Recent content by 8fingers

I can't even remember if the white LED should stay lit longer or if its acting normal.

My wife tripped on power cord of my 3.5 year old, pristine Studio 1555 a couple days ago. Today, the power button doesn't work. Almost. I got the laptop to power up a couple times without the battery installed. With it powered on and working, I closed the lid. It immediately cut power. I...

This. Browsing the internet without NoScript is like having unprotected sex with everything that moves in Bangkok. Why risk it?

Weak. It was a win/win situation for everyone else.

I love AMD because they are the only desktop CPUs I've ever bought. I had a 3000+ and then replaced it with an Opteron 165. Man, could you overclock that thing.

I'd love an invite also. Can return Google+ invites if you like. Off to use the LifeHacker idea for now..

Why not just link directly Krebs story? Not saying to skip the link on the hardocp page, but seriously, Mr. Villarreal just summarized someone else's work.

~May15: Ordered Studio 15, ETA June 1 ~May 31: Email arrives: order delayed another week ~June 7: Email: order delayed another week. I cancelled the order because the price had dropped. I placed another order for the exact same config. ETA: Late June Late June: Email arrives: order...

Playing at 3am in a creaky house where everyone is "asleep." while wearing headphones. WTF WAS THAT NOISE. did something in the room just move or was that my imagination. FEAR is my favorite of all time. My roommate actually shat his pants playing FEAR, it's that awesome.

sorry to resurrect this, but if I can't figure anything out before the weekend, my gf is putting it on ebay for 99 cents. c'mon, someone help me save this thing for useful things.

well... my screenname is counting both thumbs so i guess i'm SOL on this technology. damn you mavis beacon for not helping me compensate better!

bump for lack of help... anybody?

well, warranty expired last january and it's my gf's old laptop. trying to figure out if it might be an easy fix so her brother can use it or if there's any ebay value in it. i checked google, but i'm not really coming up with anything useful.

Toshiba Satellite A135 I boot it up, sometimes the touchpad works, sometimes it doesn't. It's sorta luck of the draw when I boot it up whether it'll work or not. Usually, if it's running on battery power it works and when It's plugged in the mouse will just freeze. Sometimes it will move the...

But it worked fine through several reboots before I wiped it. And I've booted it with one of those things connected maybe once but that's all.