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    LCD mod/upgrade on laptop 14.1" -> 15.4"

    This may sound really strange to some but I was wondering if anyone has tried modding a laptop LCD, shell and all, from one size to another. I'm particularly looking to do this with my 600m whose maximum resolution is SXGA+ at 14.1" to get it to WUXGA at 15.4" by buying a part off of ebay...
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    extended warranty on Compaq Presario

    I also got suckered into buying a 3 year warranty from Best Buy after being told that Compaq only provides 90 days for parts and 1 year labor. I could deal with 1 year for both but maybe some other Compaq users can shed some light on whether I should keep the extended warranty or not($250).
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    buying laptops on ebay

    I just need to get my dad a laptop for word processing and LAN browsing. Nothing special really. I've had a bad experience with being scammed by a laptop seller on ebay, but then again, I've sold a good laptop on ebay as well, meaning that there are good sellers out there (at least I'd hope...
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    HOT? 15 GB Dell mp3 Jukebox on sale for $200

    click here They also have the 20 GB version with a remote and carrying case for $250 after IR.
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    The cost of extended warranties for laptops

    Egads. Just got off the phone with the Dell CSR, and for 2 more years of the basic warranty, they want $250 for my Inspiron 600m. Considering within the last year I've had this laptop, I had to ship it in about 4 times already, the fourth being a mobo problem, I'm thinking that it would be...
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    cpu upgrade on laptop and thermal tape

    I just upgraded my cpu for my laptop and I didn't apply any extra thermal tape onto the cpu and it seems like some of the thermal tape on the heatsink came off on the old cpu. But the CPU temp reads as 50 C when active like hell but 29 on avg. Should I be concerned that the temp reading will...
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    just bought a cpu upgrade for 600m...so how?

    I got a off of ebay and I remember someone posting a link from dell's site about instructions on upgrading the cpu on an Inspiron. Thanks.
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    IRQ conflict = useless 600m for audio recording

    As a 600m and windows xp pro user, I found out that anything related to my chipset, including my usb 2.0 ports, one of which is being used for a midi controller, are sharing the same IRQs as my video card. This is distressing since I have to use both at the same time and this usually leads to...
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    peripherals for laptop notetaking?

    I was wondering if there's any cheap way to make a laptop function sort of like a tablet pc. Not necessarily with handwriting recognition but a penlike mouse with software that allows me to annotate documents. Thanks.
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    upgrading my 600m's 1.3 GHz...when?

    I bought my 600m back in April when it costed about $100 to get 1.4 GHz as opposed to a 1.3 GHz chip. I also recently saw a number of 1.4 GHz and up Pentium-Ms on pricewatch.com. The upgrade's not urgent but can someone recommend how to go about determining when the benefits of upgrading...
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    Dell won't support my problem with Cubase. PLEASE HELP

    my dell used to support asio directx full duplex in Cubase before I formated and now it doesn't, but Dell won't help me because it involves a 3rd party program. I've tried various options including formating my hard drive 3 more times, uninstalling all the sound drivers in device manager and...
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    i600m only gives 150 minutes of battery life

    I can't believe this but ever since I got my LCD repaired for the ripple effect, which Dell promptly fixed, I got a dead pixel AND more notably shorter battery life. Now on average when I set my power scheme to Maximum Battery, I get a mere 140 minutes on average whenever I charge my battery...
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    a way to verify chipset of pcmcia->firewire adapter?

    I was just wondering if anyone would have any pointers as to going about doing this.
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    let down by 600m centrino

    I benchmarked mine using pcmark2002 and sisoft sandra 2003 to come up with poor results. I bought the Centrino laptop thinking that it would eventually phase out P4s but I may have been wrong looking back. I'm just disappointed since I paid more for something I thought would've made as...
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    5 second ripple on lcd on 600m fixed

    for anyone who feels like the rippling effect that the 600m's among other inspirons, is notorious for is just an "artifact" of design, I'm afraid that this wasn't the case with me. I first found out that I shouldn't accept this flaw when I saw a fellow student's model not showing that same...
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    external hard drive uses which DMA mode.

    I'm currently using a USB 2.0 hard drive and I was wondering if anyone knows what the transmit rate bottleneck is. Is there a benchmarking tool that I can use to compare rates, although this is going to compare my 120 GB 8 MB cache 7200 rpm maxtor diamondmax and my 40 GB 5400 rpm Hitachi. Thanks.
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    printer recommendation for <$150(total)

    you guys have any recommendations for a quiet decent quality durable inkjet printer with cheap cartridges that's below my $150 total budget? Thanks.
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    600m louder than expected. quiet alternatives?

    although it's not jarringly loud, I seem to be getting 66150 rpm as the speed of the fan. Is this the same for all other 600m users? I used fanGUI to monitor the fan speed and this issue was brought up on dell's forum as well. I was wondering if there's a way to change fans or if this is...
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    laptop cpu upgrade too expensive?

    I just got a 600m and I was wondering if anyone with P4-Ms or any other PC-based laptop had a dilemma in finding reasonably priced cpus for upgrading their laptops. I'm crossing my fingers that my decision to go with the bare minimum 1.3 GHz to upgrade later for less than the $100/GHz rate...
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    what battery does the dell i600m use?

    anyone know the specs on the battery that the 600m uses and where I might be able to hook up a decent deal on them? Thanks.
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    how close to 2.5" 7200 rpm and bootable external hd?

    I heard that IBM might be launching the first 2.5" 7200 rpm hard drive, but can't find any backing info regarding this. Is this just a rumor? Also, my friend told me that his Apple g4 powerbook can boot up from his external hd and was wondering if PC laptops offer this option. If so, do I...
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    laptop video upgradable?

    I noticed that a lot of specs for laptops specify what type of video cards they put into their laptops. I don't know if this is just the equivalent of brands putting in what type of CPU they put in(AMD, Intel) or if it actually implies that an end-user can upgrade laptop video cards themselves...
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    best method to test laptop by buying and returning

    Hi, I was considering going about testing laptops' performance in regards to a program by buying it, seeing how it deals with it in comparison to my current desktop, which I bought last summer, then returning it, until I find the laptop that fits the bill. Unfortunately, most places that I...
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    laptop for audio production

    does anyone here have any recommendations? I was considering getting a Vaio grx600 but those are too rich for my blood. I guess I'm looking for something with similar specs to the GRX600 series with little to no noise. I was using my friend's 12" g4 Powerbook and it was silent. TIA
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    antec truepower 330 gives off annoying hum

    has anyone else noticed this? I thought that maybe the noise source was my panaflo l1as, but even when I turned them down to 5v, I can hear this high pitched whine from my psu. Although it's fairly quiet, I'd like for it to go away period or at least dampen it a little more. Thanks.
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    Mobo suggestion for audio production?

    Hi, Upon purchasing an Asus A7n266-C with the nforce chipset, I realized that there are many benchmarks that show that this doesn't really perform up to par with many of the mobos with the kt333 chipset. I shyed away from the kt333 because of the VIA controversy about it producing...