Posts by MadPig

I guess it's just personal preference. Some people will be able to live with it, some will not. Of course I would rather see it fixed, but I doubt that's going to happen. Overall, the positives of this notebook outweigh the negatives, so...

New BIOS A04. Claims to fix headphone issue (or partially). Exactly the same to me. I can't be bothered anymore, just using my volume trick will do, because it's overall a very good notebook.

Exactly the same to me. I can't be bothered anymore, just using my volume trick will do, because it's overall a very good notebook.

Tried. No effect. It's very unlikely a driver issue since the problem is evident even in the BIOS.

Confirmed: I just bought a pair of Philips SBC HE580. Cheap things, only NZ$30~US$20, but the main point is that it has inline volume control. When the volume control is below half way, it is very hard to hear that electrical noise,...

My D610 was built and tested on May 4th. I received it on May 11th. I have the same problem that everybody seems to have, and I'm quite annoyed. HOWEVER, I have found that if your output device (e.g. speakers or headphones) is...

But if it IS dual channel, shouldn't it really be 2x533MHz=1064MHz? So it could be right...?

What's interesting is this part: Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 4256MB/s (estimated) ... Channels : 1 Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 8512MB/s (estimated) The first one is the maximum bandwidth of the CPU/chipset bus combo (I...

Carmel = Centrino version 1 Sonoma = Centrino version 2 Napa = Centrino version 3 To a regular person, Centrino is still Centrino. Banias = Pentium M version 1 @ 400MHz FSB with 1MB Level 2 Cache Dothan 400MHz FSB = Pentium M...

I just got pissed off that the 600m was designed so badly. So I called up Dell and 1.5 month worth of dialogue later, they gave me a refund worth about 75% of the original purchase price. Mind you, I already had this notebook for 9...