Jeeves is in the house! - Page 5

So you ordered it on the 1st and are getting it on the 8th. Why does everyone say that the ordering process and delivery time takes weeks? Or is this an exception?

because you only hear about the orders that take long, nobody posts "i got my laptop on time" (well, rarely)

wooster, i hope that your machine exceeds your expectations

I'm with Diesel, Wooster.....I feel soooo happy for you.....I would throw a big party for you.....if only I could get to the West Coast within 2-3 hours

Glad you got it!

Sorry about the heat issue though. I didn't know that that was a problem with the 8600.

I thought heat wasn't so much of an issue with the Pentium M processors. Try a Pentium 4 for hours and then see the difference, the P4 will burn a hole in your pants!

Hmm Wooster you may want to explore these heat issues further. I don't think it should be getting as hot as it seems to be under normal usage. Did you download fanGUI to check your temps?

Mine seems hot too after just making an image of the harddrive. And I think it melted a little round hole into the microsoft sticker on the bottom. The one with the cd key on it. Luckily it wasn't near the cd-key...

The area over the ram is REALLY hot.

I agree with AximofIllusion, shouldnt be getting that hot. Mine's been ON for over 11 hrs and its the max temp i got is 50 after which the fan starts and cool the heck out of this bitc*.

8600, 1.6g, 512m, 9600, 60g72k etc etc.

There are no heat issues with I8600. It is a quite powerful machine, and when the fans are not operating, the heat must go out somewhere (preferably through the bottom, since you would not like your keyboard to get hot). Machines of this class are not really designed to be "laptops", and even if they were cool, few people would use them on their laps (too big and heavy).

The Pentium M processor generates little heat. I don't have figures for ATI 9600, but I guess it could be a major player in the heat equation.

Well maybe this is his first time with a laptop and he thinks is getting veryhot but let us know what FanGUI give you. by the way u should try something like a Duron now that will really put u on fire. and Bohh this is the part that gets the hottes on my 8600. I think that is normal because the ram are right there and the cover has a some metal thing on it im guessing is to spread the heat out. anyway wood have u ever tried other laptops. i have seen the first laptop that can be use in ones lap yet. I think this is the reason they call them notebooks now lol. anyway let use know that #'s and about the ghosting i think this is ur personal opinion. personaly if something is not working as it suppost to even if is a little i would return it.

Wooster:

If you are interested in the insides of your I8600, you should take a look at its service manual. Here is a link for M60:

http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/wsM60/en/index.htm

Wooster....the component located under the left palm rest is your hard drive....and seeing as how you have a hard drive running at 7200 RPM it will naturally get somewhat hot.

However, you might have a problem if its running EXTREMELY hot.

Wooster, did you check your screen manufacturer? Is it a hitachi? What were you doing when you noticed the ghosting?

Wooster:

First, let me give you some general advices.

Check the versions of your BIOS, Intel's chipset drivers, video BIOS and video drivers against Dell's site; either upgrade to to newer ones (if any), or report here and wait for further advice.

For troubleshooting purposes, you should keep your system in its pristine state as much as possible. Do not install hacked video drivers yet! I would even keep away from MS critical updates at this stage; also your favorite applications, since something could interfere with Windows. If you need to talk with Dell's tech support, saying that your system is clean could save you the trouble of reinstalling Windows.

Download I8kfanGUI and SpeedswitchXP from

http://www.diefer.de/indexe.html

Experiment with their settings (together with the BIOS options), and report your results.

Now, back to your display issues.

First, did you check for dead pixels and ghosting with MonitorsDirect?

Why do you say that "the ghosting is pretty bad"? Could you post some pictures taken with a camera? I am quite skeptical about users' report of ghosting while scrolling in Internet Explorer or dragging windows; anyway, you should connect an external LCD or CRT monitor to see whether such artifacts are due to your notebook's display. Similarly for DVD playing.

Frankly, up till now you have provided so little concrete information that I am not sure which of your issues are "psychological" (expecting too much from a first notebook) as opposed to "technical" (due to hardware or software failures). Just be patient, provide suitable feedback, and the users here will help.