Posts by Tokamak7700

Quote: Originally Posted by Shalamar Simular thing was happening to my D900 (Sager 9860/Alienware 7700). The laptop would randomly switch between battery and outlet when it was plugged in. Then it stopped charging the...

It is tricky, but you can dual boot Windows XP on top of pre-installed Vista. Look at this article explaining the BCD system. http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true I have copied the relevant section...

I have rebuilt my Vista install DVD using vLite. It claims to completely remove any of the included driver sets on the DVD, but I am unsure if it removed all drivers. I have tried many combinations myself, but have had no luck with...

Sleep is a common issue and it falls onto both the graphics card and Vista. I would suggest disabling sleep and just use shut down for now. I would suggest trying different video drivers. www.laptopvideo2go.com . I don't have the...

I wouldn't judge your system's performance solely on Vista's performance calculator. If do notice that the CPU is hitting near 100% mark when playing games, then you might consider it. I would not spend much on the CPU as the system is...

Yea, be sure to save all information on all of your HDDs before sending it in. Also when you say HDD diagnostic tool, does it self-boot and check all sectors without loading the OS? Alienware will probably have you run one of these...

RAID drivers can not be in any compression format for XP/Vista to recognize them (Zip/RAR). You must remove the compression and then copy-paste to the floppy.

Not sure what you are trying to do. But if you are only trying to install RAID drivers during a Windows XP/Vista setup, just hit F6 when prompted at beginning of XP installation or "Add additional drivers" in Vista. Just...

When did Alienware take the memory test off their servers? Anyway this should work: http://www.memtest86.com/ . For the HDD tests, you should be fine with XP's built in error check (above defragmenter). Make sure to check all...

Quote: Originally Posted by Yang88She welcome to the forums, you might want to check out www.rjtech.com they may have something for you, but you may need to change out your motherboard i'm assuming you are out of...