Posts by Cpt. Jack

No, the drivers from the Nvidia site will only work with the desktop cards. Supported drivers for laptop chipsets can only be obtained from the laptop manufacturer. You can also get modified drivers for laptop chipsets such as the...

Did you reformat the hard drive first? That's usually what people do first when buying a Dell. It makes for a good improvement in performance.

Quote: that sucks having to connect the phone to the laptop.. that defeats the whole purpose on wanting the card integrated in the laptop for convenience "Tethering" doesn't always involve a cable. I tether...

I would venture to say that there is no software you can install that will void your hardware warranty. Push come to shove, you could always reformat the hard drive before they service it and they would never know.

Oh, that could easily be. I have the 7800Go which makes a HUGE difference in how much power the laptop requires.

Let it go a while and then feel the power adapter. It will get super hot and can eventually turn off from thermal conditions. If you're only using it to charge the laptop when off, that should be okay.

Quote: For NCQ to be enabled, it must be supported and turned on in the SATA controller driver and in the hard drive itself. Method of activation varies depending on the controller. On some Intel chipset-based PC motherboards,...

I don't know where you got your information on NCQ, but it's incorrect. NCQ must be supported in the BIOS, chipset, hard drive and OS. Here's the Intel...

I never could. Even the 1.3v mod only allowed me to go to 930 with the memory, but it did allow me to go higher with the core (which is where the big gains are made, anyway).

E1705 reports of >4 hours with the Intel GMA video are not uncommon. I get about 2.5 with the 7800Go overclocked.