Posts by danimal1968

This particular issue relates to a desktop but I thought it was revealing. I just purchased a Vostro 200 desktop. The DVD drive was not recognized when I started it up. I logged into the Gold tech support chat and the person I was...

Call them back and tell them that the computer is spontaneously shutting down.

Quote: Originally Posted by NEX_SASIN Duh! You guys still don't know the concept! Nvm up to you.. "Useless" means something very different than "it's the least powerful of those three...

Did any of these folks say why it is worse to do it with a laptop than any other computer? Or is it one of those things that came from their father's sister's daughter's mother's best friend's college roommate who doesn't really know...

Only way to get rid of the restore partition is to reformat, or I think you can remove it using Partition Magic. So there's the Dell Media Experience, and the Restore Partition taking 8 gigs or so. That, plus the fact that an HD...

Centrino is not a processor. Centrino is the mobile chipset including the internal wireless. Check to see that you got what you ordered, but if your computer is behaving funky, you probably have some drivers that aren't installed...

Catalyst Control Center requires the Microsoft .NET framework. Download from microsoft.com. Incidentally, CCC is not mandatory.

No, the hard part is making sure in advance that you have the chipset drivers, notebook system software, and other drivers you need.

I bought an Inspiron 6400 from Dell Small Business six weeks ago and didn't have to prove anything.

Go here http://support.dell.com/support/down...rue&l=en&s=gen and put in either your Service Tag or your model name and then you will be able to download the diagnostics.