Posts by Hookflash

Strange... How long have you been having this problem? Did your your fans used to turn off properly when you went into standby?

I've been having this odd problem ever since I upgraded my Ati 9700 video & Sigmatel audio drivers from Dell's support website. Basically, my CPU/case fans remain on in standby mode. They always used to turn off. Any ideas? Btw,...

Well, I just got my XPS back with a new mobo (after 2+ weeks and several calls to tech support, Dell finally realized that they hadn't sent my empty box yet... All is good now, though). Now, I hate to be picky here, but I'm noticing a...

Just an update: I contacted Dell tech support a right after posting this thread, and, after several hours of being given the run-around, I finally got to talk to an actual human being. I then had to humour him for over an hour while he...

CAREFUL, guys! I, along with one other forum member (so far), killed my XPS by trying to flash to A04 in XP. Looks like I'll be without a lappy for the next couple weeks. It never ceases to amaze me what a crap shoot BIOS upgrades...

My worst fears have come true. I downloaded the A04 BIOS today and ran it from XP. It told me it would reboot and then flash the BIOS; however, after rebooting, the "Flashing BIOS" screen came up, the fans started going like...

A03 didn't fix the problem on my XPS. I'm somewhat annoyed...

What did you guys use to burn the bootable image? Nero 5.5 isn't recognizing my NEC CD/DVD burner.

I have noticed that my XPS laptop sometimes gets screwed-up temp readings after coming out of standby, causing the fans to turn on full-blast. The solution right now seems to be Fn+Z (I think it rereads the BIOS info), but this is a...

Ah, k, thanks guys. I was just worried that maybe there was something wrong with my gpu or something, but it's good to know that's not the case. I have to say, this laptop is pretty sweet! The screen is SO nice compared to my...