Posts by fud122

I bought a 2.0 Ghz merom chip from ebay and it finally came today. It took me around 2 hours to set it up (open up the laptop, remove old cpu and put in the new one). So far its running perfectly. Considering the most I have done to a...

I had Suse Linux 10 installed when I had E1705 with no problems. Media Direct did not interfere but be careful when you partition or format your drive to not remove or edit the MD partition (it is hidden at times). You should have no...

If I change CPUs on my M90 (which has a great 3 year warranty)...will it void my warranty for my laptop? Also if I change the CPU can do I have to put thermal paste or the equivalent or can I just pop the old core duo and put the new one...

I would like to upgrade my CPU to the new Core 2 Duo chips. I currently have a M90 with a T2500 2.0Ghz chip. Does it matter which speed or merom chip I buy? Can I buy any of the merom chips and install it on my laptop without expecting...

I have a macbook pro 2.16, 100GB (7200rpm). Does anybody know what brand of hard drives apple uses. Mine seems noticably slower (really slower) than my 5400rpm on my other computer. Is there a program that I can use (OS X or Windows)...

I have a 9400 with the nvidia card...i recently upgraded to the x treme drivers from the dell stock ones. When i had the stock drivers I would be able to close the laptop's lid and listen to music etc...without the screen lighting on..i...

I tried reinstalling using the media direct cd posted here but it just freezes on 10% and says it cant copy the files. Dell shouldn't make this process so complicated!!!

Basically, before i used to have a Windows partition (C) and a Linux partion (D) in addition to the 47mb partition and an 8mb one. I deleted linux and fixed the mbr using the windows cd repair console (fixmbr). I then tried the Dell...

I used the Repair Console in the Windows CD to fix my MBR because I used to have linux running. So now it only boots to Windows. I ran the repair utility after and numerous times now and got the "Done" message. However when I...

Can someone help me please? I know the Dell Media Direct is installed somewhere on my hard drive (HPA?). I have tried the Repair disc utility to fix it but when i press the media direct button it just goes to Windows. I have even fixed...