Hi everyone, I wanted to get your opinion on my situation. I have been using a Dell Inspiron 4100 notebook, which I bought about eighteen months ago. I have no problems with this computer, other...

Almost every Compaq you press f10 to get into the bios setup. Older ones had the setup program on a small partition on the hdd, so if you have installed a new drive or someone had erased the small...

Group, Any comments regarding the relative merits of these two laptops? I am looking for: 1. quiet 2. good screen with 1400 x 1050 and 32MB+ 3. reliable

Hello, impossible for me to install windows2000 ! system is freezing !!! I see on the internet site that there are different bios upgrade but not for the model travelmate 290 ! Someone install...

Hi everybody. These last two weeks I've been reading a lot about notebooks models and specs because i'm thinking of buying one. I've browsed user opinions, benchmarks and comparison tables.. After...

I have one pesky detail to finish up to complete the overhaul of my very old Toshiba T196CS. When I boot up, just before Win95 opens the desktop, I get a message: Display Adapter not configured...

Many thanks, Michael; I'll attack HP and see if it gets me anywhere; otherwise I may just have to set up a rather tortuous dual-boot system Dave "Michael Geary" <Mike@DeleteThis.Geary.com> wrote in...

Looking to by used PI-PII laptops, 16-32 Mb /2-3Gb HD/FDD/CD/13.3" TFT with working battery. GTA area. E-mail me your offers : kseniamclain at sympatico dot ca

Hi, the time has come to open my Dell Inspiron 8100 and install more ram. I suppose I'll take out the 128 chip and replace it with a $512. However, was looking for instructions on how to correctly...

Dear Forum. I'm writing a book about laptops. I'm doing research about people's experiences with their laptops. Could you tell me your experiences? - For example: What kind of laptop do you...

I am considering the ThinkPad R31. Any thoughts?

I have a Acccess Point, AirLAN by Krone and two its PCMCIA cards. They are working correctly. I also have a Sony computer that has a built-in Lucent ORINOCO Mini PCI Card. It works with Krone...

Original post (November, 2002): "We have an HP N5170 Pavilion laptop that has just developed a keyboard problem. the problem is that from time to time all of the keys in the QWERTYUIOP bank of keys...

I am trying to install in my old laptop a Cardinal v.34 33.6 fax modem. I can't seem to find the drivers anywhere on the internet, but I did find the initialization strings. Can I install it with...

Ignoring the high price, is this a good notebook to replace desktops? Mainly, it is for word processor, PowerPoint, Web, e-mails, music, DVDs, Chinese writing (TwinBridge or something), etc.? This is...

"Stephen Melis" <stephen.melisNOSPAM@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<W5kUa.14654$OM3.2985@news-server.bigpond.net.au>... Yes, but only 8.4GB will be recognized by the BIOS. You could...

Hey All I have a presario 1230 LCD in good condition with the top cover. It comes intact with the power cable for the LCD and the flat ribbon cable for data to the LCD. The flat cable was replaced...

In article <7xeZa.2528$Ew5.178592@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, REMOVE_ALL_THISlucid_2020@yahoo.com says... -- ________________________ Conor Turton conor_turton@hotmail.com

Hi: I have a perfectly fine Portege 7020, but I also have a perfectly fine P3 450 Mhz mobile cpu that I got out of a busted Omnibook 900. This CPU fits into what looks like a standard socket...

I have a problem with the video card on my Dell Inspiron 600m, it does not do direct3D (half the games require D3D). I THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE PRESENT ON ANY INSPIRON LAPTOP FROM DELL. Perhaps...