Posts by megaphat

You could probably get a d420 or something for $1500, if not directly from dell, near new elseware.

Quote: Originally Posted by MrEvil Why bother with a Gen 2 motherboard? The only thing it gives you over a 9300's board is the ability to run the XPS2 only video cards. If you aren't planning on upgrading your video...

Clean Fans!!! I swear, I could have made a mattress from the dust that collected around my 7800gtx. It raised my temps by 15c... and caused artifacting.

Sounds like your power adapter has become a bit sensitive and overloads easily. It means its dieing, PC power supplies do the same thing. It simply can't handle the load of a running computer. Dell power adapters (especially the 130watt...

I too have audio jack problems, but can't afford a new motherboard. I was hoping dell might have used a standard connector which could be resoldered, but I haven't found any pictures of the underside of the motherboard. Would you mind...

Well I'd recommend putting your laptop on Hibernate. It doesn't keep your ram/motherboard active so it saves power and component wear. I used to leave my laptop on overnight, but it collected a shitload of dust over a few months so I'm...

Be careful how you clean them. If you do it too roughly you'll make it rattle. I did that to mine, although it recovered. Having said that CPU fans (left fan) are ~10 bucks + shipping on ebay. I'm not sure about the right fan, but it...

Well I broke my sound output jack, so HDMI would be very usefull :P Your right though MrEvil. There isn't a perceptible difference between VGA and DVI (unless you have a lot of EM interference surrounding you, or sync problems). But...

Yeah, its a step backwards. DVI/HDMI was always a pretty cool pro feature, which set the Dells above other laptop manufacturers. I think removing it might be a serious problem for Dell because 'normal' laptops are starting to have HDMI...

Well I tried to take a look today while removing a tonne of dust (load temps at 102c on 7800gtx). Anyway, with much cursing I discovered that the headphone socket is on the bottom side of the motherboard. Curses. I tried to get the...