Mine is still kicking a$$. No problems so far but I'd like to clean out the dust bunnies soon. Anyone have a pointer for disassembly on one of these bad boys?
Thanks in advance
tattooz
OK Yimmy,
This is a WAG. Something happened so that the logic cannot determine which/what wattage adapter you have. So IF your battery is NOT discharging, and IF there are no other warnings THEN I'd say you have no problem. BUT...
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burningrave101,
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Tattooz
I called in for an XPS desktop and told them I wouldn't pay more than $3 grand for it. I had worked the coupon thing and the lowest I could get it was $3200. The sales guy gave me a more feature rich XPS for $2800 eg dual tv tuner, and...
Just off hand I'd say you have a problem with the DVD drive.
Try going into the BIOS and turning the DVD drive off and see if it boots.
You didn't say how, when, or what you did last to the 9300 (Like flash the DVD or install new...