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...
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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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...
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...
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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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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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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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
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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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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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...
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...
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...
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