Laptops

4GB SODIMMs (to put 8GB in a laptop) are shipping
Kingston is making them, and according to the research I've done, are theoretically supported by the Santa Rosa chipset/motherboard. The part number is KVR667D2S5K2/8G . Search and ye shall find. I haven't actually received mine yet, but it's supposed to be in route. Yes, they're expensive ($750-950), and No, I w... 26 Jun 2008 14:37

Hard Drivce Upgrade Glitch new problem
OK, I appear to have successfully transfered the data from my old drive to the new drive. I can look at the new drive by connecting via USB, and it has all the files. The problem is, when I install it, it hangs, I just get a blinking bar in the upper left hand corner of my screen. The old drive continues to ... 24 Jun 2008 19:32

Help with Sony laptop req'd.
VAIO VGN-A117S. XP Home, SP1 Bought s/h On the advice of Sony support I used the recovery disc to solve a problem with bluetooth failing to connect with any bluetooth device, which was working perfectly apart from that one fault. Unfortunately system now only boots as far as the XP Home logo. just before the ... 25 Jun 2008 17:04

How to find a driver for a notebook?
hi I have Asus A6000va notebook and i have tried to find motherboard drivers for it but I found only netcard, audio and vga drives but I would like to have some more like driver for UPGZ and USB 2.0 video. Can you help me? hannu ... 24 Jun 2008 08:11

Hard Drive Upgrade glitch
Hello, I have a toshiba A105 with an 80gig HD. I have a new Wester Digital HD that I'm trying to swap in there. I used Acronis Migrate easy to copy the drive, and I used this USB connection kit. The copy appeared to go well although it took 11 hours. When I plugged the new drive and fired up the computer... 2 Jul 2008 13:57

connecting widescreen external monitor
Hi guys I want to connect an external monitor to my laptop (a Toshiba A100) whose graphic card is a Nvidia GeForce Go 7300, using it in dual screen mode (I think that's what it's called. It's the one where you can spread loads of documents all over the two screens and the cursor goes from one to the other). I... 24 Jun 2008 02:04

Think Light
Does anyone know how to turn on/off the light "thinklight?" I have an IBM T40 and I just realized that it had it.... Could anyone give me a lil direction here.... T.Y ... 23 Jun 2008 20:58

Firewire?
I am getting ready to buy a laptop to be used in an animation class I will be taking. I found one that seems to have everything I want, but it has no firewire port. I will definitely be using it for video editing. Do I really need a firewire port? Can't most camcorders be connected via USB now? Thanks! ... 24 Jun 2008 17:29

Wifi card style mismatch to Inspiron 1300 [Genericized trademarks]
In news:485e8785$0$7077$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com, Barry Watzman typed on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:10:15 -0400: From your description, you bought a "PC Card" (often, but wrongly, called a "PCMCIA card") and you need and "Express Card" Dell transitioned WAY too soon, about 2-3 years ago. In my view, NEW laptop... 26 Jun 2008 03:19

Warranty after replacement ?
I was asked to setup email on a new pc for a friend and when I told him that it didn't have Outlook on the new PC , that he should return it to see if he could get Office installed from factory ( rather than spend $$$ to now go buy it at a store). He said he couldn't return it. I asked " why not". He told me th... 27 Jun 2008 20:22