Recent content by Adamistr0

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    Dell Precision M6800 BIOS password

    Hello, I have bought this laptop, but it had password protected BIOS. When I tried get to the BIOS it wanted password. So I have shorted CMOS battery pin. Now I can get there, but it is still locked by Admin lock. I tried dell website, but it basicaly says: it's after warranty, so f**k you...
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    Cheap laptop with IPS screen

    I'm playing some games on my Dell E7440 with IPS and I haven't noticed slower response time. (But I don't want to take it to my friends, because we usually drink a little and I'm afraid of spilling something into my work machine) In original post and title I said I want IPS screen, reasons are...
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    Cheap laptop with IPS screen

    Yes I know IPS is more than 1ms slower (OMG how can anybody live with that?) but that T40 has some problems with refreshing or something so it sometimes has "ghost" pictures. Lenovo laptops are usually overpriced here and people got it with TN screens. I need IPS for viewing angles, because...
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    Cheap laptop with IPS screen

    Hello, I want the cheapest laptop from Ebay or so.. with IPS screen, so me and my friends could play Playstation games on it (with ePSxe emulator) Recommended hardware for it is: Fast dual-core CPU 512 MB of RAM OpenGL 2.0 + GLSL shaders video card Fast CD-ROM Windows Vista+ DirectX 8...
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    What does ram handle in a laptop?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory For internet should be 4GB enough, 8GB is better. But you don't have to worry, RAM is one of few parts in notebooks, which you can upgrade (very cheap: 4GB cost about 20$ here)
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    Battery at 0% works for hours

    After tenth full cycle it started to grow, now I'm at 58 Wh lol, guess it's good performance after those years.
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    ASUS F55c won't boot

    Try removing AC and battery, then hold power button for 30 seconds. Or remove CMOS battery (but I think to do it on some Asus notebooks I had to completely disassemble whole device)
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    Battery at 0% works for hours

    I've got old IBM ThinkPad T40 with 9cell battery (72 Wh) Windows XP. It shows full charge capacity 11.5Wh now. From 100% to 0 it takes about 40 minutes and then laptop works another two hours. I tried three full cycles, but capacity is still the same (even little less). In BIOS I haven't found...