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post #281 of 313
4/1/05 at 12:10pm
OK Guys, installed 75.90 Detonators and reran 3dmark05 completely stock otherwise, got 3195. Easy 300 improvement.

Cheers
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post #282 of 313
4/1/05 at 12:13pm
it could be better ... 3200-ish.
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post #283 of 313
4/1/05 at 1:20pm
I got my 9300 also this morning. Haven't had time to play around with it till late tonight. Thank God I got a Samsung SEC5557 (K9975) LCD as well as the soft Thai-made keyboard. Does have a narrow band of light leakage down the bottom of the screen but otherwise the screen is great. I'm already used to the sparkles in my Samsung LCD in the "old" 9200 (which my dad is now using).

Accidentally installed XP Media Edition into a tiny partition (typed in 1500MB instead of 15000MB for the primary partition in XP setup!!!), and now re-doing the whole thing. I usually want my C: to be around 15GB. Looks like another wasted hour!

Just wonder which driver version is actually THE FASTEST. Also which tool to use to overclock the go6800? I heard we can use coolbits or other auto-detect tools....

Overall this laptop is pretty decent, no complaints at all at this stage given my satisfaction of the 9200.
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post #284 of 313
4/1/05 at 1:53pm
76.10 seems fast to me...
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post #285 of 313
4/1/05 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by bahamot
DJ Fusion, mine crank up to 2900-ish on 3DMark05 with stock clock, stock driver,dell-bloatware. Upgrade the driver to 76.10, stock clock, dell-bloatware, then the score is 3200-ish. Very happy with that.

Psinewave, before you return it, could you run powerstrip? i.e. what's your LCD.
According to Powerstrip it's an LPL0000 ... so the usual sparkly one.

Having said that, it doesn't seem *that* bad ... if I look for it I see it but in general use it seems OK.

Having said that, I've got a collegue who has quite sensitive eyes (he doesn't run with a white background on a CRT because it's painful for him), I gave him a look at this screen without telling him about the sparkles and asked him "what do you think", he immediately said there was something wrong about it and his eyes were hurting but he couldn't figure out what it was, I told him what sparkles were and he immediately said that that was the sort of thing he was seeing ... so I guess it really does vary from person to person.

I think I'll give it a week and see. As a side issue, I compared it with the LCD I'm using on my desk now and that one sparkles even more (but that's because I haven't cleaned it for a while) ... so perhaps I can live with it ... recon I should swap it back anyway? What sort of bother have Aussies been put through to get sparkling screens replaced? (I have the 3 year collect-and-return warranty with theft and accident cover if that makes a difference.)
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post #286 of 313
4/2/05 at 11:03pm
Well I'm completely in love with my 9300!

The screen is brilliant, it runs wicked fast and deadly quiet, it doesn't get hot anywhere around the wrist-rest area (a real problem with my other lappies), the speakers are ace, the media buttons are really handy - abolsutely everything about it performs better than expected!
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post #287 of 313
4/2/05 at 11:25pm
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Originally Posted by uhoo
Well I called again and this is how it's supposed to go:
Notebook at local courier -> Notebook gets sent back to Dell's warehouse -> Dell receives notebook, schedules another delivery with local courier, sends it off to the local courier again (rep said that there would be an additional charge, but I think the courier charges Dell, not us) -> Notebook arrives at local courier -> local courier calls us to arrange delivery -> we wait...

Sounds really tedious, I doubt that we'll get it by Wednesday... Well, if you make any progress pls post..
I called up Dell's 1800 hotline and spoke to a woman to whom (is that right, to whom?) I explained my situation. She said that it would take 1-2 working days just to confirm that the order was not delivered and to schedule a new time... That's ridiculous. I asked if I could change the delivery from one room in our department down the hall to another room, she said this constituted a change in delivery address and said it may take extra time... OMG...

Anyway, seeing as it already needs to be reconfirmed, I changed the addy as well, from one room down 20 metres to another. Maybe if couriers read signs on doors this needn't have ever happened. Absolutely ridiculous. Go to the next office and ask around. Don't just leave. Although, my dad's a courier too, and I know what he gets up to...

Will keep you posted, Uhoo, let me know if anything can be done than waiting around twiddling my thumbs...
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post #288 of 313
4/2/05 at 11:51pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Fusion
Well I'm completely in love with my 9300!

The screen is brilliant, it runs wicked fast and deadly quiet, it doesn't get hot anywhere around the wrist-rest area (a real problem with my other lappies), the speakers are ace, the media buttons are really handy - abolsutely everything about it performs better than expected!
LOL!!! Hopefully in a few days I'll be saying the same thing...

Which screen did you end up getting?
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post #289 of 313
4/3/05 at 12:11am
Not sure! On my order it was the screen model that started with 'k'. The Samsung isnt it?
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post #290 of 313
4/3/05 at 1:57am
I got my 9300 on 1st.... though i was not quite sure about the screen (after readings all the crap things abt the screen in this forum), I am totally becoming crazy abt this lappie the more and more I sit infront of it.........my screen on the invoice is K9975 but when i run powerstrip, it just display manufacturer as Microsoft ..and model number N/A... but i think its the LG..as the the color is very vibrant and deep.... though I can see sparkle in white background..but i do manage to fixed it by adjusting the color correction tool..... now the more i look into the screen, the more i am becoming in-tune with it... the glossy coating is great....... and the resolution 1920x1200 is awesome... I just can't imagine using any resolution less than this..... Overall, I love the LG Screen, (I have not seen the Samsung) Sound is great, so is the DVD playback......
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post #291 of 313
4/3/05 at 4:30am
Nice! What is that mac interface look-alike?

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The screen is brilliant, it runs wicked fast and deadly quiet, it doesn't get hot anywhere around the wrist-rest area (a real problem with my other lappies), the speakers are ace, the media buttons are really handy - abolsutely everything about it performs better than expected!
Same here ... the lab was empty today so I cranked up the volume ... OK so it ain't no 5,000,000 watt sound system but it was pretty darn impressive coming from a laptop ... but the best thing is, this is also the sort of laptop sound system that you can turn down and still have sound reasonably decent. Keyboard is also nice - it feels "chunky", it has a satisfying touch to it, not like some of the Sony Vaios that seem a little 'flimsy' (not so much the keyboard itself but the keytops) ...

Stability seems a bit tricky ... I'm running the 71.84 nVidia driver which fixed some of the problems but every now and again it still dies on shutdown (bluescreen and memory dump) ... *shrug*
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post #292 of 313
4/3/05 at 4:44am
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Originally Posted by pstojanov
I called up Dell's 1800 hotline and spoke to a woman to whom (is that right, to whom?) I explained my situation. She said that it would take 1-2 working days just to confirm that the order was not delivered and to schedule a new time... That's ridiculous. I asked if I could change the delivery from one room in our department down the hall to another room, she said this constituted a change in delivery address and said it may take extra time... OMG...

Anyway, seeing as it already needs to be reconfirmed, I changed the addy as well, from one room down 20 metres to another. Maybe if couriers read signs on doors this needn't have ever happened. Absolutely ridiculous. Go to the next office and ask around. Don't just leave. Although, my dad's a courier too, and I know what he gets up to...

Will keep you posted, Uhoo, let me know if anything can be done than waiting around twiddling my thumbs...

Sounds about right, guess the only thing we can do now is wait for the courier to ring. .

Hey CalmOcean, that's a pretty awesome desktop you've got there, mind telling where you got the wallpaper from? And what do you use for the dock thingie? Thanks!
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post #293 of 313
4/3/05 at 4:52am
To uhoo, Psinewave : The mac lookalike is from a program called OBjectDock from Stardock, http://www.stardock.com/objectdock ... its a good change from windows with new lappie and a new mac look..... I downloaded the wallpaper of 1920x1200 from http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper ..by the way, good luck with ur new 9300s.... i got mine on 1st
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post #294 of 313
4/3/05 at 5:08am
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Originally Posted by CalmOcean
To uhoo, Psinewave : The mac lookalike is from a program called OBjectDock from Stardock, http://www.stardock.com/objectdock ... its a good change from windows with new lappie and a new mac look..... I downloaded the wallpaper of 1920x1200 from http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper ..by the way, good luck with ur new 9300s.... i got mine on 1st

Cool, I've wanted to try Objectdock, but I've heard that it's pretty resource-intensive. I think my current laptop would just roll over and die . . Thanks for the wallpaper link!
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post #295 of 313
4/3/05 at 5:14am
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Originally Posted by uhoo
Cool, I've wanted to try Objectdock, but I've heard that it's pretty resource-intensive. I think my current laptop would just roll over and die . . Thanks for the wallpaper link!
it run very smoothly on my new 9300, even on my i600m (P M 1.5 Ghz, 256 MB RAM 266 MHZ, 14" XGA, 60 GB 4200 rpm, 64 MB ATI 9000)....
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post #296 of 313
4/3/05 at 5:20am
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Originally Posted by CalmOcean
it run very smoothly on my new 9300, even on my i600m (P M 1.5 Ghz, 256 MB RAM 266 MHZ, 14" XGA, 60 GB 4200 rpm, 64 MB ATI 9000)....
Hmm . .guess I'll try it on my 9300 when (if??) it finally arrives..
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post #297 of 313
4/3/05 at 7:30am
Calm, I use Objectdock too - but how did you get your recycle bin icon off your desktop?
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post #298 of 313
4/3/05 at 7:47am
To hide Recycle Bin from Desktop (not remove) Create or modify the following registry entry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIc ons\NewStartPanel

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

REG_DWORD

0x00000001

Refresh the desktop or if the icon is still there, restart.... good luck
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post #299 of 313
4/3/05 at 8:04am
Actually, I just grabbed the TweakUI Xp util from the Windows website and it let me remove it - thx anyway.
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post #300 of 313
4/3/05 at 8:15am
Looks like the 33% coupon is back, only it's 25% off for the 2.13 ghz 9300. BTW has anybody ordered the extra large backpack that's now listed?
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