Laptops

A S-Video connection fried both my TV and laptop! Answers needed!
Hello, Recently, I had a big power surge problem involving both my brand new laptop and my less than two years old TV. Two total looses. My main concern is that I don't really understand what happened and, thereof, can't see a way to prevent it in the future. Here's the story : I bought a few weeks ago an... 15 Mar 2005 20:20

LCD Backlight Replacement CCFL light bulb => European shops ?
The backlight of my laptop's LCD-screen (IBM Thinkpad X20, 12.2"-screen) is defective. The image is still displayed correctly although very faintly. I did some research and found out that there are two possible causes for this: 1) Broken CCFL light bulb 3) Broken inverter I will start by replacing the ligh... 1 Mar 2005 22:15

Online manual/photos Replacing ThinkPad T42 Key
I am looking for online directions and photos that show how to replace a single key on an IBM T42 Thinkpad (the plastic cap and the plastic 'pantagraph' underneath, not any electronic mechanism and not the entire keyboard). Doing this seems to be self-explanatory, but the parts are tiny and break easily so I want t... 2 Mar 2005 08:27

how do i pick out the right wireless card -- a ZE4427wm HP laptop?
This is very basic to you, but I have an HP notebook computer, model ZE4427WM, which i bought in late 2003. Comcast's billing irregularities have become intolerable, and I am going out to buy a wireless card. My computer has a "PC Card and CardBus slot and button" on the left. My questions are 1) do I ha... 25 Feb 2005 12:35

Samsung V25 memory upgrade
I want to upgrade the memory on my wife's laptop (Samsung V25) from 256Mb to 512Mb. I think that it uses SODIMM 133, non-parity memory? Is that correct? Is that simply "laptop 133 memory"? Do I need to buy Samsung memory or will generic stuff work? Has anyone upgraded this laptop? Is it straight-forward? Is... 24 Feb 2005 10:22

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Toshiba Satellite Wallpaper
I'm Looking for the Wallpaper that come on the Toshiba Satellite with the 15.4 wide screen, also the screensaver. ... 24 Feb 2005 10:21

EEPROM checksum error on IBM a20M
i change HDD on my notebook and get error checksum 175. Inside is atmel 24rf08 14pins and have reader for it, but dont how to write and who can calculate checksum. Regards ... 24 Feb 2005 10:22

new WD scorpio 2.5 hard drive regular clicking noise??
So I recently bought a new western digital 80gb scorpio 2.5" hard drive (WD800VE) w/ 8mb buffer for my IBM thinkpad T42. I have always trusted WD but was a little worried because this is their first attempt at making laptop hard drives. I think maybe I was right. the drive has been making a strange regular soft... 24 Feb 2005 10:22

Can't tap touchpad HP zv5410us
I just bought a new HP Pavilion zv55410us and I can't figure out to get it to where I can tap on the touch pad and act like a left mouse click. Please help. thanks Ben ... 17 Feb 2005 02:08