Posts by Dead Duck

Hi Machina, Thanks again for the suggestions. I was out for a bit as I went to the doctors and was told to go home and rest, so I haven't been able to log in. Soooo ... this is what I did. Wiped the hard drive (it's been over a...

Thanks Machina! I was thinking of switching to the omega drivers, since they seem to be so popular. I went to ATI's website and downloaded a program that verified that their Catalyst Mobility 5.9 driver was compatible with my...

Hiya, I'm running an I8600 (specs below) with Windows XP w/ SP1. For the past few months, I have had intermittent problems when the computer fails to turn on. I will press the power button and the three "lock" lights (num,...

Welcome to the boards, Malikide. You'll have to give us a little more time to respond next time. I'm not sure where you are, but your posts were between 5:13 AM and 7:36 AM on the Pacific coast. I don't know what portion of us live...

First thing is to make sure that you're attempting to boot off the CD. I don't know for sure, but I think Dell computers will attempt the hard drive first, so if it finds an appropriate OS, it will just go into windows. At bootup,...

I can't offer much in terms of online streaming since I don't know. However I thought I'd add to DanForth's post about what you can do with a media center: I wanted to get TV to my laptop without having to lug around an external...

Some video cards may also throttle back performance on battery. (I think it's called "Speedstep" for the Mobile Radeons?) Make sure that isn't the case, either. You should be able to right-click on the desktop, select...

I haven't seen the original thread, but since the title of the thread was "Pics to view before dinner", it seems that the original poster wasn't taking it too seriously, anyway. If the person entitled it, "My poor...

Battlefield 2 is a fun game, but there is really no single-player storyline. There's a single-player mode where you can play against bots on maps, but that's about it. I don't know of any online reviews. I'm sure you can search for...

I'm not familiar with other brand laptops, so I would tend to agree with Freak4Dell. An Inspiron 600m would be a good choice for people on a budget and I agree with all his configuration choices, too.