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Good deal, the hard drive install worked. For $52 I saved the computer from the landfills and have 80 gigs instead of the original 20 gigs. The new Seagate hard drive is very quiet, they improved them a lot. Now I just have to configure my settings and install all my backed up files. BTW I...

Just that 4 " fan placed behind my laptop blowing air underneath it helped a lot. My laptop still heated up after 5 hours enough to turn the internal fan on a few times and it was blowing warm air out here and there but no where near as hot and no slow down in performance. I think this will...

Thanks, that's a good idea, the Vantec Lapcool2 looks good with option to use AC. To get an idea how it would work, I put a pretty powerful 4" commercial computer fan I have had for a while behind the laptop so it blows air under the laptop. I immediately notice a big difference. My laptop...

I've been using my 2.3 Ghz laptop and noticed by the time it hits around the 6th hour of being on it starts to slow down and the fan turns on. It starts out being a bit faster than my desktop but slows down with heat. I can't see how some people leave it on steady, especially laptops.

Just one note: From another board, not that I believe this is a political issue. We don't build refineries because of a number of reasons. Refineries have a huge PR issue (nobody wants a refinery in their backyard). Also the left wing of politics hates oil production because they believe it...

I hate PT, the buses are all empty in my area also. Big waste of money and fuel.

The US has more oil than Canada in the form of oil shale. We have more oil than anyone else in the world, Canada is 2nd. Either way I hope they come out with alternatives instead.

They will probably figure out that I installed it on my other computer also. I can't see why they would have a problem with that since it is older. I once had to re-install the OS on my laptop and had to call it in. They have a policy to have you on your computer while entering the really...

When I get the hard drive installed and it is time to install the OS. What is the policy of windows XP. Do they allow installing it once from my newer laptop with XP on to an older computer that crashed? I did this once with Microsoft word, I put the newer version on my old computer so...

Shooting compressed air helps get dust out for the fans to work but this dust will just be pushed to one side of the inside of your computer. I always blew the outside fan vents regularly but had no idea how much dust was accumulating inside. Isn't it better to open it and vacuum it out? Just...

I should probably get in the habit of opening my computers up once a year to vacuum dust out. My laptop might be due soon for it's first dusting.

This website says you are better off shutting down when not using to extend the life of the hard drive. My HP was fine all day until after being on for 12 hours and then the hard drive blew. I noticed some dust inside that might have caused over heating although I had no sign of it at all...

My HP hard drive gave out at about 23,000 hours. I currently have about 4000 hours on my Dell laptop, no problems yet.

I'm going to give it a try, not much to lose. I ordered a Seagate 80 Gig for only $50. Dell site shows these having a life cycle of 600,000 hours, that's 68 years. A bit longer than my HP HD lasted.:)

I might consider saving the computer and going that route. As long as I can figure out how to install the hard drive. I never replaced one before. I hear the Seagate's are the best, so I'll look to buy one of these.

Mine gave no signs of going, it never made any funny sounds until it went.

It's an older computer so I would rather spend a little extra and just get a new Dell desktop. Is this pretty common or is it a fluke to have a hard drive blow. Just wondering how long we can expect them to last.

I think i blew a hard drive on my older HP desktop. All I did was what I do every week, perform a maintenance defrag. When I got back the computer was dead. It makes a funny rattle sound when it tries to turn on. It says hard disk not found, I tried the recovery disk and it says cables may...

Since UK is such a close ally they should let you in with open arms, I don't see why they wouldn't, it's their loss if they don't. One note: 37k for a mother might not be so bad, our system here in the US is not that great. Our health care is going down the tubes. Large corporations keep...

Israel is the 6th largest nuclear power in the world. It should be enough for Iran.