I'm in!!! Only just saw this. I love games! Lol. So how do you mannage snail mail addresses, email however you communicate about next address etc. Is this all on Photo bucket? If yes, I'm out. But honestly no hard feelings. Quick fun visit ;-D. Meanwhile I might see if I can find a pair here lol

Woo hoo! I have the mailing order all worked out, and have started an update thread for the first round, see the link below =) Now, we need another 20 or so traders to start round #2 of this crazy road trip! Please post below if you are interested, the guidelines above will apply to round #2 as well =) Shannon Here is a link that might be useful: Update post for round #1

Thanks and again I feel a little guilty for not searching the web myself, but as expected the "web" is not as helpful as the direct input I get from this forum. My Toshiba is a T135D, I think the "D" indicates a special package for BJs Discount Club. Of course that is too small a market for a special design, so I suspect the T135 models listed in the Link provided are close enough to assume the same fix would work. It is helpful to read the link and learn my problem is not a unit specific problem, rather a driver problem it seems. That said, my volume is so low I have to be in a quiet room to even hear it is on in a low whisper. As the link advised I went to "uninstall" and removed the [conexant HD Audio Driver] and re-booted the computer. As promised the boot discovered the missing driver and loaded one, seems a Microsoft Driver [7/13/2009, Version 6.1.7600]. Looking at the list of programs, conexant is still missing, or at least that name is missing. The volume remains lowl The reference site than suggests downloading an new driver which includes "conexant" in the file name and is a whopping 157.26 MB, wow for a driver? Looks suspicious to me, anyone know the site to be a "honest broker"? I have a lot of space on my HDD, so why not? So in the download effort, not successful, I am introduced to a "GOLD Download" which promises the download in about 2 minutes. As I have a 1.5 MBit DSL, the 2 minutes for 8 x 157.26 MB plus overhead can not be downloaded in 2 minutes unless "GOLD" has some significant compression which is unmentioned if it is there. It warns that without GOLD it will take 68 minutes, sounds about right, so I click download, which downloads a small file [MixxxDJ.... an installer]. So now I am expected to run an installer with all my security down, i.e., the installer is on my computer. I have very little confidence/trust for such activities. Any testimonials for the subject web site? Or, another idea on how to update my Audio Driver? That is recover "conexant" or some other improved driver - i.e., run the Mixxx guy.

As it turns out, Dell did decide to expedite shipping so I got in time to try it. BUT - they sent the same incorrect item - just the empower and car plug - no actually adapter. Just absurd. Then they wanted me to call fedex to arrange a return. I emailed them that I wasn't taking any more time on them - and they could email me a label - which they just did. I wound up paying for one-day shipping through Amazon to get a non-Dell adapter on the day or her flight(I have prime anyway - so it was just an additional $4. I bought 3 different adapters bc. there was no way to be sure which might work with dd's dell laptop (it's new enough that it's not specifically listed as a compatible laptop). Good thing I did. One item was not the appropriate item. One never came - and one arrived in a nick of time and seemed to be the right one - a Kensington car/air ac/dc adapter - that fit her laptop. Raven - thank you for that link. Sounds like a great program - unfortunately they left on the 27th. But I may look for something similar for my smartphone. I think I already downloaded an app that does that for the phone. Mike - I do know that there could be any type of plug (empower,car type plug or regular ac) - and that there may or may not be a plug - and it may or may not work. Of course, neither my daughter nor husband has gotten online to email me that they've arrived and are okay. Guess I'll find out soon whether it worked. Thanks. Lynn.