Posts by Romaned

I cannot find the highly regarded Pioneer slim slot drive anywhere, but I see a Panasonic model UJ-85J-BK available. Anyone have any experiences or opinions on this drive? I want to replace the stock drive in my 7525. I need a model...

Thanks for the insights Spinitch! Is the Pioneer listed earlier in this thread good? Is there a reliability-performance difference between drives that have a tray and those that just slip the CD in? As a side note, my other mx7525...

Saw this thread - I have an mx7525 that has a TSST drive in it that not highly regarded in this forum. So my question is: What is the best replacement slim line dvd burner with which I could replace the TSST? My laptop is used...

Thanks for the reply. I was just curious because I just got a second mx7525 in order to have redundency when I am running sound on high profile shows from the laptop. I just noticed that they have slightly different BIOS and was...

Is there a notable difference between a Phoenix BIOS 66.07.00 dated 8-21-05 and a Phoenix BIOS 66.06.00 dated 8-8-05? Is there a newer bios for this lappy? Is it recommended to update? Thanks in advance,

Are the presently available Core 2 Duo's more powerful than the AMD 4000+ for the task of digital audio? I am not interested in multi-tasking, or video performance, just processing digital audio and using virtual instruments....

OK, I want to resolve this in a positive light. Here is what I learned from this experience/ordeal: Its true what is said that "quality" is paramount in RAM upgrades. I went with a questionable source because I was mislead...

Wasn't Best Buy's fault - I bought the RAM sticks myself online. BB just installed them.

CPUZ reads the following: SPD, for both slots 1and 2: Module size 1024 Max Bandwidth PC2700 (166MHz) Manufacturer 127F000000000000 Timings: 133MHz 2-3-3-6 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 correction...

BB very conveniently changed the two RAM sticks with the warrenty intact. Memtest says the RAM is good. However, CPUZ says the RAM is PC2700 running at 166. These are supposed to be PC3200 sticks - is there some setting I need to...