Posts by Dib

It doesn't seem to be the memory because it did start crashing again the next day. Now that I'm back home I've reinstalled Windows 7, then ran the memory diagnostic which passed. Reseated the video card, and can't think of anything...

I wouldn't trust the baking thing except as an absolute last resort. And if it's anything like the Xbox 360 baking 'solution' it will probably last all of a week. The simplest thing to try would be reseating the video card. You said...

How much do you want for your old 7600 if you do upgrade? If it will run in my 51m 7700 it would be at least a step up from my current 6800. my problem is any mobile video card seems to run about $400 new and I can't just materialize...

I seem to recall it happening before I bought the new motherboard last month. They were just random crashes. Sometimes very rare, sometimes more frequent. Since I got the laptop primarily for art it makes it incredibly aggravating...

It happens about once or twice a day for me. Sometimes it'll be hours into a game, sometimes within minutes after booting the system. I can't find any logic to it. I'm just hoping at this point that it's a common enough problem that...

Alright the main installation of Win7 handled most stuff like ethernet and even the webcam. The audio and video have been the biggest problems. I grabbed audio from here http://support.alienware.com/Support...anu=8&item=831 and...

Sounds like a driver issue, but if it turns out to be hardware related then buy a new one. Here's one that's under $10 and they have ten of them in stock. http://cgi.ebay.com/Alienware-D9T-D9...2?cmd=ViewItem

Do you believe the failure is with the keyboard itself? They weren't very expensive to replace if I recall correctly, and you could probably find a part on ebay. That's what I would suggest because who really wants to use a peripheral...

What type of video card do you search for when looking for a replacement? I would love to upgrade the card someday down the line but I'm not sure what to look for. I know that if I simply buy a stock piece off some site like ztronics...

Great, another way that Alienware screwed us with the 7700. Next I'm going to find out that the entire system has been classified as a carcinogen and cut ten years off my life just by being in proximity to it.