Well got my new(er) laptop yesterday (Compaq Evo N610c), but I am having some odd issues with it. It is hard to get it to POST, the power light will come on but nothing else happens at all. No drives or fans spin up. If I try it a few times, it will boot up completely, but will freeze up randomly, sometimes causing the screen to go black.
Other times, such as right now, it will work perfectly for hours. I'm running a Ubuntu live CD and it's been going for a couple hours now, but earlier I was trying to re-install WinXP and it locked up while formatting
The battery is shot and won't even take the slightest charge. Can that cause problems? I've tried running it without the battery but it still seems unstable. I hate to spend $50 on a new battery if there are other problems. The AC adapter is a Delta, and seems to be in good shape.
Other times, such as right now, it will work perfectly for hours. I'm running a Ubuntu live CD and it's been going for a couple hours now, but earlier I was trying to re-install WinXP and it locked up while formatting
The battery is shot and won't even take the slightest charge. Can that cause problems? I've tried running it without the battery but it still seems unstable. I hate to spend $50 on a new battery if there are other problems. The AC adapter is a Delta, and seems to be in good shape.
- good software for CPU clock controlling on this machine is SpeedswitchXP, little old bud great. Also, if you would like to dim the light down even further [or to pure black if you will] - you can use speedfan to do this, fan 02 controls the screen backlight brightness 
Though I do like the performance compared to some newer laptops that share the video and system RAM. At least this one has 32MB of dedicated video RAM.
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