Posts by bengalvfan

my 7700 started doing this just recently and it starts beeping once the cpu get to about 75 degrees C. I found a fan that had stopped working which is causing it to overheat. And go figure I dont think this fan can be replaced...

UPDATE: I received my laptop back from Alienware and it said on the piece of paper that the motherboard and the battery were replaced. I was happy to see that on paper but when I opened up the RAM access panel and looked to see what...

delete the folder called msqdfe or something like that and then install the newest drivers. you have an older motherboard that is causing the problem. Just delete that folder and install the newest only after you have installed the...

Wow thankyou I too was in a few threads with some of you tyring to figure the vista mess. I just now came across it as i was posting about sending my computer in to have the motherboard replaced because of power issues I am having....

Giving everyone an update to my problem. I called up alienware and did some troubleshooting to include; -Shut down my laptop and pulled the AC adapter and the power led was on (orange) when it should not be on at all. and the...

My 7700's power led says its plugged in even when its not. Also if I take a look at the power meter setting within win xp it says its on AC power even when its not. The LCD screen does not dim when I pull the power on laptop when its on....

What I think might fix this problem if there is some way to stop vista from installing whatever is causing all the modems to show up and if we can stop that we could probably install the realtek drivers. previously in xp if you...

Tomahawk, I have the same issue as you and am trying to resolve this myself.. I had similar issues like this with xp with my 7700 finding tons of modems. I fixed this with xp with first installing the driver from alienware and then i...

I just recently moved to Germany will this TV tuner work with a PAL signal?

I just fournd this http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/7k60/7k60.htm It is a 7k60 hard drive with the same HTE726040M9AT00 number this one says it can go up to 55C but I believe alienware installed the E7k60 not the 7k60. Can...