Posts by hiloguy

I recently bought two Dell D-620s from Dell Refurb through eBay for less than $300 each. Great computers, great deal. But I need another one, with XP-PRO but it has to have HDMI and Firewire ports. Nothing fancy, no gaming needs, just...

Quote: Originally Posted by matchbox2022 hiloguy, liking your signature quote. It's public domain; feel free to use it! But be advised it is an unpopular sentiment with some folks of the religious persuasion!

I just installed a new 22" display on one of our Dell D620's that's on a port replicator and got a "out of range" message. After spending a LOT of time looking through all sorts of "hey, this might work"...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn I personally have no issue with mixing brands as long as specs are the same. cheers ... Thank you! Good news is good.

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p you should be able to add either 1g + 1g 1g + 2g 2G +2G OK, I like that part, but what about mixing brands of memory. I was told that mixing brands can/will mess with...

I like my Dell D620 so much that I just got another one. I've heard that I should not add an additional 1G module to the existing 1G in this laptop, but rather that it is best to replace the existing 1G with either two matched 1G modules...

I downloaded EASEUS and it is great!No frills, but a terrific gui and everything worked the first time through. Never even heard of it before. I did the clone onto a spare drive (in a external HD case) so now all I need is for it to...

I have a Dell XPS M1530 with Vista Ultimate. I just reformatted the drive, installed everything and it is now running perfectly. I also have a spare SATA HD, and I'm wondering if there is a way I can back up my laptop onto this spare...

Hey Powerpack! Great idea that I hadn't even considered. The person who wants this 17" laptop wants a laptop for the very rare instances of being able to take it home, but also wants the big display. So we have this Dell D620...

OK. Good plan to call about the laptops that at least come with the XP disc, since one would assume (not always a safe thing to do) that the drivers are available to make it fly. According to the MS compatibility reports, Niether...