Posts by ffrapa

Quote: Originally Posted by texankid Do yourself a favor and turn off standby and hibernation. Leaving your laptop on for days won't hurt it. If you want you can just turn it off at night or whatever, hibernation and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Muxinick Jordan, I paid the 10 bucks to get an OS cd from dell... the format process was painless and freed up about 2-3 gigs... pre format I had 5.5 gigs used.. post format I was using a...

Hey. I noticed an annoying problem that just started happening with my i9300. I have it set to go into Standby after a few minutes, and then (assuming it's unattended), go automatically into Hibernate after about 2 hours. This worked...

Quote: Originally Posted by the_scotsman The Power Management for the network adapter is where you can set to disable the network adapter when the laptop is running on batteries to save power. Personally I don't see...

Hello. I posted a question like this on Dell's forums, but it doesn't get nearly as much traffic as this board. I (finally) uninstalled QuickSet today on my 9300, deciding I don't need the shortcuts it provides. While uninstalling, it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Syan48306 I recently got a I9300 and it came with the new bios A05...and I've been hearing stuff about how the A04 runs cooler and stuff like that. Is there any truth in that and how does...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cutters Yeah and that 100 dollars you saved will turn into 350 dollars you spend down the road to get that 6800 card when that ati card can no longer keep up and you find a desire to play...

Hi. The BIOS suggestion is the right one. I did a chat with Dell, and they said I needed to flash the BIOS (from A04 to A05). I had a beer and did it, and voila, I'm sitting here with the notebook back the way it was, with QUIET fans....

Hi. I like my i9300, and a few days ago went ahead and uninstalled almost all the Dell bloatware that was present on the system when I bought it. The only things I still have are QuickSet, Dell System Restore, and Dell Picture Studio....

Hey, I opened the PCI-E slot up on the bottom of my machine, and the two cards in that bay are the modem and the wireless card--not the ATI. I did look at the service manual, and removing the "video card" (I guess this is...