Posts by FAC

Can anyone comment on the sound quality? I have a Dell Latitude D800 laptop with *amazing* speakers compared to most laptops, but I'm thinking of switching to a mac, probably a macbook. Does it sound ok?

Hi. I think my battery just died on me. The battery warning led is flashing yellow about 2x as fast as it does when the battery is low, and when I push the little button on the battery, it flashes a sequence of patterns like this: X X X...

I run Oracle 10G and MSSQL 2005 on my 3 year old 1,4 banias 1gb ram D800. Azureus is on most of the time, and so is AVG antivirus. One instance of VS2005 almost always on, the mssql management studio, sometimes have intellij running as...

I took apart the lcd assembly, blew some dust out with compressed air, tightened some screws, and everythings ok now

Quote: Originally Posted by palms Oh, I forgot to mention that my computer now makes a lot of noise in the process of trying to boot. PLS HELP!! If the noise is coming from the HD, which it probably is, it...

Quote: Originally Posted by viperxiv Wow... impressive scenery! How is life in Iceland besides the pilferous Dell dealers? It's great =) Everyone, move to Iceland at once! But if you do come here in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by viperxiv what's Haifoss? It's Iceland's second highest waterfall ( Hái = High, Foss = Waterfall ). A picture of it: http://flickr.com/photos/shauna/8911314/in/set-221031/ The...

The keyboard replacement is very easy, even for a non-tech guy. You could also try popping the key of the keyboard and putting it back on again, maybe something got caught under it thats causing this... just an idea...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrEvil I'd say your best bet is to call Dell directly and not go through the dealer. I think they're trying to stiff you for an extra $150 in the hopes you won't do your homework. There is...

thanks for the link PEBKAC. What I'm most concerned about is that they said that Dell in the US insisted that they charge this extra fee, but now Dell has told me they know nothing about a fee of this kind. I will contact the Dell dealer...