Posts by jwf

yes, after a full day or so the gpu swap has appeared to cure the problem. No more lock-ups. Ah, the 6502. Does anybody remember the original unit from MOS Technology? Or even how it got its name? [Now i am really dating myself]

Amazing. Of course, when I design chips I've found its better to just make sure the chip never gets that hot to begin with! Saves the headache of these exotic packages. But that's just me.

OK, got my card swapped out. The tech had to take pretty much the whole laptop apart. I don’t know if this is just because he didn’t know better, or if it was actually necessary (seemed like most of it was needed). This means the future...

For me they suggested a video card swap. They said they are trying to collect all the errant cards to figure out what is going on. They are supposed to show up today and replace my card. What’s the word out there on new cards? Is the...

Well, add me to the list of frozen systems. I thought I was one of the lucky ones after foing for the better part of week with no problems, but last night I was able to get my system to freeze twice playing Call of Duty. I guess the...

The thing that strikes me is that unless something has recently changed, i was not aware that Maxtor even made 2.5" drives. I thought thier forte was 3.5" ATA/SATA and SCSI drives. So i am suspicious if the claim it was a...

Quote: Originally Posted by LurkingJayhawk ??? You lost me??? The mention of microsoft in the letter is regarding a whiny little brat that goes by the name "Microsoft" on the forum, he pretty much trolls...

rykwon97 Thanks. I knew it was a stupid quesiton. Now I remember the shift key must be used. [In my other systems, which use winXP, they are all set up on domains and the user interface is slightly different; in those cases you have...

What??!! How could dumping your memory to hard disk cause your computer to melt? I think you are maybe listening too much to urban legends. I would like to find anyone who has personally had something like this happen to them. The...

I'm just curious; with all the problems we've seen with the video system in the new xps, I am very surprised that there is very little about this on the Dell BBS (and nothing within the last few days). Are you guys not posting anything?...