Posts by Sydney_bristow

Quote: Originally Posted by Mitchell2.24v It's just been delivered! 3DMark is now installing on the stock setup Yay Grats! tell us all about it after you spend more time with it

I had taken the drive out and reseated it - still had the same problems.

100 gb imo. The difference between the 5400 and 7200 isnt really that noticeable unless you do heavy video editing work. 60gb will poof before you know it, and after applications, restore partition (if you keep it), windows xp, system...

Clangs/clicks a lot, makes the entire notebook vibrate, and has an insane buzzing noise! It even will rub/fade sharpie marking right off a CD if you leave it in there a few hours! Dvds were skipping like mad and there were all sorts of...

It's funny what a couple of days getting used to the screen can do to someone. At first, I had high expectations for the LCD, when it came with some light leakage, i was disappointed. After using it for a while tho (the Samsung...

I am not quite sure. That seems weird to me that you wouldnt be able to use the partition anymore if you left it alone, and the dell tech suggested that I restore original configuration (even after i reformatted today :P) via that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nedrafehi I meant if I format using a different Windows XP cd, will I be able to use the CD key that came with my laptop? After i reformatted and reinstalled, i was never asked for a...

yes it's similar to reformatting a pc. all the drivers are on dell's 9400 drivers page (other than audio)

Yes, just the resource CD doesnt have the Inspiron 9400 listed as a model -_- so it can be confusing which driver is the correct one. If i had not called up dell tech support, I would have guessed the 9300's audio driver (which is...

btw, Powerstrip lists the LCD as Samsung SEC5557 there are some posts about the lcd here http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...age=1&%3Bpp=15