Posts by HiPNoTyQ

Hey I just reinstalled windows and remembered that the drivers for the intel chipset that came on the dell drivers disc isn't the most up to date version, I'm running a XPS Gen 2 with an Intel Pentium M 770 2,13 GHz. I've tried...

anyone?

bad news guys, i must have spoke too soon but i'm still getting artifacting in TF2. The game runs 10x better though, but after 10-15 mins of gameplay you start to see it... So is this a problem that a laptop cooler would fix?

then i got em all and thanks a lot guys, its actually working a LOT better, i took maybe 4-5 good sized clumps of dust out of the intake fan and its been great so far

hey what do you know i got er open, 2nd try there wasn't as much dust as i thought but i got a good amount out of the first fan. I only cleaned the entry and the exit fan, im pretty sure theres one on the bottom of the video card but...

well i tried to open it up and it seems i opened up everything except for the area i wanted, for some reason i couldn't get the bottom half of the laptop of separate :S

i am afraid i would break it. Is there a how-to guide anywhere on dells site for opening the laptops?

I've noticed that my games arn't running as well and my computer is running much much hotter. I've been told that a good cleaning of the inside from any dust and hair would improve things, however I am not about to open this thing up,...

Quote: Originally Posted by JaxChris Usually a Whitescreen is a driver issue, not a hardware issue. Blackscreens and freezing is usually a symptom of hardware issues. You may need to reinstall Windows if completely...

I used to get them just during games but now that i sent my xps gen 2 away and got the vid card replaced, the whitescreen problems happen while im doing normal things in windows. For example, I cannot install the newest version of...