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Toshiba Qosmio G20 or Sony Vaio A49GP
Posted on August 10th, 2005 | 0 Comments

hi I am in the process of purchasing a laptop whats your opinion on these two or recommendations on another thanks Ter

Sony Vaio sound problems
Posted on August 10th, 2005 | 0 Comments

A friend has a Sony Vaio on which the sound works for normal windows accessories, but not for an application of mine written using BCB and which uses the BCB mediaplayer widget; just no sound at...

Re: Presario Noisemaker
Posted on August 10th, 2005 | 1 Comments

VeryPOd_fictional wrote: It might be that the battery voltage alarm setting is too high. This is in the advanced power management properties where the alarm sound and action are specified. Q

Replacing HD in Dell Latitude CPi?
Posted on August 9th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I have a spare 20 gig fujitsu 2.5" 9.5mm drive that I'd like to use to replace the 10 gig drive in my Latitude CPi. I'm fairly handy at working on desktop PC's but I've never opened up a laptop. Can...

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Posted on August 9th, 2005 | 0 Comments

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upgrading / rebuilding laptop batteries.
Posted on August 9th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I was wondering, is there any problems associated with replacing the cells in a laptop battery with higher capacity cells? i have a extra battery for my compaq armada m300 that I would like to...

Locating non-reflective screens
Posted on August 9th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Does anyone have any tips on how I can find out whether an advertised notebook I has a (prefered) matt, non-reflective screen, or a shiny screen - other than by actually physically going to a store,...

Adobe GoLive 5.0
Posted on August 9th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hey, I just wanted to let you guys know that I found a really good deal on Adobe GoLive 5.0. A download version is on sale here: http://store.crmsoftwares.com/adgoli5.html If you don't know, Adobe...

HP laptop LCD dies 6 weeks out of warranty!
Posted on August 9th, 2005 | 5 Comments

LCD suddenly went dark.. The HP service center wants $900 to fix (cost was $1800 new -- 17" screen). On the fence on this one. Older Toshiba Satellite, aside from batteries lasting for maybe an...

Laptop rarely starts up, seemingly stuck in standby
Posted on August 9th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi... I have a Iridium Starbook 505/Clevo 2800T laptop which is about three years old. Recently it has developed a problem where when the power button is pressed, the fans spins, but the power light...

Removing Memory on A Toshiba
Posted on August 8th, 2005 | 13 Comments

Can anybody advise where & how to remove the main memory module on a Toshiba M40X laptop. I have purchased an extra 1Gb but want to remove the existing 512Mb. The memory socket by the battery is...

bios not seeing cd drive to boot from
Posted on August 8th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hello All Old MITAC 8575 (?) laptop. Trying to re-install windows xp. In the BIOS screen, it isnt registering as seeing the CD/DVD drive. Therefore cant boot from the drive to load XP. Don't know...

How do I go from dual monitor back to the single monitor setup?
Posted on August 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 with an ATI Mobility Radeon X300 with 128MB. Before I started using a dual monitor setup, I was able to display my desktop or a program I was running on the built in...

Parallel port woes
Posted on August 8th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Using an IBM thinkpad 1858 and connecting a hardware key (dongle) to the parallel port (to unlock software package). Tried everthing in the book and beyond but can not get the software to 'see' the...

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V2000 hard disk removal
Posted on August 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

A tip for the removal of the Amilo Pro V2000 hard disk - I couldn't find it in www.sandersonforensics.co.uk or repair4laptop.org . 1. On the underside of the laptop there are three lids: tha largest...

Acer TravelMate 4151Lci
Posted on August 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Any opinions about Acer TravelMate 4151Lci, is it good choice for $920? here is a link to...

Toshiba M40X-RH4 - Any good?
Posted on August 8th, 2005 | 8 Comments

I was wondering if the Toshiba M40X-RH4 is any good overall? Is there any problems I should expect and/or can be avoided?(besides dead pixels and short battery life) I couldn't find any reviews or...

560Z empty HDD
Posted on August 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

All, Many of you were kind enough to advise me when I was trying to make the USB port work. One suggestion was that I use an adaptor to plug the HDD into my PC, but in doing that I obviously got it...

avermedia pcmcia tv card noise video
Posted on August 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

HI, my laptop toshiba satellite is compatible with this product, but still i get noise video : it's like the refresh rate is too slow...i checked the websiteand they say the card needs 1 Amp power...

second hand tablet pc, wierd substance - loctite?
Posted on August 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

HI, quick question - got hold of a secondhand tc1000 tablet pc. Anyway, while working on it I removed a few screws only to note they (the screws) had some sort of blue substance on the threads -...