Posts by mag86

My 1705 top and bottom are pure plastic with aluminum paint. There might be some magnesium stiffners in the base but did not have much time to look when Dell tech changed out my motherboard. I have not seen the screen apart but mine has...

What speed whey you are on battery?

A lot of people, myself included, try to keep temps below 83C. Sure, the CPU will not slow protect till 102C but not with MY machine There's lots of components around the GPU that is affected by heat. 100C = 212F so if YOU want to...

I find setting program to auto start with the second fan, GPU only, works fine for full time use. The CPU is no problem. When gaming I8kfan bows out and the dell bios takes over. You have to restart I8kan manualy after gaming as...

I lucked out and got the NEC. I get 8x writes but not with all media, mine like the Sam's Verbatims. I had the Sony in my first 1705. IMHO, I would put the money toward an external DVD writer. My Plextor 712 UF will leave anything in...

Yes, that's a Samsung, I got Dell to swap mine out as well to the WUXGA. Be aware your going from 1440x900 to 1920x1200, from non glossy to glossy. Text on the 1920x1200 is very small at 96dpi so Dell ships it at 120dpi which make...

Hey, it's all new at one time or another Vsyns syncs your screen re-draws to your monitor, for LCDs, every 1/60th of a second. Why? To eliminate the screen tearing and flashing you get on certain games. Unless you got a killer GPU...

Quote: Originally Posted by S202 just got my E1705 laptop the other day. Been watching the gpu temps. Idling at 73c . Ok i have a ATI X1800XT, and that idles at 54c. Still hot, but in the same conditions. I dont...

Hey, I'm shocked! If I read that right your idling at 55C? Dang, my fans don't turn off to about 68 degrees then starts creaping back up!!!! I sit at 52C with second fan on low. I'm calling dell today, I yo yo from 78C to 68C...and...

A lot of games deny support for laptops to ease support problems, not because they won't run. Your GO7800 should run it but I hear it's a bear to run. So, download the DEMO and let us know;...