Posts by DanceMan

If you should need a hard drive again, consider the Samsung 40G 5400rpm Spinpoint with 8Mb buffer. It has a reputation for being quiet, and not drawing a lot of power. Cheap, too. I assume the bios in this is the usual: no adjustments...

Chuck, great review. Very thorough, especially the investigation of the cooling. Most notebook bios lack the adjustments found on a desktop motherboard. I've wondered, since Asus is a manufacturer known to enthusiasts, whether this...

What's in the bios? I know almost all notebook reviews never mention the bios, but we're not the average non-technical user, are we? I'm curious if Asus, as a motherboard manufacturer that markets to enthusiasts, has included any more...

Gateway Solo 3150 (PII 266 or 266mmx ish) The machine boots up, but does not give a display, either on the LCD or with an external CRT monitor connected. It shuts down the drive (hdd or the cd with a recovery disk) after a minute or...