Posts by xcommander

aida reads: Motherboard Properties Motherboard ID<DMI> Motherboard NameDell Computer Corporation Inspiron 8600 Memory Bus Properties Bus TypeDDR SDRAM Bus Width64-bit Real Clock100 MHz (DDR) Effective Clock200...

Yes, these drivers are the same verson as the A09 release, but the A11 has a different inf that enables the SPDIF output to work properly (as well as the docking station audio).

After talking to a Dell tech, apparently this problem doesn't even have anything to do with the LCD panel, but with the motherboard! So now waiting for support to come and replace it. Will keep you updated!

Well a while ago (probably about a month and a half ago), I called support and replaced my SHARP WUXGA (on the I8600 that I bought in Nov 2003) due to the right fifth of the screen being a lot darker than the rest of it. It was replaced...

Just updated the firmware for the drive that came with my I8600 that I bought in Nov.

I'm also having similar issues (with the right side being darker than the rest of the screen) you can really see it when you lower the brightness level. What screen did they replace it with (I currently have a Sharp WUXGA)? Was the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Conpain But for the most gamers with less claim to battery performance a Pentium M would be a bad value for one's money. In particular with M10 or hotter GPUs, the Pentium M notebooks...

Quote: Originally Posted by Conpain I read lots of comparisons between 5680 and Inspiron 8600. The 3dmark scores are nearly identical, but in "real game benchmarks" like UT2003 the scores vary up to 15-20...

Here's a real world comaparison... http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.html?i=1916&p=6 This ones on content creation... http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.html?i=1916&p=7 So it all depends on what you are doing...