Temetka< I tried to see if I can do ANYTHING without the power cord attached, but NOW the battery won't charge. I was checking, and I'd pay more for a battery NEW than I paid for the laptop. This lapttp will never have the capabilities that my other laptop has, so I can't see spending the money on i...

Okay, NOW I get codes 199990302 and 199990305 when I power on the machine ... do those codes relate to not having an OS installed? I can't seem to get an OS installed, b/c the appaerent default is to boot from floppy. I got into the BIOS and changed that - it reads FDD 1, HDD, PCMCIA, Network, and F...

ieee<<<thanks!!!! I got a Linux CD a while ago (2007)< I was gonna try that. Get the puppy edition off bootdisk? I got the CMOS battery installed ($4.95 to-the-door), but the dinosaur won't boot from the CD-ROM!!! I got into the BIOS set :x -up and told it to, but the machine won't listen!!! :? http...

A few years ago, I bought a laptop off eBay - I had NO IDEA what I was getting into. I knew NOTHING about computers -internally. I can read and type thought!!! :lol: Now I have another laptop and a desktop that I have re-built ... and am curious to re-do my first. That's my IBM Thinkpad 380D - 2635 ...