Ask A Geek

Q: What can I upgrade on my Toshiba Sattellite l555? Like can I upgrade the video card memory limits hdd limits?

Q: How does a device which is strapped to an athlete that has GPS tracking and reads heart rate send that information in real-time to a laptop within 200 meters away?

Q: acer aspire notebook 5810tz. battery at 23% will not charge up. blue full charge light on. when disconnect unit from power cord unit shuts off. battery or internal charger or?

Q: My laptop will turn on but once the Window 7 welcome screen comes up the mouse and whole computer freeze. What can I do?

Q: I was wondering what is the best computer brand laptop is for a user who wants to watch DVDs in HD, playing games with good imaging and playing on facebook, long battery life and good sound system.

Q: My laptop computer is not detected my battery and when I remove the power cable but it works. When I am using the laptop without the power cord I don’t no how much percent battery balance is left. What should I do? I am using Windows Vista Home Premium. I having been having this problem for one month.

Q: I have a Compaq Presario cq61 laptop and it wont charge or come on. The little blue light is not even on when I plug the AC adapter in. Why wont it work? I have only had it for about 7 months and it has already tore up.

Q: I dropped my laptop today about three feet. It turns out without any problems but the case is cracked. What potential problems are there from this?

Q: I have a Toshiba l305d-s5928 with a AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-62 CPU. I was wondering if i can upgrade this CPU,and if so what compatible CPU would there be?

Q: I am trying to upgrade my hard drive in a laptop. My new drive is 500 GB and my installed drive is 80GB. For some reason, after I tried to clone my drive, my new drive will only show 80GB. I then tried to delete the partition and start over and now my new drive will only show 80GB. How do I get the new drive back to its original 500 GB?