Posts by megaphat

I'd also recommend you have a look around on ebay. The price of a x300 for a 'quick fix' probably isn't worth it, considering its so pathetically slow. I'd recommend you take a look around ebay for used 6800's. A lot of people who...

Probably the charger/AC adaptor. They are known for problems. One of mine caught fire.

I've had a 'not recognized' error with a genuine dell psu before. Just unplugged from the computer and wall, let it sit for 10s and plugged it in again.

Wow no cards left from dell? I've only had this laptop (9300) 2 years 7 months and its already completely unsupported? Damn.

I've had the same problem as you for the past 6 months or so. Your headphone jack is broken. Its soldered onto the motherboard. Months ago I tried to find the part, but failed. I think it was made by foxconn. You can either buy a...

Quote: Originally Posted by SPEEDwithJJ Heard of the popular phrase "Dude, you got a DELL" when your system fails & ever wonder why? Well with their 17" laptops its in particular their...

Yup. I did this a while ago. Gave weird memory errors. The 9300 simply won't support more than 2gb. I tried 2.5gb and it still complained.

What I did with keyboards when I doused them in coffee/water, was to leave them to dry overnight upside down. A hot fan nearby also helps. I certainly wouldn't boot it up straight after a spill, could cause a short circuit if there's...

Havent tried it on my 9300 (no sse3 i think), but I tried it on a Pentium D. Worked great, although I couldn't get the onboard intel ethernet to work. I got sound, graphics drivers (ati x1600) and ethernet via a belkin card. I'd...

Quote: Originally Posted by dgcaste I think I agree... games must have a fallback when they detect there's nowhere to push the textures and maps. Yeah, normally the FPS dive, and the GPU is starved. But Turbo...