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Sony Vaio Battery problem
Posted on October 1st, 2007 | 13 Comments

"Dave Martindale" <davem@cs.ubc.ca> wrote in message news:fd9pmj$gu8$1@swain.cs.ubc.ca... I agree with both of these posts. Namely that perhaps I have installed more progs to cause the machine to...

laptop video firmware
Posted on October 1st, 2007 | 0 Comments

Something I've noticed is that laptops (even high-end ones) tend not to have video hardware with flashable firmware. Any ideas why this is? I would have thought things needed to be patched on laptop...

hp pavilion zd7058cl
Posted on October 1st, 2007 | 0 Comments

what works,top led lights,fan,dvd opens and closes,no front leds,no video.i have tried working lcd screen ,memory,heatsink,ac adapter,battery,could cpu cause this problem?

Old Dell Latitude CPxJ, Memory (P100 or P133)
Posted on September 30th, 2007 | 4 Comments

On Sep 29, 11:39 am, Jerry Bank <bankce...@verizon.net> wrote: Jerry; try oempcworld.com. They have the best prices I find their RAM seems to work on anything I have used it in. Ken

Re: ram
Posted on September 30th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Here is a screen dump from crucialscan if it helps Thanks in advance trev "Trevor Dunstan" <trevordunstan@netspace.net.au> wrote in message news:fdl9p8$a6j$1@otis.netspace.net.au...

Re: ram
Posted on September 30th, 2007 | 0 Comments

That is PC5300 DDR2 in an SO-DIMM package. It's a standard, readily available commodity item. You can get it anywhere. Note: It's very likely that the laptop has two memory modules sockets. If...

Help to install Windows on new laptop harddisk, Vista drivers CD not provided
Posted on September 30th, 2007 | 1 Comments

Most likely the laptop has SATA drives and the SATA hard drives do not emulate an IDE drive in the bios of your HP laptop (this is very common with laptops). In order to install an OS in such cases,...

New laptop - OS reinstallation, CD/DVDs for doing that and warranty
Posted on September 30th, 2007 | 1 Comments

Toshiba does provide a factory restore DVD. It puts the computer back to it's state the day you bought it. If you want to go back to XP, you are on your own. If there are no XP drivers for the...

Notebook with DVI
Posted on September 29th, 2007 | 2 Comments

MacBooks "kws8207" <kawasecesar@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1191019824.016088.63240@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... Hi., I'm thinking to buy a Toshiba P100, but I saw that there is no models...

Toshiba SC415 Satellite: outboard A/drive doesn't work
Posted on September 28th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Hi all I have a Toshiba SC415 Satellite where the outboard floppy disc (A/drive) doesn't work. The A/drive icon shows up in windows but the drive itself doesn't work. The LED light on the drive...

trying to access monitor thru docking station
Posted on September 28th, 2007 | 0 Comments

I'm using someone's laptop with a docking station...I had to undock it for while, and after I dock it again, the external mouse and keyboard are working, but not the external monitor. How do I...

acer travelmate 4500 heat output
Posted on September 28th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Hello all, I want to design a portable cooling mechanism for my laptop (museum piece and running kubuntu :( ). Can anyone show me specs about how heat is liberated, how air flows through it...

Satellite M70-309 - BIOS shows only 1022MB and not 1024MB
Posted on September 28th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Hi! I've Satellite M70-309 with 1024mb of RAM (512+512), one question, why in bios panel and in DxDiag the ram indicated is 1022 and not 1024? Yesterday I upgraded notebook to 2GB, same problem,...

Test
Posted on September 28th, 2007 | 0 Comments

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Satellite M70-309 - BIOS shows only 1022MB and not 1024MB
Posted on September 28th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Hi! I've Satellite M70-309 with 1024mb of RAM (512+512), one question, why in bios panel and in DxDiag the ram indicated is 1022 and not 1024? Yesterday I upgraded notebook to 2GB, same problem,...

Lenovo laptop quality - specifically the power jack
Posted on September 28th, 2007 | 22 Comments

Angelo Campanella wrote: We humans are the source of most of the dust in our homes (think bits of dead skin flaking off all day every day).

Microsoft Touts Cost Savings of Vista Over XP
Posted on September 27th, 2007 | 5 Comments

That is the real question. I also wonder what kind of discount was given to get the OEMs to purchase such a large number. I have a Vista 64 system and an XP system and can find no savings or real...

Ram memory: will it work?
Posted on September 27th, 2007 | 1 Comments

On Sep 27, 12:25 pm, me/2 <n...@127.0.0.1> wrote: from wikepedia: The 200-pin SO-DIMM has two variations for locating the notch that are nearly indistinguishable. If the notch is located further...

What can be done to to resuscitate an old iBook ?
Posted on September 27th, 2007 | 0 Comments

My iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM) purchased in 2002, has been working perfectly until this summer. Since then if freezes after 5-60 min of use. It usually cannot (re)start immediately but requires several...

Ultra-portable for traveller.
Posted on September 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments

cmdrdata wrote: 710m, and it came with an SD card reader - I'd much rather have the CF card reader if it could be swapped out. Joe