How good are the 1.7ghz Centrino based laptops for gaming, e.g. bf1942 and other FPS, assuming the laptop has an ati or nvidia vid card with at least 32MB and 512MB ram? Is the 1.7ghz Centrino close...

I'm looking at the same thing and was curious as well about the systems. Anyone? -t "TallSurgeon" <TallSurgeon@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e8c6aa93.0306260917.254932a4@posting.google.com...

Lithium ion batteries can be extremely dangerous, they can catch fire or explode with lethal force. Rebuiling is fine for NiCad and NiMH, but is best not done with LiIon. sm wrote:

The drive is a 20GB IBM travelstar, which used to have Linux on it. I now need to install Win98SE; booting from a Win98 floppy and running fdisk, the drive only appears to be 16MB. Boot from a Linux...

Can I replace my P4m 2.2 with a faster desktop p4 and if so what is the fastest it will take?

DVD/CDRW problem: I an burn using Roxio Easy CD creator, but Windows XP(home) does not recognize the disc when I drag files for win xp based data file copying (as works on other Win XP machines). I...

Owned an 803Lci for 2 months. Tried to run extended desktop. Got a 5 week run around trying different settings and CRT monitors, including an Acer V771! The local Acer tech manager came on site. ...

Does anyone here happen to know how to change the boot order in a compaq armada 4100/4200?

Thank you for your reply. I send it back to HP. For some reason, they mess up with our warranty period. They gave me a free replacement anyway. Sam johnfkitchen@yahoo.com (John Kitchen) wrote in...

How do I enable power saving schemes on my Sony GRX560 laptop? Something happened recently that System Restore cannot seem to fix... I have no Power Schemes in the Power Option Properties menu and my...

Hi, Dell is offering Inspirion 1100 on a special offer for 799 USD. It comes with Intel® Celeron® Processor 2.2GHz,15 XGA 256MB 266MHz 2 DIMMS 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive 30GB Ultra ATA Hard...

Hi there, I've found a special offer on dell's German homepage, for a laptop with Intel's 855GM together with Radeon 9000 (32MB). I thought that the GM chip set had no AGP support, so I called Dell...

Do you know where I can the instuction to install mini PCI Bluetooth card? Tx.

Hi Kevin, According to this site, the faster drives do NOT come in 30GB: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/travel/7k605k80comparison.htm FWIW ... John

Hi all, I have a Toshiba 1410-604 laptop with an internal Toshiba modem running Windows XP service pack 1 (fresh install, nothing else on it). The laptop also has a Yamaha AC-XG sound card, if this...

This should be an easy question for you experts out there. I have used PM8 to successfully repartition my new laptop with XP PRO preinstalled on single partition NTFS. Well, almost. After shutdown...

I'm thinking of buying an X24, model 2660-MQA. Does any know if this has a full sized keyboard - I haven't got many details of it yet? What internal drives are there? Any standard external? I have a...

I have scoured the web for firmware upgrades or anyone else with this problem. I have a Dell Latitude that came with this combo drive and I can't read DVD discs. The burner works, CDRs work, but...

I bought this puter used and it came without a manual. I need to get at the mother board to upgrade the memory. Can someone tell me the procedure for this. TIA, Ken

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