Posts by LawnDart

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p the fan should start up dueing post then slow down/turn off I would have thought the Dell BIOS would have reported a fan error as well, but perhaps not The fan weakly...

This laptop isn't very stressed. It gets used for the web and my wife does some scrapbooking with it (cut, paste, crop... not heavy duty photo editing). Here's hoping it was just that dead fan. The left fan that is on the left video...

Nothing interesting to see, really. Clean it good to remove oxidation, apply some flux paste, clamp parts together, apply heat, apply solder and let it wick in. Done. That was a thirsty joint. The cleaning and prepping allowed the...

Well I'll be baked, broiled and braised.... It worked! I also discovered that my video fan is dead... which probably precipitated the failure. Off to Ebay! $17 delivered. Hope this is the last I have to post about this. To...

Oh dandy! 385°F for 10 minutes. THis'll be fun. Don't have much to loose, do I?

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn In your case I would also try "baking" the GPU. 9.999 out of 10 it does fix the problem in your pic cheers ... My Betty Crocker cookbook fails to mention how to...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn If you want to replace the heatsink/fan unit - go for it I personally doubt that it is the cause for your screen distortion. Geeze, read, please!... Replace MOBO, not just a...

Oh, I know that discoloration is normal over time but the contrast in oxidation between the two pipes in that pic says volumes. It's not a matter of reseating. What you see in that screen pic is what I get on boot when the system is...

My XPS GEN 2 seems to have gone fins up. I get corrupted gfx on boot and it only gets worse. Opened it up and found no dust bunnies clogging the fans but I did notice some discoloration on the chipset heat pipe. Anybody else think...

Quote: Originally Posted by Revenent Two things: 1. Cheating the system eventually comes back to bite you. 2. You've really got a bad case of conspiracy theory. If you want to catch a crook, you need to think...