Laptops

strange battery behavior ?
Hello I have a HP 530 laptop, to which i got a new battery. The old was a 2000mAh HP-original but this new is a 4600mAh battery. Im using ubuntu and when I look at /proc/acpi/battery/../info it tells me i still have 2000mAh battery. Updatin bios didnt help. Anyone ever heard of any such thing ? HP-support co... 11 May 2010 07:50

Hmonitor 4.5.1.1 released!
New release of shareware monitoring utility Hardware sensors monitor (aka Hmonitor) 4.5.1.1 is available! Hardware sensors monitor utilizes sensor chips on smart motherboards to track system and CPU temperatures, voltages and cooling fans. By quickly catching an overheated computer, you can prevent disasters suc... 6 May 2010 03:06

Anyone know of a docking device that supportts 1920 X 1200 VGA?
I have a Dell Inspiron 1750 which drives just fine my Dell 2407 1920 X 1200 monitor if I connect via the VGA socket on the laptop. But I want to buy a docking device, I haven't found one rated at that resolution? [BTW if you don't know, but know of another place worth asking I would be grateful to know?] ... 9 May 2010 20:54

Problem With New Laptop
I just bought a refurbished Dell Latitude D610 and now, after about a week, the hard drive makes a sort of regular clacking sound-- like something inside is constantly banging against something else. Does anyone know what's going on here? How to stop it from making this irritating noise? Thanks. Ron ... 8 May 2010 18:54

problems with new Samsung r780
I bought the Samsung R780 about two weeks ago and its starting to freeze up already. This experience isnt new to me either, I actually returned my earlier R780 because of the problem. Anyways, on this computer i decided to only install very well know programs ie: itunes steam things like that, well it still froze. ... 10 May 2010 21:01

CMOS Timer Error with old laptop : DECpc 425 SLC
Hi, I was given a very old laptop by a workmate, a DECpc 425 SLC (also known as Olivetti Philos 48) because I recently started collecting old laptops. This pc refuses to boot and displays the message : CMOS Timer Error Unrecoverable Power-Up Error I thought it was a problem of the batteries and replaced ... 5 May 2010 03:51

Repeated Installations of Flash Player on Win 7
Sorry - I can't find any Win 7 newsgroups. Please can someone advise as to the best for the following. Thank you - CJB. I have Win 7 (Starter) on a new Acer Aspire One 532. My main (and only) login id is for me which also has admin. privileges. However I do have to repeatedly install Flash Player 10 in order to... 26 May 2010 11:20

Partitioning Thinkpad T30 and Install Win XP Pro with BartPE
Hi Bill, I finally installed T30 with two partitions. You certainly helped alot. You were wise to advise me to save the i386 ("C" drive and hidden partition). First, I tried using CMD DOS to execute Winnt32 and Winnt, "File was older than what was installed.” In desperation, I used Dell Recovery CD. It works! M... 30 Apr 2010 16:16

Multi in mullti out charger?
Hi group, A friend of a friend went to some electronics fair in Shanghai, and came back home with tales of a new laptop charger "one size fits all" type of thing. Small too. I already have a charger that I can plug into any Voltage between 100 and 240, and Ampage between 0.7 and 1.3 as well as different frequ... 30 Apr 2010 16:16

McAfee apologizes for crippling PCs with bad update
Funny that those who keeps up security updates got burned with unbootable computer with the Wednesday's McAfee update. In this case, anybody who has XP SP3 installed. Nice, eh? http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175940/McAfee_apologizes_for_crippling_PCs_with_bad_update -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) -... 29 Apr 2010 14:39