Posts by dajohu

Quote: Originally Posted by govtcheez I called Dell and the first person said that they couldn't do anything since I took it off myself. I called again a couple of days later and said that it "fell off" and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Krayziepop ... or not. I just ran the drivers through and the display won't shut off with the lid closed.. on top of that, the classic control panel is not there in these drivers, so you...

Is that a projection TV? Both projection and plasma have overscan. From my experience all brands have it and it can be hard to overcome by adjustment no matter what input you use (digital or analog - even the vga input meant for PCs). ...

That sounds about right for stock numbers.

Quote: Originally Posted by thewind21 Comparision Chart http://www23.tomshardware.com/storag...=427&chart=148 Edit: Btw I am using the 7400 rpm HDD, my Idle Temp, 36-38 and Max Temp under heavy load never...

Yeah I would not do it to lower heat and I've heard/read that it won't extend you battery time by much. They appear to use less power (.9w vs 1.5w @ idle and 2.4w vs 4.6w max) but that is not much compared to the total system power...

I can't be certain since I8kfangui doesn't save the drive temps in the logs, but I think my 7200 was usually around 49 C when sitting idle. With the 5400 it is 42 C. That is pretty good if it's from the drive changeout. The palm rest...

Nismo, I may sell mine as well, but I really want to run more benchmarks and use it for a while just to make sure I will be totally safisfied with it.

I just finished doing exactly what you are suggesting. It is on my 1710 though. I never noticed any heat issues before so I can't comment on that. I can comment on my findings so far. I noticed no drive performance change (better...

It's down to just opinions at this point. We could argue what it "noticeable" or about benchmarks all day long. I will have my 160gb 5400 rpm tomorrow. If I notice any slowdown with my system in games, office apps or...