Posts by davidh44

The integrated speakers cut off in both Vista and XP when I plug in headphones (which I won't be doing often due to the horrible background static...guess I got a dud as far as the headphone jack is concerned). This is the XP sound...

When I plug in headphones into the headphone jack on my Compaq C555NR, I get a lot of electrical background noise (very annoying when the audio level is low or when there is no audio playing). The noise varies with system activity, which...

Quote: Originally Posted by nirvanaguy19 I think this laptop can support atleast coreduo, compaq sells the c500 series in certain european countires with coreduo , look at this...

Quote: Originally Posted by jamesthebad 1) Very beautiful LCD screen, which is made by Samsung/Seiko I used ASTRA32 to determine the following info about the LCD: Monitor Vendor: Seiko Epson Monitor...

Yup, in addition to the Core Duo, various pages on the U.S. Compaq/HP website indicates the Intel Core2Duo and Intel Dual Core Pentium chips are supported by the C500 series as well. If you customize a C500T on the Compaq website, the...

You can check this thread for great pictures of a disassembled C500 series notebook: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?p=2652467

Quote: Originally Posted by jamesthebad The Hitachi 5K160 (5400RPM, 8MB Cache Buffer, 80GB platters) is an excellent drive. And 80GB is the sweet spot since it keeps the drive at a single platter for...

Quote: Originally Posted by jamesthebad This HP DS-8AZP is actually a LiteOn SSM-8515S. So you can use the 3rd party LiteOn utilities available to backup the firmware, disable the region protection, or...

Great review and amazing photos!!! There is a newer BIOS (F.24) available for the C555NR on the HP website. The flash utility saves a copy of the original BIOS into a BIOS.BAK file, so downgrading is possible. I wonder if HP has...

I like the ProSet utility for its statistics and wireless on/off switch (particularly useful for those using the Intel card in a non-Centrino laptop). But I find that letting Windows manage the connection gets me connected faster after...