Posts by abf

if a mod could take this thread down please. I fixed it. 1. Disassemble, clean all the vents, etc. 2. Strip old "thermal pads" from gpu and cpu heatsinks. 3. Remove GPU 4. Bake (as in..in the oven) GPU for 8 min at 375F 5....

Hi all, I have a Asus 71v (rebranded as Chembook) with the infamous video card failure. Since I have no inclination to fix it, I am giving up to a good home. I am looking at you, other Z71 owners who are determined on keeping theirs...

what qhn said. comparing a 13.3 (thin, light, portable), to a 15 (not so thin and light...not fat, just bigger than the dell), or a 17" monster is not a very logical comparison to make. So consider what is more important to you,...

I need your input guys. I am shopping for a budget HDTV (under $1k) in the ballpark of 37" to 47". And found 2 particular units that look very promising. But I need your inputs these are direct competition: 42" 1080p LCD...

long time me no go on the forums but here is my 2 cents: Yes, both of your goals can be achieved. Since you already know which software you are gonna use once running Linux....you've won 1/2 the battle. The 2nd 1/2 is to get the distro...

My girlfriend has the previous gen macbook 13.3" model (with the 2.1ghz cpu) and about a week ago she cracked her lcd (the lcd panel itself, the bezel is fine). Long story short, we went to the apple store today and the dude quoted...

steam runs under wine just fine. the games might be a bit tricky though

currently considering vmware as an alternative. do wanna try wine+ie though... currently the suse repos are down (server hardware failed) so i cant install wine

Need to run mymathlab.com for my current math class. Of course... it gives me a very straight forward "install windows or go kill yourself" ugh...ideas/suggestions before i go kill myself?

just read a thing on distrowatch (part of this weeks distrowatch weekly) that not a lot of distros are showing much love for kde4, at least until the first update (4.1) comes out. That is you got Kubuntu, SUSE, and Fedora that do support...