Posts by rhetor

I'm looking to get a lot of battery life flexibility out of my 4520. Has anyone used a program to downclock or limit cpu speed to get maximum battery life?

Hey guys, I have a heat modded and 12-pipe modded radeon 9800 256mb for the inspiron 9100 and XPS for sale. Asking $450 for it. Make an offer. Thanks, Tyler rhetor22@hotmail.com

They changed the name to Mobile Pentium 4. http://www.intel.com/products/proces...e_pentium4.htm They go up past 3ghz. They are Software clockable now! The multipliers are unlocked! Sweet! This means i can get a...

I thought that the northwoods were actually faster up to 3.4Ghz and also used less power and generated less heat. I found that a utility called RightMark CPU Clock will modulate the cpu frequency. I am not sure if you need some sort...

Hey guys, what are the odds of getting a Pentium 4 mobile (not pentium-m) cpu into one of these 9100s? I know it will fit and run, but it will run at the lowest clock speed by default. Has anyone messed with this before? I have a...

Hey guys, My battery for my Dell 9100 is pretty crappy. It will only hold a 54% charge. I was considering getting a new one, but then it just occured to me: why not just order some high quality, high capacity batteries and...

i don't think thats a driver issue. take the laptop apart and make sure the wires to the speakers are not touching any part of the metal chassis. make sure they are held down well. I think your problem is vibration disrupting...

if you have a sub, turn it off and see if that solves the problem.

clean the fans. i'll bet your heatsinks are completely blocked with dust.

i have a 9100, specs in sig. it still plays games excellently. really is a great laptop. i'm considering upgrading the processor and maybe harddrive.