Posts by gerryf

First, don't let Performance mode throw you---Performance mode in CPU-Z refers to Intel's Performance Acceleration Technology, which is not dual channel performance, but a specialize performance optimization mode not available on the...

maybe on the ram...or maybe he is only running one stick and is not utilizing dual channel...I do not recall my numbers being that low with 512mb...some 5680s went out with pc2700 ram rather than faster pc3200, so that might account for...

My score: overall: 3.6 ProcessorIntel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.6Hz 3.9 Memory (RAM)1.00 GB 4.5 GraphicsMOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) 3.9 Gaming graphics255 MB Total available graphics memory ...

What bios version?

Yes, my experience with Vista was that it also smoothed out some after several days of operation, though most of the gain was simply indexing finishing. Going to have to check the performance score on mine....I do not think it was quite...

so...the dvd itself is fine, but perhaps not the dvd player in your 9860. holding your finger lightly on the door, can you feel any type of vibration from spinning up? Can you hear anything? Have you ever cleaned the lense with a...

In your case, it does not seem important to update--if you are going to update at all, you might as well wait until the first service pack comes out

Are you blue screening or not? You said you were. Or are you just not booting from the dvd (idling?)? Whate version (home, premium, ultimate) and type (upgrade or retail, or oem) of Vista? If Linux is installed, can you see the...

Knowing the BSOD info would probably help us provide a solution....with what you provided we are left to speculate. Corrupt partition table? Since you used a third party linux partition software, and since Vista must either create a...

Well, that is good news. The 10s revision was intended to help out with media playing issues--perhaps because Vista is so reliant on graphics in the UI, there is something in 10s that was required. That is very interesting. I...