Laptops

Any LED backlit external monitirs for laptop use?
I'm wanting to buy a smallish external monitor for my laptop so as to have my screen space when writing code I would prefer a very thin LED backlit model say in 19-22" size. Be nice to HDMI connector as well if possible. Any advice on monitors this size with thin LED backlighting? ... 1 Jun 2010 15:17

DVD drive spinning up
How can I prevent the DVD drive pinning up each time when NOT in use?? In configuration I have already disabled all auto run options! Or is the only remedy taking out the disk each time? -- regards, |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os ... 3 Jun 2010 20:08

Display problem Acer Aspire 5630
The display on my 5630 is dim - not completely dark but probably only about 30 to 40% as bright as it used to be. Having googled for what causes dim and dark displays in laptop screens (after making sure it wasn't the lid close switch) I decided to go for the cheapest things first, so I bought a brand new inve... 30 May 2010 05:45

Thunderbird 3.1 release candidate now available for download
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 18:31:19 +0100 From: Mark Banner <mbanner(a)mozillamessaging.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100526 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.1 Newsgroups: mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird,mozilla.dev.apps.calendar,mozilla.dev.planning,mozilla.d... 27 May 2010 18:09

blinding webcam - and more
"Linea Recta" <mccm.vos(a)abc.invalid> schreef in bericht news:4bf6d115$0$22933$e4fe514c(a)news.xs4all.nl... I wonder, is there some clip on the market for blinding the webcam on a laptop? Never seen anything of the sort though and I don't have time to make one myself. On the desktop I have a Logitech webcam w... 29 May 2010 08:07

is this covered on warranty?
My child picked up the front of my laptop and let it slam onto the table from about four inches up. I don't know if the computer was on or not at the time. Now I've got major read problems and SMART warnings all over the place. It tells me there are hundreds of bad sectors. (It's handy that my Dell Studio has the h... 3 Jun 2010 04:34

Where to find BIOS for Toshiba laptop
Hello, I am trying to repair a Toshiba Satellite L300D-10Q laptop that won't boot ever since my nephew decided to flash the bios and then turned off the power part-way through. So now, when I turn on the power, the LEDs flash and the fan and DVD whirrs but that's about all. A sure sign that the BIOS is not wor... 28 May 2010 11:32

changed subject for experiement on threading orders
changed subject for experiemnt will this thread with its ordinal title: "Re using Thunderbird for Usenet" or thread under its new subject name? Graeme wrote: In message <85svr6FubcU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Rod <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> writes Thunderbird will thread Yahoo emails (I get individua... 30 May 2010 00:26

Building a high performance notebook
Hello group As I have noticed their are price difference between different manufacturers of high performance desktop replacement system. Some can go to to nearly 5000USD( alienware , eurcom, novatech,killer notebooks in certain brands while other are just below 2000USD( for ASUS , ACER etc). What are really the... 26 May 2010 22:27

Need USB card with enough power for external hard drive
I have an HT-Link Cardbus/PCMCIA USB 2.0 2-port card (NEC / 32-bit). My external hard drive w/USB adapter won't work with it, and it will work plugged directly into a USB port on a different laptop. (My USB ports got fried.) I got the card off E-Bay. My MP3 player works plugged into that card. The drivers for the c... 9 Jun 2010 08:36