Posts by XstatiK

Things are still working very smoothly for me after the GPU swapout. I ran Call of Duty multiplayer on spectator mode for hours on a busy server w/o any problems. I also looped 3DMark03 Pro 15 times @ 1920 x 1200 and no problems there...

Quote: Originally Posted by Karl Midnight Club II (Xstatik, can you confirm disabling HT fixes the problem?) I disabled HT and retested Midnight Club II - it still froze. It looks like some kind of bug...

I just tried the Call of Duty Dawnsville demo, and it locks up for me after 5 minutes or so, consistent with Karl's system. The full game, however, runs just great and I just got done playing on a server for about an hour. I'll keep...

Karl, tonight when I get home I'll install the CoD demo and give it a run. I'll let you know if it locks up for me too.

Quote: Originally Posted by LurkingJayhawk You might also try uninstalling and reinstall Midnight Club II, then do the most recent patch. God only knows what the lockups did to the Midnight Club II program and data...

I'm also beginning to question whether my new board really did solve the problem or not. So far I haven't experienced any corruption, and Midnight Club II was the only game that froze. I'm currently enjoying a nice deathmatch session...

Glad to hear that things are going smoothly for you now, Karl. I'll keep my fingers crossed that your machine will continue to be problem-free with many late nights of uninterrupted gaming ahead of you. We all really appreciate what...

While getting my time wasted by the regular dell call center, I remembered one of the key features of the XPS being the following: "Dedicated Tech Support Phone Queue: Specially trained reps who know the latest games and the...

No good. After the GPU was swapped out, I got another hard lockup after 28min 44sec. I'm going to call Dell Tech Support now to see what the next step should be. Edit: The lockup was in Midnight Club II only. I haven't...

The Dell tech is showing up in about an hour with the replacement Mobility 9700 Pro. I'll let you guys know the results after I test again after the GPU swapout.