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I think you're right. I held my flashlight to the screen, and I could see the image there. I guess now it's a question of whether it's worth the price of trying to fix this one versus buying a new one. Thanks

Back in 2006, I got an AL1716 monitor (VGA input) which has been working nicely as a larger display for a laptop until just recently. The light is green and when it's plugged in, the laptop recognizes that there's an external display, but the display remains entirely black all the time. If I...

Okay, thanks, that's what I needed to know!

Hi all, I recently had occasion to buy a new laptop, and I haven't put office on it yet. I have a 3-install disk for MS Office H&S 2007, which I had installed on three laptops, one of which is being replaced by the new one. So my question is, do you know if I can uninstall Office from the old...

Haha, tell me about it. Someone I know well first had a machine with ME on it, and then that one died when Vista was the only thing available. Poor guy! Got both of the 2 worst versions of Windows, IMHO. Fortunately, he's now happy on a machine running 7.

I think there were two major problems when Vista was initially released. 1. It still had a lot of bugs which hadn't been ironed out. 2. Many of the computers being loaded with it were not powerful enough to run it smoothly and reliably. Combine those two factors, and it's quite easy to...

I don't know what your size/budget restrictions are, but you might consider one of the Lenovo Thinkpad X convertible tablets, like this one...

To be honest Matt, your question has almost nothing to do with what the thread is about. So, people who would be able to help you won't be as likely to see your question as if you make a new, separate thread, which is what I'd advise doing. :)

Thanks for the replies, guys. Is there any way of telling when it'll finally cash it in, or is that pretty well impossible to know?

Hello all, If this thread is in the wrong sub-forum, please tell me where it should go. Thanks. I'm running a 3-year-old HP Compaq 6830s, which has an ATI Mobility Radeon 3430 HD graphics card in it. Core 2 duo @ 2.26 Ghz, and 3 Gb RAM, if it matters. Anyway, in the past, I've played games on...

Oh okay, I think I get what you mean. I guess I misunderstood when you said: But I think I've got it straight now.

Thanks, that gives me a little help. I have noticed that on the laptops with Vision CPUs, they say what level of ATI graphics they're equal to; I didn't quite realize that the graphics is almost their main selling point. My guess is that the integrated graphics on a SB processor would suffice...

I'm helping a friend look for a laptop, and I have a few questions. My first problem is that I'm not very familiar with AMD's line of Vision processors. If I understand correctly from a little bit of internet skimming I just did, it seems like (on a very rough generalization) the processors...

Well, at any rate, I guess it sounds like my best option is to get another drive, and start phoning some computer shops to see about any possibility of recovering the data. Thanks for the help.

Ok, I can see your point. What do you recommend for multiple locations for backup then? Buy 2 or more external HDD and copy everything from the "working one" onto all the others?

Ok, well I can't really connect it directly to my computer because I only have a laptop. I guess my only option is to take it to a shop somewhere and see if they can recover the stuff on it, eh? As far as multiple backup locations goes, I guess that's right. How good/bad of an idea is...

Hello all, Just tonight I tried to plug in my external hard drive, and it won't mount on my computer. This is the first time it's done this. When I power it up, even without it being plugged in, it gives little clicking sounds, like about twice a second. I tried a different enclosure...

John, you may be right about something having been awry with the player, because later on yesterday I couldn't add more music to it until I had formatted the memory on it. But all seems to be working now. You said What all do you mean by that? Is USB port failure sometimes a precursor of...

Well, John, I uninstalled all the USB devices, and then had to reboot my computer not once, but twice, before I could do anything, but now somehow all the ports are working again. Don't ask me how. Kurby, that was a good idea to to a system restore; unfortunately, I hadn't had enough foresight...

Hey there everyone, I'm not entirely sure if this is the proper place to make this thread, so feel free to redirect me if need be. I have an HP laptop, 6830s model, which I bought new about 4 years ago. It's been mostly trouble-free for me, apart from the built-in webcam not working anymore...