Posts by ArmadonRK

While it was originally a desktop replacement, within a week of my getting the laptop I have become very mobile. I take it along with me for to LAN with friends, and I travel a lot with it. An external HD would be a burden, especially...

For 9 painstaking years I had to make do with a Pentium 3 <1GHz 256 MB RAM, 16 MB video card. Finally, my parents agreed to buy me a laptop of my own, which I aptly named "The Beast", as it has outperformed thus far every...

Yeah, I was talking about Machina's number actually, but this makes it a lot easier. Thanks to both of you.

Quote: This kit contains: Hard Drive Housing Assembly Screws Hmmm.. Doesn't that just mean the HD caddy? That's what I assumed when i first read it. But if you bought it, and it is so... I'll have to look into...

OK. It looked like a normal HD, not a modular, so I wasn't sure. Thanks. Wow, it's 130 buck cheaper seperately than with the laptop. Whew!

Can anyone tell me where I can buy a 40GB modular drive for my 8600? Or better yet, could I have the Dell part number for it. I found the caddy on Parts People, but I'd much prefer to buy the assembled unit. eBay is out of the...

The Steam network was down from some time yesterday to sometime earlier today. I finally connected about five minutes ago. Unless this has been an ongoing problem, in which case you'll probably find the answer in the FAQ at...

OK. Thanks.

Good that it works for you now. I have an 8600 at the same specs running countless games just fine (including HL2 CS, CS:S), so Dell is just trying to BS customers into getting the far more expensive XPS. An 8600 with a 1.6 proc is a...

I hve heard countless times that it is not possible to hot swap the 8600's mdular by, but today I noticed that my modular device shows up in "Safely Remove Hardware". Is it possible to disconnect the device in this manner and...