Posts by fitzabombr

Hmm. It wasn't amber. I think it was the standard greenish yellow color for normal operation like just being powerd on. Is that bad?

My 9100 is plugged into the wall at all times. However, I turn the machine off at night. I noticed that the second LED light was blinking before I even touched the power button. I think I noticed it twice in the 15 seconds before I...

Essentials as in classics: Half Life 1 Quake 1 and 2 Doom 1-2 Duke Nukems System Shock games Blizzard titles Alpha Centauri Unreal 1 Fallout games BG games Planescape Tormet Various Ultimas possibly some newer stuff like...

I have 3 mice for my XPS Gen 2. I've experienced this with all 3 mice.(Logitech cheap, Kensington cheap, and a Logitech Wired G5) Sometimes when I play a game the mouse will act as if I'm pressing down on the button. For example, I...

Should I have this enabled or disabled if I'm plugged into the wall 24/7? I would also like to know what settings it defaults to if you do disable it. I'm using a Inspiron 9100 with an MR9700 128mb card.

OK. In all I had my system replaced 3 times during fall of 04 due to extreme overheating, LCD issues, and dead video cards. I also had my hard drive replaced about 4 times, cpu fan replaced 2x, rear fans around 4 times. I finally get the...

Ah. Thanks for the information. Is it really fragile? I always forget it's there and sometimes I end up lifting it as I'm moving the machine around. It's freaking me out that I may accidentally break it. Also, does it matter which way I...

What is that little loose card underneath the DVD/CD-R drive on the Inspiron 9100. I'm always accidentally moving that thing when I lug this thing around. What is it? It looks like a place holder or some sort of card.

Angry_Monk, you were right. It works great at that resolution. Thank you. mr. roboto, it's definitely an ATI thing and not your overclocking. I've been researching the problem and many forums describe the same situation. Cards that...

Just a question Mr.Roboto. Does your GTA cause your system to freeze for a few seconds and then change to a garbled screen finally going back to normal? I hear many ATI users have this problem.