What's wrong with my laptop?

Every time I try to watch a video, play a game on Facebook, load my iTunes, or load a radio station on my HP laptop it freezes the program I am in and I have to close out of it. I have tried shutting it down, restarting it, and instaling updates and I don't have any viruses. What's wrong with my laptop?

how old is ur laptop? did u went cheap and bought those 299-399's 4 year old technology laptop?
what is the make and model? if u spend too little on a laptop, more likely you are getting a laptop with the bare esssential jsut to run the OS. any additional software may freeze the computer.
if u'd like that, you can bring it in to geeek squad to do an Optimization and they can help you clean up your computer, clear out the junk stuff that's running in the background, this wil help boost the performance of ur laptop.

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My laptop suddenly shut off while I was using I for almost the whole day (which I usually do every day). It felt hot so I had it turned off for 2 hours. I tried to turn it on again but it loads for a while, and then shuts off. I had it rest for almost 21 hours and tried to turn it on again, but it's doing the same thing. Help! Are all my data lost? What can I do to fix it?

Katnbguer,
which model MacBook Pro do you have, and which version of OS X is installed on it?

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My laptop looks like this (picture below) when I turn it on. I took it in to fix it because I was getting the blue screen but when i got it back they gave it to me like this and they told me it was a graphics card problem but I am totally confused. By looking at the picture, do you think that the screen is broken or could it be a video/graphics card problem? Any other possiblities? Thank you for your help!!
P.S. Not sure if it's needed but the model is dv7-4069wm
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Hi arelymedina,
I will be happy to help you with trying to resolve the graphics problem with your HP Pavilion dv7-4069wm Entertainment Notebook. Have you been able to connect an external monitor to see if that shows the same issue? This is a way that we can make sure it's not the hardware of the notebook screen itself.
Looking forward to your response.
Thank you,
I worked on behalf of HP.

What is wrong with my laptop?

I want to instal the vns for web, should work on windows 7 right?
But it's not.. windows 7 ultimate 64bit.. and I can not download IE 10 and vns doesn't work..

I'd ask them over here.
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I can't turn my laptop on after I put it to sleep. What's wrong with it?

Hi. What's wrong with my laptop? I put it to sleep then won't turn on anymore.

First, you can force the Mac to shutdown by pasting in this command in Terminal (in Applications>Utilities). Only paste it in. Don't try to type it.
sudo shutdown -h now
Hit return. You will be asked for your admin password. Nothing will appear on the screen when you type it in. This is normal. You will also get a warning about using sudo, which you can ignore. This is safe. After you enter your pword, hit return again.
Then, boot up again into Verbose Mode by holding down the v key at the startup chime. This will bring you to a screen that shows the boot sequence in text as its loading. It will go by kind of fast, but we're not interested in the bootup process. Next, do a normal shutdown and you may be brought to the same kind of text screen, which will show the shutdown sequence. (I know this works this way in Snow Leopard after booting in Verbose mode; not sure about Tiger, though.) If it hangs, it may show in what part of the shutdown process it's hanging. Have a camera or note paper ready to write down where it's getting stuck.
One other thing to try is an SMC Reset. Unplug from wall power, leave for ten minutes, then hold in the power button for five seconds. Reconnect to power and startup again.

Firefox has crashed for me about 5 times in a 20 min span. A total of about 10 times today. What's wrong with it? Is it my laptop

Firefox has crashed for me about 5 times in a 20 min span. A total of about 10 times today. What's wrong with it? Is it my laptop? Sometimes as soon as I open it, it just crashes.

I started my work in safe mode still facing the same problem.
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I hear buzzz type sounding from my laptop. What is wrong with it?

I hear buzzz type sounding from my laptop. What is wrong with it?

I have the same problem with my 5th-generation iPod! In addition to the red-slashed circle, my iPod will not show up in iTunes nor will it charge until I forcefully eject it and reset it.
Here is how I have learned to "fix" this problem over the years: make sure your iPod is fully charged before you try to plug it into your computer. The red-slashed circle comes on initially but you'll see that there's activity going on pretty quickly. The key seems to be having the iPod completely charged; even the slightest bit of depletion of battery makes everything go wrong.
If this fails, make sure iTunes is already open before you plug in your fully charged iPod. Finally, if this fails as well, disconnect your internet connection, have iTunes open, and then plug in your fully charged iPod. These last ideas are probably more placebo than truly useful, but I have had luck with them when I'm ready to throw my iPod and laptop out the window.
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My macbook pro freezes and then displays a blue screen with black stripes... do you know what's wrong with it?

My macbook pro freezes and then displays a blue screen with black stripes... do you know what's wrong with it?
I have a two and half year mac book pro... I've had some issues with the screen looking scrambled when I quit certain applications, but now it's turned into something worse. I'll be working on my computer and the thing will freeze. When I force restart, the first screen, the apple logo, will be a blue tint and won't boot up normally. Then I try safe mood and it will then boot just fine. But there are blue stripes on my screen. The screen alternates from a blue tint to normal and if the computer freezes again the screen will become completely blue with black stripes. I haven't tried reinstalling my software because I don't have the startup discs that came with my computer. If I was sure that would fix it I would purchase them, but if it's a hardware issue I'm afraid that I'm screwed. I've been able to successfully get the blue off my screen by putting it to sleep and then waking it up, but that's not working well anymore either.
Does anyone else have experience with this? Is it the firmware or what? I have a MacBook Pro from early 2011 and I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8.
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I just experienced this exact same issue with my early 2011 15" macbook pro. Since like a month after purchasing it I had issues with the screen randomly going dark on me. I sent it in for repair inder waranty they replaced the gpu and logic board but I continued to have the same issues with the screen randomly going black sometimes I would need to reboot it in order to get the screen to go back on but it happened so infrequently and I used the computer for school so disnt find the time to resend it in to apple. Just last night the screen started to display the blue screen with black verticle lines on it. I called apple and explained to them the issues that had been ongoing since I purchased the laptop but they said because I was now outside of warantee that any repairs at thia point wouldn't be covered. Fml so glad I spent 2200 on this future proof macbook pro what a joke my sister purchased a toshiba laptop for 300 4 years ago and it still running like a champ. I loved my macbook but at the price I paid I expect it to last longer than 2 years before leaving me high and dry. *** apple??

What is wrong with my Macbook Pro? (distorted screen, beeping, slow)

I have a late 2012 Macbook Pro (13-inch) that I got from Best Buy. It worked perfectly fine for a year, but then went crazy.
First, it started shutting down here and there, and icons bounced a lot in the dock. Then, one day, I googled something and it froze, then flashed a strip of multicolored barcode-like lines. So, I shut it down and it overheated then began to beep 3 times and flash a light.
I brought it in and they just wiped the hard drive. Then, it happened again while I was watching a video only a short time later. I was going to re-seat the RAM myself but the inside of the computer looked all messed up. I took it in and they gave me a new LCD but it has a dead pixel now. It worked fine for 1 month after that.
Then, I was using the laptop on my bed and it shut off randomly a couple of times while I was on Facebook and started beeping. I rebooted it and tried to fix it but it happened again the next day. I brought it back to Best Buy and they said it was hot and sold me a $20 cooling pad.
That worked for a few days, then I was watching TV online and it happened again. I brought it back to Best Buy and they replaced the RAM. Now, I was watching something online and it happened yet again. I was able to reboot and it worked okay now for a couple of hours but it did freeze again and I had to shut it down.
Everytime I go to Best Buy, they tell me "If we have this issue 1 more time, we will replace your computer." But, then, they say the same thing every time and that it's their policy. I have paid for Office now and only have 1 download left. Also, this is ridiculous because I'm a student and I've had my Mac gone for 2 weeks at a time at least 3 or 4 times. When this happens, I get stuck using my iPad and can't use flash so I've spent tons of money of apps for flash and other things to make my iPad functional.
Can somebody just tell me what's wrong with it? It "passes the hardware test" every time and the Geek Squad keeps asking me stupid questions like "Did you check your internet connection and reset your modem?" When I asked them the first time to do a PRAM test, they didn't know what that was and asked me to go on iTunes or clear my cache or something like that.
I have had a bad experience with them altogether. I got my Macbook for $500 because I had a PC before that I paid $700 for and it eventually broke. They were unable to repair that one because the hard drive had failed, although they had previously been convinced that I needed to uninstall my Norton to fix that problem.
Sorry if I'm ranting, but my Macbook is like a child to me (not to sound weird) and I'm sick of this problem. It's working fine at the moment but I know this will happen again randomly like always.

If you're able to boot, launch the Console application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search, and select the most recent panic log under "System Diagnostic Reports." Post the contents -- the text, please, not a screenshot. For privacy’s sake, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID” and "Kernel UUID," two long strings of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header and body of the report. Please don't post "shutdownStall" or "hang" reports.
If you can't boot in the usual way, try a safe boot. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
During startup, you will see "Safe Boot" on the login screen, which appears even if you normally log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Safe mode is slower than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including your login items.

I need help figuring out what is wrong with my Macbook Pro

I have a mid 2012 Macbook Pro with OS X Mavericks on it and for the past few weeks it has running VERY SLOW! I have no idea what is wrong with it, i have read other discussion forums trying to figure it out on my own. So far i have had no luck in fixing the slowness. When i open applications the icon will bounce in dock forever before opening and then my computer will freeze with the little rainbow wheel circling and circling for a few minutes... and if i try to browse websites it take forever for them to load or youtube will just stop working for me. Everything i do, no matter what i click, the rainbow wheel will pop up! The only thing i can think of messing it up was a friend of mine plugging in a flash drive a few weeks ago to take some videos and imovie to put on his Macbook Pro, he has said his laptop has been running fine though... so idk if that was the problem. Anyways, could someone please help me try something? Thank you!!

OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly?
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Startup in Safe Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
Repair Disk
Steps 1 through 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Increase disk space.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806

What is wrong with my MacbookPro?

My computer is a MacbookPro that I bought in 2010.
About a month and a half ago I started to experience my computer randomly flashing white with a click and then the screen turning black. When I would hit the power key to turn it back on, it would chime, display white, then flash off again. After a few tries, it would eventually restart and turn on after holding down the power key for some time. After about a week of this, my "service battery!" sign came on, and my computer began to not hold a charge at all.
I brought it to the Apple store after my battery literally exploded and blew out the bottom of my laptop (leaving a dent in the bottom). For about a month now, with my new battery, my computer has been fine.
Now, about a month after getting the new battery (and after just recently downloading OS X Yosemite 10.10), my computer is starting to flash white again. I am hoping that I did not receive a faulty battery, but even if I did, would it work for an entire month with no problems and now just begin to fail again? My computer says it is holding a charge. Sometimes it flashes off with a fully charged battery.
The times it flashes off are when I am away from it for more than about 15 minutes, I comes back, put my finger on the mouse, it comes to life seeming fine, and then immediately flashes white and shuts off.
What is wrong with my MacbookPro?

I think the battery issue and the screen flashes are unrelated. The 2010 MacBook Pro is notorious for its failing graphics processor: MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010): Intermittent black screen or loss of video - Apple Support
Have Apple sort it out.

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