Recent content by WillyWanker

Any pointers or instructions on how to reball it? Mine sat around for years. I fired it up the other day and it worked, I was shocked. But after one or two shutdowns it was dead again. So it feels like I should be able to get it back, just no clue as to what's the easiest or most effective way...

Oh mine died years ago. Still have it, not sure what to do with it. Tossing it seems wrong, but at this point I don't see any use in trying to fix it. One of these I'll probably just schlep it off to Best Buy for recycling after I strip it down and remove anything useful.

Holla!

Make sure the vents aren't clogged up. Take off the bottom cover and clear out all the dust bunnies.

Good to know you guys weren't affected by the recall. And Andy, I don't remember the force flash option, and all my old files are stuck on the dead laptop. It is one of the command line options. Too bad the old Everex forums are gone. I seem to remember something about how the Amilo bios...

Hmmm, I dunno. It might fit, but then again it might not. On a side note, I saw this and thought of Tanware. Didn't you buy a Targus power brick? http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/targus_recalls_universal_wall_power_adapter_laptops

Pretty sure they did, but I can't say 100% for sure.

No.

Dunno at this point. I don't travel much anymore and really don't need a laptop for daily use. For the last 2 years it's been used as more of a adjunct computer I can take from the living room to the bedroom, mostly for web browsing and stuff while on the couch. I'm moving next week and due to...

And mine just died :( Alas poor Everex, I knew thee well... RIP

Yeah, mine turns 3 in June I think. I too am surprised it's still kicking, barely tho. I'm just gonna keep using it till it finally gives up the ghost and then get something else.

Sigh... I put the laptop to sleep, and on wakeup the wifi is gone again. Restarted, still gone. Shut it down to take it with me and when I started it again it's back. Crazy.

So get this. I'm doing my thing and all of a sudden the screen goes black and the laptop is completely locked up (it seems to happen once in awhile, I'm sure due to its pending failure). I shut it down and restart, and I'm greeted with a new hardware notification for my new MSI miniPCI wifi...

Try pressing down firmly on the GPU and northbridge, see if that puts some more life into it.

Nope.