Hi, My Dell Inspiron 1000 (3.5 yrs old) is giving strange problems nowadays. It is not able to read/detect some CDs which it used to previously read. Also, It...
Does the bios even detect the drive? I have seen similar symptoms when the motherboard was starting to fail and not detecting components attached to it. A few...
Most likely the laser in the CD unit is getting weak and/or losing its ability to focus on the data, which are very very small "pits" etched into the surface...
Does the bios even detect the drive? I have seen similar symptoms when the motherboard was starting to fail and not detecting components attached to it. A few...
... when the ... attached to it. ... that fix ... nowadays. ... read. ... computers. Even if ... into my ... hat Uteck means by resetting the BIOS is...
... have to buy a software and reinstall it ... guessing i deleted that too unknowingly, do i have to buy and reinstall it again? ... Sounds like you're...
Boot up the computer into the bios setup Press 'ALT' and 'F' at the same time Turn 'NUM LOCK', 'SCROLL LOCK' and 'CAPS LOCK' on. (Make sure the lights on the...
... nowadays. ... Hi, G. Raghuram, I've been following this thread, and have a simple clarification question. You use the word "some", which means to me "not...
Hi Douglas, Your interpretation of 'some' is correct. Some cds are readableand others are not readable. However, In my case, it so happens that the presence of...
I have openSuse 10.3 running on a Latitude D830 and would like to add a portable webcam for videoconferencing, probably using Skype. Any suggestions on webcams...
I was just watching a show that talked about video conferencing with Skype. There are only a few cameras that are supported and you need the MS version of...
... That's wrong, I just test it: - with integrated webcam (Dell XPS M1330) it works - with external webcam (Logitech QuickCam pro 4000) it works. I think it...
Skype (proprietary crap... yuck!) Does support video conferencing in Linux just fine. I use the Logitech Quickcam 5000 Pro. It works just fine. But if you have...
After I responded I read the Skype article in this month's Linux Journal. They said web cams do work, but playback is not that good. The Linux version is a...
... readableand others ... drive" ... say the ... Hi, Raghu, yes in fact the drives did appear to be unable to detect a disk at times. Because of that, I twice...
Hello friends, SafeSquid, Linux based Content Filtering Internet Proxy, Version 4.2.2.RC8.2 has been released. Highlights: A memory leak in request forwarding...
Dear Sir/Madam, There is an urgent requirement for People possesing thorough knowledge for LINUX & SOLARIS Support/Maintainence/Remote Administration ...
Hi! I'm going to buy a Latitude D830 soon, but haven't decided yet, what graphics card to choose. For a T9300 I can select between a NVidia NVS 140M or an...
... You don't want to buy a "linux" laptop except from a company like Linux Certified which has worked out the driver and configuration issues. Dell claims to...
... I generally don't see a problem in running Linux on a Latitude D830. All components are known to work with Linux. I'm just not sure, which graphics card is...
... I don't know this nvidia card. You should check that it is supported by the nvidia driver. I only buy laptops with nvidia geforce graphics card (actually...
... I have a latitude C800, a latitude C840 and a XPS M1330 and I only use linux (mandriva and ubuntu). Everything works. ... I have 1280x800 on the laptop and...
... Thanks! So it seems the NVS 140M at least is uncritical. NVidia sadly just does not have OpenSource drivers like Intel or ATI. Because of this and the ...
... Some version of all the hardware are known to work with some version of Linux. You might install some solid version of Linux other people know to work (say...
... It's a personal example and caution that having Dell install Linux won't avoid problems. I've had three Linux laptops (Linux Certified, Dell Latitude 630,...
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Any thoughts on this? OpenSuSE 11 recognizes that I have a wireless adapter.. and recognizes the type.. but can't connect to any wireless access point I try...
When combined with older (as RHEL5, Centos 5.1, or the Ubuntu Dell bundled) kernels and the binary drivers available for them (iwl or the older flavor) the...
