This notebook came with a 80G 4200 RPM HD. I would like to updagre this to a 7200 RPM. I have not opened the back to see the specs of this drive. I assume it is a slim design 9mm may be. Would a...

My Compaq 2010 US has a small rectangle in the upper left quadrant of the screen. With power off, it is grey and with the power on it is black. If you remember punched cards, it is slightly smaller...

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My notebook has 2*256 ddr ram WOuld like to upgrade to 2*512 Put the notebook on his back, open up the lit, i can see only 1 module. Anyone has a idea where the second module is

My wife uses a Sony VAIO S-VGN460 with XP Home. Every few days it slows to near-frozen and Windows Task Manager show that msn6.exe is using 99% of CPU capacity. A restart puts things back to normal...

I am purchasing my first laptop. It will mainly be used for video editing . I want a pc since i have used them since i was 10 (17 Years now) i dont mind spending up to 1500$ can anyone recommend ...

What is the best software (cable) etc to copy the contents of one laptop to another laptop?? I think it use to be "laplink" very expensive avenue!!! Or Bobs copier! Is there a cheaper way to do...

Hi everyone, I have this new Toshiba Satellite A80 and I found out that the left speaker volume is softer than the right speaker volume. I had maximize the volume control and its still the same. I...

my friend has a dell inspiron 4000 and the power connector which you would plug your power supply cable into, to get ac direct power to the laptop has broke lose from the system board, i was...

There seems to be a significant problem with Acer's TravelMate range of Centrino laptops. (Probably applies to other ranges too.) They come with a Power Management Utility (ePM) which is excellent....

I'm thinking about getting a Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513. It has an Nvidia graphics card called Geforce Go 6600. I went to nvidia's website for more information about the nvidia graphics card, so I...

Hi all, First off, let me state that I prefer AMD processors; it's all I've used on my desktop machines. I've narrowed my choices for my first laptop down to an Acer and a Toshiba. The Acer Aspire...

Long story, but I'd like to swap panels if possible. One machine, Acer 8104 - kickass laptop, display sort of sucks. Other machine, Compaq Presario R3000 - crappy laptop, kickass display. Both...

Just to update, all problems previously reported have been solved. The problem with IE hanging was solved by zapping some adware and cookies as per SpySweeper. The keyboard problems were solved by...

I have a couple of laptops and want to upgrade from the 30GB disk to a 60GB disk. Currently running Winx/XP with the disk formatted as NTFS. What are the least involved steps to clone the disk to...

I friend has a HP ZV5000 laptop and is having probs with the battery. She has it fully charged - it says its charged 100% BUT - if you pull the power connector, with the laptop on + full battery, it...

I've been reading various forums and threads about USB external 2.5" disk drive cases. The one thing that scares me is the discussion about power. I think the USB power spec is stated as running at...

I have a dying harddisk on a notebook computer running Windows XP Pro and need to be replaced. Since the recovery software is stored somewhere on the harddisk (may be hidden or on other partition), I...

What's the best way to keep a laptop screen free of dust, etc.?

I have recently come into possesion of two ancient Toshiba T3600CT laptops. One has a non-working copy of Windows 98 on it (It continually fails at boot with some type of Windows IOS error) and the...