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Undervolting My D610 1952
On Tue, 23 May 2006 23:12:57 GMT, Nicholas Andrade Hmm, I've heard a lot about overclocking, but this is the first I've heard about undervolting. I am certainly one to favor the...
Undervolting My D610 1953
On Wed, 24 May 2006 07:24:14 GMT, Nicholas Andrade Thank you for the sound advice. The...
Undervolting My D610 1954
journey Starting with Gentoo would be a mistake in my opinion (although it's a great distro, I'm using it now). It would almost certainly leave a bad taste in your mouth...
Undervolting My D610 1955
Great discussion -- thank you. I could write a lot in response but I'll keep it simple and clip a...
Gaming
You can get the full version of Halo for the PC for about $20 now. I love it and have played all the...
OT: Gaming
I'm much more of a console gamer (in fact I was playing Zelda 2 on my NES tonight) however...
Please Help! system crashes only when booting to updated kernel
Hi, I have never had to go to the extreme of posting on Usenet to solve a problem, but I have been...
Please Help! system crashes only when booting to updated kernel
Nicholas Andrade Recompiling the linux kernel is something I need to learn how to do at some point, since I've never done it...
Bad Reinstall
I am trying to repair a relatives Dimension 5150-E510 for her after she rather...
Bad Reinstall 1961
OK, it depends on what kind of 'format' or 'install' was done by the shop. The E510...
Bad Reinstall 1962
Note: the process above has not been tested with Media Direct PC's. (therefore I am going to do more...
Bad Reinstall 1963
Thank you so much for this. I am going to try it right now on the computers I reformmated. As painful as it might be I'm going to reinstall my desktop OS fresh too...
Bad Reinstall 1964
Doesn't she have a copy of XP? If not, did the computer shop charge her for one? What kind of computer shop is it, and how...
Bad Reinstall 1965
Well, we are in the UK, but thanks for the offer Which brings me to my next question-problem I *did...
Dell Labreastude 620 gets really hot. Tried a few now, all the same
I agree with the comparison above. The nice thing I like about the D6xx is the modular bay. Battery life has always been a high priority...
Need help with HDD issue on Dell Inspirion 5160
Hello, All-- I have a Dell Inspirion 5160 laptop (P4HT 2.8 512 BIOS A08 about 1.5 yrs old...
I Want Dell With AMD
Article's not very long: Dell-AMD love flowers, Microsoft charges by the hour Grumpy gossip hound examines his hardware and finds it wanting By...
need help upgrading Precision 670 storage
Hi all, My current system have the following storage settings: - Seagate ST380013AS 80GB interface SATA 1.5Gb-s with 8MB cache. - Single FUJITSU MAP3367NP 36.7...
Dell Inspiron 3800 notebook weird fault
I got this Dell inspiron 3800, it was working fantastically well until I let my 6yr old daughter had some fun surfing online at those...
Dimension 4700 needs hard drive HELP
A few days ago I learned about Event Viewer. Before that I never knew it existed. I looked at the System messages and there were disk errors - bad block errors...
Dimension 4700 needs hard drive HELP!! 1972
Is it possible it's a bit of debate-confusion as to what 'Recovery or Restore' means? Most Dells these days may have a 'System Recovery' partion feature on the hard drive. Using...
Dimension 4700 needs hard drive HELP!! 1973
Jane, Unfortunately, a blank drive is what they commit to in the warranty. It's ugly, but consistent...
is it ok RAID0 striping with 1x15Krpm and 1x10Krpm
On Wed, 31 May 2006 20:46:06 -0700, John Smith It will be a minor mismatch in that the slower of the two is the bottleneck, but in itself the rotational...
Axim questions
As far as Pocket PCs go, I think the Axim is the best (IMO). However, it's not all smooth sailing. First...
Adding IDE secondary drive to DELL8330 with PRIMARY SATA DRIVE
Hi, It' been a while since I have added a NEW drive to a computer. I'm adding one to my mom's and I didn't realize her DELL 8300 had a SATA drive. I WANT to...
Dell is screwing customers who buy laptops with ATI video cards
Ripped off? I'm not quite sure that would apply. After all if they're advertising a video card with...
How Can I Record 2way Telephone Conversations
No, I am not placing calls via my PC, at present. The reason why I would like to configure this ability with my PC is basically that I want a means of discouraging nuisance callers...
trying Raptor HDD WD1500ADFD on a Dell Precision 670
Hi all, I was really eager to see how much the performance of my rig would increase by replacing the DELL OEM Seagate...
trying Raptor HDD WD1500ADFD on a Dell Precision 670 1980
I think one way you'd see a difference, is if you search for files on each of the drives. The...
trying Raptor HDD WD1500ADFD on a Dell Precision 670 1981
On 4 Jun 2006 10:02:57 -0700, "bravegag" These are not scenarios where you should expect much difference, rather...
Anyone know what the mysterious 32 meg hidden parbreastion created by xp is
Does anyone know what the mysterious 32 meg hidden parbreastion created by xp is? Is it something only created by Dell installations? i used Parbreastion Commander to copy...
EVERYTHING WORKED. Now, can you run F.A.S.T. twice
That is basically what I was trying to do Unfortunately that didn't solve the problem, however you gave me the impetus to try Parbreastion Commander...
WTG Dell India, a catalogue of errors
A couple of weeks ago I called Dell sales to get some idea of a price for a Laptop, I had no intention of placing an...
What do Apple And ATT know that Dell doesn't 1985
While I do not support outsourcing, I try to look at the whole picture. I would prefer support move back and...
What do Apple And ATT know that Dell doesn't 1986
I agree that Dell's technical support and customer service sucks horribly now that it is outsourced to India. They still...
Internet Explorer
journey Editing the toolbar is the only feature I can think of that is lacking compared to Firefox. You can make...
WinXP Stop 8086
Sparky, I don't believe you have to reinstall XP just yet. and I also dont think...
Inspiron 9300 and Vista
chaz MS just decommitted another Vista feature - from PCMag: Another Windows Vista Feature Bites the...
Clicking Nosie from XPS GEN4
I cannot be certain that this clicking noise is related to the HDD. The noise has occurred when there is no HDD activity light (i.e., green LED...
Hard Drive Failure Advice 1991
There are expensive places that will take your hard drive to a clean room, disbuttemble it, and try to get the data...
Hard Drive Failure Advice 1992
privates Interestingly enough, there was a slashdot article this morning about someone who found a drive...
installing dell resource cd
With everyones help, I was able to get the sound and video working on this machine. However after downloading the 3Com 3C905C drivers and the Diagnostics Utility, i am still unable to...
Laptop advice 1994
blockster First off, buttuming your son actually plans to lug the machine to clbutt, I'd recommend getting a smaller, lighter laptop (Inspiron 640m is a great form factor) and just...
Laptop advice 1995
The 14" form factor is quite good in my opinion, especially if this is the only machine you will be using. Both my previous...
Laptop advice 1996
Alan Gauton No, it shouldn't be ignored, what should be done is for you to use the right tools for the right job. If you think thousand dollar circuit simulators should be...
Part needed, Called Dell. Clueless! 1997
Hi folks, It is I again, trying to locate that part for my Dell 2400 Dimension -Bios A05 -purchased in May 2004, warranty over. Of...
Part needed, Called Dell. Clueless! 1998
Hi folks, It is I again, trying to locate that part for my Dell 2400 Dimension - Bios A05 -purchased in May 2004, warranty over...
LRAND Test fails on my Dell %150
I have a Dell 5150 that BSODs constantly, but with completely different errors each time. The memory diagnostic tool says I have LRAND errors in...
e1505 battery life concern
Hi, I'm just about to buy an e1505 laptop for college. I want it to last me for at...
India Support at times good, and improving
I have found support from India to be good recently (not a statistical sampling obviously) and improving. As someone else said, there is a learning curve...
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