Posts by dangerousperson

I only bought one new stick. I figured that the easiest method would be to exchange the stick for a new one to rule out the possibility of it being defective. I did so, but got a stick by Corsair instead of PNY. Works beautifully. ...

EDIT: Problem solved, see below. I have a Gateway S7700N notebook and was doing a memory upgrade on it yesterday with bad results. The computer has two expansion bays that came loaded with two 256mb PC2-4200 sticks. The computer has...

Instead of photos I get little lines, rather like this: | If I right-click and select View Image I get a message from this forum, not my browser, that says: dangerousperson, you do not have permission to access this page. This could...

That's what I was wondering. Again, forgive my first-grade terminology, but the paste doesn't go under the brown square, but between the brown square and the small, black chip? And this is what you were saying that you use piano wire...

Okay, I got a laptop cooler and the computer runs nice and cool. The computer's own fan doesn't even stay on all the time, which hasn't happened since it was brand new. Still curious about the thermal paste, though. Am I correct in...

Coming at you live from battery power for the first time ever! I finally had total recall and remembered, as I just mentioned, why I always assumed it was a software issue. I had forgotten that over the years, but dug deep to figure...

Something else to think about, and this is probably highly important. I should have thought of it earlier. By coincidence, last night when I shut down, it gave me one of those "If you shut down important updates will be...

Okay I see it now. You have to enable advanced settings to get that information. Voltage: 16463 mV Capacity: 54212 mWh Full Capacity: 56862 mWh Wear Level: 19% Not the battery I guess... Again, it was like this since I bought it. ...

Thanks for the advice. Dan

Okay, I unplugged the computer intentionally to take inventory of what happened. I wanted to see if I could turn Caps Lock on or off. When I did, I was surprised to see the screen dim and stay active for about a second before it shut...