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Quote: Originally Posted by Sockz Second: The plain black plastic is great for durability and discreetness, but it seems to be retaining oil and sweat from my hands whenever I type for prolonged periods of time. Any way...
With LCD laptop displays, you adjusting the contrast of the LCD by changing the viewing angle up or down. i.e. physically move the angle of the LCD up or down. It goes without saying that LCDs don't behave the same as old-sk00l CRTs.
How old are the batteries in question? I'm going to go ahead and assume that the batteries are lithium-ion, like most all modern laptop batteries. That said, the best known way to destroy a lithium-ion battery (besides setting it on...
I've got a Satellite 5205-S119 with the Sharp LQ150U1LA03 15" UXGA 1600x1200 LCD that very recently lost its LCD backlighting. The LCD image appears perfectly fine so it's obviously not a video or LCD issue. That said I went ahead...
I'm finally getting around to retiring my four year old Toshiba Satellite 5205 that has a glossy 15.4" 4:3 UXGA LCD running 1600x1200 natively and I'm considering getting a sensible replacement with a T61p spec'd with the widescreen...
I use a triangular architectural scale, of all things, to prop up the rear of the laptop's case for improved cooling. Since I do CAD I always have a scale laying around and even keep one in my laptop bag for when I'm out and about.
If the replacement drive is set as IDE cable select it can be tricked to report as either an IDE master or an IDE slave via the JAE-50 port--that's the one and only port at the back of the optical drive. To force IDE master, open the...
How is the DVD drive's IDE setting configured--i.e. IDE master, slave or cable select?
Lemonade is conductive and chances it worked its way in onto the mylar contact sheets that serve as the key matrix circuit where the traces shorted out and burnt out as a result. In short, replace the keyboard.
The glossy screens are coated with an anti-reflective coating right from the get-go. We're not talking optical technology from the dark ages here.
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