Posts by Esquire

Thanks Will give those compressed air cans a try on all my notebooks.

I notice the ventilation to the left of my Inspiron 1420 has been running hot lately - too hot to touch, so I ran CPUID Hardware Monitor and I got these results: ACPI: 83C/180F CPU: 80C/175F GeForce8400M GS: 76C/168F HDD:...

Depending on the market, your Vostro may have been bundled with a Reinstallation CD/DVD out of the factory.

Or install the latest generic Synaptics driver directly: http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm Sadly, ALPS does not make generic versions available for download Personally, I prefer seeing a Synaptics touchpad on a Dell

Dell has service manuals online for all their computers: http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...0/sm/index.htm

I have a 2GB Kingston DataTraveler drive but I do not have this issue.

Have you tried uninstalling the touchpad driver and software and reinstalling it using the latest version (8.2.4.6, A17) from Dell? The 700m model has a Synaptics touchpad, so you can also try the latest generic OEM version, which is...

For all intend and purposes, they are referring to versions of the same interface, but make sure you are buying a 2.5" platter hard drive - the 3.5" platters are for desktop computers and have a larger connector and separate...

Does anyone know what the maximum hard drive size is that can be installed on a 710m? Or the largest size that has been tested by Dell? Thx

Quote: Originally Posted by [NFO]N0S HP dv1000's came with recovery cd's. They did not have to be made by the end user. I have a set that came out of the box with the dv1000. Either way, you have a copy now. I was...