Posts by ViolatorX

It shouldn't have any adverse effects on the battery. The reason they tell you to charge it up before use is because they generally don't ship them out of the factory with a full charge. You'll need to charge it up before you can make...

You can also add more memory, so the laptop won't have to swap to the hard drive as often. This can dramatically speed up boot times if you have too much running and too little RAM. A faster hard drive would help aswell, but that...

ASUS is a household name for anyone that knows a decent amount about computers. They are mostly known for their motherboards, but they do EVERYTHING from barebones systems, to laptops to monitors, PDA's, MP3 players, etc. They also...

You may be able to get a bit more if you try parting it out. Most people aren't looking for an entire chassis. They will be looking for 1 or 2 parts here and there. The screen by itself would fetch a pretty penny. Plus you won't be...

Here are a few things you can try: 1.) Start the laptop up while on AC (with battery in) and then unplug it so it's running on battery power alone. Then reboot it still only on battery power. See if it turns off. 2.) Same as...

As long as the motherboard chipset is the same or very similar, there should be no major problems. Like others have said, you'll probably need to install some drivers for the other misc hardware. If it doesn't work off the bat,...

It wants you to run CHKDSK to check for errors. Go to Start, Run and type in "cmd". At the command prompt, type "chkdsk /r" When it asks if you would like to schedule chkdsk to run upon reboot, type...

Quote: Originally Posted by mkaragia Unfortunately, I can ensure you that this is within specs for the specific speakers. I have exactly the same situation, and from the research I have done when I first noticed it, it...

Yes...just as long as it is a 2.5in drive...

Quote: Originally Posted by bamsladyinblack in what areas of my laptop can i change some things like settings etc. Some of these were already mentioned, but you can try disabling some unecessary XP services....