Laptops

Toshiba P25 LOAD ERROR
I have a Satellite P25-S5093 that will not boot. After the TOSHIBA logo I get a "Load Error", "Press a key to reboot...". Samething happens again. I loaded the Recovery CD and it repartisioned the drive and loaded Norton Gost. Everything looks and when it's done it tells you to reboot. Again I get the same "Lo... 20 Mar 2005 23:48

Sony Vail PCG-FX340 Hard Drive Location
Hello All, Can anyone out there tell me where the hard drive in the Sony Vaio FX340 is located. I am looking to upgade from the 15 gig to a 60 or 80 gig in the very near future. Thanks ... 19 Mar 2005 04:04

HP 4150
Can you help me with my old HP 4150 notebook? I need password for system hash code 03954 in bios. Thanks Artur ... 14 Mar 2005 15:46

Presario R3000 and fans
I have Compaq Presario R3000. There are two fans. When laptop starts both are working. After 5 sec. one stops. When laptop is on, only one fan works. Is it ok? Is the second one just for emergency? thx. ... 14 Mar 2005 11:35

RVW: Averatec C3500 Convertible
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I haven't seen a review of this laptop/tablet on this group so I thought I'd give one. On Thursday I bought the Averatec at CompUSA. Let it charge like the little card in the box said. When the light turned green I pushed the power button, it lit up and... 13 Mar 2005 07:38

HELP..IBM ERROR 0175: Bad CRC1, stop POST task
Hi hopefully someone here can help me with my T20 lap top When I power up I get an ERROR 0175: Bad CRC1, stop POST task message and then nothing happens I have to latest Bois update ready to load but the problem is none of the drives will work as the whole system freezes . I have searched everywhere for a soluti... 9 Mar 2005 09:33

Bios update
laptop toshiba 7020ct Bios update i have downloaded the bios from the toshiba website and followed the instructions but it does not work. According to the instructions it says download it into a floppy and update the Bios. They ask you to remove the laptop from the docking station before updating. The flo... 10 Mar 2005 22:57

How to Turn off Wireless on laptop
I've got a new centrino laptop with pretty sparse, poorly translated instructions and no wireless on/off switch. Accordingly, I've always got an icon showing an error on Wireless Network Connection. I don't wish to use wireless at the moment, and assume that having this service running in the background will er... 6 Mar 2005 11:30

Dim LCD
Dell Inspiron 8000, a few years old. Can I assume that if the screen starts out normal and then goes dim after a minute that it's going bye, bye. Does the same in Safe Mode. Reinstalled the video driver. Ran multiple monitors, and the CRT monitor worked fine. The laptop screen would come on for a few seconds n... 7 Mar 2005 23:26

Toshiba A10 RTC lithium battery
hi When I power up my spare Satellite A10, it reports "RTC battery is low or CMOS checksum is inconsistent...." fwiw, the laptop hasn't been used for 4 months and the main battery has been removed from it while it was in storage. The manaul refers to a lithium ion battery. Can anyone tell me where this ba... 2 Mar 2005 15:16