Posts by big_john

all connections are fine - just rechecked. It was very, very simple to take apart and reassemble. I can't imagine I did anything extremely stupid. Maybe the vid card is just completely baked out? Would that prevent a power up? Oh...

So - just to be clear - I am a newb. It was clear from my research that my video card had gone bad. I downloaded the service manual from Dell for my XPS Gen2. I removed the vid card. I baked at 400°F for 10 Min. I replaced...

Bump for an assist?? Thanks!

I hope the forum finds some humor in my disaster. I decided to buy a laptop to do some MMO gaming on (LOTRO) and had a tight budget. So Craigslist it was. Found an XPS Gen2 with no battery but it did have installation disks and I...