Posts by kent1146

Honestly, a new mobile CPU is much more expensive than a desktop CPU. And the D630 itself must have not been cheap, or the replacement motherboard. With all of that work, wouldn't it just make more sense to buy a new laptop with a...

For what you have described, eSATA is a waste of time and money for you. As mentioned by MrEvil, it will not be faster than your internal hard drive. And if you are just putting media/files on this external drive (e.g. not installing...

I'd recommend booting off of the Media Direct button, then doing a full shutdown once Media Direct loads. If that doesn't work, then boot into Windows XP Safe Mode, then do a full shutdown once WinXP loads. If that fails, then call Dell.

There is a big difference. Laptops with LED-backlit displays are thinner, lighter, cooler laptop, with better brightness and colors. The reason that you can't find one from the refurbished store is because everybody wants them.

Quote: Originally Posted by Donkey. One last question - the HDMI is a big selling point for me, as I want to use the M1330 with my 22" LCD when I am at home (I refuse to use VGA). Any experience using the HDMI with...

The 2.0MP camera does not fit in an LED screen frame, due to the LED screen frame being thinner than the CCFL frame. Installing the screen is pretty straight forward. I believe there are instructions for disassembly on the Dell website.

Quote: Originally Posted by State.Ops since dell has really refused to fix the defective 84/86 series card issues other than making the fan on 24/7 i have decided its time to get a different laptop with a different card....

Quote: Originally Posted by Dell-Richard_B Hello, This is Richard from Dell's Outreach group. Everyone has already answered the question of the thread. However, I was just going list some of the possible processors...

I also notice that you got the 8600M option, which tells me that you're interested in gaming on this laptop. Remember that more pixels means that your little 8600M will need to work harder... and 1920x1200 is a LOT of pixels to fill for...

Quote: Originally Posted by JulienDogg What if it has the 8400 already ? Is it possible to upgrade the 8400 for something actually game worthy ? Nope, can't be done. GPUs in laptops are soldered directly onto...