Posts by fowler

Quote: Originally Posted by wardo i remember someone here using copper inplace of the thermal pads and broke his gpu. if the gap is too small the expansion will break the die. i would say the best thing to do is buy a...

Quote: Originally Posted by f34rd0+c0m you must buy a 2.4 ghz antenna, and insert it in the display, i had do this and it works with 140 mbit you already had two 2,4 ghz antanna in your book 3x 2,4 ghz antenna =...

will a draft n also work on the xps gen2?

how much space do you think is in there between the ram and the sink (top side)... 1cm? bottom side looks like 1mm. Also where do you get those pads? any electronics store have them?

which isn't too difficult for the chipset, but for the ultra, that was difficult and I gave up after trying last night. I couldn't layer the copper sheets and it got messy with the as5 sandwiches I kept on making. Some would contact...

I'm in the processes of cleaning out my XPS Gen2 for the first time since 2005 (yes yes I know...) because it started shutting down during some games. The question I have is related to the heat pads on the video card memory, FETs, and...

For the love of god, how do you make linux do surround sound out of my notebook? I can somewhat get my audigy 2 nx (usb_audio) to work, but it's only in stereo, and the volume control is flakey. I want to upmix my 2.1 to 5.1. Yes I...

I persisted and they refused to send me an LCD. They said in order to replace it I must send it back... any one have experience with this process? does it work quick enough... I can live without it for a little while but not for too...

does anyone have a manual that shows how to replace the lcd? I can't find it on dells website. EDIT Nevermind... I found it. When you do a LCD replace from dell do you have to remove the LCD from the bezel or do they give you a who...

Can anyone please post their .config for their xp2 gen2... I'm trying to configure my kernel the best way for this hardware and I seem to be having a little difficulty. I figured i'd ask here because this is where all the xps users are...