Posts by egalus

And as another downside peltiers not only need large amounts of power, they also generate large amounts of heat out of the "wasted" power, so you have to get rid of the heat of the laptops hardware and the heat of the...

If you already have windows installed just check the graphics card part in device manager and see if it tells you "intel mobile ..." or "ati .." If it's intel you got a 6000 and can't upgrade. If it says...

a) There is no 6000 a,b or c, there is just a 6000 and a 6000d, one with chipset graphics and one with a dedicated graphics card. And yes, the module you named looks like it should work.

@stephenyi: maybe you want to add what fsb your cpu uses, as there is a 1.6/400 and a 1.6/533 Dothan out there and if it's a 400fsb cpu the speed of the ram would be interesting for pinmodders too

The problem is software and hardware related. Still many ide to usb bridge chips out there produce all sorts of errors, with one usb-host-chipset they work, with another they work sometimes and with others they never work. The problem...

I just want to add two more memoryintensive application that probably will gain from more memory (although I think that 1GB is enough for almost everything as a 2nd 1GB stick will also decrease batterylife): a) vmware/virtualpc b) almost...

How hard it is to find a connector depends on the connector itself and the area you live in - in a big city you will have one or more stores that sell electronic parts and maybe he has what you need, but without soldering knowledge I...

If you search for pinmodding you will find the warranty-answer in almost every thread: If dell finds out your warranty is gone. Can they find out? - Yes, they can, if they make a serious effort and check the thermal compound they will...

There is just no way to generally name a formula that tells you how good a p-m compares to a p4 if you don't give the precise program and os you want a comparison as it totally depends on the software that is run.

And for the networking and security facilities there exists a way to upgrade your home verion to a "homepro" version for free. How this is done is/was printed in most computermagazines.