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Quote: Decipher, I was just wondering about your linux installation on the m505. Did everything go smoothly? Is all the hardware supported by linux drivers you can find? I remember trying to install linux on my other laptop...
Quote: Decipher, are you running a "dual boot" system? Did you repartition your hard drive? Sure am, I'm using the GRUB boot loader. I had originally wiped out the whole harddrive and redid XP. I left...
I just installed SuSE Linux Professional 9.0 on my 505. Everything installed without a hitch and is running great. The only thing I've gotta do now is try to find some Linux drivers for the mobile radeon 9600 chipset so I can have...
Quote: Go to gateway.com and look at the support page for the 505. There is instructions on how to remove the keyboard. Those are very good instructions to replace the keyboard or remove it. I had to actually...
Basic powersaving features, however, what windows reports does not mean it's reported correctly. Before I reinstalled XP on my 505, I upated the CPU driver located on gateways support download page for the 505. Once I did this, I...
The gash in the battery bay is normal, was on both of my 505's. Gateway replaced my 505 that had the dead pixel with a new 505.
Once I get the new 60gb Hitachi drive, i'm going to benchmark both the Toshiba and Hitachi. That should put some issues to rest.
Just talked with Gateway and they are going to send me out a new Hitachi which I'll be replacing my Toshiba with. Thanks again for the help with the part numbers.
Thanks for the confirmation on the HD guys. I'm going to switch out my Toshiba with the Hitachi. After looking over the specs of the Toshiba a little bit closer I'm not impressed with its added benefits over the Hitachi. Sadly, my...
Could somebody please confirm that I have the correct model number & part number for the 60gb 4200rpm Hitachi drive that comes in the XL... Model #: IC25N060ATMR04 Gateway PN: 5502906 Thanx!
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