Posts by BenBrower

My daughter's laptop was slowing down and rather than hunt, peck and tweak I decided to back it up and scratch load. When I put the resource CD in it displayed the error "WRONG MACHINE". This meant that the model in the...

My youngest child's M2000US had a similar problem around the 14 month mark. It was a cheap 6 cell battery that would fully charge but would not last more than 15 minutes. Originally battery power lasted 3 hours. I bought her a new 12...

That's a good one - a recall for an issue caused by "touching the laptop" ;-D

Its pretty simple to re-seat a lappy disk. Take a look at your manual - its usually just removing the screws over the "hatch" where the disk is, lifting it out and then just pushing it back in. After re-seating the drive...

Did a bunch of research for Christmas and Creative MP3 players had the most decent reviews. I bought my kid a 20 gig Creative Zen that: - Displays pictures (She's gotta have the boyfriend to look at) - Can be used as a USB Mass...

If all you're going to do is office apps either config will do. The most powerfull over all is the ZD8000. In either case the amount of memory and HD speed are going to be the real factors.

Your issue is definitely hardware related so getting an external sound card should fix your problem. I'd get the card and verify the return policy - if in the unlikely event that the card don't work - just return it.

Well, how'd it work out?

Absolutely agree on the CPU statements - you'll spend way more than the increase in throughput will be worth. As far as the GPU - upgrading a GPU is not for the faint of heart. Takes a great deal of mechanical and technical talent,...

Keep us posted. I've got the problems with my daughter's M35-S149 but only have 1 additional year on the magic warranty ;-) I should have known when I bought the darn thing for $499 during a 12 hour sale that it was too good to be true.