Hello,

I currently have a PS2 type keyboard I like a lot and want to use it on
my new laptop whenever I get it– It’s almost 99% certain that whatever
I get won’t have a PS2 port.  That being the case, is there anything I
should consider when deciding on an adaptor other than price?    Are any
brands recommended in particular?

Thanks,

My Sony PCG-GRT170 has what I have tentatively (and definitely
non-expertly) diagnosed as a backlight problem. The symptoms:

–Everything works fine, other than the LCD. (I am typing this right
now using the computer and an external monitor).

Prior to the LCD ceasing to work, I would occasionally have
intermittent flickering. Sony online support suggested this might be
caused by the incorrect power supply, but the model number on my power
supply is correct according to their literature.

A few days before the LCD ceased working properly, I could swear I
smelled something… well not quite burning, but maybe plastic
‘cooking.’ At the time I wrote this off to an incipient brain tumor,
but I thought I would include this detail.

Suddenly, it all went dark.

The screen ‘attempts’ to light up when I change resolutions, boot up or
switch between external and main displays using the hotkey. By
‘attempts’ I mean I see a brief reddish flash along the right-hand side
of the screen.

I can still see images on the monitor (i.e. the windows XP logo as it
boots up), but they are very, dim. In a dark room, I see nothing at
all.

In my initial exploratory inquiries, the inverter came up as a probable
culprit. I ordered an inverter from sparepartswarehouse.com
(theoretically new), but installing it has not solved the problem.

a) what is my best next step?
b) what is the probability of having received a bad replacement
inverter?
c) what are some costs involved? I may well just buy a replacement
laptop if the price exceeds the cost of a new external monitor.

Thanks for any insights you may be able to provide.

Taylor Bryant

Anyone got a laptop to give away to charity?

IBM Thinkpad A20m, ethernet problem. I’m stumped on this one.

The drivers are installed and appear to be working for the 3Com
Ethernet adapter, but I still can’t connect to a network (ie get a link
light). The little network symbol in the lower right corner (Win2K) has
a red X. The cable I use connects my A22p to the network just fine, so
unless I’m missing something it’s got to be the laptop.

Any ideas on what’s wrong, how to diagnose, or how to fix it?

Thanks!

Hey guys,
  How are you all doing. I have a question if someone can answer it for
me it will be so great. I have a compaq preseario 900z laptop and i
bought an extra 512MB RAM for it but now i need to know how to install
it. I am afraid that if i open it i wont be able to reassemble it again
correctly.

Please Advise me.Thanks

Hi, some photos and info of mine and of my area of the world:
http://www.geocities.com/sasha3210

I have hassles and difficulties with my work due to my old computer, I
would highly appreciate if there is any possibility somebody could
offer me a laptop-gift?

In exchange I would gladly do for you any affordable services.

Have a nice day!
Miss Sasha
http://www.geocities.com/sasha3210

My new laptop does not have a s-video outlet. Where can I buy a pcmcia card which will enable this function? Any particular card suitable for a Toshiba Satellite Pro L10 Cel-M360?

Tiger now has RPN Calculator
Use the reverse polish method of calculator input.

Its about time.

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Yeechang Lee wrote:
> In January I posted two articles detailing my thoughts on, first, my
> brother’s new iBook G4
> * If Apple went to the trouble of providing a plugin functionality
for
>   Calculator, why not one to handle RPN? At least there’s GNU dc from
>   the command line.

Hi , i’m considering buying this laptop , it appears to be the best value
for money that i can find currently , the only thing i’m not to up on my
mobile processors , is there a good website that has good comparasion
details , as far as i understand things a 1.3 mobile processor could well be
the same as 2.0ghz regular desktop processor…..

this is the laptop i’m considering buying i’ve called dell and they offer a
good deal for  £549.00 inc delivery and vat

any opions on this model etc ?Intel® Celeron® M Processor 350 (1.30GHz, 1MB
L2 cache, 400MHz FSB)  , 60gb hd , dual layer dvd writer , 512 ram.

InspironTM  6000

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/inspn_6000?c…

its mainly going to be used for the internet , some art programs and various
other things….

Any advice or other recommendations would be helpful , my top budget is £600
and i need something brand new..

Is this a chronic problem with laptops?
I have a 5 year old Toshiba (yeah, that IS kind of old) and a 2 year
old Northgate (2 is not old.) And both have the exact same problem.

Yo put in a CD, it revs up and makes the seeking data noise, but then
the OS says no media found.
WinXP Pro on the Northgate, and Win98 and Slackware Linux on the
Toshiba.
They won’t recognize even when you have a bootable CD in and reboot.

A couple of exceptions:
We sent the Northgate back while uner warrantee to fix it, and when it
came back, it worked for a month, and then started doing the same thing
again.
The Toshiba, I can leave powered down for a week or so, turn it on, and
it works fine for a few hours then stops recognizing the CD-Rom.
(But if I leave it powered down for a whole day or two, it doesn’t
work. So it’s not a heat issue. I have no idea how, logically, not
using it for a couple of weeks will make it work again for a while.)

Is there something I can do to diagnose thr problem? Get some more info
on what’s going on? Is this just pointless and we’re stuck with the
problem?

Thanks for any suggestions!
Liam