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Sony Vaio - graphics card compatibility
Hey everyone, now that my ram is working, I've heard sony vaio's can only be upgraded through sony when it comes to graphics? If not, are there any compatible graphics cards I could put in to bump my graphics up a little bit? I'm at 128 now I w...
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Laptop Temps
I have a compaq v6210us and speedfan says --- temp1 is 34c and core is 76c
Everest says gpu = 87 cpu = 76 idk if these are Celsius or Fahrenheit
the fan is on and idk if it is clogged i dont have a lot of things open
is this normal
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Sony Vaio - Upgraded RAM... question.
Ok well if any of you read my post a few weeks ago, I did in fact get the vaio I saw. Now, I also got the RAM upgrade I wanted, I'm now running 2gigs instead of one but in the control panel it still says I'm running only 1014Mb(1gig right?) of...
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Viruse/spyware
Hey guys. I have absolutely no idea what the heck is going on with my 2 computers so I wanted to ask. This may be sort of long but I think it's worth it as I'm screwed:
Computer 1: a 3-year-old Dell inspiron laptop. Over the past month, I'...
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New Computer
Planning on buying a new laptop/desktop but not really sure what to get. Gave myself a price range of around 1,000 to 1,500. Pretty much want it for surfing the web, music, photos and video not really into gaming but have been learning to edi...
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compaq
need some help i have a compaq armada 1571DM and it worked fine today but then it woun't load now here's a vid
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problem connecting laptop to monitor
Hi,
I have a problem with my laptop.
I gotta laptop Sony Vio, and when I connect it
to TV monitor or to computer LCD screen, I see
the picture of my laptop, and everything is working,
but if I open a DVD movie with WinDVD program, it runs
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Laptop buying advice
Hi,
I've been planning to purchase a laptop and with the January sales round the corner it might be a good time to do so. I'll be connecting to the internet probably using a Vodaphone Express Card and the main use will be for internet betti...
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Error #45 CRC error in data
I'm trying to redo a Compaq laptop computer for a friend. I really don't care about keeping any data that's in the computer so formatting is ok. The problem is when I try to put the Compaq QuickRestore Disks in, on the 4th (the last disk) it ...
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how to get data from laptop hd?
so i have a laptop here, the drive is not booting up properly, I dont want to format the drive and lose all the data on it. Does anyone make a device that would let me use a laptop hard drive in a desktop computer? I just want to be able to b...
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Universal Laptop Battery?
I own a Toshiba Satellite Laptop and its normal battery doesn't last too long. I was wondering if anyone sells a universal laptop battery that can connect through the power jack on my laptop and power my laptop after the battery runs low? I thi...
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Failure Fixed Disk Error
I have an acer aspire 5100 laptop. i've had it for a year or two and ive replaced the hard drive a few times and the memory a few times and have always had this screen come up when i try to boot. I just replaced both hard drive and memory and i...
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Rugged laptops
I am trying to find a laptop that will be suitable for a 23" boat.The laptop will have to put up with a fair bit of shock and vibration not to mention a salt water environment. Are there any recommended Laptops that may be able to handle t...
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Toshiba Satellite T1960CT: Worth resurrecting?
I just got this lappy from a friend for Christmas; her dad found it in an abandoned rental house. It's a 486DX2/50 with 4MB (I think; this sounds a little low) RAM and a 320MB hard disk (dead; neither my Windows nor Linux boxes could mount it)....
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Wireless Driver Toshiba Satellite A100
Hey All.
Fixing My Girlfriends Laptop, Having a bit of trouble finding drivers for her Wireless Connection.
Installed everything else i need, Cannot seem to get the wireless drivers to work.
Is this the Wireless you think?
The l...
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Really hot power brick?
Hey everyone,
I got a new HP Pavillion dv6000 for christmas, and i've just been loading all my files and stuff on it.
Anyways, i've been setting things up and playing a little bit of half life 2 on it, and i decided to go to bed, but just a...
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old ibm thinkpad problem
i just got this laptop from a friend, and old ibm tinkpad to fart around with, i'm not even sure any of the spec's on it accept that it's win 98. my problem (other than the obvious fact that i have so much time and so little life i'm even bothe...
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Random FPS/Performance Issue with Dell Latitude D820
Hi everyone,
I have owned a Dell Latitude D820 since July '06. I really like this computer and it has served me well. However, I have noticed some intermittent FPS/performance issues with it over the past 8 months.
During the day I use my...
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I'm about to bid on a laptop- Check please
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6032%26fvi%3D1
I'm about to bid on this, just to use for browsing the internet, does everything seem OK before I bid. I know its only got 256mb of RAM but i can upgrade that fairly easily.
Thanks ver...
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Toshiba
Hello!
I want reinstall my toshiba satellite sa60-662.I insert cd and everything start but I cant input number 1 for erase entire hard disk. Seems like pad doesnt work...
please help
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Tecra M8 or XPS 1330?
I'm looking for a portable notebook and am considering these. Anyone have anything good or bad to say about either one...I'd like something that is a little more durable and can handle a lot of traveling.
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Home basic vs Home premium (vista)
Hey guys, i need to buy a laptop which will get me through uni, but i don't know enough to decide which one.
But, i just wanted to know the differences between the home basic package which comes with some laptops, and the home premium which ...
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how many dvd can I burn using my laptop dvd burner
I am thinking about burning 30 or 50 identical DVD's (anticipate about 4.5 GB of data per disc including video and slide shows) for my church for promotional videos using my laptop (my desktop is old and does not have a dvd burner) and it is a...
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acer laptop partition
I have an Acer laptop with 60gb installed running xp,when i looked in my computer it shows C drive has 26.6gb and 16gb free space and also a D drive called Acerdata which has 26.6gb and only 7gb of free space.I only found this out when i did a ...
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new Toshiba Satellite's wireless adapter won't turn on
I enabled all that I can enable, disabled and reenabled, and diagnosed the problem. When it's saying it's "repairing" (i.e. trying to turn it on), it just stops and says it's still turned off.
Is this more confirmation that Vista ...
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HP dv6500 GPU upgradeable?
Well, I have 2 laptops. One is a 6000 series, and one is a 9000 series. Are any of these GPU's upgradeable?
I got some money for Xmas, and my 7150 doesnt cut it for midrange gaming.
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please post your battery life,model, screensize
Battery life is a big consideration for many when it come to purchasing a notebook computer. The battery life of the various models is not advertised for some reason. Please share your personal battery info here. Thanks bery much! Paul.
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CPU questions
Hello,
I know of the difference for desktop processors, but for laptops, how is AMD's Athlon (or is it Turion ?) X2 comparing to Intel Core 2 Duo. I am interested to know both in terms of speed and power consumption.
Also, it would be gr...
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