Jim Elbrecht <elbrecht@email.com> hath wroth:
>It's a dv6171cl. Did they manage to make that as difficult as
>possible?
I'm not sure whom to blame for that stupidity. However, you'll be
thrilled to know that IBM and Compaq also do the same thing to varying
degrees. I guess confusion sells products.
The URL's I supplied were based on the base dv6000 configuration.
Doing the search using the dv6171cl results in a slightly different
driver list:
<http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=325 3924&lang=en>
>Media Center Edition-- sorry I just went to Win98 [from WFWG] a couple
>years ago- and have only used this laptop for a couple months. I
>thought MCE was a common abbreviation.
My fault. I guess it's common enough, but I see so few versions of
Media Center Edition, that I didn't recognize the acronym. Under the
garrish media player, it's either XP Home or Pro.
>You are correct on the driver version. I just ran the 'HP
>update wizard' a week ago and it said I was good. Next time I'll
>look for whatever is giving me trouble and do it manually.
I've had some problems with the HP update wizard. It's very
conservative and only announces updates literally months after the
update appears on the HP download web site. I use the HP update
wizard for convenience, but when there's a problem to solve, I
download the latest directly from the web site.
>Ahhh-- and a huge one. But worth 10,000 words.
Well, I kinda cringed when I saw them using a pair of metal tweezers
to yank on the coax crimp part of the connector. Prying is fine, but
it's much easier to shove a plastic or wooden wedge between the coax
crimp and the circuit board to extract the connector. Getting it back
in place is where the fun comes in. Those Hirose U.FL connectors are
not good for very many insertion and removal cycles. My guess is
after about 10 such cycles, the connector is going to start showing
signs of self-destruction. Be *VERY* careful with the connector.
>And I've been connected now- with both Agent and IE7 for several
>hours. [that was a couple days ago- yesterday was flakey again]
Ok, so it may have been a loose RF connector.
>Not really- If I understand it correctly, when I close the laptop it
>goes straight to hibernation. It always restores when I return.
As I recall, most laptops are set to go into "standby" instead of
"hibernation" when closing the lid. Standby leaves power applied to
the memory so that when you open the lid again, everything is exactly
where you left off with little delay. Hibernate saves the memory
image to the hard disk. When opening the lid (and/or punching the
on/off button), you'll see "Resuming Windoze" drag itself across the
screen. It's reading the stuff that was saved on the hard disk and
loading it into memory. That takes more time than standby. However,
hibernate does not suck power from the battery when the laptop is
turned off. You can tweak the settings with:
Control Panel -> Power Options.
>Started R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" 41min. at 8:18am- finished
>loading about 8:40 - and it played through. [this might be another
>'good day' - I've been online for over na hour with no drops.]
That's not what I meant. I wanted you to be moving data through the
wireless while you were waiting for it to disconnect. A massive
download is only good for doing that during the duration of the
download. Anyway, it seems to be working, so no need to repeat the
test.
>Since it seemed like wiggling those wires cured it- but only for a
>day. . .and now it seems ok- Do I dare put the tiniest drop of
>dielectric grease on them-- or just hit them with some desgreaser?
No, don't do that. If they're dirty, some alcohol might be useful.
You don't want anything that will act as an insulator or attract dust
and dirt. No oil, grease, goo, tar, paste, or anything that might get
inside the connector. Dry is best (unless you have a condensing
atmosphere to deal with).
--
Jeff Liebermann
jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
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