Laptop problems

[MannyIsGod]

My laptop is suddenly running like crap. Its taking forever to load and run anything. It is basically as if someone suddenly turned the clock back on it and made it extremely old.

My first instinict is bad ram. Is there any way I can go about self diagnosing this?

[J.T.]

Do a ctrl-alt-del and kill any .exes that might be killing your cpu's speed. . .

Defragment the hard drive. . .

Could be any number of things really.

[MannyIsGod]

I defrag on a regular basis. I'll check the CPU usage though.

[MannyIsGod]

I'm going to wipe everything and restore it all to the default setting out of the factory using an image I have.

This will tell me if its software or not, right?

[MannyIsGod]

Oh shit.

Restore failed :(

Reason: 0xf0000025


Thats the code I got. I'm pretty sure the hard drive is toast.

[MannyIsGod]

Does anyone know if thats just a bad sector on the HDD?

Man I've not worked with any of this shit in a LONG time so I'm clueless.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Oh shit.

Restore failed :(

Reason: 0xf0000025


Thats the code I got. I'm pretty sure the hard drive is toast.

i decoded that 0xf0000025 = fag porn, defag ur fag porn ASAP

[ShoogarBear]

Do you have your installation CDs?

[MannyIsGod]

No the stuff was on the 2nd partition of the hard drive. I think I made a backup image somewhere but really if it wasn't hardware that restore should have gone through fine. I'm fairly sure that the HDD is fucked.

[Nbadan]

Find a program to check your HD for bad sectors...there's plenty of good freeware-shareware-Mouseware out there that will do the job....

[Slydragon]

i decoded that 0xf0000025 = fag porn, defag ur fag porn ASAP

TDMVPDPOY I think you have a thing for fag porn as you call it, because everytime there is a computer related topic you post the same thing.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85399

When I had a problem I got the same response.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Sounds like manny needs to apologize and ask for help from the mouse.

[SequSpur]

user error.

[mouse]

I have a 20 gb Hitachi you can have for free since your old school. stop by tonight!
or you can give me a 12 pack if you want you have any zannax?

561-9941 :smokin

[mouse]

Don't flush it I have a USB HD adapter I can transfer your data on to DVD!

[mouse]

Don't forget if you use torrents there is a nasty (trj) out there that will knock out your HD and the NTLDR file. You have to do a compete wipe of the HD to use it again.

Re Installing windows is a band-aid at best. Your old data is still on the HD I can prove it with many different Data recover software out there.

Recuva
Get back my data
Recover my data

etc.... Those programs find the files you figured was gone. So your trj and virus is waiting for you in a music or data file.

One of my favorite infections is the one you get when you download an XP crack :lmao

Here you are looking for a crack file so you don't have to reinstall XP pro every 30 days. what better file to spread this infection?

When you install the file it reboots your pc and the next screen you get will read....

You must register your windows before you can log on error

Now your screwed the only way to get your data is with the adapter or slave your HD on to another pc.

I love the infection I think it's funny :lmao

The other one is not a joke! It's the NTLDR ERROR

your fucked if you get that one.

http://www.tburke.net/info/ntldr/ntldr_hacking_guide.htm


The only way to by-pass it you must put your XP disc in the ROM and when it says boot from CD you say yes.

and go into restore console mode.
and you have to do a series of dos commands.

restore\MBR.exe and others... but if your infected your NTLDR will not fix.

those commands are only for people with real software issues and are receiving errors.
If you have the infection you have no other options but to slave your hd or used the USB adapter and suck out the data.


If you drop your NoteBook you can damage a sector in the HD and you will have to replace it anyway. There is a laptop service place by the airport they only charge 240.00 to replace the HD with a 60 GB HD they have.

Algens wants 75.00 dollars to bust open your notebook.

Altex wants 125.00

Mr.notebook will do it for 20-40 dollars stay on the access road when your at I-10 and Wurzbach close by your cantone S A! :smokin

Keep in mind that pice does not include they retrive your data :wakeup

what Brand is your notebook? I will fix it for free if it's a DELL.

[MannyIsGod]

I could give 2 shits about the data on there. I only use torrents from a private tracker so I"m 99% sure they're always clean.

I'm fairly sure at this point that its either a HDD problem, cable problem, or a motherboard problem which will probably just make me cry.

[MannyIsGod]

How hard is changing a notebook hard drive? I'd imagine its easy as piss right? I'd just need to get a new one. Thanks for the 20gb offer but I'm thinking a larger one.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

damn i wish i was computer savvy like that mouse

i bet he was like The Wizard when he was a kid
except instead of video games
he was good at computers

[mouse]

Find what brand your notebook is and you go to Utube and watch the video its like two screws and then you have to remove the HD caddy it's a tray the HD rest on while in the notebook.
here is a video on how easy it is! :smokin


http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=hard+drive+replace+notebook&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv

I had to go look at a video on how to replace a 8100 DELL notebook LCD screen, I found a perfect DELL Inspiron in the dumpster. so I wanted to go to eBay to find another 8100 and try and replace the cover/screen.

I saw how easy it was to disassemble a DELL Notebook and reassemble it from a Google video I saw.

I practiced on a Notebook I got off eBay for 75.00 dollars it had no screen.
I replaced a Video card on it I took off the 8100 I found in the dumpster and sold the notebook for 225.00 to Crazyone.

The rest is history. After you replace the HD you will be helping others and so on.

DannyT has many HDs and a flat screen LCD for sale.

[mouse]

damn i wish i was computer savvy like that mouse

i bet he was like The Wizard when he was a kid
except instead of video games
he was good at computers


That is not true. My dad was a Heroin addict from Vietnam I was lucky to see The Munsters on our neighbor's 13 TV as long as I had a cigarette I stole from my mother.


In 1979 I was getting high outside the Disco talking about the Judas Priest tickets I got for letting The DJ from Kiss/Kmac radio station touch my package the night before.

Back in 1986 I had a DJ service called spin masters and I painted houses to make extra money to buy speed (the real shit) and go see Ratt,Wasp,Saxxon and other 80s bands touring Texas.

1996 I was was just another long haired radio caller to sports radio working at the base and drinking beer and collecting toys and sports cards off eBay to avoid having sex with a very ugly woman at the time.

That is when i took my Infected pc to Help me computers off Austin hwy and they Charged me 50.00 dollars an hour to tell me two hours later they are not sure yet they think i have a virus.

I owe them 107.00 to get back my PC.

I only paid a100.00 for the whole 333 mhz HP why would I pay more to fix it than getting another PC?

So I went to best buy got a WD hd and reinstalled windows for 40.00 dollars.

That is when I decided to see why the Help me computers wanted 50.00 dollars an hour.

I wanted to see what was so hard!

You don't have to be born with a keyboard in your crib to do half the shit I do if you have Google. Most people just don't want to ask questions they might feel like a idiot? I once asked how to post a picture in my post and I felt smart after I figured it out.

Actually I felt like a 5th grader for about 5 minutes :lol
But after that day, I was on another level of posters in the land of the www
I could post pics! yee haw! and if you want to know yourself?
you needed to ask the mouse...........:lmao
I had no pean che Google S A!
I was on my own!

[Nbadan]

........msconfig user error........

[mouse]

Nbadan how do I get to the politics forum from here I see no icon.

[Supreme_Being]

My laptop is suddenly running like crap. Its taking forever to load and run anything. It is basically as if someone suddenly turned the clock back on it and made it extremely old.

My first instinict is bad ram. Is there any way I can go about self diagnosing this?


Again, buy a Mac.

[TDMVPDPOY]

why dont u just buy a new laptop hdd? they are dirt cheap these days

[mouse]

Again, buy a Mac.

Buying a MAC is like wearing a condom.
you may be protected but you still miss out on all the fun.
mouse 3:17
:wakeup

[mouse]

why dont u just buy a new laptop hdd? they are dirt cheap these days

Because your laptop is part of your family why would you give up and pull the plug on a family member?

would you not try to keep them alive?

[MannyIsGod]

Again, buy a Mac.Because Macs don't have hardware issues?

[MannyIsGod]

why dont u just buy a new laptop hdd? they are dirt cheap these daysI may do that - if I have to thats what I have to do, but I don't want to throw money away if thats not hte problem.

[mouse]

The HD for notebooks/lap tops are not made for shock,
look at it this way,

Picture taking your desk top PC with you every place you go.

How long would it last?

DELL makes the heaviest notebooks for a reason.

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah - I think its likely I fucked it up somehow. I've dropped my notebook a couple of times but for the most part I'm not harsh with it but either way my sister has borrowed it some lately and who knows what has happend.

[grindmouse]

Is it Toshiba?

[MannyIsGod]

Acer Aspire 5100.

I reinstalled windows - just threw XP Pro on there instead of Media Center. I'm downloading drivers right now and I'll try to figure out if the performance has improved. So far its like night and day but with nothing running on it its kinda hard to tell.

Although really just booting up was an ordeal last night, so maybe this fixed it. I don't know.

[PakiDan]

Mac's rarely have hardware issues.

[Supreme_Being]

Mac's rarely have hardware issues.

And if they do, it's quickly resolved by AppleCare.

[Supreme_Being]

Buying a MAC is like wearing a condom.
you may be protected but you still miss out on all the fun.
mouse 3:17
:wakeup

That is, if you're sense of fun is fixing up fucked up Windoze PC's. :wakeup

[DannyT]

dp a dosk check it will tell you if you have bad sectors and try to fix them...im glad you reloaded xp cause thats something you should try before you buy anything and if i was you before i went and got a 200bib drive i wold take mouse up on his offer and try out that hard drive he has to see if thats really your issue unless going to mouses house is the real issue....and if thats the case i understand....honestly i think you were just infected....what did you see when you opened up your task manager...and yes i know i said i was going post pictures and I forgot but i have a 23 inch flat if anyone is interested.

[MannyIsGod]

Reinstall looks like it fixed it. Nothing was running under the task manager. 98% CPU usage was system idle.

Its not running anything so I'm not sure how fixed it is, but with a bare XP pro install on there it seems to run fine. I hear the HDD going which is something that I didn't hear yesterday for whatever thats worth.

[DannyT]

well hearing it is not always good....if its a grind clicking type you might what to start investing towards a replacement for that Jacque Vaughn hard drive you got in your hands now
run that check disk and after the 5th stage it will tell you how many bad sectors yo have...could just mean theres a portion of your disk that was hosed and thats where that data was written on that i was trying to access.... :wakeup

[to21]

Mac's rarely have hardware issues.
:lol

They do here......

300 or so Macs and Powerbooks - at least three a week with hardware issues.

25,750 PC's and Notebooks (number could be 30k, only 25.7k are checking in) at least 10 a week with hardware issues. IBM compats are like Chevys and Fords the parts are cheap, everywhere, and easy to install.

Now if you want to talk OS....that's a different argument.

[sabar]

Mac's rarely have hardware issues.Hardware in an Apple is the same as the hardware in a PC. It's also the same as the hardware in a DVR and an Xbox360. No reason a Mac's HDD would be more stable. Apple contracts their hardware production to companies like Asus.

A truer statement would be that Mac's rarely have software issues. Windows will continue to have problems until Microsoft finally stops upgrading the same piece of software and starts from scratch. It's like adding a new room to a house with a shaky foundation.

[grindmouse]

DannyT how much is the 23 inch flat screen?

Manny if your ever at a Torrent site get a program called Microscope 2000.

you put the cd and it has it's own operating system it will check all the parts to the PC and tell you whats wrong. It will do RAM and HD and all kinds of tests.

Even if your HD is dead.

http://www.micro2000.com/microscope/features.php

[DannyT]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.superwarehouse.com/images/products/Planar_WS231-BK.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.superwarehouse.com/Planar_WS231_Black_23_LCD_Monitor/996-0559-00/p/465226&h=220&w=220&sz=24&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=ExQJrpXgxoVI3M:&tbnh=107&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanar%2Bflat%2Bscreen%2B996-0559-00%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG


its one of these

[xrayzebra]

Because Macs don't have hardware issues?

Like fun the don't. I know someone who has a Mac laptop
and has a CD stuck in the slot. Tried all the tricks to get
it out, yeah, Mouse, he googled and so it is off to the
repair place. Mac doesn't have tray they have a slot.
I'll keep my Acer. Cheap, but it works.

[xrayzebra]

Manny, I see where you loaded XP, where can you buy a
copy of XP cheap, or can you, that Brother Bill will keep updated.
My Acer has Vista, slow, even tho I put 2 GB of RAM on the thing.
It helped, but still slow.

[PM5K]

Reinstall looks like it fixed it. Nothing was running under the task manager. 98% CPU usage was system idle.

Its not running anything so I'm not sure how fixed it is, but with a bare XP pro install on there it seems to run fine. I hear the HDD going which is something that I didn't hear yesterday for whatever thats worth.

Try this, you really want to be sure there aren't any problems with your hard drive before you start downloading more gay porn, you don't want to loose all of that after spending all of your time downloading it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

[Steve Perry]

Manny, I see where you loaded XP, where can you buy a
copy of XP cheap,.

Go to a near by collage the students pay 25.00 dollars for XP if you live in San Antonio go to SAC.

or if you go to the gtg tonight bring me a 20.00 :smokin

[PakiDan]

Go to a near by collage the students pay 25.00 dollars for XP if you live in San Antonio go to SAC.

or if you go to the gtg tonight bring me a 20.00 :smokin

what GTG????

[Steve Perry]

Spurs forum top of the page.

let me know if you need photoshop.

[PakiDan]

Spurs forum top of the page.

let me know if you need photoshop.

got it. Thanks Steve Perry! I do! I Do need photoshop!!!

[rolled up $20]

Bring 10 bucks you get Juno and PS.

[DannyT]

dude are you still in for tonight...everyones dropping out like a fat boy in a race

[DannyT]

Try this, you really want to be sure there aren't any problems with your hard drive before you start downloading more gay porn, you don't want to loose all of that after spending all of your time downloading it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265



dude im not making this up if you want this monitor lets work something out...

http://cnet.nytimes.com/lcd-monitors/planar-ws231-23-1in/4507-3174_7-20503993.html?tag=specs
General

* Display Type
* Flat panel display / TFT active matrix

* Built-in Devices
* USB hub

* Width
* 22.6 in

* Depth
* 23.1 in

* Height
* 9.3 in

* Weight
* 37.9 lbs

* Enclosure Color
* Black

Display

* Diagonal Size
* 23.1 in

* Viewable Size
* 23.1 in

* Dot Pitch / Pixel Pitch
* 0.29 mm

* Max Resolution
* 1600 x 1200

* Color Support
* 24-bit (16.7 million colors)

* Max Sync Rate (V x H)
* 60 Hz

* Response Time
* 25 ms

* Controls / Adjustments
* Phase, Contrast, Brightness, H/V position, Color temperature

* Display Screen Coating
* Anti-glare

* Video Output
* None

Image

* Image Color Temperature
* 6500K, 9300K, Adjustable

* Image brightness
* 250

* Image Contrast Ratio
* 400:1

* Max horizontal view angle
* +80 / -80

* Max vertical view angle
* +80 / -80

Video Input

* Analog video format
* None

* Analog video signal
* RGB

* Digital video standard
* Digital Visual Interface (DVI)

* Digital video input format
* None

Audio Output

* Type
* None

Input Device

* Input device type
* None

Expansion / Connectivity

* Interfaces
* 2 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A - 2

* Connections
* 1 x Display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) - 1, 1 x Display / video - DVI-Digital - 24 pin digital DVI - 1, 1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type B - 1

Power

* Power device form factor
* External

* Voltage Required
* AC 100/240 V

* Operational power consumption
* 88 Watt

[rolled up $20]

If Kori buys that shit I will give her 100.00 cash for her 13 inch flat screen.

[MannyIsGod]

I hate this fucking laptop. I'm tempted to just go buy a new one but I can be a cheap motherfucker. I never did replace the hard drive and I would get occasional crashes that started becoming more and more frequent up until today when it won't even boot. I'm 95% sure its not the ram since I've removed it and run it one stick at a time and it the problem still persists so its either the board or the HDD. If its the board then the laptop is probably worthless and not worth fixing, right? If it the HDD then I'm sure I can fix it easy as pie.

I did find my original backup discs though, so I have those but now I keep getting a hard driver error when I try to boot it. I'm going to run that microscope program if I can find it I guess.

Oh, and Danny I need a new flatscreen since my other one died too. I'm down to one monitor and after using 2 for so long it fucking sucks. :lol

Fuck electronics.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Do not under ANY circumstances buy that shitty PC Mechanic program from iolo technologies.

Mrs. ASF put that on her laptop for many of the same reasons and it made them worse. And their so-called customer service is a freaking joke. "We're sorry you're having problems with our product. Please uninstall it and download the newer version of it for free"...fine, except the old version that she paid for refuses to uninstall itself.

Fuck iolo technologies.

[u2sarajevo]

http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

That will tell you if the HDD has issues.

[ChumpDumper]

I can't believe you never checked the HDD fitness this whole year.

The one in my HP went to shit in about three months, but the Indians in tech support got me a new one fairly quickly. New hard drives are cheap and you can get them with three to five year warranties now.

[MannyIsGod]

I didn't really care too much till recently because I wasn't using it much. Went out of town and will be traveling more in the near future so now its an issue of course.

[PM5K]

Try either this:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

Or find out who makes the hard drive in your laptop and get the testing tools available for free from their website.

The first link actually has the diagnostic tools for all hard drive makers (Samsung/Seagate/Western Digital/Fujitsu/Hitachi/Maxtor/Quantum/IBM/ETC), and has memory diagnostic tools as well that you can use if somehow your hard drive actually passes.

[MannyIsGod]

Thanks - trying out diagnostics off that disc now.

[DannyT]

Oh, and Danny I need a new flatscreen since my other one died too. I'm down to one monitor and after using 2 for so long it fucking sucks. :lol

Fuck electronics.


I still have it if you want it let me know....250
23 inch
pictures should be in the buy sell....

[PM5K]

Let us know how it goes.

Did you ever post the model and or specs of your laptop?

[MannyIsGod]

I got memory errors. I was going to test each stick in the slots but I've run the laptop with one stick at a time with each of the sticks so I'm thinking they are either both bad (unlikely) or something on the board is bad.

Its an Acer Aspire 5100

[PM5K]

I got memory errors. I was going to test each stick in the slots but I've run the laptop with one stick at a time with each of the sticks so I'm thinking they are either both bad (unlikely) or something on the board is bad.

Its an Acer Aspire 5100

If you want to be thorough you should test them individually as well, you can never assume anything

[PM5K]

Oops

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah I'll test them again in a bit. I'll probably go buy a new stick anyway since they're so cheap and if I get a new rig I can just throw it in there.

[PM5K]

Yeah I'll test them again in a bit. I'll probably go buy a new stick anyway since they're so cheap and if I get a new rig I can just throw it in there.

I wouldn't buy another, just test each stick and go from there.

Your new rig would *hopefully* use faster memory ;-)

[MannyIsGod]

I'm testing each stick individualy now. I'm going to test each one in Each slot too. First stick already has errors in the first slot.

[PM5K]

I'm testing each stick individualy now. I'm going to test each one in Each slot too. First stick already has errors in the first slot.

I can't say what the issue is just yet, but you can never assume that, for example, two sticks of memory WOULDNT go bad at the same time.

Of course another thing to consider is that one stick went bad a long time ago when you first posted, and another went bad recently, which is a lot less coincidental.

Where about do you live? What type of memory does your laptop use?

[MannyIsGod]

Errors from both in each slot.

PC2-5300 DDR2-667 200pin SDRAM SODIMM is what I'm supposed to use in it.

[PM5K]

Errors from both in each slot.

PC2-5300 DDR2-667 200pin SDRAM SODIMM is what I'm supposed to use in it.

What brand is the memory?

I have at least one 512MB stick of PC2 4200 (which Crucial says your laptop will take). I'm supposed to have another but I haven't found it yet.

[usckk]

Don't forget if you use torrents there is a nasty (trj) out there that will knock out your HD and the NTLDR file. You have to do a compete wipe of the HD to use it again.


Mouse, how can a virus afffect hardware?

[PM5K]

Mouse, how can a virus afffect hardware?

It doesn't physically damage the hardware, but it can delete files such as the trojan he mentioned.

[usckk]

I see. So by knocking out the Hard Drive, he really meant the files in the hard drive?

[PM5K]

I see. So by knocking out the Hard Drive, he really meant the files in the hard drive?

I can't say what he meant, you'd have to ask him, but there is a trojan that will delete your NTLDR file which is necessary for loading Windows.

[Steve Perry]

Mouse, how can a virus afffect hardware?


http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/virus2.jpg

If you don't consider the HD or motherboard hardware then I apologize.

[Steve Perry]

Another Virus disables the CPU fan or slows it down enough to over heat your chip. That sounds like hardware to me.

[Steve Perry]

good luck Manny!

[Steve Perry]

keep us updated. :tu

[MannyIsGod]

PM5k, its just the generic OEM RAM.

Mouse, I'll let you know. I have pretty much zero faith in getting this one running again so I"ll probably need something.

[PM5K]

PM5k, its just the generic OEM RAM.

Mouse, I'll let you know. I have pretty much zero faith in getting this one running again so I"ll probably need something.

He's putting you down in one breath, and trying to sell you a laptop in another.

This is pretty simple, you get some new RAM and see if it will work. If it does you're good, if not it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to get something new (If your warranty has expired, in some cases RAM has a limited lifetime warranty).

And the things is, I checked the specs and it's a pretty decent laptop, I wouldn't be so quick to write it off.

So where about do you live, what part of town?

[MannyIsGod]

I'm out near Potranco and 1604

[CrazyOne]

Mouse, that Dell 1150 should have wireless built in, it doesn't need the PC card for the internet.

[PM5K]

I'm out near Potranco and 1604

Damn, I thought since you went to OP that you lived a little closer.

My brother lives way the hell over there.

What you can do is go to Best Buy, they have a 1Gb stick for about thirty dollars with tax. You can buy one and if it works out well you can buy another.

I was going to offer you my 2X512MB sticks for 15.00 but you don't live as close as I thought.

What's the warranty situation with your laptop?

[MannyIsGod]

Warranty is done. I was going to plan on buying a 1gb stick sine they're so cheap so I'll probably do that soon. If that doesn't fix the issue the we can be sure its something on the board, right?

I could replace the CPU, but replacing a whole board just seems like more trouble than its worse.

[PM5K]

Warranty is done. I was going to plan on buying a 1gb stick sine they're so cheap so I'll probably do that soon. If that doesn't fix the issue the we can be sure its something on the board, right?

I could replace the CPU, but replacing a whole board just seems like more trouble than its worse.

If it gives you memory errors when using memtest with a brand new stick of RAM it might not be worth dealing with it anymore.

You'd probably be better off selling it to Mouse or on eBay/Craigslist.

[MannyIsGod]

K sounds good - thanks for your help.

[PM5K]

If that doesn't fix the issue the we can be sure its something on the board, right?

I couldn't say without looking at it, but most likely a problem with either the motherboard (maybe a problem with the northbridge) or maybe a cooling problem.

Another motherboard would probably run you over 150.00 plus installation costs so it probably wouldn't be worth it.

What are the specs?

You'd probably be better of parting it out and or selling it on eBay and using that for a new(er) laptop.

Let us know how it goes, when were you planning on getting the memory?

[Steve Perry]

Mouse, that Dell 1150 should have wireless built in, it doesn't need the PC card for the internet.


The Mini PCI card is the wireless card attached to the board. This one it was taken out. When you buy the notebooks off eBay you have to make sure the cards are not removed.

here is the card.


http://www.powerbrixx.com/images/SKU_6191_1.jpg


It goes here.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9100/sm/upgrade3.jpg

[DizzG.]

Steve check your PMs I want that laptop today!!

[JoeChalupa]

I need more memory for my laptop mouse.

[Steve Perry]

Steve check your PMs I want that laptop today!!

All that is left is the screen and charger. The base plate board and lower case are sold. There is a 5100 selling for 125.00 on eBay

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/5100.jpg

[Steve Perry]

I need more memory for my laptop mouse.

Post the numbers you find on the bottom plate I will see what I have.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/notebook-1.jpg

[MannyIsGod]

I couldn't say without looking at it, but most likely a problem with either the motherboard (maybe a problem with the northbridge) or maybe a cooling problem.

Another motherboard would probably run you over 150.00 plus installation costs so it probably wouldn't be worth it.

What are the specs?

You'd probably be better of parting it out and or selling it on eBay and using that for a new(er) laptop.

Let us know how it goes, when were you planning on getting the memory?

gonna pick it up tomorrow probably. I'll let you know if it works.

[MannyIsGod]

The laptop is dead. It works better after the new RAM (meaning it actually boots) but it still crashes often.

Mouse do you want it?

[PM5K]

The laptop is dead. It works better after the new RAM (meaning it actually boots) but it still crashes often.

Mouse do you want it?

How much fool?

Does the RAM pass tests?

[Smackie Chan]

Mouse only uses DELL notebook parts. Go buy a mini PCI card off ebay (20.00) and get his 1150 out of the pawnshop for 160.00.

For 180.00 you will have laptop charger and 1,200.00 in software you can't lose.

[MannyIsGod]

How much fool?

Does the RAM pass tests?

I'm keeping the RAM. I'm going to go buy a new notebook next week and I'll either throw it in there or just put it in my mom's machine.

Send me a PM on what you think is fair for it though. You hooked me up with the tech support so just give me what you think is fair and its yours.

[DizzG.]

Manny what are you going to buy?

keep us updated! :tu