Recent content by syedasif

Hey everyone. I've got this ancient ... no ... medieval Compaq Deskpro. I just upgraded it from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. I don't have any of its drivers but everything's working fine. Display, Audio, Broadband, USB, Everything. The only problem is I can't see no video on it. No avi, no mpeg...

LANGUAGE - Nothing beats it, not even fire or the wheel. Second greatest - Fire Third greatest - The number 0, cos we couldn't do all this sh** online/offline without the f***in' Binary System. Who agrees?

The first webpage I saw after posting this query answered my query itself. And I just presses FN + F5 and BOOM! Back to huge screen. I bet Anandtech is the lucky charm, eh! :D

So I plugged in a CRT monitor into my laptop's VGA port. It started out nice and fine. I saw the boot-up, I saw the Windows XP loading screen and right when my cursor came up - BAM! Black Screen. The monitor just says "Please Check Signal FH:NO SYNC FV:NO SYNC". Now how do I fix this problem...

Thanks guys! Will check out Microcenter and the Fry's too.

Hey guys, how you all doin? I've got a Toshiba Satellite laptop (A15-S129) and I am going crazy with the sounds the cpu fan is making. And I've tried to fix it twice but no s**t works on it. So can u guys help me find a store in the Chicago area or maybe a really cheap online store? Any help is...

'Miss Misery' by Elliot Smith from the Soundtrack of 'Good Will Hunting'