Posts by ianezz

nope, but I still suspect the BIOS.

You can check this regarding the Vista, although I personally would stay with XP. You don’t need a dead battery, the laptop works fine without any. As for the DVD drive, you can put any one you like, it’s a standard drive attached to...

The answer is absolutely NO, with a catch. Archalien is almost right. In addition to the same proportion, the lower resolution must as well be a divisible number (e.g. divide by 2) which means that the only other resolution you can have...

for starters you can go to Alienware help site, which gives you this

Quote: Originally Posted by crazycoffee73 p.s. why did they make it so damn hard!!!! they didn't. it's quite easy actually, and here is how to do it.

Your laptop is Area-51m 5500 / 766. Here are the drivers. It sounds like your CD drive is gone, chesk first if it sits firmly (as it’s removable). Otherways try to replace it, any standart drive should fit in – here’s how to.

there you go -> click

nyako is right - no DDR2 in 766 Quote: Memory * PC-3200 DDR SDRAM at 400MHz, upgradeable up to 2 GB of PC3200 with 2 SO-DIMM slots. * Note: PC3200 memory supported since motherboard revision 2 (40Ax).

Do you have a m5500/766 or a Sentia? The m5500/766 has an additional “bracket” attached to the drive, be sure to remove it first– here’s how.

I think the CPU doesn’t support that feature at all. I have a 766 with a Pentium4 3,4 GHz and all the software I’ve tried (Everest, Notebook Hardware Control, Mobmeter, Rivatuner) always read 75 C. I’ve tried on a friends laptop with...