[frgeek-michiana] Re: Carol's laptop
- From: Tony Germano <tony_germano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:35:34 -0400
Might want to try a full discharge and recharge of the battery if that hasn't
been done recently.
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:00:12 -0400
> From: tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Carol's laptop
>
> I let the laptop charge overnight. The battery has issues since it
> charged only to 37% of capacity.
>
> Sometimes the desktop hangs after login, and the system has to be power
> cycled. It doesn't seem to soft boot (reboot/restart) properly and has
> to be hard cycled.
>
> Since there is no built-in wireless network interface, networking was
> disabled. On the upside, I have a spare D-Link PCMCIA wireless network
> card. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS recognized the PCMCIA wireless network interface,
> but the system didn't configure it automatically. I fished around to
> find the gui wizard to set up the card. Once found, it was easy to
> configure. I had to fish again to start the networking software. Once
> started, the D-Link card connected to my home wireless access point
> without problem.
>
> The case needs a vacuum and scrub which I'll do. Carol has requested I
> bring the laptop to the board meeting on Monday as she plans to attend.
>
> Tom --
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