Posts by stugpanzer

Okay....so, I couldn't resist. I just tried a round of Painkiller and wow...no problems. This machine is unbelievable! Running with 25 watts less than waht it should, it was operating just fine with the 65w supply. Now, I didn't jack...

Yes...it is charging....I don't think I will game with this because the 65w supply is getting warm. The i9300 was "smart" enough to detect the 65w supply and to warn me that I would not get optimal performance using that...

Does the 8600 usually run on a 90 watt supply?

Ok...so, I left my 90 watt power adapter at work and so I powered my i9300 up with a 65 watt power supply that I have at home for my work machine (a Latitude D600) and besides being warned that the system will not run optimally with a 65...

Boot from XP cd and follow prompts.

I have the Cherrywood cover and I love it. I get a lot of comments equating that look to the interior of a Jag! I really need to take some pics and post them!

I happily use Avast (http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html) Antivirus. Free for home users and has never failed! I put this on friends and family machines that do not have protection. I also run Microsofts Anti Spyware tool...

Dell won't exchange it, unless you are willing to pay something. Dell knows what they are doing when they sell a machine with 400MHz memory on a 533fsb machine. If you were to build a mchine on their website, you might find that you...

@anettis Great find! Didn't know about that one!

1. I have found..on various laptops...issues with bad sound out of the headphones...usually a buzzing noise. What I do to resolve...which is not the best...is to get either an adapter with no ground or remove the ground from a power...