I have an acer aspire one laptop and have tried to connect my orange mobile dongle to it but it wont actually connect is this something to do with linux and if so can i do something about it?

try function (fn) and the f3 key

Let me just guess, you have 2 videocards, onboard, thoose are chips and not replacable. The Radeon Mobility HD5470 is a chip and is probably fried, then the intel onboard card takes over, asoon you try to play the game it switches to the Radeon Mobility HD5470, wich is broken.

You can reflow the chip but thats not recommended, you best buy a new laptop or bring it to the louis rossmanngroup, they might be able to reball the chip.
It has tin solder ball's under it, 1 or 2 might be cracked, so the chip wont work.

Reflow is possible, however it wil not work in 50 % of laptops.

Go to youtube and type reflow Radeon Mobility HD5470 on acer. AND DO NOT I REPEAT NOT PUT IT IN AN OVEN.
Because it will melt everything not only the vid chip.

High pitch buzz is usually caused by the system fan but can also be caused by the optical drive and the harddrive. check if the system is getting hot. try cleaning the vents of the system. verify that there is no disc inside the optical drive. try booting to safemode and check if the system will still caused the noise. also run a hardware diagnostic to check the fan and harddrive.

The Acer Aspire netbook I bought has a switch on it to connect to the WiFi Internet G. If you want to use the dongle to communicate on the Internet, then first try to use the built in Wifi to install the driver for it.

hi denise. there is a incompatibility between your hardware and your laptop. check if the laptop is capable of having a dongle. and if is, my advise is to reinstall your operation system.

the only way to connect this
is you will have connect your laptop to normal internet such as bt for a few mins /vear ethernet lead /
then down load mobile partner
install this to your laptop/
disconnect ethernet / plug usb 3 in /open mobile partner/ and this should see it then connect

This problem occurs in most Acer laptops. Its actually a bug in the mother board. Try reinstalling the clock battery or give it to your nearest service center.

Do a restore to a previously good state.........

To connect to a basic wireless network (WAN) you need to have a 802.11g (or n) network adapter, I would assume that this is located inside the laptop already (99% of new laptops come with a wireless adapter installed). You should not need a dongle.

Normally you setup a passkey or use 0000 or 9999 as a passkey.

The question is, does that pop up when you try to connect a USB device? Do you get that when you try to install the dongle? (That shouldn't happen). If you are trying to connect a PDA or cell phone, you setup the passkey for the connecting device on the computer then type it in to the PDA or mobile phone. If you are trying to connect a bluetooth headset, then you use whatever code is from the manufactorer. Normally this is 0000 or 9999.

Hope this helps!