Posts by mikemex

Mobile processors are almost never locked, so you can actually increase the FSB to 800 MHz and reduce the multiplier. I haven't seen the BIOS of the Inspiron 9100 tough, so I don't really know if it supports that kind of adjustments. But...

If someone wants to know the durability of the D600, let me tell you that I once bought a lot of four D600 on eBay, all of them with cracked cases, broken screens, missing hard drives and optical drives... nearly trash you now, but after...

No Maklar, I think that you are confused. There is Pentium M, Pentium 4 M and Pentium 4 (desktop version). I am talking about switching from a desktop Pentium 4 into a mobile Pentium 4, wich consumes much less energy. I have installed...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sphnx The XPS and 9100 are just not meant to have long battery life. THEY ARE DESKTOP REPLACEMENTS. If you are looking for something a bit less drainage, more battery, look for a centrino...

Quite easy, just download a memtest86 cd image and burn it into a cd. Besides of the performance, leave it running and complete the test, as it can detect memory imperefections such as defective bits. Greetings.

The FAQ is damn long (=excellent) and I didn't even expected to find that information there! The performance is about the same, tough, as I am getting 716 MB/s out of it. How much bandwidth your machines report, gmnstrunr37? Now...

I have heard that the 9100 has very poor battery performance but since it has a 90+ WHr battery I have been wondering where the problem is. I think that I read somewhere that this laptop uses a desktop processor. Is that true? If...

I own a Dell Latitude D800 laptop and, since I am in the laptop business, I have been playing with it in an attempt to gain some performance. As you may already know, this laptop supports only 133 MHz memory, altough the i855PM chipset...