So, my brother was telling me that his son fell asleep with his Gateway laptop running. He ended up getting a bunch of 2nd degree burns on his arms where the fan was blowing out. Now, I know laptops are hot, but that is nuts.it happens. pretty common on dell and macs.
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currently i’m running (dont laugh):
AMD Athlon 2200 XP
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
1.2gb ram
dont remember what kind of mobo
creative soundblaster x-fi platinum
250gb and 80gb IDE hdd’s (i’ll probably get 2 SATA hard drives, but dont factor that into the cost right now)
DVD-ROM drive
500W (or 550W, dont remember) power supply
clearly anything i buy will be an upgrade. i’ve [...]
Need a little bit of help for my gf’s Dell 4600 desktop, she had it plugged in and running till about october, then she moved and never hooked it back up.
We tried the other day to hook it up, and now it has some kind of error and we want to get this hooked up [...]
I have a Dell Dimension E310 computer with a bad DVD CD ROM drive. I need to reload XP. How can I boot XP installation CD ROM off an external USB DVD CD ROM? Is this even possible? Thanks.Plug the drive in, go into the BIOS during startup (usually Del, Esc, [...]
Acer AL1916 LCD 19"…
I installed the driver and everything.. Text is all fuzzy and distorted looking. I know its the monitor because I just switched from an old CRT 17" Dell. Help please!
EDIT: nevermind folks.. i should of restared my comp before posting (dur dur dur).. thanks anyway !Is it a DVI monitor, by [...]
I have an old laptop hardrive. It is from a dell inspiron, not sure which model, from about 5 years ago. I have bought things online that are supposed to allow you to plug up your old harddrive through a USB port, but none of them have had a connection I can use. This harddrive [...]
Any users? What do you think?
Also, do I need an extended Dell warranty? Or is 1 year enough….
I’m cheap
have a 20gb linux eeePC arriving on monday
anybody else out there with an eeePC that could make OS recommendations?
edit: pic added
why?
i mean I really do NOT understand the eeePC fad. I’d much rather get a cheapie notebook.i’m a junkie for toys, i’ve had 5 laptops in the past 6 months
from ibooks to [...]
System:
Dell Inspiron 1520
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2Ghz 2gig RAM 32bit
Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
My Internet has been acting up lately — just a series of kicking me on and off. When I do get on, I seem to be capped at like 10kb/s whenever I try to download anything. I tried diagnosing it on [...]
Got around $1500 to spend towards a new laptop. Can you all recommend something for me? I’m thinking about an xps What do you want to use it for? Desktop replacement/gaming, sager laptops from a vendor like pctorque will be your best bet.
I think the XPS line is overpriced for what you get. [...]
