Laptops & Notebooks - March 2007

Hi..

Bear with me on this..
1) I recently had a problem with my laptop, that I put down to a battery problem.
2)Sent away and replaced the battery - with a new one.
Afer a week I realised the new battery wasn't charging properely.
Checked the battery and noticed it was a different battery than the one I originally ordered.
3)Sent off for correct battery.
4)Correct battery arrived after another week (in exchange etc).
5)Correct battery didn't charge - so thought I must have developed a power supply problem - (laptop was working of the initial charge off the batttry when it new battery arrived)..
6)Bought new power supply.

7)Now nothing is working. No lights on the laptop. Laptop is just (scaringly) dead..and the new battery doesn't charge at all.

Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance.

2007-03-31 23:54:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have purchased a Dell Inspiron 640 m laptop. The specification says it has 8x DVD/CD Burner (DVD+/-RW).
So what DVD media should I buy, + or - ? I need to burn both data and video which should play in my standalone DVD player.

2007-03-31 23:45:57 · 5 answers · asked by Sumanta 2

subjec is electronics & communication

2007-03-31 22:56:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anitha P 1

i have bought a laptop but now i want to give it to my daughter will she be able to use it she has a cable telephone the laptop is a advent

2007-03-31 22:17:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

how much will it cost? in chennai? where can i buy? or can i ask some computer service people to get it done.
do we have any other operating system or software other that windows in market in chennai? thats suitable for laptop

2007-03-31 22:05:40 · 10 answers · asked by artist_uma 2

2007-03-31 22:03:55 · 8 answers · asked by Rajchem 2

I am trying to find a laptop for school and travel so it has to be reasonably light weight and have good battery life. I would also like a full sized keyboard and a track pad, not the eraser type thing if possible. Lastly, I do not want anything that is made in china like: dell, hp, apple, acer, or any other cheap brand out there, but may be inclined if it has all the features I am looking for. Thanks for any help and all info is appreciated.

2007-03-31 20:46:52 · 4 answers · asked by mccrystal2 1

When I baught a Dell 6400 Inspirion laptop, I did not opt for the OS CD, instead it came loaded on the laptop. Now I want to partition the disk to install linux as well. Can I take a back up of the windows XP software so that I cab reinstall it later.

2007-03-31 20:36:53 · 4 answers · asked by JP 1

It's actually for an Ei System 4411 laptop. I've had the original restore disc nicked, so I've loaded on another copy of XP, everything is OK, just the display is not right. You can't get hold of Ei drivers anywhere, there is no support page. If I can get hold of a driver that'll make the card work, I'll be satisfied. I can't even establish the type of card!

2007-03-31 20:22:57 · 7 answers · asked by t88ny 1

2007-03-31 18:18:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

when i installed it for the PC it just keeps on going 2 a black screen and not workin.wats the problem with it?

2007-03-31 18:09:18 · 3 answers · asked by Carpe Diem 2

i just bought a wireless mouse for my laptop (a sony vaio). my o.s. is windows vista and the mouse that i purchased is compatible with it, but it isn't working! i installed the software, placed the reciever into the usb port, restarted my computer...but nothing is happening.

the mouse is a microsoft wireless notebook optical mouse 4000. how could i fix this?

2007-03-31 17:52:59 · 5 answers · asked by kristina 1

I have a 2005 Gateway laptop that keeps shutting down whenever it feels like it. It had other problems (not pertaining to this), so I took it into Best Buy to get fixed. They started my computer from complete scratch when I got it back, so I don't get why it's doing this. Anyone can help?

I'm not the greatest with computers so if you have an idea, please be specific. Appreciate it.

2007-03-31 17:48:41 · 7 answers · asked by who?what?when 2

Help! I found a great deal on a 1GB RAM upgrade for my laptop, but my system can only hold a TOTAL of 1 GB, so I was trying to get to my original RAM to remove it and replace with the new one, but I can't get the screws out to get under the keyboard! :-( Does anyone know if its possible to disable the original card somehow? Then I could just install the new card in the 2nd slot that's easy to get to.....

Thanks!

2007-03-31 15:40:42 · 6 answers · asked by sjm0430 1

on the cumputer is there a way to change u as the administrater

2007-03-31 15:36:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

when online computer locks up or freezes after 15 mins .........offline computer works fine

2007-03-31 15:09:17 · 3 answers · asked by randyone1966 1

2007-03-31 15:05:47 · 4 answers · asked by todd b 1

2007-03-31 14:35:58 · 2 answers · asked by JEANE MARIONNE 1

My laptop is no longer recognizing my cd-rom drive. I tried to make a cd, and then itunes told me "disc burner or software not found." Now, I've come to find that any cd I put in isn't recognized. I dont' want to have to crash my computer, so any advice would be great.

2007-03-31 14:32:24 · 3 answers · asked by Michelle H 1

I know this may sound really silly, but we have a place down in TN and if we had a laptop, (no phone available) how is it connected to a reception source? Is it used like a cell phone? just give me the simplest explanation you can give, i appreciate it..............S.t from ohio

2007-03-31 14:05:12 · 3 answers · asked by smileyfish 4

I don't understand what computer processors actualy do. I've got a pentium 4 processor, so what differences would it make if I'd get a core 2 duo or something?

2007-03-31 11:13:44 · 5 answers · asked by CJ100 2

The sound on my computer wont work. I dont know why. (its a laptop) my dad took it into work yesterday and they couldnt figure it out either. It has a scroll thing on the frong that i usually use. But its not doing anything. The manual thing on the side is gone too. (but i think i accidently deleted that....but it was working after i deleted that) and now it doesnt show up on the control panel....WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?! (my dads buissness owns it its not ours)

Its a Gateway i dont know what model though....

2007-03-31 10:06:25 · 5 answers · asked by Kay-Bianca 1

what one should i get the pc is much better but laptop is portable

laptop: http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=374466&tab=specification#spec

pc: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0548859020.1175370153@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckaddkiehjkjlcflgceggdhhmdfhk.0&page=Product&sku=235886&tabIndex=1

2007-03-31 08:54:25 · 12 answers · asked by mk_ultra_mo 1

2007-03-31 08:33:14 · 5 answers · asked by computernugget 1

i am getting a laptop with these specs.....Operating System
IS THIS PROCESSOR GOOD? keep in mind its not vista so i think its good...

Inspiron 6400/E1505 Notebook: Intel Core Duo Processor T2050 (1.60GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)
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Genuine Windows XP Media Center 2005
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Memory
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs)
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Hard Disk Drive
80 GB EIDE SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
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Video
Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Base
Inspiron 6400/E1505 Notebook: Intel Core Duo Processor T2050 (1.60GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)
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2007-03-31 08:26:34 · 4 answers · asked by darkidiot1251 1

I am planning to buy a gateway laptop

Gateway® M255-E

is it a good choice.

2007-03-31 04:36:56 · 4 answers · asked by itsjustme 1

I poted a question earlier about hooking up a wireless router for my laptop. The guy said I need a USB wireless Adapter. Does it just plug into my laptop and works? I dont need anything else?

2007-03-31 04:31:29 · 7 answers · asked by riderj30 1

I got vista recently (upgraded from xp) and it was working fine but then i got a virus(my fault) and so i tried to fix it myself but i think i deleted some vital program or something and not my explorer does not work, it always says, windows explorer has stopped working and then it says explorer is restarting, then explorer quits and starts again, and it does this repeatedly. Its frustrating cuz i had to end the process and now i work without it and its hard. Does anyone know how i can fix this? Ive tried restore, last good configuration, both didn't work, i'm thinking of reinstalling my vista but if anyone has any better ideas i would love to hear them. Thx.

2007-03-30 18:51:49 · 3 answers · asked by NotTheStatusQuo 5

2007-03-30 18:13:02 · 7 answers · asked by asdf 2

Music is skipping and video is freezing

2007-03-30 16:56:58 · 4 answers · asked by barrysplace4 1