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Old MECC game + XP VAIO = SFX But No Music :(

Someone gave me an old VAIO in a stack of other old laptops and stuff; I tend to be a discard pile for a local tech shop dude who's a close friend and this was in some of the stuff he recently gave me. It's marked underneath as a PCG-7L1L. From what I can find, this corresponds to a Sony VAIO VGN- …

Re: Toshiba Libretto 50CT - Contemplating Purchase - What Repair Knowledge/Info/Resources Is/Are Out There?

Small update. A local tech-shop pal suggested 70% isopropyl for the corrosion, but wasn't sure whether steel wool was a good idea to use with it or not. I decided to use a dollar store scrubby pad, basically the green side of a "Scotch Brite" but as sold from Dollar Tree in a pack of several, sans …

Re: Toshiba Libretto 50CT - Contemplating Purchase - What Repair Knowledge/Info/Resources Is/Are Out There?

In that case I know what I'm putting in, I've got an 8gb Swissbit SSD from back when SLC NAND meant something lol. Got it for a song, it was my WinXP nostalgia box drive for forever... then I needed to expand it. I hardly ever used the dang thing so I've been lazy rebuilding it lol. Meh. I popped it …

Re: Toshiba Libretto 50CT - Contemplating Purchase - What Repair Knowledge/Info/Resources Is/Are Out There?

Good news, everyone! I got the Libretto... and the screen is FINE! CMOS battery tests as dead-as-a-doornail, primary battery is giving me a steady amber light on the indicator, and the hard drive sounds like it has the same level of rod knock as the $50 AMC Eagle in that one episode of "Junkyard …

Re: Toshiba Libretto 50CT - Contemplating Purchase - What Repair Knowledge/Info/Resources Is/Are Out There?

That sounds... relatively easy lol. I see that up to 815mb HDDs are supported by the 50CT's BIOS... any guess as to how it responds to flash media? I have some fairly tiny DoM (Disk-On-Module) 44pin IDE flash "SSD" devices from thin clients, I tinker with those -- old 32bit VIA-based HP and pre-Dell …

Toshiba Libretto 50CT - Contemplating Purchase - What Repair Knowledge/Info/Resources Is/Are Out There?

So I'm looking at buying this Toshiba Libretto 50CT on eBay. I know it's got a bad display in... some way. The seller is trying to be helpful but I get the distinct impression that he's very much not a 'computer guy' and far removed from an 'electronics guy'. It also doesn't help that this thing is …

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