I have an old laptop (Digital HiNote Vp717) on which I'm having some display problems. The screen has developed fast random horizontal lines/blocks. These originated after disconnecting the lcd...

Hi Fabrice, The machines have 1GB of ram (twice what is standard) the modules are from IBM (not third party). At the moment I am running the same job on a Toshiba Tecra S1 Pentium M notebook with...

My father in-law spilled a diet coke on his Compaq Presario 1800. The computer seems to function ok with an external keyboard attached but shuts down when the onboard keyboard is used. Mainly just...

Hi, I just installed dell truemobile 1180 mini pci card in my s1415-173. Card seems to be working fine, but I have couple simple questions. There are 2 antenna cables in the mini pci compartment, one...

Oscar T Grouch <oscart@thetrash.can> writes: OK -- sounds like problem is endemic to Compal. But interestingly my music MP3s sound louder than DVD movies, probably because they are recorded...

kosowsky@consult.pretender (Jeffrey J. Kosowsky) writes: Finally decided to go with Crucial directly from the Crucial web site. Bought a single 512MB SODIMM for a little over $100 (post a...

Oscar T Grouch <oscart@thetrash.can> writes: Where do you think the problem is? Bios? Non-standard mini-pci standard? Conflicts with other Toshiba hardware or drivers? I am used to the world of PCI...

How on earth do you switch on an old Toshiba Satellite 220CS??? Thanks! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.489 /...

I should be grateful for any suggestions as to how I can use a European laptop (230v) in the USA (110v). AA

Just after I posted the last message I saw that the problem was going on. I used the Recovery CDs to reinstall but it was the same. At last I found a link to the Compuserve Toshiba Forum, where there...

How do I get more than 32mb of memory on this puter? Will it accept 64mb and if so, are the modules still available? Thanks, Ken

I dont here much mention of external batteries on this forum, and since the average laptop has only about 3 hours usage on a battery charge, you would think more people would be interested in...

I have had the Averatec 3150HS, that I found at Sam's club, for about a week now and I still absolutely love it! Generally, when I decide to buy something, I read everything I can on every item and...

Last year I upgraded to Girlfriend 1.0 from Drinking Mates 4.2 which I'd used for years without trouble. However, apparently there are conflicts between these two systems, the only solution was to...

"robbie j" <robbie.jay@freenet.de> wrote in news:bdhqcu$t9ht1$1@ID-11700.news.dfncis.de: Well, you don't need any special firewire driver in WinXP - device (TI based) in Acer 800LCi is recognized...

AFAIK the fastest mobile 3D solutions are the GeForce FX Go5600 and the Mobility Radeon 9600. I asked about the Radeon earlier and still can't find it locally. Is either available yet? If not, what's...

The display on my compaq presario 722 laptop is faulty , it started by occasionally changing colours on the windows desktop and now when I boot up into windows everything has a magenta cast and...

Dan wrote: Have you tried the driver available on the Holux website here: http://www.holux.com.tw/Temp%20web/download/GM-270%20PCMCIA%20Driver(v4.04).zip -- Darren Griffin Contributing...

Hello, I'm looking into purchasing a centrino laptop. There are tons on the market but I think I have narrowed my options to either ibm or toshiba, specifically the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10-S405...

Does anyone know of a notebook that has the Pentium M chipset/processor but doesn't have the Centrino wireless? I would prefer to put in a 802.11g instead of the Intel 802.11b. I am actually hoping...