Posts by Thunder_PC

Exactly why I said loose inverter wire as opposed to bad inverter. Its actually not even a cold solder on them. It is just a poor connection at the harness for the wires. Most can be easily fixed by crimping the connector a little...

Are you 100% sure the screen is actually turning off, or could the backlight just be going out (it would look like the screen was off). Next time it happens, for kicks and giggles, try opening the screen all the way back flat, and then...

That's the problem, they can't be easily uninstalled, on top of all the the problems they cause when initially installing (BSODs before even getting into Windows, etc.). There was a HUGE thread on VIA's message board about them, but it...

Have you ever installed the VIA IDE Accelerator drivers (seperate download from via and VERY troublesome on that machine).

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanFL How do I determine if I running at full speed while on battery? Look at mobile meter while it's running. It will display frequency information. You should be around 800MHz...

For starters, make certain you are not running at full speed while on battery. That will drop runtime like a rock. I'm sure there are many utilities that can check wear, but the one I usually lose in in with mobmeter (or mobilemeter)....

I have never removed the bezel on mine, but there was a discussion about it a LONG time ago on here. People that had done it said it was pretty much a standard bezel. IIRC, they were swapping an NEC drive in from the egg and swapping the...

I am also a bigger fan of the matte screens. The glossy screens tend to give a "crisper" picture, but the reflectivity KILLs me on the glossy screen. I have never noticed exactly a lessened viewing angle on the glossy...

Dig around on nvidia's site for some compatible nforce drivers. That machine uses the nforce chipset. I posted in a similar thread a while back ... going to dig it up ... http://www.notebookforums.com/post23...ml#post2364013 I don't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Compman55 I found that the conexant drivers did not work on mine. Saves me the time of trying then.