Gateway MT6451 Power Management - Disc Spin Up/Down Problem

Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Driver Issues, Hardware | Leave a Comment

Well, since my IBM Thinkpad decided to explode and die on me a few weeks ago, I obtained my fiance’s almost new but broken Gateway.  The main problem with this computer was that the computer could not charge or operate on AC power.  I fixed the issue by simply taking the computer completely apart and [...]

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Compiz-Check

Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under Driver Issues, Programs | Leave a Comment

My main laptop is an IBM ThinkPad R40 with a Radeon 7500 M7 Video Card.  Because of this, I have never been able to get Compiz Fusion working correctly on it. I have searched forum after forum to no avail.  I finally got it working today with the help of an awesome script named [...]

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Dell Inspirion 1525 WiFi Driver (Ubuntu 8.04)

Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under Driver Issues | 2 Comments

My beautiful fiancée recently purchased a new Dell Inspirion 1525.  This specific version of the 1525 comes preloaded with Windows Vista.  Dell sells another version named the Inspirion 1525n that comes preloaded with Ubuntu 7.10.  My future Father-in-law and I assumed since Dell sold the 1525 as both a Vista and Ubuntu version, a switch [...]

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