I own a recently purchased v505 and the touch pad frequently becomes unresponsive and/or erratic for periods of time. I'm running XP with all the latest...
George, we spoke about the parts before you and I and you sent me a list of parts and part numbers that you had used. Do you have a contact that could get the...
Sure Chris, did you take the laptop a part before ? You need to be very patient man to do that :) The worst part is the LCD. I did the EL first, than I...
... becomes ... of ... know ... Scott Have you tried altering the update frequency (think its under Ssytem Properies, Mouse)? Worked for R505 erratic behaviour...
Hey Goerge, No I have not yet taken this unit apart yet. I do have the service manual that provides some information. I work in computer industry in software...
... <scottschlegel@y...> ... version ... send ... Ssytem ... TONS of people are having that problem and like me we all sent it back to SONY and they replaced 2...
Welp I went to the hobby store and looked on TESTORS.COM and the best I could find was Silver Blue Metallic, I test painted a propane canister and the color...
One last thing you can do is to buy an airbrush from the hobby store. Then go to your favorite store for nail polish, and thin down nail polish with paint ...
Hi, This is in no way laughing at your pain but why not paint it with your favorite color. If my laptop casing is seriously scratched, I would paint it with...
Hey guys, Just finished installing Red Hat Linux 9 on my V505 and it went great, with the exception of the mini-PCI card 802.11b wireless NIC. It wasn't...
Wireless cars are going to be tough. I know that Mandrake does a better job of detecting ALL hardware, at least better than Redhat. I have redhat 9 running ...
Im all for this idea! My only comment on it might be, that even with scratches, re-sale value is higher in an original, but slightly marred condition than ...
Just found the answer I was looking for, it was under the SONY Support Page when you go to download the Wireless LAN Driver: Ambit® LAN Express Wireless PCI...
It's actually an Orinoco mini-PCI card fitted into the PCMCIA slot. You need all the modules in order for the card to work. Then turn on APM or ACPI from the...
Hello I am glad I foud this mailing list. I am from Portugal (Europe) I got from na auction a Sony N505VE, It came with a 3100mAmp batt, it like 2 cilinders...
I have this on my older Z505SX occassionally. Shutting off "sliding finger" or "auto scroll" under Function in the Alps config helps -- also under Tapping I...
Me too. I love my sony 505TR. I guess you love Karp also? Kyle ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar...
I've had this problem too on my Z505SX, but there is an EASY fix. Go into and out of standby and the touchpad will be fine again. Or go into control panel,...
Howdy folks I'm working on a Z505SX and have a problem I'm sure somebody has had. The restore disks are up at my friend's vacation home. Sony said just get a...
Don't use a floppy. Boot from the CD directly. Most versions of Windows will do this just fine. My experience with my SX was: 98 was a hassle. I could not get...
I am not sure what that case is made of, my SX was magnesium. I took the easy way out (sorta). I stripped the paint and polished it. Looks chrome when its ...
She wants to stay with Win98 because that's what she knows. It doesn't boot from CD ... From: Chuck Sheepdog To: sony505@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June...
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