laptop help please guys./.asap if .,.,poss

[sofa----king]

i just bought a cheap laptop for my mum as she has no idea lol.,.,its a sony viao second hand only £100 to get her online.,
it all works ect .,.,but some of the letters come up as numbers when you type.,.,any ideas how to get this back to normal??
letter m is number a 3 when you type m    ect .,.,thanks gus

[The_nun]

should be a    Num lk key along the top, press that.

[gatso]

fn+num lk

[sofa----king]

thnx guys all done cheers

[scotty2hatty]

I knew I wouldn't need to look far for a laptop thread....

Going to buy a new laptop purely for browsing, the odd game of poker, downloading the occassional film etc. Key is that it can run Football Manager at a fast rate, as my last laptop meant no FM.

FM requires OS Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7; Processor: 1.4GHZ+ for XP or 2.0GHZ+ for Vista / Windows 7; Memory: 512MB Ram for XP or 1GB Ram for Vista / Windows 7

The laptop I was looking at is http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g61-410sa-04127309-pdt.html which to my uneducated eye looks pretty decent, however it looks like the processor is only 1.9 when it requires 2.0, how much of a problem is that likely to be?

Is the laptop any good basically?

Thanks for any replies as I know these threads can be a bit tiresome at times.

[kinboshi]

http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/GRADE_A1_-_Acer_Aspire_5735Z-344G32Mn_Laptop_A1-LX.ATL0X.015/version.asp

That's a Grade A1 'refurbished' laptop.  Got a different laptop from Acer Direct that was Grade A1 (for the missus) - basically it the box had been opened previously, the laptop hadn't even been used.

The spec of that one seems to match/beat the HP one is every department.

A lot of people don't like Acers though, although I've had no problems at all with them.  I'm using one, the missus is, and they've been excellent so far.  http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_8735G_Laptop_LX.PHF02.086/version.asp that's the one the missus got (but got it for under £500).

[StuartHopkin]

Nothing wrong with Acer

Please dont buy computer related products from PC World, its not really the type of thing they specialise in.

[henrik777]

Nothing wrong with Acer

Please dont buy anything from PC World, its not really the type of thing they specialise in.

FYP

Sandy

[lazaroonie]

that Acer is miles better than the underpowered HP machines. It has a celeron processor which should be avoided at all costs.

the only thing is the operating system, you really want windows 7, and want it to be 64 bit

[technolog]

Not arguing Laz - I don't know enough about it - but I thought we were still a year or two away from 64 bit being the way to go for most users? I know you get to use oodles more memory but I thought that was countered by the lack of 64-bit software & device drivers etc?

 

[scotty2hatty]

Acer gone between the time I left work and got home!!!

[scotty2hatty]

How is this one from same site? http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/GRADE_A1_-_Acer_Aspire_5535_Laptop_A1-LX.AUA0Y.001/version.asp?PID=171

[lazaroonie]

this looks pretty good as well - the processor is basically amd's version of the intel dual core processor for laptops...

you will need to get a decent windows 7 license for it though...

[Waz1892]

While we are on this subject....i have a latop which is about 18months old....recently it is shutting down by itself....you can hear the processor going mad....gets very noise..well nosie for a processor in my eyes..thne shuts down by its on accord.

Takes about 20-25mins before you can boot it back up again..if you try before it "tries" then stops and turns off again.

I'm guess the fan isn't working correctly?...but it iis a guess.  it is flat on a wooden desk top...would this affect it?

I have cleaned the fan..(wiped it from underneath)

Any ideas, advise.. help?

[Girgy85]

Also while on the subject....

I have a 5/6 year old advent that is covered by pc world protection. Whats the best way to feck it up so i get a new one? Cheers