Posts by JETninja

1. a) build my own - Desktops, buy Laptops (Dells) I get just what I want, and I enjoy building.. 2. e) every 3+ years works for me as long as I build/buy high... 3. a) extremely important Thought everyone knew that! 4. I am not...

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future? I don't, though I do plan on getting one sometime in the next year. 2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you...

1.Which brand SSD are you considering for your next upgrade? Intel, OCZ, Crucial, Kingston, Patriot Memory, Samsung, or other? For my Game rig, depends on whats happening at the time, but Crucial has been looking reliable. Intel is of...

Well it is a '07 model, and looks like Dell screwed us a bit. Device manager lists it as a "tsstcorp dvd+-rw ts-l632d ata device" but logging the service tag into Dell Support and they offer an upgrade firmware for a...

Sure enough, the disc is 5.13GB. Next question, all I saw on Newegg were SATA slimline drives, this thing in the device manager reads as ATA. (I assume its a IDE) Where to find...guess eBay. Hmmm. Thanks!

Hmmm, good question. No idea if the Sims 3 is DL. That said, other Sons S-1555 saw the disc just fine and installed the game. That is a 2yr newer laptop, but I don't know if it has DL capability. (I know my Desktop does)

Son's Laptop in my Siggy. 1520 w/Win 7 on a 250Gb HD. DVD player reads most any disc just fine, kids got Sims 3 Games for XMAS, and it is not recognized on this PC. Disc works fine on my desktop and other Son's Laptop. But on this one...

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p so what hapened with the external monitor ? I mentioned above, nothing showed on it....

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve It's a long shot, but try replacing the CMOS. I've seen this issue happen to me in the past and when I replaced the CMOS it booted/posted. CMOS? Where / What? (Did you mean the...

already tried the external monitor...sorry forgot to mention that. Never fried a GPU before, weird! Ebay time I'm thinking......