Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:59:44 +0100 From: "George Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] My 100CT arrived... questions
The cure I have found for the stiff mouse is to cut a small circle of card to fit snugly inside the recess in the mouse button (preferably around 1mm thick) - you can use a hole-punch to give you a piece you can then trim to size... replace the mouse and things will improve. G ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] My 100CT arrived... questions > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:39:21 -0700 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] My 100CT arrived... questions > > > Quoting Matthew Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:58:39 +0000 > > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: My 100CT arrived... questions > > > > > > I guess there weren't a lot of ovenight UPS packages going from Ohio to > > Florida, this 100CT shipped ground got here in 2 days! > > > > It seems to function properly, but the first thing I noticed on close > > examination is that it was dropped at some point. Something that the ad on > > > > EBay didn't mention, and that I neglected to ask about. But as everything > > else seems to be working alright... I guess it's just something to live > > with. > > > > A couple questions: > > > > * Is it normal for the lid to have a lot more play moving it forward and > > backward before meeting resistance than the 50/70s? It's wider, so maybe > > that explains things. > > Not really ... the lid isn't *quite* as stiff as the 50/70 but it certainly > doesn't have any free play in it. > > > > * Is it normal for the mouse on the 100 to be as stiff as this one is? I > > have to really hold tightly and use a lot more energy to move the mouse than > > my 50/70. And it's a bit harder to move the mouse to the right, as it is to > > move it to the left. Is there anyway anyone knows of loosening it up? > > Yup it's normal and no I've not found any way of fixing it ... the buttons are > also a lot stiffer you may have noticed. > > > > * Is it necessary to install drivers to provide support for the EPR? Cards > > > > aren't recognized when inserting them into the EPR PC card slots, so I'm > > assuming I'll need to get the driver from the Toshib website. > > Well the slots and USB port won't run unless you've plugged external power into > the EPR. I can't quite remember but I *think* you also need to install > drivers ... certainly Windows does treat the L100's EPR as a proper docking > station, not like how the L50/70 does things. > > > > * Is it near impossible to find a power cord to go from the battery charger > > to the 100? The darned plug at the Lib end is proprietary, and I didn't get > > the thing along with the charger, adaptor for 100/110 batteries, and AC > > adaptor. > > You can follow the instructions at www.fixup.net to make a connector out of a 2 > pin header (the sort you use to connect the HDD light to your motherboard for > instance). I've been using 2 of them, one on my auto/air adapter and one on a > $20USD power supply and they've been fine ... > > > > * Is it normal for the 100 screen not to be as bright as the 50/70? > > Nope ... and in fact the L100 screen I have on LOWEST brightness is brighter > than my old L50 with the screen on the HIGHEST setting. This is before applying > any screen films. > > > > I notice that the video drivers that the guy installed are from Microsoft, > > not the Toshiba. I wouldn't think that would cause the screen to be dimmer > > than the 50/70s. Looking around the system a bit, I'm wondering if >any< of > > the Toshiba drivers have been installed. There's no Start menu option for > > Toshiba Utilities, and the power meter is Microsofts. Anyway... I can sort > > through this stuff. I'd better get all the drivers. > > I'd go reformat it and install it again ... you really want to run this thing > with the proper drivers. > > > - Raymond > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
