Posts by jeffcmfrt

Thats with all of them . Dust bunnies just keep building up. With the 1710 it builds up real bad inbetween the CPU and vidio card heatsink on the left hand side

Thanks for the input. I guess I will hang on to my XPS 1710 too bad can't get them 8800's stufed in there. Yea its crazy how some systems not a problem never ....I have had a few like that an old Inspiron 1100 it just colects dust for...

I have always used laptoplegs on all my laptops they work great. But I use 3M weather striping glue to put them permenet on as the adhesive gets weak after a while. http://cableorganizer.com/outlet/EFL...LAID=261916218

I still have to say I still love my laptop my XPS 1710....I took a plunge and rather upgrade my Laptop this time I picked up a XPS 730 with the Q9650 Extream With 2X280 9900GTX SLI with blueray burner and a 24 inch widescreen display. ...

I just upgraded my HD on my XPS 1710 from a 100 Gig 7200 RPM to a 200 Gig RPM I wish I would have known about the WD 320 as I paid more for my 200 Gig from Dell. But one of the reasons I got it from dell tho ...I wanted the extra caddy...

Thank's for the input guys. I read a lot of reviews and looked at many 2.5 HD enclosures I took a chance with this one from newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817349007 I love this drive! The looks and quality is way...

I just replaced the 100 Gig 7200 RPM Hitachi Hard drive on my XPS 1710 with a 200 Gig 7200 drive and would like recomendations on a decent hard drive enclosure to make for a back-up drive? Thanks

I can't say that it is all that bad in a way to spend $999.00 for a new mobo and videocard upgrade in the future rather then shell out 4 to 6 grand on a whole new machine that has hit it's end of it's upgrade path. But I have to say...

Can't beat a Dell on site or in home compleate care warranty. That is one of the reasons I have had all versions of the XPS Laptops except for the 1730 as my 1720 is still holding its own.

If you are under warranty call Dell! If not run the Dell diognostic to make sure your fans are working proper. Do you have some sort of fan utility program running? If so uninstall it revert back to the fan's running on the systems...