Posts by Ralph 9100

My laptop is ALWAYS plugged in except when I leave for vacations... in which case I just turn it off completely and unplug it. I came back from a vacation 2 days ago and ever since I turned the laptop on the 3rd light from the left...

Can anyone find an adapter (similar to the one that should come with our laptops) that converts the S-video output to RCA? I called Dell today to try to get them to ship me the adapter and they had no clue WTF I was talking about... and...

Can I use an S-Video cable alone? Or do I need some other cable for the audio? I called Dell about the adapter and they were completely clueless... no idea what I was asking for even though I described it in every way possible, so I...

I know some kind of cable or adapter came with the laptop when I ordered it, but someone in my house threw the box away before I had taken that adapter out =/ Does anyone know where to order one of these or even just what it's called? ...

The fans in my notebook have been running on medium at almost all times lately... and it's been a little while since I did anything about it but I figured this time I'd clean them out as thoroughly as possible. Could anyone describe...

I had to reinstall windows recently and now only 2 of the usual 3 network adapters are showing up in the device manager.... the 1394 and wireless connection things appear but the third (can't remember exactly what it was called) isn't...

I'm with whackamac and daoooo, somewhere on the low end of $1,300... I've seen similarly spec'd systems go for the same price new. It doesn't really stand out from other computers because it lacks the things that make the XPS unique...

someone knocked a bottle of colt 45 over on my desk once... luckily it flew over the laptop and only hit the mouse. buttons stuck for a few days but now you'd guess it was brand new... hopefully you have complete care though,...

I got my 9100 with all those specs except the processor (p4 3.2 instead) for only 2,200 shipped, so they weren't that far off. A 1.7 centrino would be a significant bottleneck in a laptop with the MR9800

Quote: Originally Posted by Hunterzyph $25 sound like too much? hrm... maybe when i go back to compUSA tomorrow i'll pick one up if they actually have them at that price. I guess I could always just return it...