Posts by Mitchell2.24v

I think it depends on what you're trying to accomplish. Are you 'going for' a 7900? Or do you just want a system that doesn't overheat? I would suggest you just tell Dell about the temperature issue and have them replace the card with...

Hehe, I took a screwdriver and pried it open. It was indeed not meant to be opened ever again. I took some pics and will post them later. Now I know what's inside. One less thing to wonder about :-)

Unfortunately mine doesn't have rubber bumpers.

My camera isn't really high res, but I can give it a shot when I get home. But I must say the screen fooled me more than once. Sometimes you just cannot see the difference between native and non-native-stretched.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gantua just a big transformer OK. But still I'm curious. Mine started beeping consistently, and I just want to have a peek inside. I'm not pretending to be able to fix the thing,...

My power adapter broke down a few days ago, and I had to work on my old HP lappy (1Ghz celeron, 512MB, I830 video)... Today I received the replacement adapter, and wow. I now realize I got used to the speed of the 1705. Having to work...

If you choose to go with the dual boot option (as opposed to Virtual Server) you could use some disk partitining software like Acronis Disk Director to free some space for Server 2003, somewhere between 8G and 20G should be enough. Then...

I'm running a dual boot setup: XP Pro for games next to Server 2003 R2 for work. I use some Acronis product (I believe Acronis Disk Director) for managing the dual boot stuff. I hide the system partition of either to the other OS,...

Quote: Originally Posted by preston Really!! The EXACT SAME THING happened to me! Except the raccoon only had one eye.

Thanks guys, it is 'good' to know this has happened before. Mine would come back on again the last time, but it looks like it is dead for good now... Calling Dell in a few minutes.