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From: BillW50 on 16 Dec 2009 16:26 the wharf rat wrote: > Ummm, has anyone checked to see if the USB ports are enabled in BIOS? USB powered hard drive works fine. Also the OP said they checked the BIOS. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)
From: Larz on 16 Dec 2009 17:18 On Dec 16, 12:35 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote: > Innews:55f0a6fa-3fff-4330-abaa-c3af5d04142b(a)z7g2000vbl.googlegroups.com, > Larz typed on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:29:26 -0800 (PST): > > > I often leave my laptop in sleep mode, would that have any effect ? > > No, standby mode won't harm the CMOS battery at all. Although if you do > this a lot without AC power, it uses the main battery a lot and they > only last about 300 to 500 recharges. So do you do this on AC or battery > power? And how long do you leave it there on average? > > -- > Bill > Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC > Windows XP SP2 I mostly use AC power. I just have a lap top for when I want to travel, but alot of the time either I don't travel or I go someplace where I can plug in. Strange thing is, when I do my real travel plans is when the laptop decides to have problems. Last year over the holidays I was at my sisters out west and the power cord malfunctioned and wouldn't power my HP laptop. Now that I am getting ready to head out there next week, my dell decides to have a major usb problem. As soon as I can locate my norton anti virus CD, I guess I can try to reinstall windows which I've never done before. I backed up my thunderbird mail file on my external drive this morning ..
From: the wharf rat on 17 Dec 2009 09:07 In article <hgbj4d$ujs$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >the wharf rat wrote: >> Ummm, has anyone checked to see if the USB ports are enabled in BIOS? > >USB powered hard drive works fine. Also the OP said they checked the BIOS. > Many bios's have settings that enable "legacy" USB devices, by which they mean keyboards and mice.
From: Larz on 17 Dec 2009 11:30 On Dec 16, 12:35 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote: > Innews:55f0a6fa-3fff-4330-abaa-c3af5d04142b(a)z7g2000vbl.googlegroups.com, > Larz typed on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:29:26 -0800 (PST): > > > I often leave my laptop in sleep mode, would that have any effect ? > > No, standby mode won't harm the CMOS battery at all. Although if you do > this a lot without AC power, it uses the main battery a lot and they > only last about 300 to 500 recharges. So do you do this on AC or battery > power? And how long do you leave it there on average? > > -- > Bill > Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC > Windows XP SP2 I reinstalled windows as well as drivers/utilities using the CD that came with the laptop, but it still doesn't recognize a USB mouse and the wireless is not working either. Besides that it has a real hard time just booting up. I don't think I purchased a service plan when I bought this thing for $400, figures this happens then. I guess I had hoped Dell Inspiron was a decent product and I'd be safe ..
From: BillW50 on 17 Dec 2009 12:03
In news:0ef166a8-b256-4c6b-b23e-67e7adb8d425(a)o9g2000vbj.googlegroups.com, Larz typed on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:30:59 -0800 (PST): > On Dec 16, 12:35 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> Innews:55f0a6fa-3fff-4330-abaa-c3af5d04142b(a)z7g2000vbl.googlegroups.com, >> Larz typed on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:29:26 -0800 (PST): >> >>> I often leave my laptop in sleep mode, would that have any effect ? >> >> No, standby mode won't harm the CMOS battery at all. Although if you >> do this a lot without AC power, it uses the main battery a lot and >> they only last about 300 to 500 recharges. So do you do this on AC >> or battery power? And how long do you leave it there on average? > > I reinstalled windows as well as drivers/utilities using the CD that > came with the laptop, but it still doesn't recognize a USB mouse and > the wireless is not working either. Besides that it has a real hard > time just booting up. I don't think I purchased a service plan when I > bought this thing for $400, figures this happens then. I guess I had > hoped Dell Inspiron was a decent product and I'd be safe .. Oh that is bad. I still think I would reseat the memory and the hard drive and hopefully that just might take care of it. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2 |