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Vibrations won't really hurt the laptop unless you are trying to break it or, as stated earlier, you drop it. The HDD will break long before other components with the possible exception of the...

I've successfully used "Rhythmbox Music Player" to rip FLAC from a disc.

You will need the 64bit version of Ubuntu to address more than 4gb of space.

Not to be rude, but that is probably the worst answer you could give. He is asking how to fix it, not how this product does.

Our internet is slow here, it will take a few minutes to check it and find one that will work. Not to mention that that we have people in queue here >.<

Can you take a picture of the pins headon?...

Hmm, that is strange...

I'll mess with it later tonight and see how far I get :)

Yup, *should*. :)

The only way to tell if it is a "normal" drive is to take it out of its special case and compare it with ones off of Newegg (or other sites).

If you want to replace it, any 2.5" laptop hard drive that is IDE *should* work. I would suggest removing the drive to see what type of configuration it is. Go to a website like Newegg that has...

I think you will receive more assistance if you can give more information than "it doesn't work".

You getting errors? A certain step not working correctly? etc

I'll soon be going through...

Honestly, I wouldn't put much faith behind Geek Squad. They are salesmen, not techs. I'm sure you can find someone that knows what they are doing to help you ;)

The only issue is if it is an IDE based drive. They use a more dense pin configuration, which means you need a converter to plug into a conventional IDE cable.

OP: I would suggest checking some...

If the drive is somewhat functional, you should be able to remove it and install it into a known working desktop. You won't boot from it, but instead just load from the main drive and pull all the...

If you are referring to "mains" as the outlet, then yes, it would recharge the battery and power the laptop.

You can plug it in at any time, it knows how to compensate for it. You won't damage...

If you are trying to mount it, you can mount it via the UUID, which should not change.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingUUID

That is a very generic question. We need more information.

Price range?
Size limitations?
What will you use it for?

Just to verify, my last comment was to try a known working drive in the computer. You stated that nothing was successful, the working drive did not work in that computer?

That is the issue right there, either there is a setting incorrect in the BIOS preventing it from being detected or the logistics of the drive are bad.

**Please, never ever put a drive in the...

I haven't had issues with the newer nVidia cards. I've run the 8800GTS 640 (same g80 core as your GTX) that uses/would use the same exact drivers as the ones you need to; it worked flawlessly.
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I take it you are looking for low noise levels? You can pick up some Yate Loon fans, they are pretty good quality and extremely cheap (less than $4 each). I use these exclusively for systems that...

If you are talking about putting it directly behind the other, that would hurt airflow and create more noise. It takes special fans (counter rotating fans) to be able to "stack" them. Even if you...

Go to System<Administration<Services (in gnome) and disable "CPU Frequency manager".

It may not be a multi-threaded program, which means it won't use two cores effectively. If it is a multi-threaded program, then it is waiting on something else such as the other core or a system bus...

Most external drive enclosures do not pass S.M.A.R.T. data. You would have to install it in a computer. My guess is that the drive is PATA based, you would have to get a converter so that you could...

That is one sign of a bad/dying drive. Can you get the S.M.A.R.T. data from it? It should give a clearer answer as to what is going on.

Does it do it in XP also?