All: FWIW, I was in a position to try some different memory modules on this laptop in an effort to get it to exceed 256mb of RAM, and nothing worked. I saw previous messages here where people...

A friend of ours has an ibm thinkpad. He leaves the battery in even though he has the laptop plugged in to the ac. A few days ago the computer got left on overnight (he usually turns it off after...

Just bought a Dell Inspiron 1300 as follows: Specification: Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370 (1.50 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB) Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 256MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (1x256) 40GB...

Anyone know of a utility that actually and explicitly tells you if a computer which is dual channel capable is actually running in dual channel memory mode? I will be putting two "different but...

The A30 does not power-up. When AC adaptor is plugged in some LEDs light up on the front and the Wireless Communication LED is ON (strange because not wireless enabled). Pressing ON button does...

When the power cable is plugged into the computer it's messing wit the ethernet card. I get a connection then it goes off. This goe on and on. When I unplug it and it runs on the battery then all...

Hey there, I have a Toshiba R100 portege but it seems to have developed a problem. The batteries are charged and the AC power is connected but the laptop will not switch on. The on/off button...

Hello. Does anyone know if this computer will support one of the newer Hitache 7k100 drives? I'm looking at an 80gb or 100gb 7200 RPM drive. I ask because the drive says its interface is "ATA-6"...

and I want to put my original service tag in? Thanks in advance

Can anyone out there help me with this? I was given a Toshiba Portege laptop to fix. It is currently running a hacked version of XP Pro. I wanted to move it to either Win 2000 or a Linux version. ...

hi there i am new to this site i bought this toshiba laptop from compusa in dec.2004,worked well fo 6 months,got my first problem- tft sreen blackened out got repaired as it was within warranty now...

I just wanted to log this into the archives as it may help someone some day. Gateway laptop, my daughter said it felt like things had slowed down. I checked all the obvious stuff, such as what all...

I am interested in buying Toshiba Satellite Pro m70-198, which is a new one. Does anybody have any experience with this notebook or with m70 series. I'va heard Toshiba has got worse during the last...

I learned a HUGE lesson this morning...beware of BIOS updates! I had no problems with my Sony PCG-FX220 notebook, which I have owned since July 2001, other than the fact that the hard drive has...

<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6855281530> Thanks, Kurt

I have an old Pentium 200mhz and i have just bought a 40gb hard drive, i cannot get this laptop to autodetect the hard drive. This laptop doesnt have windows installed and doesnt have a cd rom drive...

Thought this group would be a good place to start with this kind of question. I'm looking for a reasonably portable laptop to take to weddings and assorted shoots to download my work onto, though it...

Is it possible to add RAM to a laptop - mine's a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo with 192 mb ram - without opening it up. For example is there such a thing as RAM to connect to USB or PCMIA slots? I could...

Hi, all. My apologies for this is a crosspost from ibm.ibmpc.thinkpad because it was very quiet over there. I use my old 760 for some stepper motor experiments. Only one cardbus slot can be enabled...

Has anyone used this driver modification for their ATI Mobility video card?? Please tell us more how to use it, what it does, and what are...