I have a Thinkpad 600 that I bought from e-bay. Only thing is I can't get the laptop to recognize the modem I have tried installing different modems and...
Yes, it is hard disk password, because when I replaced the harddisk, it is working fine. ... From: Ardell Faul To: Laptop_Repair@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
I have run into this twice, and once the owner was able to convince the manufacturer of the laptop that the unit really was his and they gave him a universal...
Hi all: I have a Toshiba Satellite P25-s520 that seems to have developed a problem switching from battery power back to AC when the unit is plugged in. In the...
The modem is not installed when you are running windows 98 or windows me but becomes automatically installed when you have either windows 2000 or xp installed....
Try disabling the serial and infrared devices in device manager as your problem is a resource conflict. I just had an IBM ThinkPad 600E in with the same...
I tried diabling the infrared devices. I even disabled the infrared ports. Still can't install the modem. The modem always installs on Com Port 2, and there...
Hi, i have a compaq presario 1200 that doesnt turn on. I have already checked the power adapter and its OK (I also changed the DC adapter). The power led...
I've been lurking here for quite a while. This seems to be a very knowledgable and helpful group, so hopefully someone out there can provide some assistance...
Try to check the Cmos battery, should be 3V on it. Good luck. Js. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
The motherboard's fried (I believe) - no response at all except for the CPU fan when I power the laptop up. I'd like to pull the entire LCD assembly from the...
Anyone know which chip the m700 password is held in. I have two, one with a dead motherboard <but probobly good empty password chip> and one that works fine...
Myself and a few other friends recently bought 6 Gateway Solo 5300 laptops in an auction. The problem is I can't get into the bios. It's passworded. Since this...
I have TWO of these with identical failures. No lights at all, even with power pack. I have a charged battery as well. No fan movement or noise or any...
i had the same problem, it was dead cmos battery, see info beow from "joe" when i had my problem: There should be a CMOS battery on the lower left hand corner...
Hi: I have a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS. First of all the CD-Rom drive quit working. Any ideas on how I might troubleshoot that? Secondly I was thinking about...
hi all i have a hp pavillion zd7000 with a broken power connector i finnally find the web site that just sells the power jack but i am not a good soldering...
Hello I have a m5319 laptop and the virtual memory is getting low and I have a gig of memory. Can I change out for a nother or put a higher stick or change the...
Just a work of caution that this is not really a do it yourself project. You will have to disassemble the laptop completely in order to remove the motherboard...
Just another word of caution to anybody that has a problem with intermittant DC jacks, do not continue to use in this state as the high resistance connection...
Hi folks. I have a huge problem. I have a Compaq EVO N1015v laptop with a 40GB Fujitsu hard drive with Windows XP Pro installed. The motherboard in this laptop...
Did you put a jumper on the drive to set it as a Slave if that is the configureation of the Maxtor? You may need to go into bios to make sure setup knows and...
Hi it maybe that your PC is trying to boot off the laptop HDD. Set you PC to boot off the sata and no boot from ide0 or ide1. Rich ... by ... power ... ...
I'll ask the simple stupid question..... The Maxtor drive was IDE, was it set as Master or Slave and was there another device on that cable and was it set to...
WARNING I replaced the batteries in my Sony VAIO PCG-F690K with a new longer life battery. While running from line poiwer the paptop burst into flames and ...
If the BIOS did not see the laptop drive, check your connection at the 2.5" to 3.5" adoptor. Most adoptor does not have "key" on them. If this is the case,...
Laptop Hard drives can be jumpered to be a Slave just like their big desktop cousins. There are 4 pins off by themselves on one end of the connector. If you...
I got mine on backwards once, my adapters aren't keyed.... I cooked the laptop hard drive... smoke really stunk too... since then I have marked them to be sure...
This is going to sound stupid so forgive me but when you say to turn the IDE cable do you mean end for end or just flip pin one to the other end of the...
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