Posts by zergslayer69

I take it one is for the cpu fan and one is for the gpu? And I wonder if I can give you rep. =p

Ah, so they do get noisier over time. Does anybody know the fan part number for the xps gen 2?

Wow nice. Where did you buy this? Ebay? Craigslist?

Yes, I notice most people always suggest the dust thing first. I guess I should've mentioned that I did clean it to the best of my ability with my can of delicious air. I also as5'd my cpu/gpu but temps are not a problem, the computer is...

So I've had my XPS Gen 2 which I've taken good care of for about 3 years now. Lately, I've been paying a bit more attention to my fan noise. It seems louder than when I first got the laptop, could be just me. And I know it can't be the...

Interesting idea. I don't see why not though, the body is just about the same. If costs are reasonable I may dive in and do this mod on my xps gen 2 =) Hope someone has the answer and maybe the spare parts number!

@megaphat Forgive me for my lack of knowledge in regards to hard drives but wouldn't it make sense if a smaller platter had faster access times since the head doesn't have to travel all over the place to read the information? And I'm...

Ah shucks. Thanks for the answer =)

As the title mentioned, I have a XPS Gen 2 laptop and I am trying to upgrade from the old 100gig 5400rpm harddrive to something bigger and faster. I saw this 200gig hitachi 7200rpm hard drive on newegg...

I don't know about the flat platform coolers for a 17" however I personally use a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834996501 (pacific breeze cooler) for my xps gen 2. Works just fine. Protrudes from the back though. Not...