I clicked on it, and I believe the test ran, but I never saw my temperatures go above 48-49 degrees C.
Correction: Turns out I wasn't initiating the test right. My temps peaked at around 67-68 degrees.
So I called Dell today and told them that was the problem...and after running various system tests, the technician said it wasn't an over-heating issue since no actual errors with the hardware components occurred during the testing.
He...
What's also weird is that it says my CPU Clock is 998 Mhz...even though it's supposed to be 2.00Ghz
UPDATE: I think over-heating IS the problem after all. my CPU temperature occasionally spikes to 80 degrees, and when this happens my...
Something new happened.
All the terrain in-game has completely disappeared. Yep. It's just...a bunch of empty spaces and characters running around, and my fps is a whopping 2.2
I'm thinking of either replacing this laptop for a...
Okay, my battery wasn't set to always on, but there's really no improvement. As soon as I put the settings back to high, I dropped to red.
I know this card should be able to hand WoW, and I get bad fps all over the place.
UPDATE:...
Okay, I tried that and I get the message that it cannot copy nvdispsr.dll during the installation. What's that all about?
EDIT: I just said "No" to continuing without copying the file and it completed.
My fps still dropped...
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: MXC062 ...