Posts by bobwalt

Norton Ghost and Drive Image also work. Bob

I had my Gen2 for about a year before I upgraded to the 7800GTX. The 6800 Ultra is reasonably fast but it started to chug in a couple of places on Oblivion whereas the 7800GTX takes anything I throw at it and runs cooler. Bob

I've been playing Titan Quest for a couple of days (I updated it beore playing to the 1.08 version) and I have no problem on my XPS Gen2 it has 7800GTX Go and I am using the Dell 84.69 driver. I wonder if it is a Dual Core issue? Bob

When I went to College (yes they did have them back then) I remember having to write a paper in an English class about the following saying (this is probably not the exact wording but the gist is correct): "One goes to College...

I replaced the keyboard on my son's E1705 and the part was covered under warranty. However, the cost on the part would have only been about $14.00. I doubt the Gen 2 keyboard is any more than that. It was quite easy to replace and...

I did not reinstall XP on my XPS Gen2. What I did do is uninstall all the garbage I did not want and then defrag the hard drive. But I make it a point of knowing exactly what is running and how to get rid of it even it I have to edit...

It used to be that one could get a good job in the computer industry without a degreee and to some extent it still is, however, in 10 years it may not be that easy. As to working in any kind of corproate information technology...

I kept my XPS Gen2 but bought my son an E1705 which had the 7800 go and my wife an Inspiron 6000, of course, I also upgraded my laptop to a 7800GTX along with a 100gb 7200rpm hard drive. Bob

This could be ominous tidings for those people who converted the 9300s to run the 7800GTX. I wonder if anyone else has had this experience? Bob

Did you reinstall the dell system software and all the drivers? If not I expect that is the problem. The CoreDuo, even moreso than the Pentium M, many times won't switch states correctly without the correct system...