Dell Laptop User Thread

[ThyPig33]

check with D630 owners, is there a mic built in?

No........

d630 has mic built in..

 

[Diavonex]

d630 has mic built in..

Thank you for correcting me.

 

[sporesam]

What type of cable should i buy to connect my D630 to my LCD TV.any D630 users pls help.....

 

[chengsun]

I just realized that I got a problem here. Mine is Vostro1400. When I downgraded Vista to Xp myself, in bios, I swithed the SATA option to ATA instead of AHCI so that XP can detect the hdd, and Flash Cache somthing to OFF. After I installed XP, I forgot abt this until today. I have installed the SATA driver for XP from DELL also. So I went to BIOS agan and tried to switch it back to usual seting which is AHCI. but after that, when XP loads, it will just turn to blue screen then reboot. What went wrong anyone knows? And, what is the difference between AHCI and ATA? what will happen if I remein in ATA?
thx

 

[gv122184]

hi i just got the new laptop from school
is vostro 1400
the spec is
T5470
1.99GB
100+GB HDD
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family
CAN PLAY CNC3, BIOSHOCK

 

[nVidia]

can play meh? play on low and 640*480...what's the point?

 

[dlim2002]

Inspiron 700M battery

Besides getting from Dell, can I get it from Sim Lim? Or if Sim Lim any shop that can diagnose a notebook/laptop problem?

 

[westwest1]

hi i just got the new laptop from school
is vostro 1400
the spec is
T5470
1.99GB
100+GB HDD
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family
CAN PLAY CNC3, BIOSHOCK

how much you pay it for and whats your warranty period?

 

[gv122184]

how much you pay it for and whats your warranty period?

the laptop is free by give sch fee on time

 

[westwest1]

the laptop is free by give sch fee on time

man...you sch fees must be really expensive.

 

[slimchi_21]

would like to check wit u all are these intel built in graphic card x3100 really that bad? Can play normal game like sim city society? Or must get a dedicated graphic card? Thanks

 

[Clawer]

Hi everyone..

Just bought Dell Inspiron 1420 lappy..

However, I noticed that the RAM (1GB) seems not good enough.. is there anyway I could upgrade the RAM other than going to DELL?

SLS or Funan?

 

[Diavonex]

You can buy Kingston and DIY.

 

[Diavonex]

Memory is located at #6

 

[Diavonex]

 

[reflush]

Where to service old Dell notebook (inspiron 4150)

Hi Dell users,
Anyone know where service place that quite OK to service my Inspiron 4150.
My notebook suddently can not on, the 2nd light next to the power button keep blink and the light on right side (power and HD) steady on.

Thanks for any info/ reply.

 

[Diavonex]

How old is your notebook?

 

[reflush]

About 7-8 years.
Call Dell service center, They can not repair since the spare part is not available anymore.

 

[BurgerLim]

think you have to self help.. already.. anything after 3 yrs or more.. dell not keen to support much on hardwares since they suggest to purchase on new unit..
did your nb pass the BIOS test? try look into bios for hdd, most likely of the failure point ..
HTH.

to all.
how much could i fetch on a inspiron 8600 with following specs

PM 1.6 Ghz
1.5GB (1+512)
100GB hdd
15.4" WSXGA+ (1680x1050) AG (i love this screen)
Dual pointing
ATI 9600pro turbo 128MB dedicated (def better than x3100)
Wifi BG
DVD writer ND6100 -> ND6500 (multi)
Batt (last about 1~2+ hrs)

anyone? thanks...

 

[hellfire190]

hi pros, i would like some nice advice as to why my laptop feels laggy during gameplay... playing crysis and fifa 08... fifa 08 seems even more laggy than crysis... any suggestions on what i can do??

I'm currently using a DELL XPS M1530. C2D 2.2GHz, Nvidia 8600M GT and 4GB RAM (shown as 3.5GB)... there seems to be 70++ processes running when i start up the task manager... in the meantime, i'll try to scan for viruses again~~