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Voltage regulator?
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 7 Comments

I'm expecting to be in a remote area of India with flakey power. How desirable is it to have a voltage regulator, or does a surge suppressor suffice? My laptop has a Li Ion battery. Another...

The true meaning of notebook computers
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 31 Comments

Do you notice that the notebook computer is getting bigger and bigger? Isn't the laptop supposed to promote an idea of having a small, compact, light, portable, but powerful computer? Why no one...

Need DOS Sound Card Drivers
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hello all. I acquired an HP Pavilion Notebook Model N3438 and wish to get the sound card working. I am running DR-DOS 7.03. I tried ESS Technology and they directed me to HP. I went through their...

External laptop speaker questions
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

I'm looking for some suggestions on 2.0 speakers to use with my laptop. I want enough volume for a small meeting room (12-18 people). Something that can fit in my suitcase without a huge...

ToshibaT1900
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

Need a new set of keypad buttons or entire keypad assy. Can anyone help? John

Acer Ferrari 3400 Graphic Drivers
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

Before somebody points me to DNA drivers or whatever, they screwed up my 3400 but not my Ferrari 3000 for some reason. This was back in august mind you. My Question is this. Does anyone here have an...

Toshiba 5105 wireless problem
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

I had to do a system restore on my Toshiba S-5105 and it kept aborting. Then I reinstalled XP, and it worked. However, I don't automatically connect to my wireless network (as I should with...

Docking Station for Dell Inspirion 1100?
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments

Will a universal docking station work with the Dell Inspirion 1100?

Long-lived "lap"-top?
Posted on February 21st, 2006 | 9 Comments

I'll have been married four years in June. Over that time, my wife has gone through three laptops; now we're in the market for another. Let me explain: she works as a realtor, takes some college...

Dell c610/DL1450 minicpi won't power
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello. Dell C610 will not power up with minipci DL1450 card installed. Tried 2 cards. Dell pointed me the the available drivers for my laptop and telling me that no driver is listed so the card is...

Non-IBM alternative to "IBM Access Connections" ?
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I'm looking for an application (or heck, even a cheap registry patch!) that will allow a laptop to switch between wired and wireless connections automatically, preferring wired Ethernet of course. ...

PCI PARITY ERROR ON BUS/DEVICE/FUNCTION 0008H
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi, i m using compaq presario 1200, Recently i encountered with the error message "PCI PARITY ERROR ON BUS/DEVICE/FUNCTION 0008H" while boot up. and not getting boot up. have anybody faced this...

nx5000 & win98 boot
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi everybody! I have hp nx5000 laptop. The usb ports and my cd-rom is not working and i want to install new system to this notebook. To do this i tried to things, 1 - ) i connect the hard drive of...

ATI X300 battery usage
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Due to one of Dells zany promotions, I can actually get a 128Mb X300 version of the Inspiron 6000 I had configured for slightly cheaper than the integrated Intel 900 graphics version I was planning...

Foreign Laptops?
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi All, I am looking to get a new laptop, and it seems like Japan has a lot of better laptop models that we have in the States (the most recent Panasonic Y2 looks pretty sweet). I have found a few...

Preserving battery longevity
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 12 Comments

My first Inspiron 8500 Battery died in just over 2 years, however very rarely did I just use the battery. I have a new battery now and I'm wondering what I should do to preserve its life. Options...

reset battery or new battery
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 13 Comments

I have a dell inspirion 2650 that is three years old. It stays plugged on my desk most of the time. Tonight I went portable and the battery only lasted about 15 minutes. It seemed to go a lot...

Reset Spotlight
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Last year I asked about resetting Spotlight. The easiest way I have found is to put the harddrive icons in "Privacy," in "system preferences," then remove it. Simple.. Try it. Putting it in...

Downloading Pictures
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Did anyone find a way to automate the stripping of jpg's from web pages when you have the correct passwords?

Need help identifying a Computer Notebook part!
Posted on February 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Please help me indentify this part, I need to buy a replacement but can't seem to find a place that carries it. Any suggestions are welcome. See link for picture. This belongs to a Toshiba...