should i buy this cute netbook right now? the $30 discount is gonna end in Nov28. do u think dell will lower the price later? and add more color? seem like the red one is on sale in japan only, ***? i want to get green or red. should i wait? but i am afraid later dell will drop the ubuntu mini9, i want to have ubuntu on the mini. and one more question, does the mini that comes with hdd has fan?hacked by pca
View 10 RepliesI have some questions:
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1. Is the 4 gig of ram sufficient to run Vista 64 bit and the games
2. Is their much advantage to the RGBLED screen (when he is at home the laptop will be connected to his LG LCD monitor)
3. Finally is this a good buy (I can get a 21% corporate discount but it will still be over $950)
Finally why are the memory upgrades so expensive
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View 13 Replies View Relatedim about to buy a XPS M1530 and i think im going to jump on the $99 for a Mini 9 Deal, i just have a few questions:
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For those of you who has a Mini 9, what do you guys think about it?
I read that the highest amount of RAM that the Mini 9 supports is 2GB, now is that 1 or 2 slots?
What is the biggest SSD that is available for the Mini 9 right now? I read that the Mini 9 takes 50mm SSD's and the biggest SSD is 32GB?
After all, i think it won't disappoint me for $99.. Im going to get the linux and install XP on it, upgrade the RAM to 1 or 2 gig and maybe upgrade the SSD from 4GB to something alittle bigger..
I am not sure whether this is normal: I usually put my laptop into Sleep mode after finishing work, so it's almost never turned off. However, it almost always goes to hibernation at about 77% to 75 % battery.
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I thought this is must be set up in the Advanced Power Options of the Power Plan, and I checked that the critical battery level is at 10%.
So how can it be that it goes off to hibernation so early?
I have an Inspiron 1720, about a year old.
The VC in my XPS M1210 (Geforce 7400) just crapped out.
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I'm sure its the VC. The diagnostic key sequence is also for the VC.
I was wondering where I could buy another VC. Is it built into the mobo, meaning I have to buy another mobo as well?
I called Dell but since my warentee expired a couple months ago they won't even speak to me without paying a 40 dollar fee which is rediculous.
I was lurking around the forums for a little bit after a "dell studio fan speed" google search led me here.
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Anyways, I've got a dell studio 17 C2D T6400 @ 2ghz, 4 gigs of ram and the integrated graphics.
I came across the program that I found here called I8kfanGUI to control my fan speeds (im really paranoid about using a laptop actually on my lap doing anything more than watching the desktop) and turn them all the way up while its on my lap.
I managed to get it to turn the fan speeds on full blast, and then the apparently common frozen desktop that only comes back after 10ish seconds for a half a second. (im on vista home prem 64 bit and already read about disabling the signed driver check though F8 on boot)
And now I cant get it to stop freezing. There isnt alot of use in a program that does what you wants and then completely crashes your computer.
I called and was going to renew my warranty since my warranty should be expiring in mid march. It had a 2 year complete card/accidental coverage policy,
It was sent in mid march of 2007 after a ton of trouble and was replaced with a new system.
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At that time they said that the previous warranty was gone since this was a new system and that this new system would have a 1 year limited warranty on it which was ok since the 2 year warranty was about up anyways.
So anyways I call today and they say the warranty on it is expired...first thoughts .. So i go through 2 or 3 CSR's and they all cannot explain why my current expiration for my warranty is 4-27-07, when it should be 3-16-08.
I finally get to an extended warranty CSR who decides she is going to go talk to her supervisor about it since something doesnt seem right.
She comes back and says that since something was messed up in their system or something.
Her supervisor says that they can offer to extend my warranty. I was like Great, I'm glad that's fixed.
Then she was like here are the prices...
$480 3yr CC , $380 2yr CC , $280 3 months CC (yes thats right, until April of this year). I was like Whoah!! when did the prices go up.
She proceeds to tell me I have to pay a reinstatement fee. I'm like uhhh, I'm paying a fee because you all messed something up and got my warranty date is wrong?
So I told her to give me a call tomorrow when I get paid and I'll give it some thought.
What do you all think? I mean a $100 fee for them messing it up, not to mention I'd like the cheapest option, but it's only 3 months coverage...
The VC in my XPS M1210 (Geforce 7400) just crapped out.
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I'm sure its the VC. The diagnostic key sequence is also for the VC.
I was wondering where I could buy another VC. Is it built into the mobo, meaning I have to buy another mobo as well?
I called Dell but since my warentee expired a couple months ago they won't even speak to me without paying a 40 dollar fee which is rediculous.
As the thread implies I am getting the BSOD,
I've had the laptop for 1 Day- ONE DAY
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and every time i switch to performance mode (battery setting) aka switch to the 9400 it goes blue,
eveytime the computer tries to load a disk it goes blue. I'm running it in battery saving mode and its fine.
I have a feeling its the graphics card
my system is a
vista Prem 640bit
8600
4GB DD3
and an Nvidia 9500 .....
I figured we're due for a new SXPS 16 thread with the 4670 configuration. That way it doesn't get muddled with the 3670 which is a completely different motherboard and video card.
Hopefully this is ok with the forum mods. I'll continue to update this first post with relevant benchmarks, issues/solutions etc that crop up with the 4670 configuration.
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Date of last FAQ update: 09/27/09
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Studio XPS 16 + ATi 4670 GPU FAQ:
Are there any gameplay videos of the SXPS 16 + ATi 4670?YES, I've made two of them that you can watch on YouTube:
1. First video is of the Street Fighter 4 benchmark. It's the Dell SXPS 16 (4670) vs. HP DV7 (4650 overclocked): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjFiZCeRRq8
2. This second video features Crysis Warhead gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oS2Lr5NhfE
3. The following video was made using FRAPs (performance is degraded by FRAPs during video recording) by Skraeling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyYBFnCqXE .....
The previous Studio XPS 1640/1645 + ATi 4670 Owner's Thread was getting too large and slowing down forum search, so this is the new thread.
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Original Link to the first Studio XPS 1640/1645 + ATi 4670.
I keep getting crashes. I have had a two freezes where I had to hard boot it and 6 or 7 blue screens when trying to wake it up from sleep. Anyone have any ideas before I call Dell? I already updated everything.
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when I turn on my inspiron e1705 during boot the screen has white marks on it all over the screen and when the os starts to load (windows xp) the screen look perfectly fine.
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The dashes are even there if I go into setup. After windows boots and it should show the logon screen instead the screen is blank (black) and the computer is totally idle. At that point I even tried putting in a cd to see what would happen and it doesn't even respond by spinning the cd. The hdd light doesn't show any activity and the only sign of life is that the laptop is getting power. I just started the extended self diagnostic test that can be accessed through the boot selection menu.
It's a dell inspiron e1705 17" wuxga, dvd burner, BT, wi-fi, 100gb hd, core duo cpu, 7900gs, 2gb 667mhz ram.
i was planning to buy xps studio 16 but i have several questions
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My first Question is, i heard about bios A08 update and drivers update, does this fix issues regarding crashing and heat?
Second question: which processor is the best out of the 3 i5 540 or i7 620 or i7 820 in terms of speed/low heat.
Btw i use laptops to surf the net and most work with programs such photo shop and visual studio mainly, however i need a future proof processor because i change laptops every 2 -3 years, so if i pic i7 720 or 820 will i have alot of heat issues doing what i do?
I also spend around 12 hours on my laptop daily (inspiron 1520) dont have any heating issues at all, so i hope xps studio wont be different.
Finally, is the screen impacted by the heat and can it cause serious damage when i am gaming and such??
How about xps studio 16 vs envy 15 both on core i5 or core i7 which should i go for
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI am not sure whether this is normal: I usually put my laptop into Sleep mode after finishing work,
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so it's almost never turned off. However, it almost always goes to hibernation at about 77% to 75 % battery.
I thought this is must be set up in the Advanced Power Options of the Power Plan, and I checked that the critical battery level is at 10%.
I was wondering what the Smart Card reader is used for. I tried playing around with it and put a laundry card in there, as it was the only thing i had with a chip in it and nothing happened.
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Do you need to enable it, the only thing i can find in regards to it is, security purposes and i need to put a password in and then it asks me for a password on bootup
I have many days hoping to solve this little problem:
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my integrated webcam does not work and does no appear in device manager, and not even tthe blue light when windows starts shines.
I have windows xp also and the only thing I see is that unknown smbus controller appear
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my integrated webcam does not work and does no appear in device manager, and not even tthe blue light when windows starts shines.
just bought dell studio 17 with t8100 processor, love this laptop but i am finding the fan is switching on and off every 2 minutes. not running anything just internet. had a sony before and fan never kicked in for ages. i am finding it distracting, i would rather have it on constantly. the room i am in is well ventilated and so is the laptop. is this a problem with laptop or is this normal? i only just switch it on and it happens straight away, no heat is coming from the case anywhere. is there away to set the settings, not using battery only mains power.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy sister's old Inspiron 1501 started having power problems and would not power up so I now have it up on my bench.
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I noticed that the power connector jack was broken so I suspect part of the problem was that it was not getting good contacts. I have a new DC jack on order.
Since I now have this puppy open, The processor is an AMD Turion 64 TMDMK36HAX4CM Which tells me that this is a 2Ghz single core Turion. (for some reason when I worked on her machine before I thought it was an X2 Turion) As part of rebuilding this machine, I want to upgrade the processor.
My sister's old Inspiron 1501 started having power problems and would not power up so I now have it up on my bench.
I noticed that the power connector jack was broken so I suspect part of the problem was that it was not getting good contacts. I have a new DC jack on order.
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Since I now have this puppy open, The processor is an AMD Turion 64 TMDMK36HAX4CM Which tells me that this is a 2Ghz single core Turion. (for some reason when I worked on her machine before I thought it was an X2 Turion) As part of rebuilding this machine, I want to upgrade the processor.
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View 6 Replies View RelatedI just did a clean install of Windows 7 onto my 8930G. I downloaded all the drivers from the Acer website, but I can't find Arcade Deluxe anywhere. I'm on step from simply Googling it and downloading it from the first third-party source I can lay my mouse on.hacked by pca
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I was on the internet and it just froze, then it went to a black screen and there was nothing I could do. So I held the power off button and then restarted it back up.
Anyways when i turn on the laptop i have an option to click F2 to go to the setup utilities, otherwise if i let the laptop be it dose not boot what so ever after the Acer logo pops up. After the logo pops up and the booting begins the laptop only has a black screen and a bar that moves across the screen like its loading. Only it does this for a hour and nothing.
So I searched goggle and read the best thing to do was a complete restore back to factory spec. So I tried doing this by pressing ALT+F10 when I started the Laptop up. But it took me to a black page with writing on and with only 1 link to select, I selected that one.
It then took me to a page with alot of Acer ''e'' logos all over the screen and had the message ''please wait a moment'' after waiting 4 hours I gave up.
I'm considering purchasing the Acer Aspire One. With my digital photography, most of my SD cards are SDHC cards. One review on another web site stated that the unit will not accept SDHC cards in either the storage expansion slot or the card reader. The manufacturer's specifications only state "Slots .... SD Card...."
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Can anyone confirm that SDHC cards cannot (or can) be used on this subnotebook?
I'm looking to purchase something small like the Acer Aspire One for my travels - for my journals, uploading my photos, and emaling purposes. This seems like a nice little subnotebook, although if there are others out there that might be better, I'd appreciate hearing about them. I'd like to stay with something under 3 pounds.
Its an Acer Aspire 5270.
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I was on the internet and it just froze, then it went to a black screen and there was nothing I could do. So I held the power off button and then restarted it back up.
Anyways when i turn on the laptop i have an option to click F2 to go to the setup utilities, otherwise if i let the laptop be it dose not boot what so ever after the Acer logo pops up. After the logo pops up and the booting begins the laptop only has a black screen and a bar that moves across the screen like its loading. Only it does this for a hour and nothing.
So I searched goggle and read the best thing to do was a complete restore back to factory spec. So I tried doing this by pressing ALT+F10 when I started the Laptop up. But it took me to a black page with writing on and with only 1 link to select, I selected that one. It then took me to a page with alot of Acer ''e'' logos all over the screen and had the message ''please wait a moment'' after waiting 4 hours I gave up.