Re: upgrading old laptop
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:56:24 GMT
Im all sorted now.. the benefit of copying the install files over the the
Hard drive is that you dont have to fish out the Windows CD everytime
Windows wants to update something ! It uses the install files already on the
HD. The problem I had is that the Laptop in question (Libretto 70CT) doesnt
have a CD dri ...
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AC Adapter Overheating?
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:04:43 +0100
I have a Sony Vaio laptop (PCG-FR105) and the AC adapter that came with it -
PCGA-AC19V3 - I noticed it has started to be very hot to touch after in use
for about 30 to 45 minutes.
I don't recall remember it to be hot in the past but is this something I
should be worried about?
Has Sony done any recalls fo ...
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AMD Turion 64 x2 Dual Core
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:17:12 +0100
If you take a basic celeron M 1.5ghz processor and stack it against an AMD
Turion 64 x2 Dual Core, how much extra performance would I get from the dual
core? Say if you give it a percentage figure more than the celeron M ?
Reason I ask is I am about to get a new laptop. My old laptop has the
1.5ghz celeron ...
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Laptop for 12 year old
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:13:11 GMT
Hope you clever chaps can help me. My daughter is 12 next week and is
desperate for a laptop. She plays the Sims 2 a lot and has all of the
add-ons for it, along with chatting with her friends on MSN. I found this
on the Tesco site and wonder if it will be good enough given that the Sims 2
uses quite a lot ...
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Amilo A1630 ATI VGA Driver problem?
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:38:16 -0700
Hi
I have a Fuji A1630 Amilo AMD 64 Laptop.
I have used the supplied restore disks to restore from new, however
the laptop 'Blue Screens' when I restart AFTER installing the supplied
ATI Video drivers.
I have tried downloading the latest version from the Fuji site (as ATI
dont support it anymore apparently ...
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Amilo A1630 ATI VGA Driver problem?
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:55:10 -0700
Hi
I have a Fuji A1630 Amilo AMD 64 Laptop.
I have used the supplied restore disks to restore from new, however
the laptop 'Blue Screens' when I restart AFTER installing the supplied
ATI Video drivers.
I have tried downloading the latest version from the Fuji site (as ATI
dont support it anymore apparently ...
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Optical drives
Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:30:51 +0100
Can anyone tell me whether a generic notebook optical drive can be used
as-in in an IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad "Ultrabay"? If not, is it possible to
convert/adapt one?
Generic DVD+/-RW drives are around ¡ê30-¡ê35, but Lenovo's own seem to be
about ¡ê160.
Something like an Optiarc 5540, for example?
http://www.scan. ...
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Slightly OT moving e-mails from XP laptop to HP vista laptop.
Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:12:19 +0100
I have just bought a new HP1150 laptop which is Vista based, I have copied
everything over without a problem, all files, folders, favourites, all
e-mail accounts but I can't get to move all my e-mails.
I have done as many times before copied them on to a pen drive from my other
PC then copied them in to a file ...
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Libretto 70CT and Cardbus
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:38:33 GMT
Does anyone know if a old Toshiba Libretto 70CT will support Cardbus PC
Cards? Ive managed to put Windows 98 on mine, and have a Belkin USB Cardbus
card that I'd like to use in it if poss..
Regards,
Mike
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Problem with CD/DVD-ROM drive on Toshiba Satellite 3000
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:06:59 +0200
Hi Group,
I'd be grateful for any suggestions regarding an odd problem with the
CD/DVD-ROM drive on my girlfriend's Toshiba Satellite 3000
This machine has a CD/DVD-ROM drive that can be removed and replaced with a
same shape 3.5" floppy drive or extra battery in the same slot on the front
edge of the machine, le ...
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