Posts by mikeyk

Hey all, I was thinking of getting a 19" external monitor for my lappy with a Radeon Mobility 9700, but I'm not sure (and couldn't find on ATI's site) what the max resolution that this card can drive on an external monitor...

I tried this with a Vista build that was a few builds off RTM. The good: - Looks pretty, and the 9700 handles Aero well. - Very few crashes with applications - All games worked fine, almost as good as XP performance - Wireless worked...

Quote: Originally Posted by j3ff Like the title says, my Cl56 battery is getting pretty weak; where is a good reliable place to buy a new one? Thanks I got mine from eBay, and it works great - look for...

Hey all, I currently have a Compal CL56 (1.7GHz, 9700 w/ 128MB, 1 GB RAM) and it's definitely choking up on the latest games. So I was looking to upgrade, and wondering what the 2007 equivalent is - in other words, around $1500, can...

THe headphone port on my CL56 broke, so I got a Turtle Beach Audio Advantage - very happy with it, it does optical out and can do hardware mixing.

Maybe System Restore is taking up all that space - I'm not sure if the Restore folder shows up in Explorer, even with "Show Hidden Files" enabled. If you have it enabled and want to clear up some space, right click on the drive...

Have you tried Control Panel > Power Options > Advanced? There's options like, "When I close the lid..." and then a list of choices.

I don't know about cheap, but the ones I've seen most recommended are the Shinza sleeves (http://shinza.com/index.php?cPath=5&...45f3885f8d67ab). You could check out the Booq ones too:...

memtest86 : http://www.memtest86.com/ Most good RAM manufacturers run this (or another memory test) on their RAM before shipping, but I guess better safe than sorry =)

I have a Turtle Beach Audio Advantage; it's not as robust as the Audigy Notebook, but it's also a lot cheaper (I picked mine up for about $20). Nice little USB device, has an S/PDIF out and 5.1 passthrough. Only drawback is that there's...