Posts by PeteC2

Quote: Originally Posted by bruce2 I appologize. Thanks for the reply. The original were PC2100s, I realize this may cause problem before I put the PC2700s in there. I thought it will be either work or not work...

Huh? Please clarify. First, do you mean that only 700mb of ram show out of 1gb? 7mb would make no sense at all. What type of ram did you remove, and what type did you replace it with? PC-2100/2700? A little clearer picture would...

Yes, it has become a harder proposition to justify repairing notebooks after they have more than a couple of years on them, because not only are the overall laptop prices dropping, but to compound that, the technological improvements...

If it still meets your needs, $180 may well be worth it, assuming that you are fairly handy and can do the work yourself. Unfortunately, no way would it be worth $360. You can buy a new notebook with more storage, a new battery, and a...

Assuming that you are not using a third-party ac adapter, I would say that it is the motherboard.

Yep, this is not an issue with your GPU, rather it is that many LCDs do not fare so well outside of their native resolutions. I feel for you, because I simply do not see well enough to use 1680x1050 setting on a 15.4" screen. ...

1. According to the terms set out in HP's standard warranty, failure of a part due to accidental damage would not be covered, although it would not hurt to ask! 2. Probably the best idea, as long as you are reasonably handy. You can...

Don't know any way that you can find it. However, you can remove the CMOS battery so that it will re-set the bios to a state without a password.

Can't wield the soldering iron for you, but here is the service manual, so getting to it will be easy: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00212209.pdf Hope that helps.

Batteries may often die slowly...but they can also go out all at once, as [NFO]NOS stated. I agree with him, your best course of action, is to attempt to charge that battery in another system, just in case it is the notebook's charging...