Posts by merlin666

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future? Don't own one and haven't planned to buyone in the near future. 2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you...

I have a T500 and have noticed a preboot folder on my external drive. It has an old version of opera browser and other things I don't recall having used. Google search indicates that this may be a folder created byThinkvantage...

My friend has a D620 and its memory is limited to 2Gb. She's running Vista, and also uses a 8Gb flash drive with "Windows Ready Boost" which adds another 4Gb of RAM. This patriot drive was only $30, but it makes a huge...

Hello, I have been using a M6811 for about 4.5 years and have been experiencing shutdown issues. Fortunately, it has been fairly stable running under XP usually around 63C, but easily going over 93C when encoding videos etc. The main...

I think the issue is that the M68xx BIOS does not have an option to boot from USB. My optical drive has died and I am having a hard time upgrading Ubuntu without a drive, and the USB option would have been very handy for sure. So I...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn PC2-6400 memory - 2GB max Thanks, that's what it also said on the crucial site for eMD620-5777 and 5772. In the meantime I opened up the machine and had a look: the sticker on...

I got a new eMD620-5517 from WalMart (Can$ 350) and would like to add some additional memory. The included manual (as well as info on the related Acer Extensa 4420) suggest PPC5300 with 667MHz; whereas the Gateway support website and...

While shopping around, I found that drives come either with a SATA or an IDE connector. Which one would work with the M6811?

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn Apart from a blu-ray, any normal (no "thin") front slot or tray drives would work, just pay attention to the bezel for the postion of the eject button cheers...

The optical drive on my M6811 is gradually failing and I am looking for a replacement. What available drives will fit and work with this?