Posts by swordplay

I'll go take a look at those threads. Thanks again for all your input. It's amazing to me that baking a card can help it. I don't have an XP CD for a clean install at the moment, but I installed Ubuntu and it gets the same crashes after...

I'll have to wait a day to do a fresh OS install, but I did the memory switching you recommended. The crashes still happen individually on both sticks of memory under normal operation. I don't know how informative this is, but the...

Thank you for your replies. I'm running Windows XP. I updated the BIOS to the latest revision. For some reason, the Dell Diagnostics on boot for my e1705 doesn't have extended video testing. When I then tried to run video card testing...

My e1705 that I've had for about four years has recently begun crashing. I was listening to music when suddenly the screen went blank with a rows of thin gray lines moving from the bottom to the top of the screen. I could still hear the...

I find that the $750 off $2000 coupons are renewed almost every week by dell, and I have almost come to take them for granted over the months when doing price calculations for systems. The one that is currently active is...

I really appreciate the coupon cornholio, but it expires before tomorrow morning, and I need a $100 off $2000 that I can use for tomorrow T.T... if anyone has one, a PM would be CHERISHED Oh btw, if someone needs this I have a 35% off...

If anyone has a $50 off $799, or $100 off $1999 coupon to spare, a PM would really appreciated!