Posts by ChiroVette

duffy, how do I know what screen I have? By the way I just tried looking at the screen from the sharpest viewing angle I could and it was crystal clear! You can't read the text at that angle, not because it isn't clear, but because...

HOLY CRAP!!! Sparkles EVERYWHERE!! The whole screen is filled with them! My office, where I just booted up the Laptop a litle while ago, is now filled with these DAMN SPARKLES! Not only that but now they seem to be spreading! You...

GREAT idea about booting from the battery duffy! Also, here is a related question: How long will it take the battery to charge if the system was on and if it was off while only being powered by 60-75 Watts?

So duffy, What you are saying then is that the Dell Tech support people don't know what the F*ck they are talking about? wouldn't surprise me in the least bit. The thing that made me a little paranoid though is the fact that they...

Thats just the point, there is none! According to Toshiba there is NO WAY that the XPS Gen 2 can be hooked up to an Air PowerPort. I am a little pissed, truth be told.

I believe so yes. Otherwise Radio Shack would not have had a market for this device to begin with, condsidering at the time the ONLY thing that used these adapters were Cars and RV's.

So you are saying that using a PowerPort adapter on my XPS Gen 2 would be a dangerous thing then Somms? And what is this "True Sine Inverter" you speak of? Do they have them for PowerPorts as well?

Thanks for the answers guys! okay the Power Inverter should be no problem at all in my car. My car (a 2002 ZO6 Corvette) can easily handle sending enough juice for a steady 140 Watts with no problems at all. The Laptop AC adapter just...

OKay I am going to post this here since I was given the link: I just got off the phone with a Dell Service tech and he told me, after researching the matter, that it is NOT safe to use an underpowered power supply (in this case an...

Hmmmm okay so what about using a powerPort adapter to simply charge the battery while the system is off as SJW985 said? I already have an extra battery. Unfortunately though even two batteries aren't going to last long on an 11-12 hour...