I have an old Dell Latitude c640 that needs some repair work. I am looking
for recommendations for local repair shops.
The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory sticks. Then it
started freezing up after it warmed up. If I only use one memory stick, it
works just fine, although a
It could just be the heat buildup. Try to verify that the fan is working
and check for dust buildup. Canned air works pretty good for blowing those
things out. You might want to try that first before spending money to have
someone else fix it.
You could also monitor temperatures with one of
Mark Jarvis wrote:
With the holiday season over, I decided to upgrade my system from 1GB to
2GB RAM. The memory I had was DDR2-800 Memory Expert from Adata. The
place I'd originally bought the motherboard memory from no longer
carried that brand, but their tech guy said that other
Good advice (as usual from Larry). You might also let memtest run on it
for a while to try and pinpoint the failure.
Dazed_75 wrote:
It could just be the heat buildup. Try to verify that the fan is
working and check for dust buildup. Canned air works pretty good for
blowing those things
What would the best be?
Looking for something I can hold in my hand... A real book.
TIA
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What would the best be?
Looking for something I can hold in my hand... A real book.
TIA
I'm somewhat disappointed that this motherboard has only two memory
slots. They are different colors, whatever that means with only two
slots.
Eric Shubert wrote:
Mark Jarvis wrote:
With the holiday season over, I decided to upgrade my system from 1GB to
2GB RAM. The memory I
I think that means no dual channel. The dual channel MB I've seen have 4
slots - 2 pairs. memtest might tell you a little more than POST.
Mark Jarvis wrote:
I'm somewhat disappointed that this motherboard has only two memory
slots. They are different colors, whatever that means with only
The fan is working and rather dust free. Unfortunately, the temp monitor
programs don't work with this older laptop.
Mark
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote:
It could just be the heat buildup. Try to verify that the fan is working
and check for dust buildup.
This is likely dual channel (each color indicates a separate channel anymore)
do you have a make/model i can find out some ram compatibility for you
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net wrote:
I'm somewhat disappointed that this motherboard has only two memory slots.
That seems to indicate to me that the 2nd mem slot / mb is bad.
To answer your question, I don't know of a repair shop.
Mark Phillips wrote:
I ran memtest on each back individually for an hour or so, and no
failures. memtest won't run when both banks are installed. It crashes
somewhere from
Have you tried to run with just ram in the 2nd slot.
not best practice but sometimes you can get it to post and do diags like this.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote:
That seems to indicate to me that the 2nd mem slot / mb is bad.
To answer your question, I
Mark Phillips wrote:
I ran memtest on each back individually for an hour or so, and no failures.
memtest won't run when both banks are installed. It crashes somewhere from
during boot to running the test.
Mark
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote:
its
I bought a new laptop for myself - developing java code with only 512 MB was
too slow. I had planned on upgrading my daughter's laptop from the
current PIII 800 to this one (PIV 1.4), but I need to get it to work with
the 1 GB of RAM. So, I am back to looking for a reputable repair shop
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:52 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote:
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I've begun trying to use Squirrel web mail because I like
its simplicity ... but I would like to know how to customize
it to add or eliminate certain features.
Among other things, how can I adjust it so that links
will always
Does it support single 1g sticks?
either way it is looking like some money to be spent.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Mark Phillips
m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote:
I bought a new laptop for myself - developing java code with only 512 MB was
too slow. I had planned on upgrading my
One more thing to test the heat theory. Remove the cover that gives you
access to the memory sticks. Make sure both are in place and properly
seated. Elevate the laptop (a pair of books or something but be sure the
memory opening is not covered. Set up a small fan to blow into or across
that
Which makes me think, where's the heat coming from? Not necessarily the
cpu. Some HDDs generate excessive heat in their later years. You might
check the SMART data and see if it's been overheating. Although
overheating (up to 60c or so) isn't necessarily an indicator of pending
failure
I am looking for someone with expertise to come to the installfest on 1/30
to help Mark with his sound and webcam problems with Skype (see below). I
could play around at it but that would not be fair to Mark.
BTW Eric S. is helping with the virtualization question.
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Well, I don't know about the anyone ... quickly learn part as it is
somewhat obscure to most people. That reference is also 3.5 years old.
Some of the things I would look at are in there but some of what's in there
is also beyond me.
Lisa, you are certainly beyond my level of expertise but you
Yes, I can't come, I have to work.
Just drag him to Ryan Rix's birthday party (crash it) and make Ryan help him?
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I don't know about the anyone ... quickly learn part as it is
somewhat obscure to most people. That
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.comwrote:
Yes, I can't come, I have to work.
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On Fri 22 January 2010 1:31:37 pm Lisa Kachold wrote:
Just drag him to Ryan Rix's birthday party (crash it) and make Ryan help
him?
I don't know Skype from Adam, so I can't really help on that front. I can
probably guess it's not playing correctly with PulseAudio, though.
I'll try to make it
Lisa,
You are right, but there are also issues of 64 bit versus 32 bit (my machine
is 64 bit and skype is only 32, I believe), and then alsa and oss. Alsa is
running fine now, so I am not sure why I need oss, since I thought skype
uses alsa as well. I think the real problem is that alsa is not
I have two of them, but i use them at my cabin. (no high-speed up
there). At any rate, i got them both at the goodwill about $2.99 each,
then i had to buy the serial cable for $9.99 at a real store because
they never come with them.
I never had any luck with the PCI modi. Will look tmr in the
betty wrote:
I have two of them, but i use them at my cabin. (no high-speed up
there). At any rate, i got them both at the goodwill about $2.99 each,
then i had to buy the serial cable for $9.99 at a real store because
they never come with them.
I never had any luck with the PCI modi.
Ryan Rix wrote:
On Fri 22 January 2010 1:31:37 pm Lisa Kachold wrote:
Just drag him to Ryan Rix's birthday party (crash it) and make Ryan help
him?
I don't know Skype from Adam, so I can't really help on that front. I can
probably guess it's not playing correctly with PulseAudio, though.
Yes, the PLUG calendar says Jan 30th.
Mark
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote:
Ryan Rix wrote:
On Fri 22 January 2010 1:31:37 pm Lisa Kachold wrote:
Just drag him to Ryan Rix's birthday party (crash it) and make Ryan help
him?
I don't know Skype from
On Fri 22 January 2010 8:11:39 pm Eric Shubert wrote:
Ryan Rix wrote:
On Fri 22 January 2010 1:31:37 pm Lisa Kachold wrote:
Just drag him to Ryan Rix's birthday party (crash it) and make Ryan help
him?
I don't know Skype from Adam, so I can't really help on that front. I can
probably
Lisa Kachold wrote:
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On 1/22/10, Wayne Davis waydavis.phx.li...@gmail.com wrote:
What would the best be?
Looking for something I can hold in my
Eric Shubert wrote:
betty wrote:
I have two of them, but i use them at my cabin. (no high-speed up
there). At any rate, i got them both at the goodwill about $2.99 each,
then i had to buy the serial cable for $9.99 at a real store because
they never come with them.
I never had any
I would check the MB specs. A lot of motherboards out there run RAM at a
slower speed when you exceed a certain amount (usually when you load up all of
their slots).
This is done because they use cheap chipsets that actually cannot manage the
RAM at the higher speed with the maximum amount
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