Posts by cornbread2

Quote: Originally Posted by kooloser Now heres my question: I'm assuming you used a digital camera...Which one was that? Your picture was clean and crisp, I just want one like that ...Is that too much to ask?...

I started a new thread in the Photo Gallery for anyone to submit pictures of their laptops with cracked hinges.

I thought I would start a thread for everyone to submit pics of their cracked hinges on the M6580x. Here one of mine on the left side.

Quote: Originally Posted by fishbone As a matter of fact, cracking hinges is a common issue with laptops period. What I don't find this just coincidence is the fact that most of us here had the left hinge cracking,...

I am not sure but I got my 6809 from BB on April 17. If I remember they came out around the first of April.

Before I noticed the crack on mine, I really didn't think the screen was too tight. Now it creaks some when opening and closing it and also I notice a slight bit of play in it when it is open (like it is loose). It doesn't feel as...

I bought mine (M6809) on 4/17/04 and have noticed 2 small cracks on the left hinge as described above. I have already had the hard drive replaced because it went bad too. I guess I should have taken it back when I had the chance and...

Anyone running Linux on the M6809 (or 05 or 07)? If so what distros? I haven't tried installing anything yet, however, I tried to boot with the live cd versions of Mandrake, SuSe, and Knoppix and none of them would boot. Any thoughts?...

I have decided to keep my M6809 and am getting used to the funky keyboard layout. However, today I was trying to do some file copying and it was really slow. I went to shut down and it took a long time before it flashed up a message...

Quote: Originally Posted by Curly_in_FL This is an easy one... If you look in the upper right quadrant, you will see a string of small type on the page. If you click on the type, you can make it back to the desktop...