On Tuesday 18 January 2005 15:06, Ryan D'Baisse shaped the electrons to say: > Morning, all! > > I was just handed a new laptop. I am trying to determine if it will be > a good candidate for FC3. Based on the specs, does anyone see any > areas that might be tricky for a newbie like me? Here are the specs, > directly from Dell: > > System Type: Latitude C840 > > 1 0120C INSERT, BLANK, PC MEMORY CARD INTL. ASSOC., CP/CPX > 1 433MR ASSEMBLY, COVER, HINGE, PLASTIC, LONSDALE > 1 6G141 PIPE, HEIGHT, THIN, FINS, COMANECI AND AVANTI (SHARED PARTS), > PONG ADDS/COHIBA > 1 8P514 PROCESSOR, 80532, 1.8GHZ, 512K, PENTIUM 4, MICRO FLIP CHIP PIN > GRID ALIGNMENT > 1 8T993 BATTERY, MALAYSIA DIRECT SHIP, 14.8V, 8C, LITHIUM, SONY > 1 5C671 ASSEMBLY, FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, CONTROLLER/NO > CABLE, SONY, NOTEBOOK > 1 6G356 ADAPTER, ALTERNATING CURRENT, EXTERNAL, 20V, 90W, 3W, POWER > FACTOR CORRECTION > 1 146CM ASSEMBLY, CABLE, FLEXTRONICS, 15, SXGA+-UXGA, LONSDALE/LAVACA > 1 3J010 ASSEMBLY, BASE (ASSEMBLY OR GROUP), BOTTOM, C840, COMPAL, PCTEL > 1 3J076 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, SXGA+SPWG, BURST > MODE INVERTER, 15, SAMSUNG > 1 4C895 ASSEMBLY, BEZEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.0, LONSDALE, ULTRA > EXTENDED GRAPHICS ARRAY > 1 7R055 ASSEMBLY, COVER, TOP, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15, C840/M50 > 1 3J247 KEYBOARD, 87, UNITED STATES, COMANECI AND AVANTI (SHARED > PARTS), UNITED STATES > 1 4P608 MOUSE, UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS, 2BTN, WHEEL, OPTICAL, LOGITECH > 1 7N242 KEYBOARD, 104, UNITED STATES, SILITEK, LOW COST, MIDNIGHT GRAY > 1 4K174 KIT, ADVANCED PORT REPLICATOR, CPORT2, V.3, 90W, DELL AMERICAS > ORGANIZATION > 1 0F452 CASE, CARRYING, LEATHER, NOTEBOOK, CLASSIC > 2 0K963 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 512, 266, 64X64, 8K, 200 > 1 4K085 BATTERY, SECOND, 14.8V, 8C, LITHIUM, SANYO > 1 3R091 SUB-ASSEMBLY, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, 24X, I, SAMSUNG, SIDE, V4 > 1 3H788 KIT, COMPACT DISKETTE, COMPACT DISK READ WRITE, ROXIO, V5.1 > 1 6R175 ASSEMBLY, COMPACT DISK READ WRITE/DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE > COMBO, 24X, HITACHI LG DATA STORAGE, OMAHA > 1 1N010 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, SWDVD, INTERVIDEO, 3.0.58.6 > 1 5J149 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, VIDEO, 64MB, NV17, NVIDIA > 1 48CVX ASSEMBLY, CARRIER, HARD DRIVE, LONSDALE/LAVACA > 1 8267R CONNECTOR, HEADER, 2X22, FEMALE, 2, S, G, 35K, THIRD HEIGHT, > CHIP SET > 1 9N251 HARD DRIVE, 60GB, I, 2.5" FORM FACTOR, 12.5MM, IBM-CASCADE, V2 > 1 1J666 FILLER, PLASTIC, AIRBAY > 1 1R596 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL, COMPACT > DISKETTE W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, A02 > 1 8U082 CARD (CIRCUIT), WIRELESS, MINI PCI CARD, INTERNAL, AGERE > SYSTEMS, 2.4GHZ > I have a d600 and it works great, all hardware works except the smartcard reader. > Thanks, in advance. > > Thanx, > Ryan
