Posts by Bird Dog

Sorry for the late reply... Ok, things you need to know about installing that card... 1. No need to remove the foil. It's basically there to seal up the gaps between the fan shroud and that big chunk of aluminum heatsink. More of...

Hammerhead: Hey, that's great news and a good move by Alienware! I am glad to see that they are expanding their support.

Oh, and make sure your fans are clear. DO NOT operate a 766 on a surface that can block the fans (for instance, don't use it propped up on your bed). It needs a hard surface to breathe. When I got my 766 the fans were clogged, and it...

Hi. Sorry I haven't been on in a while and I just saw your questions. What kind of problems are you having? Which operating system. I'll assume you are running XP. Are you using the lastest drivers? I was about to point you at the...

Go here: ftp://aliendl.alienware.com/Mobile/766/ It'll either be the LAN or GigaLan driver.

I just saw this thread and wanted to suggest that you also check the CPU fan and heatsink for dustballs since you found some in the video fan. Also, make sure the fans are turning.

I'm using a Patriot 1GB stick of DDR400 PC3200 in it right now and it's been rock solid. I also used a 512MB Corsair ValueSelect DDR333 PC2700 and it worked fine with that too. I am pretty sure that the manual says to use DDR400 though.

WOW! I think I am going to print that thread out for when I have a 7700! That should really help you cevans! Thanks x64man!

First, let me be the first to applaud you on taking on a task like swapping out a motherboard on a laptop! YEAH! it's a lot different than working on a desktop. Everything is small, you need smaller tools, and things are often...

A Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading will appear as 2 separate CPUs in device manager. You will also see two side by side CPU usage history graphs on the Performance tab of Task Manager. You will just see one CPU listed on the General tab...