Posts by serg3d

"Correct" way (as was done by tech support guy than I spilled coffee on the desktop keyborad) is to remove keyborad, rinse it in the water thoroughly and dry it (usually take week or two, if you are not using some kind of...

Quote: Originally Posted by kozax3 Hi all, Yesterday when i was watching movie strange lines appeared on screen. I restarted and noticed they even appear on DELL welcome screen;/ so its not driver problem. My laptop...

I think there is a service manual at dell website. Anyway I had no problems with *what* to do. The problem was that some screw were semi- stripped. Common Phillips screwdriver couldn't get enough traction. I would have to drill them or...

I also own 1710 about two years (IIRC). The only issue I have is not critical - display glass is not sealed tight enough and some durst and fiber got under the glass. Not much - couple of motes,visible only on the white background. Most...

Or may me bad connection LCD to videocard. If you are not intending return it and can disassemble you laptop you can check LCD connection. I myself was not successful in disassembling - on screw is stuck and I'm not eager to drill it...

Boot screen problem mean graphic driver is not guilty. Most probably videocard failed . Have you tried switch resolution/color depth from the safe mode ?

Can not be fixed for 32bit windows. The address space for videocard subtracted from the addressable RAM. So the more viedomemory you have the less (from 4GB) usable RAM you have. Only 64bit windows can use 4GB with some chipsets. Here...

I had a similar problem with cordless phone and Edimax router. But I have Intel 3945 ABG wireless in my 1710. So I guess N-router wouldn't help, correct ?

Don't sign for delivery, ask someone else to sign for it. Then deny everything. Mwahahahaha!

Why on he earth do you want replace 7950 with inferior card ? It have the same amount of memory as 7950, so it would hardly be able to do something which 7950 can not.