- Tale of Hardy Laptop - My Mac Powerbook
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 1 Comments
During the superbowl, my daughter managed to knock a full cup of coffee over the entire laptop. Immediately, I mopped it up but I made a few dumb miskaes in the process. First, while removing the...
- DVD module for Lombard?
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 4 Comments
I know that a Lombard will accept an expansion bay DVD player. But am I correct that some sort of dongle -- a PCMCIA or Cardbus card, perhaps -- is required to make the DVD player work? And what...
- Problems with the Touch Pad on my Compaq Laptop
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 4 Comments
This thing is the biggest pain there is. It seems to have a mind of its own and it moves the cursor around wildly many times when I'm typing. Just having my thumbs near it seems to set it off at...
- What do I need to go wireless with my desktop?
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 3 Comments
I am getting ready to order my IBM laptop with an Intel PRO/wireless network connection 802.11b installed. What equipment do I need to install on my desktop PC to be able to network with it? ...
- satellite 2540 CDT memory upgrade
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 3 Comments
Hi, I need to upgrade my memory with a 128 RAM module. Toshiba doesn't produce anymore 128 modules for this laptop, so I have been told to make an attempt with kingston. On kingston.com, they say...
- PROFITOWNERS.COM - warning! (alienware laptops) fraud
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 2 Comments
USER: "kornazzino@msn.com" has mail forwarded to him from "infotrades@yahoo.com" They run two websites: PROFITOWNERS.COM (sells electronics only takes payment via western union) This site is...
- Reversed input polarity from power supply to laptop
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 3 Comments
Q: Anyone know what happens if you reverse your input polarity from your power supply to your laptop? A: It makes a burning plastic smell. Then it does NOTHING ever again... Aside from that, anyone...
- Sony Vaio Z505HE Cd Rom problem (pardon the crosspost)
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 1 Comments
Hello to everyone, I beg your pardon 4 the crosspost but i'm just a bit depressed.... I've got a Sony Vaio Z505HE Laptop with his cute PCGA-CDRW51 cd rom... i have the need to install Windows 2000...
- DVD module for Lombard?
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 0 Comments
I know that a Lombard will accept an expansion bay DVD player. But am I correct that some sort of dongle -- a PCMCIA or Cardbus card, perhaps -- is required to make the DVD player work? And what...
- curious problem with Vaio laptop and Pinnacle Studio 8
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 3 Comments
First I should say that I haven't verified this with my own eyes. I'm trying to help someone 170 miles away to render a video. A friend is trying to edit video down to VHS tape using a Sony Vaio,...
- NEC versa premium
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 0 Comments
Recently, when I switched on my nec versa premium laptop, there was no backlight appear, but I can still see some colour graphic on the back ground.I have even tried to check the small wiring...
- slow dvd recording speed with acer 291 LMi
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 0 Comments
I am burning my first dvd-r disks with my travelamte 291 Lmi. It has a toshiba SD-R6112 recorder . I have tried different types of media , i burned with nero , alcohol 120% and nti , and it only...
- Which notebooks got ATi Mobility 9700 and already selling?
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 4 Comments
Which notebooks got ATi Mobility 9700 and already selling?
- A replacement for defective iBook is on the way but I am notsure...
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 21 Comments
maybe I should buy a Windows laptop again? I sold a Sony Vaio laptop with Windows XP when I bought my iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM) last March. Since then I had to send it for repairs three times, and...
- Is there a huge difference between 64mb and 12mb nVidia FX5600???
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 23 Comments
Is there a huge difference between 64mb and 128mb nVidia FX5600??? I am looking at getting an HP 7000 series and was wondering. I can get one with the 64mb nvidia for like $300.00 cheaper than the...
- New laptop opinion wanted please
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 13 Comments
Hello, 8 days ago I ordered a new laptop. Its a Compaq 2500 series. 2.66 Pentium 4, 512 ram, 60 gig hd and ATI 7000 64mb video card. A few days ago I came upon this news group and have since came...
- Info For Winbook XLI
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 0 Comments
Anyone know if this is any good??
- Which laptop for flight simulator??
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 5 Comments
Hey guys/gals.. As far as dell models/options go, which is the cheapest model and options I could get, with at least a 14 inch screen, that would run Flight Simulator without too much trouble (I...
- Dell Latitude C600 & C610 Graphics Module Compatibility
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 0 Comments
Does anyone know if the graphics modules that plug into the motherboard on Dell Latitude C600 and Latitude C610 laptops can be swapped between models? Thanks
- Thinkpad hidden recovery partition
- Posted on February 5th, 2004 | 8 Comments
How large should this be? My R40 supposedly has a 40gb HD but is showing as 34gb - surely the recovery partition cant need to be 6gb? Is is possible to reclaim the unused part of this space without...

