Posts by Hooly

If I do that, will it step down when I'm on battery during lecture? Or would I have to then change things manually every time?

So I have my power option set to Max Performance (Quickset) and have never had an issue. Today I'm clicking around and things are taking forever, like I'm using a 386 with 8 mb ram trying to run Vista...LOL. Anyway, I checked the speed...

The 7800 GTX does work in the gen2/M170. Didn't M170's ship with those cards??

Yeah its definitely the power brick. How I know is that my screen goes dim then goes bright again, over and over. I also kepe the icon in my system tray and it switches between the AC icon and the battery icon. =( I called once...

Yeah this is the second time I've had to contact them for a faulty power supply. This time there is a problem with the connector from the wallplug and to the brick. It doesn't stay tight so I keep switching from battery to AC. So...

Thanks!!

Everytime I call, I never get through without going through a ton of people that can't actually transfer me. I have to call the next number they give me until someone actually gives me the correct number. I've been having some power...

I had Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) installed on my xps. I took it off when I found out we were using a different distro in a class at school, but it worked fine. I had some issues setting up the wireless connection though, but apparently...

So after looking through the "how-to", I can't figure if I should: 1. Install windows first and create the partitions during that time and then install Ubuntu and have it format the partition already created. ...

Thanks for all the responses guys. These will help a lot Imperil, Do you find 60/20 works for everything you need? Ever find yourself short of space? Thanks again,