Posts by reedmcp

Thanks for all the help. It is working great so far. I think I will survive with 2.1 for the time being before going for an external sound card.

Thank you all for all your advice. But I should have been more clear in my original post, I was wondering if it is at all possible to get 5.1 out of the laptop. I got the S-video cable that goes to RCA that came with the laptop, would...

The stock nVidia card that came with the 5500. Don't remember the exactly which one. My main problem is getting the computer to export Audio, there doesn't seem to be one clear way to get it to do that unless I want mono, but that...

Hey Guys, I am trying to export Audio and Video from my laptop to my Receiver through the S-video port but can't seem to make it work. What am I doing wrong or do I need some other peice of equipement/software to make this work. Any...

Yeah the one that came in the binder. I am not positive it is on the cd but according to the tech guy it should have been. But it is Alienware we are talking about so who knows.

Yeah, it comes pre-installed. That is part of the problem, because it is pre installed it is harder to uninstall.

I called and we tried using the XP cd that came with it but it said the cd didn't have service pack 2 or something like that. So i then tried to uninstall service pack 2, which came installed on the system and that wouldn't work. So...

I use my 51-m for college classes and it works ok for carrying around, a bit heavy but not too bad. I wouldn't go for the Sentia mainly because the difference between the two when priced out is only $12 and you get so much more with...

Has anyone else had the problem of recieving their laptop and then having Tech Support tell you that your OS is corrupt? Seems odd that after a 200 point inspection they would catch something like that. And it also seems odd to me...

I had the same problem ask to speak to Nicks supervisor, I think her name was Adriana. She is the top of the food chain in Customer Service and is far more helpful than I found Nick to be. Good luck, hope you get your system in a...