Posts by Doc.Caliban

The problem is that the manual says a max of 1GB, but it's 2 years old. You know how that goes. It may actually support more, but the thought didn't occur 2 years ago. I've had plenty of systems that supported more RAM, faster CPU's...

A friend has this laptop with the default 256MB of memory. Can he put a 1GB stick in the free slot and end up with 1.25GB? Or does he just need to ditch the 256 and get a couple 512's? Thanks, -Doc

Quote: Originally Posted by thaddyusmaximus Seems like you guys got your laptops built on a Monday or Friday. I live in Oregon and the past few weeks its been 70 degrees F. My GPU idle temp is 63C and under load playing...

I've used these on my laptops for years: SurgeArrest Notebook from APC My XPS2 has one on it right now and I've run it on power from several countries, and even a small generator. It just plugs inline with your power cord so you...

Yep. Mine gets to around 95 lately. -Doc

The problem with having the screensaver is that it runs whether or not your LCD is on. That's why I don't run one, or I run "Blank Screen" or some other plain one. -Doc

I leave my XPS2 on 24x7 for weeks at a time. Just don't close the lid if you're running a GPU-intensive screensaver as the heat buildup against the screen may be a problem. I don't even use a screen saver; I just have power management...

I get to about 102C after a night of Oblivion. Idle is around 56C. No artifacts. Both hard drives stay at around 40C. I'm considering downclocking the OC a bit, but not much since I have no stability issues or graphical ...

If you do your research, it's an educated and calculated risk. I get more out of my games, and my temps are well below what nVidia specs the chip at. That seems like a good return for very little risk to me. -Doc

Never heard of that. Screenshot? -Doc