Posts by Diamondback

Thanks, QHN--actually found the "patch BIOS" right about the time you posted that. Good to be in the game on both options, so all I have to do is decide--I've read the how-to thread from Back When, and done BIOS reflash from 9300 A02 to...

Update: Price-checking on parts says it's cheaper to upgrade to the XPS Gen2 graphics system than just buy another W5373 "vanilla" GeForce 6800 Go. BUT, it's still a question of do I need the hacked XPS BIOS, or can I just safely go...

I've had my Inspy 9300 for eight years, never a GPU problem until recently--diags say it's in need of replacement, it may have recently overheated because one of the fans died without my knowledge. (I think it lasted this long because I...

To clarify: I'm thinking the adapter, not the drive--the second ribbon is to keep the old HDD location. OTOH, if there's room, I've been considering an IDE splitter-cable for second HDD in palmrest mod...

Question: If you used a ribbon-cable to connect the drive to the adapter and the adapter to the edge-connector, could it work? I'm thinking that perhaps it could squeeze in between the palmrest and the battery...

I'm actually thinking about picking up a spare WD2500BEVE or two for the same reasons, putting one in an external chassis and just setting backup software to duplicate the entire drive once a week.

Well, a buddy of mine just had his 8200's DVD-drive die on him, and for some reason it doesn't like the DVD module he's got for the front bay, so I'm trying to find a source, part numbers, anything that can lead us to getting him a...

IF I understand it correctly... As long as you partition the drive (may need a laptop->desktop IDE adapter and a desktop to do this) down below 137GB, it theoretically should work. Once you hook it into a tower as a...

I don't see Dreamscenes as a problem, I tend to try to keep my OS simple--too bad just doing XP Pro doesn't seem to be an available option... (if you can call the "radar screen" from Red Alert 2's setup a "simple"...

@Lancorp: Sir, I guess I'm asking is it technically viable, and if so, is it reliable? An overheating pattern would indicate "suboptimal reliability", but might still be in consideration--I guess I'm overcompensating for how...