Looking for new laptop with best battery life (among other features) for very busy college student. I am interested in Dell based on price, but based on my...
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Greg Codori
gcodori
Apr 2, 2004 11:50 pm
Hello everyone! I am looking for a manual or suggestions on removing/replacing a hard drive on a Sharp av-18 laptop. Apparently, Sharps web site is worthless...
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Joe
aqs11
Apr 3, 2004 5:49 am
If you own a Toshiba Satellite 1955-S803 DO NOT attempt to download and update to BIOS version V.15 The BIOS image is bad. The V.14 available for download is...
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Clay
clay_0001
Apr 6, 2004 3:54 pm
Hi Can any one help? Whilst tinkering with my laptop (CF27EJ), trying to get the wirless modem to work, I have gone and envoked a boot password (supervisor)....
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tim_martin78
Apr 9, 2004 11:57 am
I've owned my Gateway 450 ROG laptop for about 6 months. After about 2 months the sound mysteriously went out after listening through headphones. I...
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Mike
mmicrosysm
Apr 9, 2004 12:16 pm
tim_martin Quick question, does your headphones still work when you plug them back in? If so there might be a problem with the jack itself. Mike ... about ... ...
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TM
tim_martin78
Apr 9, 2004 1:34 pm
no, the headphones don't work either anymore. same thing the first time this happened. Tim ... From: Mike [mailto:Mike@...] Sent: Friday, April 09,...
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hanfarmer
Apr 9, 2004 10:05 pm
Hi. I am about to break down an lcd screen to its base parts to try and figure out how to get rid of these vertical lines. Can anyone direct me to any ideas...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
Apr 9, 2004 10:21 pm
The vertical line means that column of elements is not accessible to be turned on or off. The screen consists of thousands of pixels, each of them in reality...
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slyman_78
Apr 10, 2004 8:40 am
Hi, I have a dell laptop with a fujitsu harddrive. The problem is that I can access the drive. It said "Error loading operating system. Setup cannot...
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kecwn
Apr 10, 2004 10:22 am
have you tried a boot disk and search in dos? if its xp run the repair ... I ... my ... so...
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chris
chris_tingay
Apr 10, 2004 12:42 pm
Hi If the laptop has had an hard error the only way to recover your data would be to use data recovery software or send to a professional company. The IDE...
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Mehrdad Dianati
m_dianati
Apr 10, 2004 2:39 pm
If you failed trying by your own and your file is exteremly important, you can search for comapnies that have tools and expertise to do it for you. I am sure ...
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jason bright
satanpoohh
Apr 10, 2004 4:31 pm
Going about it that way, getting a company to extract the data, is very expensive, only necessary if the data is highly valuable. It sounds to me like someone ...
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James Han
hanfarmer
Apr 10, 2004 6:25 pm
I've never done it with a laptop harddrive, but the same thing occurred to me with a normal harddrive. I think scanning by sector is the only way to recover...
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mudhead
freegeek000
Apr 11, 2004 2:15 am
Not impossible. http://www.repairlcd.com/...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
Apr 11, 2004 1:12 pm
Oh sure. And if his hard drive is unreadable, he can always open up the case and extract the information himself too. This post was about an end user taking...
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James Han
hanfarmer
Apr 11, 2004 3:27 pm
Ok, well I've decided to sell it as well as my other lcd repair projects. It's rather giving me a headache and I don't have the parts, equipment, and enough...
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slyman_78
Apr 12, 2004 2:35 am
Thanks, everyone for your inputs. I have tried all the suggestions but no luck at all. The one I haven't tried is the adapter. I just need access to one...
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xboomerx
Apr 12, 2004 4:34 am
I have a Toshiba Satellite 4005CDS. The CD-ROM drive has failed!!! How do you replace CD-ROM drive? What CD-ROM drive do I need to replace the bad drive? Where...
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lucas
newsuspectz
Apr 12, 2004 2:37 pm
Hi BOb, the dirves of Cd-rom are usually repaired easily later with a simple clear,e an adjustment in the potenciometre of the cannon of the laser in the part...
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xboomerx
Apr 12, 2004 4:29 pm
I have a Toshiba Satellite 4005CDS running Windows 98. Also what key will allow me to enter the BIOS? I tried the DEL key. The CD-ROM drive has failed!!! I...
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Timothy Martin
tim_martin78
Apr 12, 2004 7:20 pm
No one really responded to this one but I was thinking about it while driving the other day. Both times I lost sound I was wearing in-ear headphones. When I...
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nige1992
Apr 14, 2004 2:29 am
i bought a second hand laptop and also had to buy a ac adapter aswell. the laptop was ok when i bought it but when it needed charging up i plugged in the ac...
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slyman_78
Apr 14, 2004 6:52 am
Hi, I got the adapter and connected it to my desktop. It shows the harddrive in the bios and device manager. But it doesn't show on my computer. I have...
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Mike
mmicrosysm
Apr 14, 2004 11:54 am
slyman_78 First you need to boot into an NT enviroment such as Windows NT, Windows 2000 or XP Home/Pro so you can see your NTFS partition. You should be able...
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Mike
mmicrosysm
Apr 14, 2004 12:02 pm
nige1992 Have you checked the power adapter for power? If it has power then you may want to look for a blown fuse on the motherboard. It sould be near the the...
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TM
tim_martin78
Apr 14, 2004 12:35 pm
I have a Dell C600 Latitude and I just recently disassembled/reassembled it to replace the motherboard. I just got it back together and now it has a thin...
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nige1992
Apr 14, 2004 8:05 pm
i can see a small 5 amp fuse near the dc input which when tested on the top of the board gives no reading but when tested under the board gives continuity so i...
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nige1992
Apr 14, 2004 8:28 pm
have you got any idea where i can get one of these fuses they are only about 6mm long, it is a fuse on top but underneath it is a rectangular block how would...
