Stalling during first fifteen minutes

[mr. softie]

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

Notebooks are built like disposable lighters.

My notebook is built like a Model A Ford. It is simple to work on, is an antique, is slow, is noisy, is under powered, and it breaks down a lot. It just keeps running year after year after year though... Some bailing wire, twine, and an old leather boot tongue are enough to get it back on the (information) highway.

Dell Inspiron 3800
600 Mhz PIII
512 megs ram
20 Gig Hard drive
fluky keyboard
flaky optical drive
5 minute battery