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For many Linus distros, you will need to recompile the kernal, along with support modules for "unique" devices for those devies to work correctly. I'm not sure which devices Ubuntu 6.10 will directly support "out...
I-GO does not appear to have the correct connector. You might be just as well off taking the brick to a local electronics shop and see if they can repair (reattach) the cable to you existing brick (cut off old cable and then resolder it...
Odd, the Graphic Processor is on the other side of the laptop from the HDDs. The HDDs are on the bottom and the CPU is at the top, when looking at the keyboard.
Now, plugging in the power "brick" when it is on is a real...
That switch should be sticking up above the silver panel by about thickness of a nickel. If not, then it is probably a bit "stuck" in the almost down position.
That little sitch should be in the center of the "cutout". The silver plate that covers the on/off sitch and indicators may have shifted on your machine a bit. See if you can "shove it gently" to one side or the...
Try unpluggin the HDD cables and then pluggin them back in. If there was a marginal connection, this may "fix" it. If it does fix it, then back up immediately and resume playing. Also, if you have any USB devices connected,...
CMOS Battery comes to mind as the likely problem. I'd start there. For testing the memory, download MEMTEST86 at http://www.memtest86.com/
Build a bootable CD-ROM and then reboot - Memtest86 will take it from there.
I've had two Hitachi Laptop HDD drives fail on my 8790. Each replacement drive was under warranty ONLY up to the Date of the Warranty Expiration on the Origianal HDD that failed. So, I'd say that the 6 Months is better than what...
