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Title: IT Question? Post by: Amatay on September 08, 2008, 02:08:54 PM I have a 22" monitor attached to my lappy and when my lappy battery is charging the monitor flickers. Its like it cant take the power surge of something because the screen is plugged into the mains aswell as the laptop which then connets to the monitor. When the lappy is not charging everything works well but the battery on my lappy only last about 30 mins before i have to plug it back into the mains. Any ideas because it really fooks me off. Cheers
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: bolt pp on September 08, 2008, 02:10:48 PM Affray, and your landlord said you could stay if you married his daughter?
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: lazaroonie on September 08, 2008, 03:44:55 PM i am going to take a wild guess and say your laptop is either an HP or a Compaq....
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: cia260895 on September 08, 2008, 03:55:00 PM my battery last about 5 mins after i pull the lead and that really pisses me off and yes its a compaq ??? are they just pony?? do i get a new battery???
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: lazaroonie on September 08, 2008, 03:58:53 PM the machines are generally good, but there is a design fault on the vga out port. You can get round it by using battery (obviously not an option) or using the DVI port if your monitor has one.
alternatively you can mess about with the power options in control panel and choosing a power scheme that maximises battery life. if you tell me what model number your laptop is, I can get you a price on a replacement battery. Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: cia260895 on September 08, 2008, 04:03:52 PM the machines are generally good, but there is a design fault on the vga out port. You can get round it by using battery (obviously not an option) or using the DVI port if your monitor has one. translation needed alternatively you can mess about with the power options in control panel and choosing a power scheme that maximises battery life. translation needed if you tell me what model number your laptop is, I can get you a price on a replacement battery. will do but not til tomorrow night as its all packed ready for the off cheers Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Laxie on September 08, 2008, 04:12:21 PM Have a question and figured I'd just ask it here besides posting a new thread.
I've an old Dell. Well, not ancient, but not new. Anyway, I was told to upgrade the memory on it and was directed to this site: http://www.crucial.com/eu/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension+4500+Series# It's half the price of Dell's 'own brand' memory and I wondered if it was too good to be true? Anyone dealt with them before or know anything about this before I go to the check out with it? Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Bongo on September 08, 2008, 04:13:00 PM Crucial is pretty decent quality stuff.
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: lazaroonie on September 08, 2008, 04:15:29 PM Crucial is pretty decent quality stuff. Agreed, I have been using them recently for buying Server Ram for a bunch of Dell Servers and its way cheaper than buying from Dell. Not had any problems so far.... Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Laxie on September 08, 2008, 04:57:40 PM Great stuff. Cheers lads!
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: thetank on September 08, 2008, 08:25:29 PM I've got a stupid question that is unrelated, but doesn't warrant a thread of it's own coz it's daft.
On Windows XP, I clicked the bottom left corner and had a "Run" option. Where do I find this with Vista plz? Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: technolog on September 08, 2008, 08:41:14 PM Click start. In the 'search' box type run. The run dialog will appear.
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Dino on September 08, 2008, 08:46:07 PM Or, right click on the Start button, and click Properties.
From the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog, click Customize. Scroll down through the list until you find Run command. Check the box next to it and it will then be in the Start menu Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Boba Fett on September 08, 2008, 09:08:28 PM Crucial is pretty decent quality stuff. Ship it crucial Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: thetank on September 08, 2008, 09:11:44 PM ty ty
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: The_duke on September 08, 2008, 11:23:58 PM I have a 22" monitor attached to my lappy and when my lappy battery is charging the monitor flickers. Its like it cant take the power surge of something because the screen is plugged into the mains aswell as the laptop which then connets to the monitor. When the lappy is not charging everything works well but the battery on my lappy only last about 30 mins before i have to plug it back into the mains. Any ideas because it really fooks me off. Cheers When you are on mains - take the battery out :dontask: Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Laxie on September 09, 2008, 07:53:47 PM Ever since I upgraded to the new version of Firefox, I've been getting these messages now and then whilst browsing the web:
Quote A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete. Script: chrome://browser/content/tabbrowser.xml:0 What's that? Why do I get it? How do I get rid of it? Cheers Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Wardonkey on September 09, 2008, 08:22:15 PM Ever since I upgraded to the new version of Firefox, I've been getting these messages now and then whilst browsing the web: Quote A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete. Script: chrome://browser/content/tabbrowser.xml:0 What's that? Why do I get it? How do I get rid of it? Cheers Are you on 3.0 or 3.1. If the former then the upgrade might sort it out, there were a few bugs in the initial release. Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Laxie on September 09, 2008, 08:24:53 PM 3.0.1 is what it says. Checked for updates and it says there are none at this time.
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Wardonkey on September 09, 2008, 08:28:34 PM In that case, hit it with a hammer.
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Laxie on September 09, 2008, 08:29:43 PM rotflmfao Aye aye Captain.
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: lazaroonie on September 09, 2008, 08:36:27 PM you been downloading the new google chrome browser ?
Title: Re: IT Question? Post by: Laxie on September 09, 2008, 09:09:49 PM you been downloading the new google chrome browser ? Nope. Deffo not. The cartoons skeeered me. |