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How to use a external monitor for your laptop

August 24th, 2010

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As we all know the laptop’s advantage compare to Desktop is light and portable. Mst laptop’s screen is between 12 – 17 inch. Generally the 17inch laptop is a little heavy (about 7 pounds), in the market 60% laptop are 15-16 inch wide screen. When we use our laptop to watch movie or play some 3D video game, the laptop small screen is the too small to work. So we use another 21-inch or bigger monitor as a external screen.

But how to use a external monitor for your laptop? The content below www.laptops-battery.co.uk take Dell Inspiron 1545 battery for example to introduce the detail step.

1. Buy a External monitor. You can buy a suitable size monitor for your need. Usually watch movie need 21-inch or more, playing Video game 19 inch screen is enough.

2.Buy a connect wire. Most laptops built today include an external monitor connection. Most are VGA, but some are starting to include DVI digital video connections instead. You just need to buy a VGA or DVI wire to connect the laptop to monitor.

3. Connect one end of the DVI or VGA cord to the DVI or VGA port of your laptop and the other end to the monitor. Your laptop (XPS M1210 battery) should automatically identify the external monitor as a new hardware device.

4. Active the external monitor. They are not enabled by default. You need to take action to send video out that port. Typically, and this varies from laptop to laptop, however is often either: Fn + F3, F4, F5, F8, or F9. The function key will often be labeled as CRT/LCD and/or have a picture of a monitor on the key or close to the key.

5. Close the laptop screen. Some laptops also have the ability to have the display on both the laptop and external display and/or one or the other at a single time. Laptops with this ability can switch between these modes by continuing to press the same function keys until in the mode the user wants. Dell Inspiron 6400 battery also is Fn + F7.

6. Set the new resolution or “size” pixels in laptop Display setting. As the likelihood of the LCD and the external monitor being the same resolution or “size” in pixels is very low. Unless the monitor is detected or setup in the operating system, it may not work properly or will only display at the default resolution. If you wish to change the external display’s resolution, make sure the monitor is detected by the operating system.

In the end I suggest you do not use your laptop battery when using external monitor. It may exhaust your laptop battery power in 1 hours or less.

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How to install another hard drive for Inspiron 1720

June 23rd, 2010

Sometimes only one hard drive is not enough to store our more and more infomation (images, movie and so on). Especillay the original laptop hard drive is too small to save our life. So we used to buy another one for our laptop. The article is about how to install another hard drive for Dell inspiron 1720 battery.

The first thing you must to do is buy a new SATA 2.5″ hard drive and a “DELL 1720 hard drive caddy”. Make sure the hard drive box includes the SATA connector (interface between the SATA hard drive and the DELL 1720 laptop). The Dell laptop battery hard drive and caddy you buy usually includes some HDD bracket, drive screws. Then only tool you need is a screwdriver.

Step1 : Assemble the drive and caddy

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Insert the black “SATA Connector” into the “edge connector” on the end of the SATA hard drive. Then insert the hard drive into the caddy/bracket. Use the four screws to secure the hard drive into the caddy/bracket.

Step2: Turn off the Dell inspiron 1721 battery and disconnect all the third device of the laptop (like keyboard mouse). Use a screw driver to loosen the two screws which secure the cover of the hard drive bay. Then Remove the Hard Drive Bay Cover.

Step 3: Insert your “assembled” DELL 1720 caddy + SATA hard drive into the empty drive bay

Step 4: Secure the hard drive caddy to the DELL 1720 notebook with the screws provided. There are three screws to attach the bracket.

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Step 5: Replace the cover for the notebook’s Hard Drive Bay and secure with the screws that came with the notebook.

Note: Sometimes the laptop can not recognize the new hard drive, please format the new hard drive and then reboot the laptop. Also the installing another hard drive to Dell Vostro 1700 inspiron 1721 is the similar.

Now you can store your life and more movies in your laptop as you want. Good luck. Where to buy hopes that help you.

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How to Replace PC CMOS Battery

June 14th, 2010

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All desktop and laptop computers use a special battery called a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) battery which stores information about your computer, such as the date and time, when the machine is powered off. Normally the Laptop battery re-charges itself whenever the computer is turned on but if it stops working or becomes damaged you will need to replace it manually.

Unplug the power cord from the power supply on the back of your computer. Remove all of the extra cables for the mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer and speakers.

Use a screwdriver to unscrew the case screws on the side of your computer and Dell Latitude D420 Battery . Put pressure on the side panel and slide it off the case

Locate the small circular Dell Inspiron 1720 Battery , which will usually be either color or silver-colored, near the center of the motherboard. Check the model number on the top of the battery and then purchase a replacement through an online electronics store or a local computer supply store. Make a note of the model information on the battery as you may need it to complete the installation.

Snap off the battery cover if your motherboard has one and then remove the CMOS Inspiron 1420 Battery by simply pulling it out of its holder.

Push the replacement Dell Latitude D830 Battery back into the battery slot and pop the cover back down. Put the side panel back on the case, re-attach all of the cables, and then power on your computer to ensure the battery was correctly installed. Wait to see if the computer changes to a prompt asking for the Latitude D810 Battery information or if it boots directly to the desktop.

Enter in the battery model information you wrote down earlier if the prompt asks for it and then hit “enter” to finish the installation.

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