Retro Computing Grotto

1501

Fault Finding A Dead Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop

After removing all the screws from the bottom of the laptop I removed the keyboard and could imm…

Battery

Replacing The CMOS Battery on a Dell Latitude D630/D620

Step 1 - Unplug from the mains and remove the battery Step 2 - Remove the hinge cover (make sure…

Core2Duo

£3 Dell Latitude D620 Laptop Testing

I picked this up a while ago but only just gotten around to test it to see if it has any signs o…

Aptiva

Pin Badge Collection Update October 2020

My collection has grown somewhat since my last post on the matter so thought it about time I pos…

2-Power

Using A Universal Power Adaptor With Your Retro Computing Laptop

I don't know what people are doing with the original power supplies for some of the laptops …

1GB

Upgrading The RAM on a DELL Latitude D820 Laptop

As you may have seen from lots of previous posts, I have amassed quite a collection of Retro Sof…

D600

Running Diagnostics on the Dell Latitude D600 Series of Laptops

Not sure if this works on other newer/older Dell laptops, but on the Dell Latitude D600 I have, …

D800

Dell Latitude D800 - A Break From The Norm

Todays delivery is a break from the norm in the fact that this is a Dell laptop rather than a Co…