realtek.com and allow the site to detect any chipset drivers you may need .

check whether you have all cables connected,and if problems persists slide your pc holder at the left of your sight,and near the motherboard clean the dust and dry powering it on,,

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Assuming all cables and connections are tight....Could be the graphics card is overheating..be sure all vents are dust-free- or could be the cable itself

The maximum upgrade would be a 3.4 Ghz CPU, you would not see any difference in day to day use.
Your max memory is 4GB, if you are using 1GB or less, you would see a big difference upgrading to the max.
A hard drive upgrade may also see some benefits.
Some info for you here ...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=en&lc=en&product=472139&cc=us&docname=c00361570

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07139&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=472139&lang=en

I suggest you install an AGP video card that suits your requirements. If you play games that require a powerful graphics card, then I recommend the G Force range of graphics cards. A computer shop can recommend to you a graphics card depending upon what programs you are running on your computer. The games programs usually recommends a graphic card with their games.
Don't forget to disable/turn off the on-board graphics card in the BIOS if you use an external graphics card.

Open cpu cabinet then you can motherboard pull cmos cell from motherboard for 10 seconds then put it back reconnect RAM memory reconnect both connection to harddrive .Make sure motherboard is not ground with cabinet. Then check. Also when you power up the computer press F8 key 5 to 6 times then if you are able to see safe mode and other menu enter in "Enable vga mode" then go to display property and change screen resolution to 1024*768 then apply. Let me know if you need further assistance. Thanks for using FixYa.

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