Posts by sakor1

There is not much difference except for the paint scheme and I think some of the pre-loaded software (Vostro is geared towards business, generally has less crap). If you don't want the extra CPU power, and want to save some cash, the...

Brand that ships varies, depending upon what Dell have in stock at the time, as generally brands are rotated depending on bulk purchase terms, etc (ie: Dell bulk buy lots, so if they can get similar quality stuff for different amounts at...

As far as rotational speed, 7200rpm. Won't get quicker than that due to faster rotational speeds causing more noise and heat, two things that are generally avoided in laptop design if possible. (Hell, there aren't even very many drives...

It is an old model, it is more than likely the battery is dead. Stu

If you turn speedstep off it will lock at 800MHz. Go back into your BIOS and turn it on. As long as it is keeping cool now you should be fine. Stu

I have not heard of anyone successfully upgrading the D810 to a 6800 or 7800 go. The main reason being these require a much larger heatsink that will not fit in the D810 chassis, in addition I don't think the form factors of the card...

No. The chipset in the XPS Gen 2 is an Intel 915PM. This supports Pentium M processors but does not support the Core Duo/ Core 2 processors. This cannot be altered with any BIOS upgrade. Stu

It should work, but obviously will downclock to match the supported bus speed at 667MHz. Stu

Can't say for certain with regard to SLI setups... but as far as single cards go nVIDIA drivers have been running smoothly with Vista for ages... Stu

Contact Dell, once they are satisfied with the details you provide (Service tag, etc), then they will send you a replacement OEM copy. Stu