Posts by raylo

Not sure. But since it has burning H/W I can't believe it doesn't have some sort of burning S/W utility. I guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks. Maybe the della that already has the GW can fill us in.

I ordered one of these today to replace my dead Tosh. Likewise I did the comparison with Dell and the GW seemed to win the bang for the buck derby with faster HD and RAM. And I despise Dell's "dynamic' pricing where you can't be...

Well, I ordered one of these myself today to replace my DOA Toshiba (see the thread about spare g-force video cards). It seems to have good bang for the buck compared to similar Dell offerings including faster HD and RAM. It's...

I was running my 5105 with the video card disabled for months but still got periods of unstable video (but no video card induced crashes). I discovered that rapping the machine near the video card would somtimes settle it down. But...

Well, I once again disassembled the computer and removed the video card and recooked the VRAM. After reassembly it is once again operating properly. Not sure how long it will last. I guess I'm not totally sure that the heat gun gets...

Well, my "fix" turned out to be temporary. After pullin gthe video card, heating the VRAM,and reassembling the computer ran flawlessly for many hours a day for about a week. Now all of a sudden it is up to its old tricks. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by jdink6 Hey raylo, thanks for the response. i tried what you said and the green light comes on for a few seconds until i push the power button, then again nothing happens. Should i try...

Quote: Originally Posted by jdink6 Sigh... another one bites the dust... I'm in the SAME boat as everyone. I recently have been reading this thread and have tried the reheating of the ram chips and now my computer...

I just popped off the keyboard and removed the little metal cover over the opening through the top cover to the mainboard to inspect where the ribbon cables plug into the mainboard... and one of them was indeed adrift. Not sure how it...

Quote: Originally Posted by richk I think there is one cable for the touchpad and another one for the indicator lights and the little LCD. The cables are all plugged, I'm just not sure if the ribbon cable for...