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From: Larz on 20 Dec 2009 10:59
On Dec 17, 12:03 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote:
> Innews: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

Is that really likely to help ? I have to figure out where that stuff
is etc. Laptops are more compact and I have never taken one apart.

What about trying to install a linux distro, is that a possible good
idea to try ? Would the wireless work with linux ? Which linux might I
try ?

On another sad note, since I had problems with my dell laptop, I
resurrected my old HP pavillion laptop that has XP on it. I finally
got it working with my email and all, it booted kind of slow. I
installed boot vis and then the hard drive died. I went into bios set
up and did a disk check and it failed.

If I buy another machine, I wounder if a mini desktop might be a good
idea. Definitely get a 2 year service plan after all this. Probably
easier to install linux on one of those too ..



From: BillW50 on 21 Dec 2009 22:11
In
news:ddc75b42-029c-4ae5-85d3-99f4c2ef1f99(a)r5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com,
Larz typed on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:59:26 -0800 (PST):
> On Dec 17, 12:03 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote:
>> Innews: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
>
> Is that really likely to help ? I have to figure out where that stuff
> is etc. Laptops are more compact and I have never taken one apart.
>
> What about trying to install a linux distro, is that a possible good
> idea to try ? Would the wireless work with linux ? Which linux might I
> try ?
>
> On another sad note, since I had problems with my dell laptop, I
> resurrected my old HP pavillion laptop that has XP on it. I finally
> got it working with my email and all, it booted kind of slow. I
> installed boot vis and then the hard drive died. I went into bios set
> up and did a disk check and it failed.
>
> If I buy another machine, I wounder if a mini desktop might be a good
> idea. Definitely get a 2 year service plan after all this. Probably
> easier to install linux on one of those too ..

Well it is like a 5% chance that resetting the memory and the hard drive
will help. Not very good odds, but it is free and pretty easy if you do
it yourself.

Linux? I am the wrong one to ask. As I see it as a barebones OS with
very little in the way of applications. Will your wireless work with it?
Probably a 50/50 shot there. If you buy a new or old system with Linux,
you will be much better off in the beginning anyway. As everything
should work when you turn it on.

Sorry to hear about that failed hard drive. Curiously how old was it?

You mean one of those notebooks? Small laptops? I have a few of them
here and I like them. The big downside is that everything on them is
smaller. You know, drive, screen, keyboard, etc. And some of them
already come with Linux. But they are getting harder to find.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2


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