Posts by cshieldsx

Hi all, Im about to buy a dell studio 15, and ive been searching all over the net for the best coupons/deals etc. etc. It would seem clicking the right link to the dell website can vary prices massively and also the deals and...

Hi everyone, Im having a problem with my e1505/6400. Its running windows 7 pro, though the same problem used to happen when it was running xp mce. Basically after using it for a while after turn on (maybe half an hour to an hour), the...

Am I right in saying there are 2 types of repair ? The type where you lose all your data, and the type where you won't ? I have XP MCE 2005 SP2 but its the dell installed version (OEM?), and the only disc I have is XP Pro SP3 (from a...

Surely PartitionMagic will know not to mess around with the bootsector ? Is there anyway I can restore the OS boot sector files without doing a reformat ?

As far as I understand the message is a fairly common one : A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer......and so on. The error code is 0x00000024 with a few parameters after it. I...

Hi all, When windows is starting up I get a BSOD and it wont boot. I want to run chkdsk to hopefully help solve the problem, but I cant start windows to run it. I thought I could run it in DOS, so I made a boot CD and got DOS working...

Hi all, Does anyone have any ideas of acceptable running temps (CPU + HDD) of an Inspiron 6400 (specs are in my signature). The CPU peaks at about 64 degrees even when Im just web browsing etc. Same for the HDD. I don't think it used to...

Hi all, Whenever I press the front media buttons on my I6400 they do not work they simply freeze up the laptop. The CPU usage remains low during the freezing, and the mouse still works but Im unable to click any buttons as they are...

Basically, I would just like to quickly point out how the x1400 is way too under-rated. I've just been fiddling about with the settings in BF2 and using FRAPS to monitor the frame rate - it does bloody well. 1024x768 Low Settings (No...

Firstly, why can't I find a spec of my X1400 graphics card anywhere ? Secondly, why didnt my laptop come with a cool little sticker saying powered by ATI X1400 as in this picture Thirdly, does anyone know where I could get...