Posts by rickinsavh

Thanks for the reply Gary. I am running service Pack 2. I think I have done what you have asked & yes the problem still exists. Upon deleting the USB device listed in the device manager as USB2 the system asked for a reboot. I did...

Lately my built in USB monitor camera has been changing from USB 2.0 to USB 1.1 I'll hear the tell tail sound of a USB device detaching & reattaching several times then get a message in the task bar that a USB 2.0 device is attached...

Gary, Any further thoughts on this? So far after 3 or 4 attempts I've been able to get the LCD to stay lit. Occasionally it will go dark while in use but with 3 or 4 flicks it will come back on. This can't be good for the bulb. ...

Gary, The plastic tab does stick up & make contact at the appropriate time with the tab that protrudes from the lower portion of the LCD housing. What I'm assuming is that the tab I have to "flick" in order to get the LCD...

Gary, Thanks for the response. I'll try a blast of air. As best I can tell the switch lever is centered in the cutout of both the plastic cover as well as the metallic case under the cover. You can not really see the switch itself...

Just about every time I boot I have to "flick" the small switch at the hinge line on the right hand side in order to get the LCD to light up. Its becoming more difficult to get it to stay in a position that will keep the LCD...

Sorry for the delay in responding, Christmas holiday took priority! The machine is working better now with the AS5 between the cleaned off CPU & tapeless heatsink then it ever has! (Purchased used) Thanks again for the advise... I'm...

Thanks Gary, I'll give this a try. It does sound promising. I didn't notice any tape between the cpu & the heat sink. If it is discovered during the cleaning process what it your suggestion? Remove & discard the tape or...

The problem did just reappear. While attempting to diagnose what ended up being a bad stick of ram, I did thoroughly clean the machine, cleaned assembly under keyboard and cleaned cpu pipes. I did not however remove the cpu, is there...

Each piece of software crashes in a similar manner. The rendering process gets 1 to 3 minutes into completing, the software stops responding & an error message returns offering to send a report to MS. I've also had the problem occur...