Posts by CoachB

1) Don't own one but would love to. 2) I'm not a brand ho. I evaluate based on price/reliability/performance. Intel does have a good SSD track record so far. 3) Need a new laptop now. Also support two college students that always seem...

I've taken a lappy apart twice...once to clean out the dust and once to change a screen hinge. I replaced a faulty harddrive but that is pretty much plug and play stuff (except for re-loading all the software). I also watched a Dell...

Ohhhh, I'm getting a queasy feeling about this project. Please, please make sure you understand what you are doing before you change out a part. Don't "wing it". Unless you aren't too fond of your lappy. If not, then have at...

I want to thank everyone for all the help Turns out the harddrive was on the way out. It was taking longer and longer to boot. The heat I was detecting was from the HDD which is adjacent to the Ram sockets/door. I managed to get most...

I've got a latitude D600 that has started acting strangely after adding a second stick of Ram. I purchased a 512MB stick of G.Skil ram PC3200 with the idea that PC3200 is generally backward compatible with lower speed requirements. The...

The force is strong in this one Luke....he has seen thru our disguise! Seriously, we transferred the warranty during the transaction but I was sure we were beyond the expiration date. Maybe I just got lucky. Happens so rarely for me...

Just a quick note of thanks to NotebookForums and a to Dell. I purchased a Dell Latitude D600 from a forum member about 2 years ago. I used NF for information about components, prices, and brands. And I used NF's private messages to...

julianBC, To make sure I understand, the heatsink & fan detached from the CPU/MOBO and fell down in the case?? You only found one 'bent' capacitor?? I would inspect everything in the case with a fine tooth comb. It is quite...

YGPM on HS/F

Make room in the corner! You "might" get lucky and remove the trojan and all it's infection. I would suggest running the removal programs in safe mode after you have turned off System Restore. You will also want to clean all...