Burn-in/Test programs for testing Laptops.. Hello and thank you for perusing my topic. I was just wondering what programs I should use to burn-in or test the laptop. I want to make sure that there isn't going to be any problems with the laptop. I was thinking...

Testing the Laptop's battery SMBus. Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops () Dear all, Before we can do the recelling job on laptops battery pack, we need to test whether the SMBus is still working or in non-working condition. Is there any hardware or...

later for return to the laptop. Hey; I figured the best way to see if it works or not is to test it with a laptop hard drive that I have now. The SATA connectors are the same between desktops and laptops, and it worked fine; I think you were thinking of IDE...

video and (wireless) network works with linux on that system. This appears to be in the wrong sections. If you're interested in Linux, follow Sub Mesa's advice, and grab a live CD or two, and test them out on the laptops before you purchase them. As for...

problem. I couldn't get the damn thing to format from within her laptop, so took the hdd out, put it in my test laptop, formatted the drive and returned it to it's original home... only now the laptop wont recognise the hdd, at all. I replaced it several times...

failed. It is hard to pin down the support guy and even if I tell him a good time to get me, he doesn't always call that day so a lot of time is wasted. I am open to another brand to test and will appreciate a reccomendation. Thanks for your rep-lies....

you for your email We at Toshiba only ever test our laptops with the hard drive they are supplied with. So, in answer to your question, we don't know what is the maximum size hard drive your laptop will accept. Because we have never tested it with anything...

as a desktop. That's why laptops generally aren't used as workstations. So does it really make that much of a difference whether you get a P4-M or a P-M? Sorry, but really how much sense does it make to test laptops with workstation software? Almost no...

Was this Acer Ferrari a loaner or a gift? Seems there are quite a few gifts floating out there. I am not panning Vista. I have used it on a test laptop and I like it but the questions raised by the article below need some looking at. I was very disappointed...