Posts by LaptopJunky

Posted this in the general forum by mistake..... Hi all, I evaluated a 8790 early 2004 and found the wrist rest on the laptop became very very hot when just running Windows. So hot it wasn't a viable workstation (without an...

Hi all, I evaluated a 8790 early 2004 and found the wrist rest on the laptop became very very hot when just running Windows. So hot it wasn't a viable workstation (without an external keyboard) for myself or my users. Can one of...

Make sure the Dell motherboard chipset drivers are installed. I had the same problem (score) and then installed the chipset drivers and the score jumped back to 6600 or so. I am using the standard Dell drivers.

I finally got it working. I ran the tests no problems. I put the original RAM back in the machine. I'm puzzled now. It just crashed with no programs running sitting on the Windows Desktop. The message on the BOD was a memory...

Ok, both chips tested out fine individually. I put both chips in now and the dang thing keeps trying to boot, throws a cryptic message on the screen and reboots. Hmm, can't get the machine to reboot and test with both chips. Any...

How many passes should I let the Memtest run? It's on 8 passes now. Opinions?

Does Dell ship any CD burning software with the XPS system? I don't have my install CDs at work and wanted to know if I need to buy software to burn a CD from a ISO image. Thanks

I did a fresh install of Windows XP, both pre SP2 and post SP2 and with both sets of drivers (Dell's and Omegas). And I'm still getting random BODs. I switched back to the memory that came with the computer and I'm not having any...

HunttheWumpass: I had the same problem. I found I had forgotten to load the dell's chipset drivers. Once I did that, the performance jumped back the 6500-6600 range.

I'm beginning to think I have faulty slots on my motherboard. Although, 3 of the 4 times it died, it through out a ati****.sys file, so i'm wondering if using the non-Dell drivers is the problem. I might go through a reinstall today...