My priorities are as follows: solid construction; I will not tolerate a +2000$ machine to be the least bendable or flimsy. silent operation (or as close as possible) good screen; at least 1400x1050...

Could You help me with this? I had to remove this dark plastic cover at the top edge of the keyboard to expose some screws but it does not want to pop up. I lifted the middle part of it and it formed...

Hi, I want to use the TFT of an old laptop as server screen. has anyone the pinout of the motherboard plug of ohen of the following laptops? Siemens / Fujitsu-Siemens Mobile 360 Siemens /...

Has anyone seem or tried this laptop ? I'm keen to hear other users comments.. ! Anyone ?

We have tried to reload and reformat a 32gb hard drive in a thinkpad a21p several times and each time we are told by w2k pro that it can't do it. We get the partition screen that shows 2 areas of...

Hi all, Dunno much about laptops/notebooks. I do mostly internet surfing, word processing, listening to music, photo editing, dreamweaver, and voIP. I'll be running XP. I do some Java programming,...

I have a one year old Compaq r3000 laptop and am running XP Pro as my primary OS (I also have Mandrake as a dual boot). Whenever I cold boot into Windows (this includes coming out of hibernation) my...

This Inspiron has a Phoenix BIOS. On boot, the computer beeps several times, then goes into a DOS screen, which asks for normal boot or alternatives. When normal boot is chosen, the boot process is...

Hi. My friend has a Toshiba Satellite 1115-s107. It only had a CD/DVD player in it and it is acting up. I was wondering if anyone has replaced this drive on this model with a CD or DVD-Burner...

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The 7200 rpm 100 GB drives by Hitachi were announced quite some time ago, but I can't find them anywhere on the web. I assume that their release has been delayed. Does anyone have any insight about...

I was researching an HP laptop and was about to order one when I read the specs in its service manual. I noticed its audio input jack (line-in/mic-in) is MONO. This is a big pain for me, since I...

I had to replace the harddrive on this unit. I put in a Toshiba 40G drive. So naturally I had to reload everything. But it will not take w2k which is what came with it. I keep getting files that...

I have a CF-M32 notebook that is in need of a new battery -- does anyone know of a source for an actual replacement battery? All I've found is a refill service. But if I do have to replace the...

Yesterday I tried to install a new Linksys 802.11G wireless card in my old Fujitsu laptop running Windows 98. As soon as I installed the software and restarted, I got a strange error message, then a...

I'm looking for an easy solution to connect a desktop hard drive to a notebook. I know about external enclosure but my needs are for testing purposes and I need to boot off the HDD just like if the...

I had to reinstall Windows 98 in my laptop -- something I've done many times -- but this time, when it's all finished, now, every time I reboot, I have to "Enter Network Password" to get to the...

Maybe it is not a big deal but I really do not want to break any latches... can someone guide me how I can remove the top bezel and gain access to the motherboard on this model? I removed all screws...

Hi. I'm going to upgrade my notebook soon from one with a parallel port to (likely) one without a parallel port. Here's what I'd like to find out; if anyone has experience with it. I print...

Hey Fellas. I own a Sonly PCG-NV170. About a year and a half ago one day I came home and the lcd was dead. Not really dead, you could barely make out the images. Like the back light was out. I...