Posts by BraytonAK

1. OCZ and Intel 2. Price, then Brand and then Performance

Exactly which locations on the m1730 have LED lighting? This notebook has it on the speakers, keyboard and touchpad. I thought that the back of the display lid was supposed to have LEDs that wash their light across the XPS logo on the...

c0ax: Out of curiosity, why did you accept the packages that they sent you? (The E1705's.) I would have just told the delivery person that I refused it. Then it would immediately go back to Dell with no effort on your part. It...

I installed Vista 32-bit on my m170 back on January 30th. Upon start-up, Vista will use about 400 MB RAM on my system. However! There are times when I get warnings that the system is out of memory and that I need to close programs. ...

Makes me think it must be showing both the RAM on the video card itself and the amount set by the BIOS for the AGP Aperture. (At least, that's what it used to be called.) My 6800 shows 256 and 255 for the stats. Isn't the aperture...

I was a Dell contracted repair person for a short time in 2005. From my experience opening these notebooks, there's no mechanical switch. There's a little metal plate (magnetic, I presume) right around the latch area of the lid. ...

It's Media Center. It can turn the computer on. If I remember correctly, 3am is the time that it hunts for new program guide data...even if you haven't configured the guide. Go to the Services list and disable it.

I use the Play button on my machine exclusively. If you don't have QuickSet installed, it will just turn the machine on. With QuickSet installed, it will also try to open Media Center.

Quote: Originally Posted by K9387 Actually, the "E" version is the server version (E for enhanced availability) which does not have the power saving features, if you do not have this then yours is the regular...

I've been using the 7k100 (aka server version) for the last few years. It's actually in its second notebook as my full-time drive, so it's actually outlived the previous notebook. It's been a super-quiet, fast and cool-running drive. ...