Posts by steveo

1.) Do you prefer to build your own PC's or buy a branded system? = A. Perfer to build my own 2.) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC? = C. 18 Months - 2 Years 3.) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance? =...

qhn, I haven't cleaned out and replaced the thermal paste, but I have upgraded the memory to 1.25GB, and the harddrive to a 120GB (5400). It still works well, just a little slow, I'd also like to move away from XP and run Windows 7,...

So my poor M6809 which has served me well for almost 6 years now, is starting to feel its age, and just feel slow (especially compared to my desktop). I have loved my Emachine / Gateway, so I started looking at new Gateway laptops at...

Well its me again. It's been almost a year since I started this thread. All I have to say is I will put EMachines up against any other company in the customer service department. My laptop developed cracks in the hinges again (2nd...

Do the keys onthe 6809 keyboard come off? I had a spill accedent yesterday, and even though the keyboard still works some of the keys are now stiff. I need to pop of the keys and clean them, and what ever I find underneath if its...

Im not sure anyone really knows. It could be structural or simply cosmetic.

Im going on roughly three weeks now since BB replaced my 6809. So far the hinge has not shown any signs of cracking. However I do not close the screen much anymore, unless Im going to take it with me. Curtisdr:: I wouldn't worry to...

Bestbuy will not allow you swap the hard drive. I know I asked them if they would so I would not loose all my data, when they replaced my laptop. they said no. Backup anything you can't replace prior to taking it back.

Cypher87:: That is exactely where and what mine did. I took it back to Best Buy and they swaped it out with no problems. Hopefully it is just like opraman said, and we were just the unlucky ones. Still glad I bought this lap top however.

I don't know. I assume just by looking at it that they are superficial. The Silver plastic around the hinge is what is cracking. I am hoping there is something more substanial actually holding the monitor to the CPU.