Posts by cezieg03

I reformatted my computer and got all the necessary drivers - everything is working except for the DVD player. I checked the HP site and didn't notice any DVD specific drivers. It says that there is no decoder or something like that. ...

My screen is messed up and from reading some previous threads, I think it is the LCD ribbon. Can I bring this to any electronics store to fix, or send it to HP? What do you think it will cost to fix this? Thanks

you, my friend, are a smart man. i had CCLeaner and never even thought to utilize it for this. Thanks

Have had the computer for about a year now. It has been running great, fan normal, until a few days ago. All of a sudden it became so laggy. Bootup time was much much longer, the fan is always going now, and it is very slow. I have...

Actually, I live in the NYC metropolitan area, so yes, it did affect my life, as well as my familys, though not as hard as it affected many other families in the area. Being in the area in the weeks following 9/11 was drastically...

We lost that small of a percentage of our population on 9/11 or from Katrina, and people around the world still care.

Thanks for the reply. Do you know if having the built in PCI card has any pros over the USB device that would make it worth it? I paid around $50 for a Linksys USB device - didn't want to pay less online and have to wait a few...

I'm an idiot. I was just looking at the spec sheet I printed out when I first customized my computer. A few days later, when I went to order it, I customized it again, but must have forgotten to select the free upgrade to the WLAN card...

The model is dv5000z. There were wireless options in the network section of control panel. I ended up using a USB wireless, but if I can figure out if there is built in wireless it would make things a lot easier - the USB wireless...

Ship date was July 31, but it arrived at my house today.