hi I have a notebook Del C600 and the bios setup screen has seven pages. Only the first page appears and all commands are frozen. The Alt +P to change pages is...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
May 20, 2009 11:24 pm
I had this same thing happen when I had a defective hard drive. Look at the first page and see if it says the hard drive is installed. If it is not listed,...
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freaktide
May 21, 2009 2:08 am
... Yes I can burn ISO. Richard, AFAIK it did come with 2000 Pro. Thanks...
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Richard Sheasley
nastarracer
May 21, 2009 3:57 pm
Is the Windows 2000 Pro COA sticker on the system? If so then you could be right. If there is a Windows ME COA sticker on it then someone probably switched it...
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freaktide
May 21, 2009 4:42 pm
Richard, Thanks for reminding me to look at the COA sticker. It says "Windows Millennium Edition". So which should I try to load on this laptop, ME or Pro 2000...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
May 21, 2009 4:47 pm
Put Widows 2000 on it for sure. There is no comparison between the two. Your testimonial about putting XP on this machine should be saved and re-posted every...
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NicMat
evimarn
May 21, 2009 5:52 pm
Have a look here seems quite interesting had no time to try it out but seems quite credible. ...
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ROBERT KRISTELLI
r_kristelli
May 21, 2009 6:06 pm
If you can get a copy of 2000, that would be a lot better than ME. I have an old Compaq Armada E500 that has a 1ghz P3 processor and 256mb of ram, and it runs...
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Darrian
darrian_walker
May 21, 2009 9:39 pm
do you have a coa label for windows 2000? ... From: freaktide <freaktide@...> Subject: [Laptop_Repair] Re: Replacing 10 Gig HDD with a 40 Gig ? To:...
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Ahmed Harris
autobot29506
May 22, 2009 6:41 pm
thank you for the informtion about not changeing the os, the think pad 600 have two 64 ram, one look like it came will the laptop and the other is new, i want...
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freaktide
May 22, 2009 6:41 pm
No, Just the ME COA label and some XP COA's on other PC's...
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freaktide
May 22, 2009 6:41 pm
Hi Darrian, I replied to this but my post never showed up. Anyway, I do not have a Win 2000 COA. Just the ME on the Compaq and XP on other PC's....
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Richard Sheasley
nastarracer
May 22, 2009 8:13 pm
Then you will need a full license as I stated before when you said the laptop has a ME COa on the bottom. Best of luck getting a Win 2000 Pro license that...
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shunkw
May 22, 2009 8:13 pm
I believe it will take up to two 128's...You will need to remove the old ones and replace them with the new ones.. _____ From: Laptop_Repair@yahoogroups.com...
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fallsoffmotorcycle
fallsoffmoto...
May 23, 2009 4:25 am
Hello, My Dell C610 'beater' has a habit of overheating as AV and so forth loads at boot also under load, as in burning iso's or similar. It runs low 90s...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
May 23, 2009 4:41 am
Hi Bob. I hunt the C610's down and sell a lot of them. I generally stick 512 Mbytes of memory in them along with an internal wireless card also. But I have...
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Primble@...
May 23, 2009 8:01 pm
HELLO my computer friends from afar. Perhaps you are sad today and are looking for a good laugh. OK, lets go..... I have win XP. I downloaded win xp update....
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deloy byrd
dbyrd_77355
May 24, 2009 6:22 pm
boot cd if you messed up the first time ypu will need to start over delete the partition make a new partiion format and reinstall. ...
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tinarhodes05
May 24, 2009 7:08 pm
Hi all our compaq only had 1G ram and it ran slow with vista and Quickbooks premire. It had 2- 512mb sticks. I wanted 2 gigs of ram so I went to a computer...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
May 24, 2009 8:57 pm
That is a common misconception. Dual Core processors share the same memory controller. You can get educated at http://icrontic.com/articles/dual_core Most...
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Primble@...
May 25, 2009 4:33 am
I may not have presented this properly...However, I do not have a boot CD and I was installing from an otherwise download...I was hoping there was a ...
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fallsoffmotorcycle
fallsoffmoto...
May 25, 2009 4:33 am
Hello, Thanks for the response, Ardell. I always follow your C610 input. I opened it up, used lens wipes to clean, then Artic White. The 'new' fan was...
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freaktide
May 25, 2009 4:33 am
I have a Toshiba A105 and it used to run the CPU fan on high after wake up from standby. It would run on high continuously until I restarted the laptop then it...
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Tina Rhodes
tinarhodes05
May 25, 2009 4:33 am
Thanks for the info. Scott ... From: Ardell Faul <ardell@...> Subject: Re: [Laptop_Repair] Adding ram toCopaq with duelcore processor To:...
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aarmybuddy
May 25, 2009 4:34 am
A local pc shop that doesn't like working on laptops asked me to see what I can do with an Aspire 3620. It seems the program Empowering has locked the bios,...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
May 25, 2009 4:40 am
I don't know about getting past the BIOS password easily, but you should be able to press F12 right after you turn the unit on to get the boot choice menu up...
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jazzisjazz
May 27, 2009 2:52 am
replacing lcd inverter in gateway mx8715 #AS023217020 several sources list a part for the mx8000 series without the exact same part # above - they just say...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
May 27, 2009 3:06 am
My experience has been that there is a lot of interchangeability in inverters. In fact, I just keep my spares sorted by the type of connector for the ribbon...
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Stanley P. Pickens
jazzisjazz
May 31, 2009 2:09 am
Thanks Ardell. Will be going with the new part out of China. I'm curious to know if anyone has run into a mobo/video card problem in a laptop that is affected...
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Ardell Faul
computer_mon...
May 31, 2009 5:05 am
I see a lot of laptops fail because of the "Video Card", which in reality is a large IC mounted om the motherboard in most cases. the problem is that the IC...
