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And some random stuff... Drop panel mount for a projector, downside was that the wind outside would bounce the image up and down Had to find a way to mount some speakers in my Saquoia's factory mount... Bought some adaptors, decided that I didn't want to lose my mids so I glued/screwed this...

Network equipment is never designed to last long enough, I get all my equipment from goodwill so it usually ends up there due to overheating. Cable modem Wasn't happy with the way it looked... ah that's better After doing that didn't take any crap from my router, same procedure

Been awhile thought I'd post some stuff, first headphones Phillips citiscape downtowns ownership 7 years Replaced flat flex cable and internal left to right bridge wire Eventually the pads desintigrated and my replacement wire went bad as well so... And I have an old KOSS set and had a...

Honestly, 48c isn't enough to damage the cpu, what I'd be concerned with is the load temp. Anything below 60c is most likely ok. But before spending money, I'd clean the cooler and reapply the thermal paste. If that doesn't help try disabling smart fan control, because that particular arctic...

As long as there was a config of the laptop that originally sold with a 35w TDP cpu you should be fine, as long as the bios supports the new cpu. If it didn't, then its unknown as to whether or not the circuitry will supply the cpu with enough power to post, or if the cooler can handle the...

1.When the screen is working, go to bios and leave it sit. I want to see if it crashes or shuts off doing nothing. 2.Does the laptop have a physical switch to turn the screen off when closed? Play with it if it does. If its broken remove/replace it. 3.When the screen goes blank, can you use a...

Disable keyboard error check. If there is a stuck key, it may refuse to boot. Try booting into a live CD of some kind. Anything will do really, this will tell you if the pc will still function. If it boots, either your boot settings are messed up, or your HDD is dead. You say it's good, but I...

Does it show up in bios? Try changing the sata config in bios from AHCI to IDE. Win 7 may not be loading the sata drivers.

It was for the alc889a, but I think it's a driver multipack.. it wont hurt to try it. http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/203455/Realtek_jan09_drivers.7z It was 135mb, 7zip dropped it to 24mb :)

Oh well, back to jan 09 drivers, honestly some of these driver/software devs are incompetent, reducing the functionality of your hardware as they roll out the "updates". I wish I found my MB CD sooner, now I feel like I wasted your time. sorry

I first updated to the realtek 2.57 drivers, only after having the problem did I switch to the gigabyte 2.54 drivers. Checking the release dates these things are only days apart. I was running drivers from january 2009, although the reference pic (left) I used wasn't mine, it just had what...

Realtek driver updated, no more Dolby digital live buttons. Whats the point in digital output now, do i need to get a new home theater box and switch totally to analog for proper control? I'm stuck on prologic II and I hate it. What genius decided to remove it? Anyway can someone point...

You should check to make sure that the heatsink is making good contact with the gpu and chipset. Most laptops are designed with the use of heatpads in mind, and heatpads are typically thicker than a good layer of thermal compound. I wouldn't think that the keyboard would be the issue, but to...

How should i try cleaning it? Isopropyl bath, it would be extremely difficult to do it any other way.

I did, but wiki does not describe the method by which it detects a plug has been inserted.

Ah thanks i thought so, however im looking at the jack from the back and see a metal flap i thought was the switch, but it doesn't seem to affect the behavior when moved to contact the side as if a plug were inserted. What i need is a diagram of how this works. New divers do seem to affect it...

How do laptops detect headphones? My laptop will detect my headphones 90% of the time and intermittently switch to speakers for 2 seconds and back. And will not detect my set of altec lansing speakers at all. Any ideas?

Try rmclock, its free. What OS do you use? win vista/7 set to performance.

I made a note of when the $200 rebate was supposed to end, the 18th, however when I checked yesterday, the 10th, it was no longer offered. I had a hard time trying to convince myself to buy one with the know quality issue at $600 and at $850 I don't see why anyone would even consider it as an...

Its probably the power brick, there is nothing the jack that would shut it down. Even thought the adapter puts out the correct voltage, when you are testing it like that you 0% load. When load is applied the voltage can drop to the point the notebook wont turn on. Just curious, does the power...

Does the LCD power on and work ok on battery without any problems/hot spots? If so I'd say the power brick is shot. Some will go with a bang and some gently fizzle away with gradually reduced output. :(

If I were you I wouldn't sell it. The x1600, according to notebookcheck, is about 2x the performance of the 3200, and the 42xx. It will run win7 if you want and does support glass effects, but only under the legacy driver(no new drivers will be made for it) and most of the advanced...

BF2142 is just being retarted. Try creating a shortcut with the added parameter +szx 1600 +szy 900 You should also change "+fullscreen" to "+widescreen" to keep things from getting distorted It should look like or similar to this depending on the installed directory. "C:\Program...

Optimus is a multi-gpu option that allows for automatic switching between for instance a nvidia GTS 360m and an intel HD something or other. Powerplay is an automatic gpu downclock/under volt (i think), and was introduced during the Xxx0 :-/ series. I think their are some intel laptops with...

OK here's what i did originally http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EOHNixB0ZM I ran a 12v fan off of the usb, but at 35% fan speed it had almost no pressure, so I came up with the v2.0 :) I used a DVD case as a base sealed with hot glue, and a 5v laptop high pressure fan. The edge slips on...

This doesnt have a phenom, however it has a turion II p520 dual at 2.3ghz and a radeon 5650 1gb vram for about $600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115848 I gave it some thought myself

Not any more! :) "I wish I had pics, but my parents old emachine needed a new PSU because the PSU fan died (rest of the machine was good). All we had laying around was a regular ATX PSU, so we duct tape it to the outside of the case where the PSU hole was and ran the wires inside it. We ran it...

Is there a rule about posting here too often? Any way.. At one point I wanted to make a paper computer and got this much done, But I had to stop, the paper wast too weak to use as a case. And After I made the TT1 I decided to help a freind repair his moms computer with a part that didn't fit...

Well, IDK what it is either, the contractors that built this house decided that is was the best material to cover ALL the walls in the storage room. More, hot glued heatsink on the dd-wrt linksys:

And on that note:

laptop usb cooling mod Video dell pci bracket air agitator, actively cools all components. Thermal take level 1 original thread

Then only thing that's stands out is that you picked the lower spec'd models :P My dad bought the TOSHIBA Satellite T235Dfor $500 at office depot about 2 months ago. It's larger at 13.3" and better in every way than the other toshiba :) so I think you should consider it as an option. The only...

Um, the K10 mobile cpus are out now for sub-notebooks. Acer Aspire AS1551-5448 NoteBook or maybe 13.3" may be too big. TOSHIBA Satellite T235D-S1345 The two notebooks' specs are virtually identical, with the exception of screen size. I just don't like the look of the toshiba, it is the...

I honestly don't recommend running Li-ion batteries all the way down due the to possible buildup of lithium oxide. Or at least, that is what I guess happened to my battery. I ran it down way past 0% in windows at 25% wear lvl, then it jumped to 40%wear, and finally at a year old it no longer...

I slapped a TF-20 in my gateway and did some performance test/comparisons using Performance test. And yes it is at almost 2Ghz :D I wouldn't run it like this indefinitely though, it tends to get toasty. Sorry for the long img (unless you like it), and that the configs aren't listed all the...

The amazon one is 4400 mAh opposed to the newegg's 5200mAh, however the difference in run time is totally made up for in the price difference. Also, I'm not even certain that the amazon one is a generic battery, I dont see a generic company name anywhere. I'd go for the generic, unless...

I noticed scorch marks on the south bridge, could that be it?

I am currently working on a Sony Vaio VGN-FE880E with a beeping issue at boot. After the vaio logo pops up the computer goes into a tangent about a keyboard key or some such being held in, but they're aren't any held in. However, if I hold the page up and page down keys in all of the time...

Hey guys, is it just me or are these batteries loosing capacity fast? I have had this netbook since July 09 and wear level, reported by everest, is 40% after my most recent recalibration (deep cycle). Here's what happened, at an unknown date I deep cycled my battery between 3-5 months...

It was that good huh? To think the only money I spent was on the cutting kit. I've followed work logs that took months to complete, heh, I was done by Tuesday. Afraid I can't figure out how to put it back in. :eek: You're welcome.