Vendor of the year > Micro-D (M) S/B

Would like to commend Micro-D (Kuala Lumpur) for superb service. I ordered some stuff for my Fujitsu and the items came with a little extra. Really felt like Christmas again.

Kudos!!!

Fujitsu – Crackling sounds from the speakers

Are you using Windows 7?

Yes?…. okay!

Now, before you think its the fault of the speakers, let me break the news to you that the FAULT LIES WITH THE OPERATION SYSTEM that is in conflict with the audio drivers.

If your Fujitsu comes with the Realtek speakers, then head to the Realtek website and download the new drivers.

What you might want to do first is to uninstall the speakers and then install the new drivers.

The crackling sound should be gone.

* Before I found out the cause and solution i had weeks and weeks of frustration because everything came out noisy. A bit of googling does help.

** Speaking of Win7, its good but not very driver friendly (or rather hardware friendly), I am still having problems installing the new USB modem which works like a dream on my XP thinkpad.

My Fujitsu S-6421 so far

How’s the notebook holding up so far?

Great!

No issues with the new keyboard.

My usage is fairly heavy and the notebook sleeps only when i am asleep, driving or away. As for the fairly hot fan, it doesn’t really bother me as I have got used to it and have adjusted myself to it (avoiding it when i am not in an airconditioned room). Battery life is average although it could be better but all that needs to be done is to plan ahead (look out for a power socket, use less or use it for 3 hours then do something else). Screen hasn’t failed me – really bright and sharp. Windows 7 is good but i made a mistake not stating the version I wanted when i ordered my notebook from the main distributor. I rarely use the fujitsu mouse now, not wrist and finger friendly. Much prefer my logitech.The HDD space of 320GB is good. I can save lots of things on my HDD and not worry about running out of space. I made two copies of the system recovery disk. I think its important to make some recovery CD should something go wrong. I also back up my data weekly.

I have to date three sets of 320GB HDD and one 80GB HDD for the purpose of backing up data. One can never be too careful. All electronics are prone to data failure and after years of  dealing with data lose, i have learnt my lesson.

my requirements: All I want is a work-horse similar to the thinkpads i used to have. I’m quite pleased with this fujitsu. Size is just nice, weight is just nice. And I’m used to the clicky keyboard. Seems to be able to take hard knocks so far.