Posts by murphyja

I've owned my FS550 for a few weeks and have been generally happy with it, though on a recent trip I arrived at my destination (sony was stored in protective Timbuk2 bag) i found one of the latches had broken. i called sony and was told...

try running Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com/. Microsoft also makes a memory tester which you can download for free at this site: http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp if you find that one of your sticks of ram is defective...

I used crucial in mine and it seemed to work fine, though i noticed mushkin has a better price (and a comparable reputation for high quality).

I absolutely agree after having owned a Fujitsu N3510, FS550, and Toshiba A75 (with TruBrite display). check out these photos for my unofficial review: http://murphj.home.att.net/wsb/html/...tos.html-.html

I am also curious to know how the wireless performance is on the M45. I've heard mixed reviews and so far this is the only potential deal-breaker.

Quote: Originally Posted by g_man80 I've been getting between 2 and 3 hours with mine. And that's while burning DVDs and surfing the internet. The battery life is worlds above the Sony FS550 (Sony's comperable...

I just installed a Western Digital Scorpio 5400rpm drive in my Sony FS550 and the drive is making an extremely annoying clicking sound. It's not a loud click, but a very faint click that is so annoying that I can't live with it. I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by bmwrob Not sure why anyone took offense at anything murphyja said. He was discussing his personal machine, not bashing anyone else's. Could be that he DOES have an issue with his router,...

the fan on my FS550 actually came on for the first time last night and it was definitely louder than I had expected for a Centrino - quieter than the fans on all the mobile P4's I've tried, but louder than my Tecra S1. The fan on my...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaosBlizzard Yes, pictures you made. I can get a Toshiba and Sony and bump down the brightness using a simple function key as well. Why is it that NO site on the Internet has an N3510...