Recent content by decipherfreak

I'm trying to connect headphones to my TV at home. I found some info on this page http://www.soundsupport.biz/2011/11/27/how-to-connect-headphones-to-a-tv-with-only-digital-audio-connectors/ My TV has optical audio out with a toslink port. I purchased a toslink cable, a digital to analog audio...

I'm helping my girlfriend pick out a new laptop to replace her 5-6 yr old hp. She is looking for something with good battery life, decent processing power and memory, good speakers, and 14" screen size. Price range of $600-700 (max 800). I was looking at the HP Envy 14 (mostly for myself)...

Newly bought dell inspiron 1545 laptop has touchpad issues, randomly unresponsive (not related to any particular action). Returns to normal after logging out and back in (unresponsive even in login screen). Drivers are updated. Is this a hardware issue? There is no button or keyboard shortcut to...

Should I spend the extra 100 or so for the netbooks with 6 cell instead of 3 cell? Long battery life would be awesome, but it isnt absolutely necessary, and I could probably get down to 200ish I looked for a 3 cell.

The cheaper the better; I guess under 400. I need basic functionality, but I also want to be able to run old school games like d2

It's happened both on AC and battery. and battery was not low

My laptop has been experiencing sudden power offs. I don' t think it turns off completely, because I think my data was still there when I turn it back on. Could this be because of overheating? It's a 4-5 year hold hp pavilion ze2000. Been through a couple reformats. My virus/malware scans didnt...

My hp pavilion ze2000 is getting old and frail (4-5 years old), and I'm for a replacement. I have a desktop, so this would be for mobile/school use. I'm looking for something 9-12 inch, long battery life, preferably something with xp. One netbook I looked at was the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10.1 in...

I've been having bad luck with adapters, and I was wondering if it had anything to do with my laptop, which is a 4 yo hp pavilion ze2000. My original adapter lasted for 2 years plus then died from physical tearing. My second one, from Ebay, lasted a year before it started overheating too much...