Recent content by SuperWrat

Wow, thanks for the info! I'm gonna keep my spare battery at 40% charge and stick it in the fridge! I'm curious, if my battery drops to around 30-40% while using my laptop and I stick in the AC at that point, is it okay to leave the battery in to charge it back up before removing the AC? Or...

Thanks for all your help, apoppin! Heh, I'm not worried about the aesthetics... it's just that on the ibm 570 the battery compartment is basically a hole on the bottom of the laptop, and the battery gets popped in. I've used laptops where the battery goes into a slot, but for my laptop, without...

Thanks for the advice... I never knew that. So that's the cause of Li-ON batteries losing charge? So when I switch to AC, take the batteries out. And stick them back in to charge when the computer is off? How do you guys deal with the gap the missing battery occupies when you use a laptop with...

Hi, I recently got a Thinkpad 570 off ebay with 2 li-ON batteries. Everything works fine, and both batteries hold a charge. One of the batteries has a shorter lifespan than the other, which prompted me to wonder how to properly care for LiON batteries. I conducted a brief search on google and...

So the consensus is go for the 802.11g card since it's only slightly more expensive, but make sure it's returnable in case of bugs? And look for firmware upgrades? Again, I'm not able to use g technology yet (limited by 802.11b router) but I wanna "plan" for the future and not buy another card...

Thanks for the links JackMDS, I think I will go ahead with the wireless-g card just in anticipation for the future, especially since prices are so close to 802.11b anyways. I would use it primarily for internet, so speed isn't a big factor, but the longer distance is really appealing! I read...

sorry forgot to link (for the lazy) linksys wireless-g card

I need a wireless card for my thinkpad asap and just heard about wireless-g. I'm looking at this one: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10336401&loc=16749 Should I buy a wireless-g or just a 802.11b? I'm won't get a wireless-g accesspoint until later (because friend already has an...

I believe I figured out a hack soultion today... basically, I determined that when the LCD monitor goes blank, it's because for some reason the video card doesn't detect it. In fact, when I use the VGA monitor to switch to the LCD, I hafto turn the LCD off and on again in order for the LCD...

I believe I figured out a hack soultion today... basically, I determined that when the LCD monitor goes blank, it's because for some reason the video card doesn't detect it. In fact, when I use the VGA monitor to switch to the LCD, I hafto turn the LCD off and on again in order for the LCD...

And just to justify why I wanna test the vid card and not the monitor... this monitor worked well for 3 years on my friend's system, so I don't really have any reason to believe the monitor is suddenly faulty, especially with the wierd problem I encountered. If I had enough cash to blow I would...

I already tried connecting a VGA extension cable to the VGA port, and the card didn't detect it... do you think that the adapter would work differently? I believe that there's something unique about a monitor so that even in its unpowered state the vidcard will detect it as a "live" connection...

I d/led the detonator drivers, but I couldn't find any primary/secondary monitor settings. My video card doesn't support dual monitors, so maybe primary/seconday monitors doesn't exist for me. Any other suggestions? Or should I try another video card?

When WinXP doesn't appear on the LCD, I can use the VGA monitor to go thru display properties to switch the output (and thus the monitor) from Analog (VGA) to Digital (the LCD). Unfortunately, this setting doesn't become permanent for some reason, which is why I must always keep the VGA monitor...

I read that converting digital to analog is not recommended, but that does sound like a plausible solution. I'll try that if I can't figure out another hack solution, thx!