Posts by aralbrec

Quote: Originally Posted by megaphat A third a year? Wow I didn't realise that dell batteries wear that fast. My ipod does about that, but my 9300 is nowhere near. Then again, I was squeezing 4 hours out of it...

Batteries are consumables and in particular Li-ion batteries have a lifetime of around two years. They age (lose the ability to deliver charge) even when not used which is why you should never buy a Li-ion battery unless you're going to...

Just to add: I was just reading the Square Trade insurance pitch connected to an ebay auction and it mentioned that 42% of all laptops will need a repair within first four years, all brands combined I assume. To add my story, my 9300...

Many of us have had problems with the 9300 and SD card reader -- there have been several threads on the subject in the 17" forum. Mine will not read most new SD cards but can read old ones. Of the four I'm using now, the 9300...

Thanks to BIGEE I have the microsoft hotfix without having to communicate with microsoft. I've put it up on rapidshare in case anyone else would like to download: http://rapidshare.de/files/31732683/...0_Fix.rar.html The rar contains...

Naturally Microsoft's email support crashes in the last step. Will have to wait to try to get the hotfix tomorrow. I really, really dislike having to put my credit card forward and risk being charged $45. The note does say if a...

It looks like XP has a problem with reading some SD cards. There's a hotfix posted at Microsoft's site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921413/en-us But you'll have to contact Microsoft to get the fix. I haven't tried it yet --...

Quote: Originally Posted by Garbuckle Hauppage seem to be good quality. I have an ADS MiniTV USB, which is a usb thumbdrive sized tuner for cable only, and I use my own remote (does not come with one)... I...

*bump* Could I kindly ask others to try their sd cards with their 9300s? Just to share: I recently bought a 2GB PNY sd card and plugged it in... it shows up as "secure digital storage device" under disk drives with a...