Posted by
evie15422 on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/notebooks-tp1544863p1544878.html
Hi, Drasko,
I went thru 2 bad (for me) computers last fall. I sent back a Toshiba and lost about $150 on that deal, after I could not tolerate it. (I did not even tolerate it in the box prior to being plugged in! I could not tell that in the store, as I was reacting to everything there so badly.) Found out that I was reacting to the wireless cards it had in it, but the company would not warranty the computer if I removed them.
Then I ordered a Dell Inspiron 1505, core-duo. I asked that they remove the wi-fi cards, but they would not send it without a broadband card. Whenit came, I couldn't tolerate it either. But I worked with the Dell techies and I was pleasantly surprised that they did not think me a complete and utter nutcase (like the Toshiba techs did). They even had a couple of techs who were fairly knowledgeable with my ES problems and what could be causing them. I had one tech from India who talked me thru removing the broadband card, and resetting all the settings in the control panel, etc, that would have anything to do with wireless operation. He did tell me, also, to completely remove the battery when I had the machine plugged in, as the battery radiates energy while it is recharging. We determined that I also needed to walk away from the machine while it is scanning files, downloading, and uploading, as these increase magnetic fields around the laptop. I actually react to
this even hours later, so only do these functions when I am going off the computer for the day.
I found out here from someone (forget who, sorry!) that since a laptop doesn't have a grounding plug, you need to experiment with putting the plug in and see which direction feels best--that advice helped immensely. Seems I was usually putting the plug in upside down and I react to that. Also, another Dell tech mentioned to make sure that I had the DSL modem in a different outlet from the computer and that there was a good space between them,and that helped alot. (Also mentioned not to have my phone plugged into either outlet.) These fixes took care of my brain, heart, and blood pressure problems I had using the computer. I still had burning skin, but that seemed to discipate over time. I now only get burning, usually, if I stick around during a scan or download. I DO still react when the computer moves back and forth between processors (the duo part of "core-duo"). However, Iwork at not making my laptop work so hard that it does that. :) I only do one thing
at a time and they are usually very simple tasks like reading or writing email.
I also found that the burning got significantly better after I experimented with a remote keyboard and an optical mouse. I reacted horribly to the optical mouse, re burning. But afterwards, I hardly reacted at all to the computer, when I disconnected the mouse and returned it to Radio Shack. Don't know exactly what happened there, but it also temporarily helped with my reactions to cell towers. I also found (on suggestion of Snoshoe, here) that calcium AEP helps me with both reaction to cell towers and skin burning and other problems with the computer. (Doesn't go away completely, but the symptoms are much less severe.)
If you do decide to buy a Dell, know that you have a 30-day guaranteed return policy if you buy it thru www.qvc.com or their tv channel. You will only lose the shipping back to QVC if you need to return it. (They will even refund the shipping to you.)
I can't guarantee what works for me will work for you, unfortunately. But I was without a computer for 6 months trying to figure out what to do, soI know what you are going thru.
Good luck,
Diane
cvijovic <
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Hi Marc, Charles, and everybody on the list!
I have been concerned with various other issues, so it's been about
a
year since I was not reading Esens mail on regular basis... Somehow
I
feel a kind of guilt for not being regular, as I appreciate the
existance of this list, and the efforts of you people
contributing...
As I am still occupied with other matters, I am not spending much
time
taking care of my sensitivity so I carelessly bought a new HP
notebook, which is horrible compared to my previous which was of
Asus
brand... May I ask you for some advice what to exchange this
notebook
for? Any particularly good experiances?
This HP is (as someone mentioned once over the list) really
strangely
quiet (no noise), but it burns! Interestingly, the radiation meter
that has a speaker shows almost no radiation, but an inconstant
sound,
a kind of noise, is monitored over the speaker... I haven't heard
such
a sound from any device. Also, on Charles' pagina109 there are
numerous sounds but all of them are a kind of regular while this HP
notebook sound is like a broken electromotor...
Drasko
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