Recent content by miztrniceguy

I'm new here. I got invited by Catherine Strachan. I love computers, built my own desktop and often troubleshoot and upgrade friends. I've never charged anyone, even for resurrecting "dead" laptops.

Are there any form factor guidelines other than "slim" ?

That's what I was hoping. I haven't worked with laptop hardware much, so wasn't sure. Looking for OEM doesn't leave much options for IDE drive, and expensive.

Are laptop dvd drives swappable ? I have an older Dell Vostro 1500 and the dvd drive sometimes just sits and makes noises. sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I am setting this up for my kids, since I have a new Asus g750 for myself.

my wife has an ASUS A73E-AH51 http:// that sits on a CoolerMaster CM-19 Storm chill pad. It runs around 50C most of the time, but when plugged into LAN instead of wireless runs a bit over 70C. What is too hot? What is normal. The first time I asked Asus they said 50-70 was normal, then they...