Decent laptop 289.99 for first 250 cust [CLOSED]

Whirly

amit_1 wrote:

wow is the the pic of our laptop if so can nay 1 tell me where the ram slot is cos my extra ram shoul dbe coming today from pc world

Bottom right hand corner of the pic. See the two large white stickers? They are on the RAM.

calibrax

I got my Intel 2200B/G wireless card yesterday in the mail, and this morning the internal antenna arrived (smaller than I expected). I'll fit it tonight and hopefully be up and running in time for the weekend. No problems at all with the laptop so far! (fingers crossed)

Steve

amit_1

how the hell do you take the screws out i can only manage to get 3 out of the 6 out the other 3 are impossible which make screw driver are you using as its impossible to oppen the thing

djrobmac

calibrax wrote:

I got my Intel 2200B/G wireless card yesterday in the mail, and this morning the internal antenna arrived (smaller than I expected). I'll fit it tonight and hopefully be up and running in time for the weekend. No problems at all with the laptop so far! (fingers crossed)

Steve

Hey, where did you get the antenna from Steve? Was it that seller on ebay? Can't wait to find out the results on reception. speed etc.

If there is any chance you could take a pic of the card and antenna in place and post it on here you'll get my thanks :-)

amit_1

i still cant open it what are the other screws around the laptop can i open all of them and put the ram in ???

djrobmac

amit_1 wrote:

i still cant open it what are the other screws around the laptop can i open all of them and put the ram in ???

You need to take out 6 screws to access the RAM. Remove just the screws on the panel with the air flow holes on it.

MyUserNamesTaken

Wirelessman has put up another auction for me to buy some antennae, but I've already bought them. This one's slightly cheaper than before (£9 instead of £9.99)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6755418177#ebayphotohosting

Someone, please buy them from him.

Laptop's still freezing overnight, but I think it's due to extra pressure on the mini pci card working without antennae. I've disabled the pci card for now and am leaving the laptop running to see if it still freezes. Still, it's an improvement on total crash and refusal to reboot afterwards. Seriously considering doing a complete reformat and reinstallation of everything when i get my antennae, as I think the OS has suffered far too many crashes.

MyUserNamesTaken

Amit, make sure you're using the exact correct size philips screwdriver, else you'll !!!!!! up the screw heads. You'll need to force the cover off once you've taken the screws out because it's held in by tiny clips. Wiggle it about and it should come off.


By the way, don't forget that we have a "thanks" button now!

amit_1

djrobmac wrote:

You need to take out 6 screws to access the RAM. Remove just the screws on the panel with the air flow holes on it.

its impossible3 of them are not comeing out i magange to get 3 out but looking at the screws it lloks like the head has gone from 1 of them

amit_1

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

Amit, make sure you're using the exact correct size philips screwdriver, else you'll !!!!!! up the screw heads. You'll need to force the cover off once you've taken the screws out because it's held in by tiny clips. Wiggle it about and it should come off.


By the way, don't forget that we have a "thanks" button now!

what philips srew driver you are useing the screws are so hadr i already think 1 of the heads it worn out what shall i do about that