Posts by zederbee

It has the latest dell version. Too late for that, there is nothing on it. I formatted the HDD and ran the seagate HDD test, which was fine. Still locks up on boot or when installing windows.

Also the dell bios diagnositcs won't recognize my keyboard, however it is firmly attached and it works. Ideas?

Working on a 1720. Coffee was spilled on it so I got a new motherboard. Installed the mobo and it was working fine first boot. After it ran for about 10 mins it shut off. After that I couldn't get it to turn on. It would go black...

celcius on the comp... room temp fahrenheit

On my laptop my fans are running all the time on high. I have used Ik8 to monitor temps. Nothing crazy, I don't control the fans, more for monitoring. My ambient temp is usually around 60 degrees F. Is this constant fan...

I bought my m1710 from the outlet scratch and dent. One scratch on the corner of the bottom. That's it. Great Deal.

I would get something else personally. Nothing like a bad that says, look I have a very expensive computer in it.

I understand your concern and you are not going to be happy. 90% chance you will get a decked out 1720 that you won't be happy with. You can try to argue with dell, but now they are just not giving in like at first. Now since you will...

Say hello to the 1720. They are not that bad. I used my old one with a DVI adapter. It was ok. If you don't like it sell it and buy new. Dell cut back on giving sweet upgrades like you want. I tried for months. Then gave up and...

For under 2k you can get a used m1710 from the outlet that is a lot better.