Posts by kliide

If the cleaning doesn't work, the lens and/or laser for the CD portion of your combo drive may be dying. On my 5680, it was the DVD laser that died first, followed 8 months later by the CD laser. My symptoms increased from failure...

Well, I guess my laptop got sensitive to my comments and decided to short out my escape key. Now I have to disconnect my keyboard and hook up a desktop keyboard to be able to do anything in windows. Summary Bluetooth: DOA CD/DVD: 1yr...

Not reliable. My 5680 arrived with a weird gimped out bluetooth with a range of 5cm reception. The DVD combo drive crapped out after 5 months when the DVD laser croaked, then the CD laser croaked after a year. Otherwise...it's...

I've had my 5680 since 2004. It's had intermittent flickering for about 6 months now. I think it's definitely a loose connection. I popped it open, had a general idea of where the display connections were and then just kept poking...

Ok, strange thing happened last night. I disabled Norton auto-protect while installing a program and left it off. I then tried my bluetooth phone again and suddenly the range had doubled, so that I didn't have to place my phone...

Well, it isn't the wifi. I give up. I'm sure I could RMA this and get a new notebook, but I don't think I can last 3-6wks waiting for a new comp. If anyone else has "Super-Short-Range-Bluetooth", please post...

Thanks all, Photonic: I don't think it's my phone...my phone can pick up its wireless headset from about 5m. hollownail: I don't know what happens "When Bluetooths go Bad", but I figured it would either work or wouldn't....

Just got a sony ericsson t630 and immediately went to messing around with it on my 5680. Problem...apparently bluetooth has a range of about 10m? Well, in my case, I don't get a connection unless I actually place my phone right onto...

Thanks ratmyr. Now I've got the courage to nick my cousin's 17" toshiba and use it as a test subject for fit and feel

Speaks volumes that Tom came onto the forum and admitted having a bad moment ('course it says even more that everyone stood up for him). If Tom hadn't come on, I'm sure some of the more overzealous fanboys would have found their way...