Warning!!! Stay away from Dell Core 2 Duo ... ... I only love Dell because of the "accidental" warranty :]

colonelaberilla · 10-15-2007, 04:42 PM

My last laptop was a toshiba 2805 and I had trouble capturing video with the firewire port. Every other computer I did it on worked flawlessly. I would have Dell exchange it.

luvi · 11-05-2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Henchman

I just spent 2 weeks trying to get my Dell latitude D820 to work properly with my presonus firewire interface.
No luck. And I knowmy way around PC's abit.
Further investigation showed that it is a known problem, and that Dell has no plans to do anything about it. Neither the internal firewire or the Siig 2-port firewire Expresscard (which uses the TI chipset) would work properly. Dell offers the Siig for sale on their website.
A USB VS Firewire test showed them underperforming using a HD, quite significantly too.

This simply shows me that it is badly implemented hardware via the BIOS.

I have read a ton of reports with people having the same issues form various other Dell laptop lines, and strongly suggest to stay away from them for any kind of Pro-Audio or multimedia type applicationswhere high firewire throughput is needed.

I really like the laptop, and the features it has. Especially the media bay option.
But I need this to work now. Not in a month or 2.

Maybe the mod can sticky this so no one else wastes their time like I did.

we had the same exact problem. i think dell should do something about this.

Kakureru · 11-10-2007, 07:44 PM

Whoops! You got a dell! :P
After my insp 5150 and its many defects still in new laptops, no more dell for me (unless its free)

h1tman · 11-26-2007, 01:51 PM

Yeah this makes no sense at all...

CrackatiCz · 11-30-2007, 12:44 PM

I only love Dell because of the "accidental" warranty :]

11-10-2007, 07:44 PM	#18
Kakureru ~ Not as Noob~ Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 41 Credits: -150	Whoops! You got a dell! :P After my insp 5150 and its many defects still in new laptops, no more dell for me (unless its free) __________________ Heat - kakureru also on Hard and Anandtech sale / trade

11-26-2007, 01:51 PM	#19
h1tman Under 21 wit a Black Card Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 629 Credits: 1,028	Yeah this makes no sense at all... __________________

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10-15-2007, 04:42 PM	#16
colonelaberilla Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 28 Credits: -350	My last laptop was a toshiba 2805 and I had trouble capturing video with the firewire port. Every other computer I did it on worked flawlessly. I would have Dell exchange it.

11-30-2007, 12:44 PM	#20
CrackatiCz Slap a hoe Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 757 Credits: 319	I only love Dell because of the "accidental" warranty :]