Posts by hammermd

Okay, Geed...thanks for the info...try to play some FPS-intensive game for like an hour or something...maybe it has something to do with the way Dell configured WindowsXP...although I can't IMAGINE what setting would cause that...I'm...

Hey Nixxed...check the General forums...have you been gaming a lot lately? Any crashes? What are your fan speeds like, and what is the longest period you've spent playing any game (or running 3dmark) in one sitting?

not a bad idea...I'll add that to my list...thanks

Yes, but the wind coming from my vents is so paltry (at least when at idle) that it seems as though the fans are SUCKING instead of BLOWING...I know this sounds rather like a retarded French whore instead of a fan setup, but you know...

Try being a psychologist...I work 2 or 3 days a week max and make more than twice as much cash as the wife (although she still gets pissed when I sit on my ass for five days at a time, for some reason)...

Hey, Karl...nice Blog buddy...you drinking yet? I'm on #2 and it's 10:30AM...! Not usually what I do all day, mind you, but today it looks like I'm troubleshooting an engineering sample from a major corporation and not getting paid for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Karl I'm gonna grab a copy of Prime95 and see how it behaves. That stresses a CPU without any doubt I don't have a lot of experience with this app, but if the CPU is the only thing...

My fans are indeed ON all the time (i think)...but they're on SO LOW that I can barely hear them...I mean, just surfing around or writing a Word document, the thing is totally silent...If I tip the unit up and put my ear to the grill, I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Karl lgriffin, has yours arrived yet? So far, it appears to be: Broken: Me Hammermd Sage182 Not broken: LurkingJay (still in testing, using additional cooling which should...

Okay, NO! This is a big difference I'm seeing...I am currently running diagnostics from Dell's Boot Disk Diagnostics CD...actually, I am impressed with the thoroughness of the tests...they are testing every part of the machine...