Posts by CyberZombie

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system? a) Prefer to build my own 2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC? c) 18 months – 2 years 3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance? a)...

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future? Yes. Yes. 2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand,...

I never made it to the library to test today...I'll try tomorrow morning. I had seen some of the other posts wrt poor performance of the internal cards, but none mentioning alternatives. I'd hop to an alternative miniPCI card in a...

Okay. I got my hands on some electrical tape and will perform the operation shortly and take another picture with my 1MB PDA. Note: I did have an insulating strip on the 2 posts originally, but didn't understand its purpose other...

The 5680 supports DDR400. My bet is with bad RAM.

Update: I noticed the shielding was pressing against the contacts and potentially shorting out the antenna. I added some masking tape (no electrical tape on hand) to the shield, but that didn't fix the problem. Is masking tape...

Are there any tests I can run without invalidating my warranty that can verify that the antenna is the point of failure? I have access to an multimeter... The laptop is under warranty until 2/9/2005.

I bought my 5680 back in February and until last week, only thought it an oddity with my house wireless setup that I had issues whenever I tried working more than about 15' away from the base station. On the way to VA, I was at the...

I'm running into networking issues. I use my 5680 both at home and work (gotta get the tax write-off ). At the office, I connect to my desktop using Firewire. At home, it's via the Wireless. 95% of the time, I have to reboot when...

Hmm. I turned off my WiFi via Fn-F11 awhile ago and have no problems connecting to the net. I thought all it did was enable peer-to-peer capabilities after I saw it working. I'd turned it off when boarding a plane and forgot to...