Posts by Mark-AM

Oh really? I haven't read this thread for several years, but I believe you if you say so. I got an email that someone had posted something here, is how I ended up back here.

YMMV I'll never buy another Sony, for this and other reasons to do with poor customer service and quality issues. This comment is not meant to "bash" anyone posting on this forum. It's my opinion, and I don't see why I cannot...

I now have a HP and no wear is occurring to this one. Sony are crap.

Here is where you can get the dv9000 service and maintenance manual that includes disassembly instructions http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/m...roduct=1842189

I have the noise on my dv9000 fan too, like a rapid clicking noise, same as you hear if you hold a paper card against the spokes of a bicycle wheel, but much softer. It's the bearing in the fan starting to go. I have contacted HP and...

Quote: Originally Posted by MarkAM Final follow-up: love the screen on this machine, but I won't buy a Sony again. 2 years later, and true to my word, I bought 2 new notebooks from HP a week ago. Very nice...

That may be, but I found with XP oem disks that I could not partition to my liking. Read the saga here: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=102328 That's why I always reinstall clean.

Just to follow up, my new lappy is a HP with a shiny finish that looks like it will not rub off; no more Sonys for me, ever.

Yes, me too, eventually re-covered it with a carbonfibre lookalike plastic and never bought another Sony! In fact, just bought a new HP, and happy with it.

Yeah, Juan, and what about the hidden partition? And Norton, did you manage to get rid of that?