Posts by bigredergib

Yes as I stated I do have the Dbay battery. I get about 4.5 hours of work time and maybe 7 of idle. Ah well, I guess I'll stick with the ATI chip... Who knows, maybe some game maker will come out with a game thats amazingly fun and...

Yeah I know its better for 3D but as it turns out I don't think I'll be doing any 3D on this system. Does anyone have any stats or reviews that touch on the subject of battery life between these chips?

I have a D610 and I'm not all that pleased with the X300 card. Its not terrible, I can play last gen games well enough, but nothing recent. I was thinking the additional cost of this card would be worth it if I could play games as...

*Update* I ended up getting my laptop replaced since dell forgot to install the bluetooth module in the first one and didn't trust me to install it and apply the sticker... Anyways, the good news is that the buzz/whine is not present...

*Update* I ended up getting my laptop replaced since dell forgot to install the bluetooth module in the first one and didn't trust me to install it and apply the sticker... Anyways, the good news is that the buzz/whine is not present...

*Update* I ended up getting my laptop replaced since dell forgot to install the bluetooth module in the first one and didn't trust me to install it and apply the sticker... Anyways, the good news is that the buzz/whine is not present...

See mine is the exact opposite. The squeal stops when scrolling or doing anything that creates CPU activity.

Yeah the wireless card. Its possible that its coming from there, but it sounds like its coming from below that card. Also turning wireless on and off has no effect on the noise. I installed FanGUI and changing the fan speed didn't...

Oddly enough its usally continuous, but there have been a few times when it was more of a series of chirps. When I say continious its almost non-stop, but there are breaks every 10 seconds or so, but that is because at that point there...

With the battery removed the noise is still there. It definitly has something to do with power, so I think we're on the right track. When the battery is charging the noise is not there and as soon as the battery is charged it comes...