Posts by hiloguy

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn Brave and adventurous enough for this? cheers ... I always figured there outa be a way to use a laptop keyboard by itself . . . maybe use a cable extension and leave the...

Thanks for the tip! I guess that's what I'm going to have to do instead of buying more so-called "quiet" keyboards only to find out they are not. I live in Hawaii and our only option here is Office Max and they stock about 6...

We use two laptops for our main office computers. It's a Hawaii thing, since we have frequent power interruptions here, the laptops handle it just fine. They are each set up with a 22" display and an add-on mouse and...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn Is that drive the same as you have in the office? I tend to agree with Dave about a failing hard drive, new or not. cheers ... Thanks, guys! I backed it up, so now it can die. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p Sounds like the drive is failing you maybe able to goto the manufacter's website and download a drive fitness test to verify. But if you can still boot up - back up your files...

The HD on one of our Dell D-620s keeps cycling from a low running speed to a high one. It never goes up to full speed, just up and down, constantly, about 5 seconds up and five seconds down. I can do a cold reboot and it goes right...

Yeah, that's what I'm finding out. I did buy a so-called firewire adapter card and tried that. I actually did download the video from my Canon DV camcorder. But the resulting video quality on the computer I'm trying to use was...

Thanks for the suggestions! I will keep on the lookout for a Vostro or Precision (the Precision Refurbs are WAY pricey!) For right now, I need the Firewire port so I'm wondering if there is such a thing as an adaptor to usb? That...

Does anybody know of an adaptor that will let me download Firewall from a camcorder to a non-firewire laptop? The laptop is a Dell D620, the camcorder is a Canon DV model I don't care how long the download takes because I don't do it...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn Dell XPS M1330? cheers ... I already have a like-new XPS M1530, and I went through the lengthy procedure to convert it from Vista to XP. (I got a lot of help from this forum...