I'm thinking positive thoughts for all of you. I an sending my iXPS to the service depot. Almost a month of waiting, and the GPU (the MR9800) is like a volcano. In 3d stuff it gets hot enought to burn you thru the keyboard,...
No, reaseating the card will not violate the warranty. (or so I was told.) Well here is the deal. in any 3D application the card (and vis-a-vis the laptop around it) gets hotter than the surface of the sun, then pukes, then dies. I...
Update, Reinstalled the Dell MR9800 driver, and the chipset drivers. Aquamark ran with no problems (lower score, mind you), but 3dmark03 artifacts/checkerboards/dies. The fans stay running high, but the HD activity stops. I'm...
Hey all,
I have run into an issue with my new lappie. (see sig) First the background; Did a clean install of WinXP Home, installed the Latest Dell drivers for MR9800, then XP SP 2. Noticed some checkerboarding/artifacting. ...
Hey BrainDamaged, are you using an iXPS/i9100? The site says, "Is the base of your laptop (not including the screen) less than 1 3/4" (4.45 cm) thick? If yes, then your laptop will slide comfortably into the Oyster dock."...
I have used DLink, Netgear, and Linksys all with no problems. I like all of them and, for the most part, there isn't much diffrence. That said, the best hands down is Buffalo. ( http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless.php ) In...
Okay, in the end it's realy a "Ford's 'n Chevy's" kind of thing. What do you want to do with it? (Remember a computer is just a tool.) What is importaint to you? From my vanatge point I wanted 2 things;
1. Bleeding edge...
