Posts by kkohlbacher

I'm a desktop freak, so sorry if I'm making "n00b laptop101 error". I was fiddling around with the RAM yesterday and saw what looked like a CMOS battery surrounded in black with a red cord coming from it. Clearing the CMOS,...

...except HP (he looks busy enough to overlook the forum loc sometimes). I'm not privy to your specific model but make sure the processor isn't soldered to the MB. Best of luck and an early welcome to the C2D crowd.

Also try this little trick. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...dlc=en&lang=en Here's another thread that talked about this same problem as well: http://www.notebookforums.com/thread192102.html

More details please... - Operating system: - Have you tried booting into Safe Mode? <F8> - Are you getting past the Windows splash screen? (The screen that looks like its loading Windows) If you have not tried the Safe Mode...

Are you running a Core 2 Duo? If so, this is a known issue. There are a lot of other threads about dv's with C2D making this noise. Apparently its a transistor or capacitor that is heating up and making that noise, but it isn't...

Thanks both for your reply. Unfortunately I'm having RAM problems so HP's gonna have to take my laptop for a while, which means I gotta take out XP. After I get it back and reinstall (might be better anyways since I still can't...

Try running memtest (http://www.memtest86.com/) (free download).

Of course it won't change FPS, agreed nothing will except video power, but you also need a constant and fast data stream to provide the CPU to provide the GPU with information on how to process information, which would be hindered, I...

Grats!

Quote: Originally Posted by Pete Natas They might tell you the computer isn't working because there is no harddrive and just send it back to you without any repairs? Agreed. Call them up and tell them you...