Recent content by BrotherAaron

From what I've been reading, it seems that it may be possible to upgrade systems from existing ATI Radeon cards. Is this at all possible? And - more specifically - I have a dell inspiron 5100 with an ATI 7500M. I know from reading the service manual that the existing video card can be removed...

The game has wonderful textures, or so I hear. My ATI Radeon 7500m is a DirectX 7 card, and I'm willing to bet what you're seeing is about the same as what I am. The driver upgrade should have fixed it, also make sure that it is not running in "safe mode". Also, in case you hadn't already, make...

Nope, sorry. I have the 5100, and my uncle has the 5150, and both are built on the same base system design as the 1100 - none of which have an infrared port

I thought, at first, that there would be no possibilty to upgrade my ATI Radeon card that came with my Dell laptop - but then I saw a section in the service manual labeled "Replacing the video card" that showed a diagram of the card being easily removed from the system. Does that mean I could -...

Seems that they could require the user to send the laptop to dell, in order to avoid voiding the warranty, but also allow them to self install if they agree that the warranty would then be void. My LCD needs replacing, and they aren't sending me the new LCD - I have to send the whole computer to...

woe is me with my directx7 card... anyone know where I could get a radeon 9600 mobile?

Hey, I ordered myself a Dell laptop - model 5100 - with an integrated Radeon 7500 mobile. I opted for 16mb of video ram, ignorant as I was of the performance hit I would take (I was upgrading from a p133mhz manufactured in 1996, afterall, 16 mb sounded pretty good). Anyway, now wishing I had...

Maybe I'll just have to live with not owning all the futurama I ever dreamed of... or perhaps I'll go back to 56k, that way my hard drive space will last

I'm plagued by black thumbnails - and I don't mean I've got fungus! I've got black video thumbnails in Windows XP, and it really renders the feature useless because all it amounts to is an oversized black icon. Can I change wich frame windows uses to generate the thumbnail? EDIT: Seems I...

Go for the girl! CPUs are for when you can't :D Still wondering why you asked her... the skills with women you aquire now while you're young - which will be *none* if you keep passing up chicks for junk - will determine how you get girls for the rest of your life I got a girlfriend first...

Looking for Some Room to Breathe :confused: New for college, I just got myself a laptop as my only computer and all I want at this point is some hard drive space. I have a confining amount, and I can't find anything larger than a 60GB in the 2.5" format. I'm willing to pay for it, and I don't...