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HELP:remote call procedure terminates
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hello, My mom's compaq 715us running Win XP home has a problem where something called the remote call procedure unexpectadly terminates within a few minutes of starting up. This causes the computer...

Re: Do you use laptop at home?
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 2 Comments

--> Wed 13 Aug 2003 09:19:56a, Steve <a@b.inv> wrote --> What do you use your desktop for at home? Everything I used to do on my desktop computer could be done on a laptop. So I recently sold both...

More Ram to IGM 320 - is this possible
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I want to change the size of the shared ram. 64MB up to 128MB -How can I do this ?

Re: Best Buys duped
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 5 Comments

You can return products you bought on the best buy website to a best buy store. Richard "rog pecsok" <rogpecsok@ambitlink.net> wrote in message news:4dd73295.0308130607.52e47f42@posting.google.com...

[Windows XP Home] Processor temperature
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 4 Comments

I have a laptop: Paradigit Voyager (Celeron 2.2 GHz, 512 MB RAM) and on it, I have Windows XP pre-installed. My question: Is there a way that I can see what the processor temperature is? Someone...

strange battery behaviour
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 8 Comments

I have a Compaq Presario 725AU. If I run it off the battery it lasts about 5 min before the meter drops down to 0% charge. If I leave it on, it will stay on for another couple hours. Is this a...

Connection problem? ? ?
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I can't make my laptop's internal LAN-Express 802.11 PCI Adapter to connect to Verizon DSL through my Linksys router system. I have no trouble connecting when I insert a PCMCIA wireless card. The...

Asus L8400 HDD access
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I need to replace the HDD on an Asus L8400 notebook but I can't see how to access it. Can't find the answer on the Asus website. Can anyone here help?

Toshiba ... 'Out Of Sync' Issue ... Solved!!
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi all, I am so happy :)) Today I solved my 'Out Of Sync' issue. I went over to the Nvidia site to see which new laptops have been issued with the Go5600 as I was thinking of selling my new Toshiba...

Compaq billing
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I ordered a laptop online at Compaq and they billed my credit card that day, but haven't shipped the computer, and don't plan to for another 2 weeks Is this normal? Why should they have this cash,...

Modem & PS/2 mouse configuration
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

This is my first time configuring a laptop, and so far I am having problems with using the modem to get a dial-up connection, and in setting up a PS/2 mouse. I'm working with an NEC Versa Lxi which...

WTD: Dell Latitude Memory Cover
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi, My sister has managed to lose the plastic cover that clips onto the bottom of her Dell Latitude XPi P133. It's the removable cover concealing the RAM and measures 85x71mm. Please can anyone...

Re: Are laptop hard drives upgradeable?
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Yes, Joel. The issue to watch for in upgrading a laptops hard drive is that the heigth of the drive is the same or less. You can check for hard drives at these...

Presario 2701US overheating, heatsink and fan problems
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 10 Comments

I have a year and a half old Presario 2701US laptop running Windows XP Home. Over the past few weeks the system has been just shutting down (needing a complete reboot) with increasing frequency. It...

Best student notebook
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 9 Comments

My gf is starting grad school and I want to surprise her with a notebook. I'm not swimming in money myself, so I don't want to spend a lot more than what's necessary for a good, reliable system...

FS: Cheap PIII Laptop
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Tiny PIII 700 128mb RAM 10Gb HDD DVD Supplied with Win XP Pro (unlicenced) for test purposes Excellent condition No dead pixels Battery doesnt hold any charge hence £250 + £15 UK P&P

Thinkpad X22 boot from PCMCIA portable drive bay?
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi All, I have an IBM Thinkpad X22 and would like to boot it (and XP install cd and a FreeBSD cd) from an external DVD-ROM. The DVD Rom is housed in an IBM Portable Drive Bay - a PCMCIA IDE type...

Need Drivers for NaturTec Notebook
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hello! I have a notebook from the manufacturer NaturTec. After I made a new installation of win2k the system didn“t recognized some internal peripherals like sound- and networkadapter. I couldn“t...

Thinkpad 560Z : bootable from external USB HDD
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi, I am think of buying a external USB HDD (40 GB or more) to use this with a IBM Thinkpad 560 Z. What I would like to achieve is to boot from this HDD (perhaps Linux or another OS). Does anyone...

Help! I need System Recovery CD 2 (of 2) for a Sony VAIO z505jsk
Posted on August 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Mine is missing and I'm desparate. I have System Recovery CD 1 and Application Recovery CDs 1 and 2. Two is missing. Please email nycfreelancewriter at hotmail . com.