Recent content by Dumbone

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    Replace laptop motherboard

    HI Thanks to all who replied with their thoughts and experiences. For now I am going to put up with the problems with the laptop. On my network I have 4 drives that I will back the laptop up to every other day to make sure I don?t lose anything. I am looking for external sata...
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    Replace laptop motherboard

    Sorry I am so slow to get back here. Babysitting grandkids and a long honeydo list has been keeping me busy! From what I can see from the pictures in the following link the cpu is plugged into the motherboard so that would be easy enough to do...
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    Replace laptop motherboard

    Athena Thank you for posting the link to my original post. Corkyg Thanks for summing up the problem I posted on another forum.
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    Replace laptop motherboard

    HI I flashed the bios back to the original version. That didn't work. I flashed the bios to the next version and that didn't work. I flashed the bios to the lastst version (that was installed when the probelm started) that didn't work. The hard drive was removed and reseated, that didn't...
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    Replace laptop motherboard

    Has anyone here replaced the motherboard in a laptop? My laptop is a 22 month old HP dv2416. I posted the problem I have with starting the laptop in the computer help forum and no one replied. I have followed every suggestion from HP and nothing works. Only thing left to do is replace the...
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    Power laptop on twice to make it work

    Posted this problem with HP Problem description: Starting problem. !. Push power on button, lights on laptop come on. Wait a minute and nothing happens. 2. Push power button to turn laptop off. 3. After waiting a minute I push the power button and the laptop starts normally! This...
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    SATA 1 and SATA 2

    HI Can I use a newer sata 2 hard drive to replace a older sata 1 drive? My laptop is using Vista Home premium 32 bit,, 2 gig of ram. Do I need to be aware of updating drivers and changing pin setings on the drives? It's been a few years since I have updated a pc or laptop and I am learning...
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    5400 rpm vs. 7200 rpm

    HI Is there a real power drain difference when using a 7200 rpm drive as compared to a 5400 rpm drive? I did a quick check on the specs of two WD drives. One a 7200 and the second a 5400 rpm drive. Current drain on both was the same for read, write, etc. Only difference was the current...
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    SATA Drives

    HI I did pull the drive out of the laptop to see what it looked like. Then when I saw some of the pics of 2.5 inch drives those looked different. I know the pice don't show much detail but it was enough to confuse me! LOL Thanks
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    SATA Drives

    Dumb question My laptop is having startup and restart problems. It is 22 months old and out of warranty. I have been exchanging e-mails with HP and their latest fix is to reinstall all the software, etc. The only problem I have with that is it is very time consuming. When I bought the...
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    Screen Resolution

    Anyone have any ideas or suggestions???
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    Screen Resolution

    HI I am thinking about replacing my nearly decade crt monitor with a Dell widescreen lcd monitor. My video card is made by MSI and has a radeon 9550 chip in it. It's been so long since I replace the video card I can't remember if it is a agp or pci card! I want to buy a dell widescreen lcd...
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    Barebones kits

    HI Did some looking around and found a nice pc at the Dell refurbished site. $219 for the unit. It?s nothing to brag about and it give access to the internet and has some software included. (MS Works 9) We have monitors and printers so that saved some money. If I remember right there is...
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    Barebones kits

    I got hit with ?Dad I need a cheap computer? and ?Pap can you make a computer for me?? My daughter has a OLD Pentium 2 pc that I have nursed along for years. It is wheezing and needs replaced. My grand daughter and Webkinz lover asked me to ?make? a computer for her because she doesn?t want...
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    Block other networks

    I don't have problems connecting to my network and when my laptop connects I check to make sure it is mine. I assigned a unique name to my network so I know I am connected to the right one. Sometimes when I check my connection I can see other networks. Most times I see around 4...