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Toshiba M-15-S405 and mathcad 2000 pro
Posted on July 12th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I am trying to install Mathcad 2000 on a new Toshiba M-15-S405 , the OS is Win XP Home with all updates from Microsoft updater. Installation stops after installing "install shield" and reverts to...

PC Card/PCMCIA adapter for CF memory cards with WinNT laptop
Posted on July 12th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Here's how I actually got this to work!: When I last week got my first dig. camera (Canon A70), I was aware that USB connection was a no-go with Windows NT 4.0. But the PCMCIA slots (notebook/laptop...

Really Ultralight Laptops
Posted on July 12th, 2003 | 13 Comments

I'm bringing two computers to college: A powerful desktop, and an ultraportable laptop. Since the desktop will take care of most hefty tasks, I want the laptop to have virtually nothing in it: I...

small notebook/handheld advice needed
Posted on July 12th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi, I need a very small notebook or handheld pc and was wondering if people could give me some suggestions. I do _NOT_ need it to have: - floppy disk drive - CD or DVD drive - huge hard disk - touch...

FS: Acer Travelmate 600
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

DOCUMENTATION - All original, mostly unopened DIMENSIONS - 4.95 pounds - 11.73 x 9.37 x 1.12-1.3 in. BATTERY PACK - 53WattHour Lithium-Ion - 2-hour rapid charge/3.5-hour charge-in-use - AC Adapter -...

Wireless router and PC-Card on sale at Costco
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 5 Comments

Hi All, Just wanted to let you know that the D-Link DWL614+ router and DWL650 PC-Card is on sale at Costco for $109US. The wireless uses the 2.4GHz bandwidth. When I read that, I didn't know if I...

Re: hibernation problems (Toshiba)
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 3 Comments

In article <h6GcnZiz7vjTVpGiXTWJiQ@comcast.com>, "Quaoar" <Quaoar@tenthplanet.net> wrote: Windows 98 Second Edition has no problems going in to hybernation or suspend mode while USB devices are...

Acer 800Lci and clean install of WinXP possible?
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Is it possible to do a clean install of WinXP Pro using the system restore disks that come with the Acer 800Lci? I did a system restore and I think that WinXP (plus my usual office programs, such as...

Toshiba laptop battery - short shelf life
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 7 Comments

We have several older laptops around the house for testing. Toshiba 410 - Linux RH 6.2 Toshiba 430 - Win95b Toshiba 4015 - Win98se Toshiba 2755 - WinXP IBM Thinkpad 600e - NT 4.0 server Fujitsu...

Advice on this Toshiba drive: MK6022AX
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Toshiba MK6022GAX 60GB ATA-5 2.5in 5400RPM Mobile Hard Drive 16MB Cache PRO/CON on this model, compare with IBM 40GNX and other highend ??? Thanks

Copaq Presario 1675 choppy DVD Movies
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 2 Comments

I have the above mentioned laptop....it has 64 m of ram and an 8 m video card i beleive. When I play DVD movies it is very choppy. Any way to get it to smooth out....new video card, more memory? ...

Re: buying my first laptop- powerbook, toshiba, fijitsu?
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

1) You'll be fine with either a PC or Apple notebook. Both are used fine in music editing. 2) Don't worry. Both have high-end PCMCIA and external music cards/input devices that'll work fine on...

Partition labelling
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 4 Comments

I have recently repartitioned my hard drive setting up further logical FAT32 partitions. My harddrive is now labelled as follows C: winxp D: backup E: CDRW/DVD F: burn G: media

Thinkpad sound
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hello, After upgrading to Win98se on my 755cd (clean install) I have lost my sound. Check states "sound mixer not installed". Is there a conflict between Windows sound driver and IBM sound...

Re: USB 2 Card Bus for DELL Laptop
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Similarly on my Dell8500. I tried everything that I could think of and everything suggested to me. Downloaded the drivers from the manufacturer to see if that would help. Nada. When I took it back...

T23 - Upgrade
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi, I'm planning to purchase a T23(used/refurbished). I'm just wondering whether I'll be able to upgrade it later with the following. 1. CD-RW or DVD drive. 2. 802.11 WiFi 3. 1394 firewire card

Powerbook 15" 1ghz trade for IBM t40 1.6m 1440res
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi List, I have a 5 month-old Powerbook 15" 1ghz 1gig ram, dvdr/cdrw, 60gig - and was wondering if anyone here (or knows of someone) that would be interested in trading for an IBM t40 with the...

Re: USB 2 Card Bus for DELL Laptop
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Chungacs wrote: "Enhanced" is the key to its being Hi-Speed USB (formerly USB 2), so that's OK. What does the Root Hub properties report for power consumption, empty, connected w/o external power,...

Re: Is 1024x768 the higest resolution I can get on my Evo 610c's XGA screen?
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

yes, i guess so chris . There're two models of 610C:: SXGA and XGA "Chris Porter" <chrisporter@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:ac4b3786.0307090802.451f9dbc@posting.google.com...

Need help for an NCR 3180 - won't see 8meg card, only 4meg
Posted on July 11th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hello, I have an NCR 3180 laptop Intel 486SL/33 that works great with only one problem. It has 4 megs on the mobo and when I install an 8meg card, the machine only sees 8 megs total. The bios...