Posts by LiamSevier

Smart Lithium-Ion Primary Battery for Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 / XPS M170/ M1710 Laptops (Model U4873 - also fits others) This is a Dell OEM battery, not a cheap knock-off. You are responsible for ensuring that this battery is correct...

Doesn't quite seem right for a 2 GB ram system (running Vista Home) that's basically idling with Outlook running in the background to be at 56% (1.12 GB) utilization. I thought perhaps the LCD display was wrong, but resource tests are...

Congrats to you as well. Decent looking system there. Though I may be a bit biased. ; ) Mine, so far, seems to be working great. I'm noticing a fairly consistent 50% utilization on the 2 GB ram, via the Logitech LCD. I'm going to...

Replacement drive is in. System is all config'd to my specs. So far, so good. (Knock on wood)

This might have been a new unit. If it was a refurb, they did an outstanding job on cleaning it up. There were no scratches/marks what so ever. *shrug*

Just FYI status update; Received the new 1730 (and Jebus, that power brick!). They cancelled the initial order and changed the 80 gig drive out for a 160, which delayed the shipping by a few days. That wasn't so bad. Except that...

Thanks to everyone for the input.

Well, here's the official update under my order status: 1 223-6305 XPS M1730, Intel Core 2 Duo T8300(2.4GHz, 800Mhz, 3M L2 Cache) $2151.00 1 310-0173 Airborne Documentation, System Exchanges,Factory Install $.00 1 310-8628...

After three failed repair appointments, Dell has finally agreed to replace my XPS2. I'm a bit concerned with what to expect though. I've read a few (horror) stories here, as well as a few pleasant surprises. There seems to be some...

Currently running 80.40 (yes, I know, it's been a while since I've upgraded). HL2 Episode 1 doesn't seem to like it very much. Laptopvideo2go is inundated with driver releases, but true usability seems to be hit or miss. Any...