Recent content by The_Height_of_Folly

I figured out what was causing the fans to kick into overdrive. The click buttons below the touchpad got stuck inside the laptop. All I had to do was push them back into place. All is working well now. Thank you for the tips, guys.

Well, I opened it up and saw right away that the heat sink wasn't sitting too well over the CPU. So, I cleaned it up and put new thermal paste on it. I turned the laptop back on and the fan is still blasting but it hasn't shut off on me yet. The fan seems to be slowing down the longer I keep it...

I see. I won't have a chance to open it until tomorrow. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Hello everyone, I was using my laptop yesterday and the touchpad wasn't working properly. The mouse would move around all over the screen and prevent me from clicking on anything. This has been an issue with it since I bought it in 2010. The laptop is a Sony Vaio VPCEB15FX. I am running Windows...

Well, the component cable looks great on 1080i. Honestly, I think it looks a little crisper than the Xbox 360 does on HDMI. I'm still not sure what was going on with the HDMI but I'm happy with the picture I have.

I will be trying out a component cable. The HDMI cable is good. My Xbox 360 and laptop both work fine with it. The only odd thing is that when I try outputting HDMI through the PS3, anything else I try to hook up through it afterwards gives me a black screen as well. So, something must be...

Hello everyone, I bought a FAT 60 GB PS3 on Amazon and I can't get it to output anything on HDMI. AV works fine. My TV is a CRT Sony KD-30XS955 with 1080i resolution (I know it's ancient but the picture quality is just gorgeous). The PS3 detects that there is an HDMI cable but when I choose...

The plot has taken a bizarre turn. I moved my modem yesterday and my ethernet cable doesn't reach my laptop anymore, so I turned on the Wi-Fi. While my speeds did drop, many sites seem to load faster than on wired.

The name says it all. I started a thread last night and accidentally made the first reply the solution. Here is the link: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3020997/fast-internet-speeds-long-loading-times-browsers.html#xtor=EPR-8809 I have still not resolved my issue and would like to get...

I have a Marvell Yukon 88E8059 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Under Properties, I was able to increase the Jumbo Packet Size from 1514 to 9014. It didn't seem to help. Under the Resources tab, I am unable to change the memory range.

Hello everyone, I've been having an issue with my laptop for a while involving long loading times in web browsers despite having 150 Mbps download speed. The problem happens in both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Speed Test always brings up the speed yet I always have to wait at least a few...

Yes, I will not be going back to HDDs, that's for sure.

The operation was a success and the patient has made a full recovery. Thanks again for the help.

I see. Thank you very much. I should get it in the mail tomorrow and will let you know how it goes.