Discussion
Notebooks
I'm quite tempted on getting rid of my 15.something inch notebook and probably get a smaller one.



What would you recommend as the bare minimum for web surfing and occasional office work? In other words, would 13.something inch be easy to use (read, write) and are there specific models...

Question
Notebooks, ASUS, K40AE
hi! it was said that my microsoft office 2010 is installed but when i open it needs to activate or purchase. i tried to activate but it needs a product key. i dont know about this product key where to find..i have already microsoft excel but its just a starter. i need microsoft word,what im gonna do?...

Discussion
Notebooks
We’ve been dealing with mobile products since many years, which all have one thing in common - batteries. Rechargeable battery types are quite a few, but the winner with the most wide-spread usage is the Li-ion battery which can be found in notebooks, cell phones, multimedia players, tablets etc. I’ve...

Question
Notebooks, Desktop Computers, Networking Devices
For several months now (since the PSNetwork got hacked), all kinds of hacking groups started exposing multiple vulnerabilities either on the websites or the kinds that affect normal Windows users. I`m not being paranoid but can a user really protect himself from getting hacked, participating in DDoS...

Problem
Notebooks, ASUS, X59GL
This happened 2 or 3 weeks after I got the laptop. The 3.5mm audio jack just stopped working although the mic jack is fine. I tried reinstalling a ton of drivers but the speakers just won't play. I've read somewhere that this is a common problem in some of the Asus laptops but it didn't seem to have...

Question
Notebooks, Dell, Inspiron 15R N5110
Recently I bought Dell Inspiron N5110 with Intel i7-2630QM. Installed Win 7 Home Premium and a software from Intel to watch the work of my CPU (temperature, speed, etc.). I've noticed that even in idle state the CPU uses turbo boost - it works on 2.6-2.7 GHz (its normal clock speed is 2 GHz). Is that...

Question
Notebooks, ASUS, K40AE
hi! I'm vergz, i just want to ask how to adjust the standby mode of asus k40ae

Question
Notebooks, ASUS, K52JE
Hey guys, I just noticed that the Fn keys no longer adjust volume and brightness on my ASUS K52JE notebook. Just to clarify it's about the combinations that don't work:



Brightness > Fn + F5/F6

Volume > Fn + F10/F11/F12



However, switsching off the LCD is fully operational...

Question
Notebooks
Hello, recently I've replaced my notebook hard drive due to lots of bad sectors in one of the partitions. Acronis was able to clone my C: drive, so I've got recover data from my D: drive. So how do I do that? I've tried the windows copy, tera copy and few other copying apps and stiil the whole process...

Discussion
Notebooks, Toshiba, Satellite A505-S6980
I heard that If you use your notebook like a desktop machine, i.e. intensively all-day sitting on a desk for example, it might overheat, which eventually will ruin the performance and possibly something even worse might happen.



Is it true and should I get a cooling pad or something just...