Recent content by the_crippler

Has much less to do with the manufacture date than it does with the manufacturer. Without any details of the laptop, we couldn't say for sure - but the manual would certainly tell you. (And if you don't have one, you can most likely download it from the manufacturer's website.)

Why do so many people think that Tom's is FB support...

This is one of those cases where we're probably never going to find out the whole story, and that's disappointing.

lol....some one's teenage son making up excuses when they totally got busted by mom/dad?

Also, they included a link in their post...

What I've found in my use of Steam Stream is that the bandwidth of your connection is more important than anything else. If you have even a basic modern laptop, you're going to be find hardware-wise...but over wi-fi, I've always gotten stuttering and dropped connections. A hard connection is...

The eBay part is a pretty important detail. Yeah, from there, I don't know what you should do. They could be scamming you, or legitimately thinking you're scamming them. I'd probably say that you had a video of it working, and it's out of your hands now. They'll either file a complaint, or...

Well, unless he brought it home after buying it and dropped his coffee on it.:D But, yeah, obviously something happened after the exchange. When you sold it, did you both verify together that it was working before money changed hands? If so, I'd say you did your part. (And...what happened...

I've seen that happen when liquid was spilled on/in the laptop.

Yeah, this is a first for me as well. Shoot customer service an email. I'm sure they've gotten the question before. If they won't help, you don't want to do business with them anyway.

Short version: You're fine. Long version: Despite what TV tries to convince us of, there's a difference between the "Deep Web" and the "Dark Web" and the former doesn't necessarily mean that you're doing anything bad or unsafe - just unlisted. Here's a bit of a clarification for you...

Pretty sure this is one of those no-go questions, since you're asking about running pirated software...

I...think we'd need a lot more info here. Type of DVD player? Type of TV? What inputs are you using? What was causing it to not work before?