Sounds like the drive has a bad sector - download the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (www.hgst.com) and test the drive before going further. "Michael Funaro" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a Solo 9100 that I am...

Hi all, I enjoy taking the lap top outdoors on a deck but have trouble sometimes seeing the screen in the light of day. Does anyone have any experiences with a model that has a brighter than normal screen or what do other people do (just squint a lot)?? Thanks

Hi, My 700x purchased March 02 is out of warranty. I was blowing out the dust and noticed that one of the two clips holding the heatsink had broken in two and fallen to the bottom of the computer. I want to replace the whole heatsink but the cradle (part that heatsink sits on) seems to be different...

I know many Gateway customers use AOL because it comes free for a few months with a new computer. So, some of you might be interested to see a sneak peak at version 9, which will be released sometime later this year: http://www.cnet.com/internet/0-3762-8-21325375-1.html

Do the 400 series of Gateway laptops support 32-bit colors? Specifically the 400S. Gateway's website lists the display as 18-bit, 262,000 colors.

" Only Gateway can tell you for certain what CPUs are supported, but the MSI retail version will take any Thunderbird Athlon (1400 max) and Palominos through the Athlon XP 1800+. Note that most Athlons these days are Thoroughbreds and Bartons - even those at lower speeds like the 1800+,...

The fastest cpu that motherboard was ever offered with was the 1300 Mhz Athlon. The fastest Thunderbird cpu that was made was the 1400 Mhz, so at best, that is what may work in the machine. P13 is the latest bios for that board. "j.lef" wrote in...

Hi, I bet there are some ALR Quad6 zealots in this newsgroup... Here's my problem: My Quad6 started to act up today. When it boots, it first displays CPU = Pentium ??? Mhz Then:

Hello All. I seem to have lost the infrared port on my computer and I don't remember which one to install. The model is a Gateway Solo 9300. If anybody knows, my thanks in advance. Friendly, Kostas.

I have a Gateway 2000 17" Crystalscan monitor I purchased at a computer fair. Each time I boot my computer, the adjustment screen is shown allowing me to make screen adjustments to my monitor, if I wait about ten seconds or so, the screen will go away. I would like to stop this screen...

I ran into this same problem with a friend's computer. Frequent disconnects, one ISP was much more reliable than another. The cause of the problem: on the back of the computer, the phone line was plugged in to "Telephone" instead of "Line-in." Most modems will not work at all if you plug them in...

you can remove the battery and leave it out for about a day and this will clear the passwords "jimrx4" wrote in message ... My wife has Win 2000 pro on her computer. I was futzing around with it trying to add a home network and it...

The capacity should be on the label of the power supply - most likely, it is a 200W unit. "FreeBird" wrote in message ... Hi, I would like to know if Gateway's Performance 650 has a standard ATX power supply and if it is...

My new GW 400 SP Plus notebook won't play a sound during Windows startup and shutdown. The sound functions are all enabled, and both sounds do work when trying them in Control Panel. This system came with SP1 already installed. I had a similar quirk with my 700X desktop. Installing SP1 solved...

Thanks Edward I didn't know a pcmcia version of usb 2.0 was available , will look into it. Aft "Edward J. Neth" wrote in message ... Yes, you can. You need a USB 2.0 PCMCIA card, along with drivers for your OS if it...

Anything up to 127 GBytes; otherwise, you need a controller card. "Brian White" wrote in message ... Hi My PC currently has a 30GB hard drive. I am thinking of upgrading to a larger disk size. Before I do...

why don't ya give her some of YOUR crack.then she can get assistance and you must be able to spare it if ya think anyone's falling for this scam.

I am buying a house that is prewired with CAT-5 everywhere. The cable comes into the house in a metal closet from whence all in-house wiring emanates, so I can't put a wireless router there (signal wouldn't get out due to metal, I think). There will be two computers in the immediate future, one...

Is there a way of checking my monitor for a problem? After it is on for awhile it has a frying sound and sometimes shuts down and I have to reboot the computer to get it to come on again. Nancy

Hi I have problem - my CrystalScan not working, not respond if I clik on power, power led not light :-(, fusy is good. maybe anybody has schemat of this monitor? this is gateway crystalscan 2000 with hitachi tube Peter A.