Posts by Doc.Caliban

Starting with a clean install of XP, I loaded the 'official' nvidia 7400 drivers from the Sony download site. With this driver I cannot use my Samsung 244T display (1920x1200). I can, however, use a basic 17" Dell LCD...

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm putting together a Shuttle SFF gaming box, but I figured I'd might as well beef up the XPS2 as much as possible just for the sake of doing it. Regards, -Doc

I have an XPS2 that came with the 6800 Ultra, and has since been upgraded to the 7800GTX. Will the 7950GTX work in this laptop? I'm almost certain that it will fit properly, I just wonder about BIOS support, etc. For what it's...

What was the outcome of this? I fully agree with Wurger in that it appears to be a genuine defect and should be replaced by Sony. Regards, -Doc

I know this isn't what you're looking for, or what you want to hear, but I would strongly encourage you to consider upgrading to XP. I admin a medical school network and the people I see with the most problems are running Vista, and...

Get XP Pro. Demand it if they say they can't sell it to you. Dell still sells it because they told MS to stick their head in a pig because their customers were demanding XP instead of Vista. I lucked out and found that the SZ model I...

Quote: Originally Posted by laperk i bought a sony vaio sz430n and i installed winxp but i realized that the drivers are for vista version . i could'nt find drivers for win xp. I'm assuming you've found...

My nice Dell XPS2 gaming laptop has a problem with the pain wearing off of the palm rest where my hands sit. It took a while for it to happen, months, but it's pretty bad after a couple years. I think it's not uncommon on laptops with...

I have an AMD-based 17" Dell. The ribbon cable for the keyboard has come unplugged and I can't figure out how to get it back in there. There's a little blue strip of plastic that comes off and when I slide the cable into the...

Quote: Originally Posted by denb45 in the end everyone that buys, uses, and has it installed, will have no choice, but to give in, unless you buy, use or install something else Exactly. I just want people...