Posts by theGOLDENchild

As of yesturday, actually. The legend of the m9700 will live forever.

That happened to my m9700 when I first tried to upgrade the ram. I bought two 1GB sticks of simpletech ram from staples (I was living in hotels for my job and didn't want to mess with mail order.) I could put one stick in, either...

Whatever you do, don't cheap out on a psu. Spend a little extra the first time and it will pay off in the end. Myself, I like Hiper but everyone has their own opinions. If you're not gonna get a replacement from Alienware, make sure...

The connections are on the back of the laptop whether or not the tv tuner is actually installed. Under the keyboard there are two mini pci slots, one for the wireless card and one for tv tuner. It's the inclusion of the tv tuner card...

The only way I've broken fans is when I use an air compressor (with a water separator) and had the air nozzle too close to the fan. It can make the fan spin too fast and the blades will bust off. If I there is a lot of dust and I need...

You could just buy the X-Fi card to get sound. Kind of an expensive fix but it has x64 vista drivers.

Try logging into "My Hive" to find it. If I search through the download section, my bios download wasn't there, but when I logged into my hive, it had my bios listed for download.

I assumed you were using Vista because of your "limited driver support" comment. Video drivers are easy enough to come by at laptopvideo2go. I wasn't referring just to you as being a nub, there have been a lot of people...

I'm getting sick of nubs who think it's Alienware's fault that they opted for Vista and totally crippled their gaming performance. Even my mother knows XP is far better for gaming.

The sub in my 9700 crackles quite easily. I had to go into windows volume control and turn the woofer volume down.