Try adjusting the brightness or turning off hibernation to fix your HP laptop's black screen. Update your graphics driver or perform a hard reset if simple fixes don't solve the problem. f needed, ...

As you use your laptop and go about your business, a sudden message declaring a problem with your cooling system could put a quick and sudden end to your work. This message usually appears when your ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a Dell Inspiron laptop that just stopped working. It won’t turn on when I depress the on switch. I ...

Laptop not turning on? If your laptop won't power on, even when it's plugged in could have a faulty power supply, battery, motherboard, video card or RAM. When troubleshooting a laptop that won't ...

This sample chapter, taken from Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, 2nd Edition, discusses how to fix some laptop and portable PC hardware problems. Troubleshooting laptop and portable PC hardware ...

Only a few hours after I posted about Mac hardware failure the other day, my Powerbook promptly died. Oh, the irony. When I pressed the on button, it sounded like it had power, but it wouldn't go ...

CONSUMER REPORTS - If you have an older laptop, prepare for it to stop working. Consumer Reports' latest survey found that laptops more than three years old are much more likely to break. And once ...