Posts by Maconi

Yeah I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna bother extending the warranty on my M1710 because of all of this. I'm almost positive Dell would try to say the 1640 is an upgrade and I don't want to have to fight them for months. Way to chase off...

They should have lemon laws for electronics...

Just to make it more clear here is a picture of what it SHOULD look like... Yet mine has the Utility Partition @ 2 and Windows @ 1. I just figured out how to fix the drive letters (It has to do with the "Active Partition"...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn I might be wrong, but the order of the partitions should not make any differences. Try re-installing Windows? cheers ... According to DSRFIX, Dell Utilities has to be PBR1,...

Alright so a friend of mine has screwed his up somehow and I'm wondering how to fix it? I have DSRFIX and all that, and even know what the problem is... Somehow he has messed up the order of his partitions. This is his order... 1...

Testing Your Video Card Restart your computer. Keep mashing F12 until the boot menu comes up. Pick Diagnostics. Your laptop will do the "Pre-boot System Assessment" and will then give you some options. You can run an...

This makes me even more nervous to extend my warranty on my XPS M1710. I have a top-spec M1710 (best parts piece-for-piece) and if they tried to give me a Studio...

Old http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLA44 New http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLAP9 The new one is a slight downgrade but not much as you can see. You're also not getting an AEGIA Physx card with this...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fgo I wonder what that means for my 8800 that I was promised to be installed on my laptop, dispatch number and all. This is the conspiracy theorist in me, but maybe your laptop never...

I'm glad I bought the M1710 instead of the M1730. Yeah the M1710 is outdated, but the one I bought has lasted me a while now with no problems what-so-ever *knock on wood*. I will agree though, after the CC expires on this laptop (or...