I accidentally dropped something on my computer and it wouldn't start up after that. Had a friend who's "good with computers" look at it and he said the motherboard was junk. He installed a new one...but he took it upon himself to add more stuff I did not need like a new hard drive, new dvd drive, etc...Now, the computer does not recognize my firepod, which is the only thing I need it for. He tried to locate the drivers for it and put it on the new harddrive, but still it won't work. Any ideas? I bought a new firewire card and tried that and it didn't work either.

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Thinking that has a "post" for the positive battery,to jump start
Check the connection at this post,or just clean it to be sure.

Computer does not boot up The problem maybe the RAM, it is faulty or just needs reseating to make proper electrical contact.
Reseat the RAM and then boot up your laptop. If it still does not boot up then remove the RAM module/s and take them to your friendly computer repair shop and get them to test the RAM for you. Just like you sometimes need a mechanic to repair your car, sometimes you do need a technician to diagnose and identify the fault or faults on your computer. Not only does a good service technican have the experience to deal with this type of problem, they also have the equipment that allows them to look at things the average computer user can't see, and he has a collection of replacement parts that can be used to quickly test individual components on your computer.

Computer does not boot up The problem maybe the RAM, it is faulty or just needs reseating to make proper electrical contact.
Reseat the RAM and then boot up your laptop. If it still does not boot up then remove the RAM module/s and take them to your friendly computer repair shop and get them to test the RAM for you. Just like you sometimes need a mechanic to repair your car, sometimes you do need a technician to diagnose and identify the fault or faults on your computer. Not only does a good service technican have the experience to deal with this type of problem, they also have the equipment that allows them to look at things the average computer user can't see, and he has a collection of replacement parts that can be used to quickly test individual components on your computer.

Did you connect this SD card to your friend's computer before you connected it to your computer. If so your friends computer may have corrupted the SD memory card.
Try this recovery program.
Recuva (pronounced"recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that havebeen accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied fromthe Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted byuser error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bringback files that have been deleted from your iPod, or by bugs, crashes andviruses!

• Simple to use interface - just click 'Scan' and choose the files you want to recover
• Easy to use filter for results based on file name/type
• Simple Windows like interface with List and Tree view
• Can be run from a USB thumb drive
• Restores all types of files, office documents, images, video, music, email, anything.
• Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 , NTFS + EFS file systems
• Restores files from removable media (SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MemoryStick, Digital cameras, Floppy disks, Jazz Disks, Sony Memory Sticks, Compact Flash cards, Smart Media Cards, Secure Digital Cards, etc.)
• Restores files from external ZIP drives, Firewire and USB Hard drives
• It's fast, tiny and takes seconds to run!

Go to these WEB sites to down Recuvahttp://download.cnet.com/Recuva/3000-2242_4-10753287.htmlwww.filehippo.com/download_recuva

Right click the disk in 'my computer' and select 'format' you'll get a warning about "formatting removes all the data".

Make sure that you select your MP3 player otherwise you'll wipe your computers HDD and that wouldn't be good.

Based on what you're indicating, it sounds like a wiring harness or connection was disturbed during the oil change. This is common where the oil filter is not easily reached and parts need to be removed to access the oil filter.
Normally I'd recommend looking for a loose clip or wire yourself but since you mentioned it was immediately after the oil change, I'd consider going back to where the oil was changed let them know the problem started when you left the service station and must have been due to something they did. Apart from that, I wouldn't recommend trying to "reset" the computer at this time. If you've a loose connection it wouldn't help and losing power to the computer to reset it could leave you with no stereo.

I wouldn't get involved with family & friends
That will always bite you

i wouldn't pull any transaxle without a lift & experience

Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program, such as Nikon Transfer, iPhoto, or Windows Photo Gallery.

difficult to say what went on, i would buy it and strip the engine ,may be contaminated fuel put in by his friend by mistake i would try this first.