Dear all. I have been using a DELL inspiron E1505(6400) since Aug 06. I use Ubuntu. I usually drain my battery once in 3 weeks/a month. the same way, I let my...
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I will be out of the office starting 22/03/2008 and will not return until 01/04/2008. I will respond to your message as soon as I can. For urgent matters...
I have heard that draining a battery is not good for it, but others say it prolongs the life. If the battery is not taking a charge anymore, I don't think...
Draining Lithium Ion battteries is a bad idea. Lithium Ion does not suffer from the memory loss associated with Nickle Cadmimum batteries, where discharging...
Doesn't the e1405 use a lithium-ion battery? If so, don't drain the battery. You will only shorten the life of the battery. If the battery is ni-cad, drain...
Dear Linux Experts, I'm an owner of a three-years old inspiron 9300 laptop running linux Mandriva 2007.1. In the last few weeks I got a few problems with the ...
... it is not the case here, the support of the function keys is very low under mandriva 2007.1 on i9300 or at least I give up to get my function keys working...
... The Fn-Z function is a direct call into the BIOS and doesn't need an OS, at least that's my understanding! But it may very well be that for this Dell...
Hi, My Dell Inspiron 1000 (3.5 yrs old) is giving strange problems nowadays. It is not able to read/detect some CDs which it used to previously read. Also, It...
Does the bios even detect the drive? I have seen similar symptoms when the motherboard was starting to fail and not detecting components attached to it. A few...
Most likely the laser in the CD unit is getting weak and/or losing its ability to focus on the data, which are very very small "pits" etched into the surface...
Does the bios even detect the drive? I have seen similar symptoms when the motherboard was starting to fail and not detecting components attached to it. A few...
... when the ... attached to it. ... that fix ... nowadays. ... read. ... computers. Even if ... into my ... hat Uteck means by resetting the BIOS is...
... have to buy a software and reinstall it ... guessing i deleted that too unknowingly, do i have to buy and reinstall it again? ... Sounds like you're...
Boot up the computer into the bios setup Press 'ALT' and 'F' at the same time Turn 'NUM LOCK', 'SCROLL LOCK' and 'CAPS LOCK' on. (Make sure the lights on the...
... nowadays. ... Hi, G. Raghuram, I've been following this thread, and have a simple clarification question. You use the word "some", which means to me "not...
Hi Douglas, Your interpretation of 'some' is correct. Some cds are readableand others are not readable. However, In my case, it so happens that the presence of...
I have openSuse 10.3 running on a Latitude D830 and would like to add a portable webcam for videoconferencing, probably using Skype. Any suggestions on webcams...
I was just watching a show that talked about video conferencing with Skype. There are only a few cameras that are supported and you need the MS version of...
... That's wrong, I just test it: - with integrated webcam (Dell XPS M1330) it works - with external webcam (Logitech QuickCam pro 4000) it works. I think it...
Skype (proprietary crap... yuck!) Does support video conferencing in Linux just fine. I use the Logitech Quickcam 5000 Pro. It works just fine. But if you have...
After I responded I read the Skype article in this month's Linux Journal. They said web cams do work, but playback is not that good. The Linux version is a...
... readableand others ... drive" ... say the ... Hi, Raghu, yes in fact the drives did appear to be unable to detect a disk at times. Because of that, I twice...
Hello friends, SafeSquid, Linux based Content Filtering Internet Proxy, Version 4.2.2.RC8.2 has been released. Highlights: A memory leak in request forwarding...
Dear Sir/Madam, There is an urgent requirement for People possesing thorough knowledge for LINUX & SOLARIS Support/Maintainence/Remote Administration ...
Hi! I'm going to buy a Latitude D830 soon, but haven't decided yet, what graphics card to choose. For a T9300 I can select between a NVidia NVS 140M or an...
... You don't want to buy a "linux" laptop except from a company like Linux Certified which has worked out the driver and configuration issues. Dell claims to...
... I generally don't see a problem in running Linux on a Latitude D830. All components are known to work with Linux. I'm just not sure, which graphics card is...
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