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Re: Firewire Harddisk Problems on Clevo Notebook and WIndows XP
Posted on August 21st, 2003 | 0 Comments

I have a Clevo 2700T (rebadged Excel) I have a firewire ADS Pyro external enclosure (any of 3 hard disks) and a Datafab MD2-FW-USB 2.5 inch enclosure and a firewire DV-8 Sony camera. Also have 2...

Re: 17inch laptops with high res - UXGA
Posted on August 21st, 2003 | 0 Comments

Ooops! I seem to have gotten ahead of myself. That looks like a 15.4" screen. Sorry! "Peter" <seriesrover2@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:963278b6.0308201338.41fa4a64@posting.google.com...

Re: 17inch laptops with high res - UXGA
Posted on August 21st, 2003 | 0 Comments

Patience. Here's the (European) Dell Inspiron 8600... http://www.euro.dell.com/countries/uk/enu/bsd/products/model_inspn_inspn_8600.htm "Peter" <seriesrover2@yahoo.com> wrote in...

battery problem
Posted on August 21st, 2003 | 0 Comments

I have a strange battery problem on a Viewpad 1000 Tablet-style PC. The unit is only about a year old. All of a sudden one day the battery stopped showing up in the power icon down in the system...

3rd monitor possible for laptop?
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1955 with Win XP Home. I currently have a second monitor connected to the existing VGA port and it works great using the "multi-view" feature. I really need a 3rd monitor...

Re: 17inch laptops with high res - UXGA
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

"Peter" <seriesrover2@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:963278b6.0308201338.41fa4a64@posting.google.com... 15.4 in WUXGA. The latter gives 1920x1200=2,304,000 pixels as opposed to XGA which is...

Scam warning: ThinkPad X30 for $50 from "CDW"
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Just to top off the worm that's going around, I just got an email that says it's from CDW, offering a ThinkPad X30 for $49.95. It looks just like a real CDW email, except for the "too good to be...

Re: Installing Win95? ? ?
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Ray Sounds like there was a compressed volume on the disk previously, as others have suggested. I came across this DEBUG script many years ago and it has helped me out a couple of times. Apparently,...

Spilt liquid on Dell Inspiron Laptop - now will not power up.
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 5 Comments

Unfortunately, I knocked a milkshake over and some of it went onto and into the keyboard of a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop which was switched on and plugged into the mains at the time. Probably the...

Remove hard disk from Sony Vaio PCG-Z1M
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 1 Comments

SUBJECT: Remove hard disk from Sony Vaio PCG-Z1M P.S. This message has already been posted in japan.comp.sony P.P.S. This message was also posted on de.comp.sys.notebooks but they suggested this NG...

Re: Trackpoint soft dome cap on Thinkpad 600e?
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I don't know, but these do work: http://www.sofpoint.com/ I haven't tried the new IBM caps, but I really like the SofPoint caps. -Mike (no connection to SofPoint other than being a happy user)

Opinions on laptop for college?
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 54 Comments

I've been asked to help a friend pick out a laptop for college. She'll probably replace it in 2-3 years and is on a pretty tight budget. I came across this Toshiba at...

HP OmniBook Power Problem
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I recently purchased a new laptop, and had no need for my older HP OmniBook 800CT. I regretfully put it in a plastic case in my closet where I thought it would onyl stay for a few weeks, until I...

Rendezvous for WindowsXP laptop?
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Watched a demo of Apple's "Rendezvous" network software yesterday. (It picked up all the machines in the store). Is there something similar in the WindowsXP OS?

HP Omnibook Xe2 Hard Drive
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

What hard drives fit the Omnibook Xe2? I found an IMB Travelstar for about $100 on CDW, but thats a bit pricey for such an old laptop. The current hard drive in the machine is an IBM Travelstar...

Can I use a wireless PC card?
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 8 Comments

I aquired a Dlink DWL-650+ wireless LAN card and attempted to use it in my laptop. One of the "requirements" was that the laptop have a CPU of 300Mhz or better. My laptop is an older P166 MMX and did...

FA: Compaq - Armada E500 - (If anyone is Interested)
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3427364202&category=371 2&rd=1

Toshiba Satellite 1130
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 2 Comments

hello does anyone have any experience with this model? If so, any comments? thanks

mouse rubber stick melting
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 2 Comments

I haven't used my toshiba laptop in a couple of months...but my desktop went kaput,, so I always go back to the laptop. This time as I touched the rulbber stick between the keys, I happened to take...

lightening hit my house? is my laptop fried?
Posted on August 20th, 2003 | 5 Comments

we had a bad lightening yesterday, i lost the NIC in my pc, the A/C adapter of my router, and here what happenes now to my compaq ARMADA M700 it powers up, nothing comes on the screen at all, the...