Posts by Kieran

Quote: Originally Posted by zzpulp there arent too many 1720 users here yet. Once there are though, I can no longer imagine this being an enthusiast section of the forums. What do you mean by that? I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrEvil What are you asking? I work on these things every day. Thanks ever so much. I'm looking for the manufacturer of the firewire chipset in the Inspiron 1720? For example, if...

Anyone have it, please? The people on the end of the Live Chat and the phone support are idiots and can't answer a simple query. thanks

No-one can offer any help? This is the only pending bit of information that's stopping me from a purchase. Really hope someone can help. Thanks

Free reputation point to any/all that can help! Thanks.

The Texas Instruments one was the one I was primarily checking for. However, Motu (my soundcard manufacturer) also recommend Lucent, and they also go on to state that "Keyspan, Sonnet, Miglia, and ADS are a few of the many brands...

Can anyone please run a benchmark utility such as Lavalys Everest or Sisoft Sandra or similar to tell me the name of the manufacturer of the Firewire chipset in the Inspiron 1720 please? Not the motherboard or CPU chipset, just the...

Slightly OT, but how come your 9300 broke down so much?! Two motherboards, broken GPU, 3 keyboards?! Are you just really unlucky, or did you drive it way too hard, or something? Is this normal for laptops?

Although Intel's price cuts are on 22nd July, or whenever, doesn't it take time for any price cuts to be passed to the consumer (seeing as the retailer or a laptop distributor like Dell already bought the CPUs at a certain price?)

Quote: Originally Posted by cpuguy 1) Hit Start-----> Run -----> 'msconfig' Last tab is 'Startup', disable everything Not everything! Make VERY sure you don't disable your antivirus and/or...