Posts by G-Omaha

Is the channel to which the device is attached designated as PIO or DMA. For this drive, PIO seems to work better. Another known problem is that NERO may be incompatable with Win Media Player, etc as it tends to install it's Codecs,...

Which DVD/Video playing software are you using?

The only reliable way to get the data off of the RAID-0 is to find a similiar machine, take out their HDDs (making sure you tag which drive went where - also for you HDDs) and then back it up from there.

If there is any tape remove and discard it - The AS5 or R/S Gunk will replace it. I am not fully familiar with the R/S Gunk and it may or may not be OK (or it may be AS5 under another name). I'd probably, go ahead and try it and then...

When you cleaned the heat pipes, I am assuming that you removed the heat pipe from the top of the CPU, cleaned the vents and then reinstalled the heat pipe after applying some more of the Radio Shack "Gunk". If this is true,...

Did the behavior always exist - or did it just start to happen. Did you just happen to clean the machine before it started happending. By clean - I mean pop off the CPU, clean the heat pipes, and then apply "gunk" and reseat...

I finally replaced the NEC ODD. It no longer supported new media at other than 4x speed and was becoming a bit of a pain because of that. I installed a Panasonic UJ-85J-B slot loader and it is much more friendly to various High Speed...

Can you go a little more in debth on what you mean by "Crash"?

Actually, if you can get a replacement for $65 - go for it and let everyone else know were you found it. The normal price for that thing is a bit higher than that. Remember, that a Laptop Keyboard, just like all other Laptop parts cost...

Have you ever cleaned under the keyboard or removed the metal plate located under the keyboard. On that plate there is a part of the heat pipe that tends to get clogged (exhaust for the smaller fan) and makes the GPU Processor/Memory...