Eiraku...did you formatted your XPS and installed everything back?...or you remain whats from the beginning?
i'm thinking for formating everything and install back what is important...
sometimes felt my XPS getting slower...most of 6400 users advice to format and install what you want...any advice from here?

and mind to share how your cleared the MD partition?...so the MD button/functions no more function is it?...
it seems 2gbs is quite big when it comes to your HDD capacity getting smaller...

got question here...installed MS Office 03...the problems is whenever using/open Outlook(updates/edit contacts)...the temperature went high...and the CPU movement going a bit unstable...
sometimes it reached up to 60++...as my normal around 49-52C...
it only happened when using Outlook...when close everything turns normal...
currently using XP Home(ori setting)...does the problems related to the OS...
is it need to upgrade to XP Pro?...any suggestions?...

if not mistaken in the previous XPS thread...got a number of female users...
even now...you should noticed that eiraku...scared they might felt disappointed as their existence seems to be unknown...
no heart feeling...Peace...

mind to upload your adapter photos?...the pin part...
actually this kind of electric problems was discussed in the previous thread...
hoped its the same...happened to my unit also...
the original set came with a 2-pin adapter...and called Dell and they change with a 3-pin adapter(the arrangement is like mickey face and not a straight line)...

this kind of advices/notices was posted in the Inspiron 6400 thread...
as most/some of them faced this kind of problems...try to ask steventan...
think he can help you out(supposed)...

erksss...don't say like that...even that small number of sizes got big differences in processing your system...
anyway...depends on your daily usaged...are you the typed that using lots of program or just a normal usage...
for me got big differences...anyway...others might have better opinions/suggestions...
all the best in choosing your XPS...mind to report it here...

Hey guys, juz discovered something regarding the humming noise frm the fan area....

I get the humming noise only when the Wifi is on!
When the wifi is off, there's no humming noise at all!
I don't know why also.....
Weird...

Try yours and see! i guess it should be the same too....

hmmm....how to explained...
whenever you pluged in your adapter...
then try touch certain parts of the notebook...you would feel some electric coming to you...
anyway...thats what happened to some of XPS users...

is it the same as hissing noise or different?...if different...then,it didn't happened on my unit...
don't know if others is like that...so anyone tried as what dingding mentioned?

@unknowndevices

to answer your previous question, nah its not the OS problem. That is normal workload (i guess bcoz it doesnt get TOO or that high for me). For that type of softwares, they do eat some of cpu powers to work. But mind that my CPU is single-core, so urs might not working so well if its really laggish or some sort. Mine works like a charm even with a normal multi-tasking. I'll say that is just normal and u dont need to change your OS for that. I'll be back in minutes with pics of tutorial how-to boost some OS performance.

This post has been edited by derred: Jun 3 2007, 11:40 PM

Get the update available from Dell... Roxio DOES have a problem with Vista out of the box...

I still use Roxio most of the time, it's more convenient... You can't drag and drop files with Nero in Vista... I dunno why...

Like what NewbieBetta said, the difference is in the L2 cache... But don't let the 2MB difference fool you: If you have the money, get the T7200... I was budget limited, so I was unable to get it...

Regretting it rite now... Haha...

1. As I'm using Vista, there's a disk partition program built rite into it... Just use it to delete the MD partition.... I'll write out a HOWTO if anybody's interested...

2. I don't think it's an OS related problem. But not sure... I was never a outlook fan, a bit more used to using Thunderbird. Try using T-bird and see if it still overtaxes your CPU...

3. I'm just not that good at guessing gender in forums, I guess... No hard feelings people...

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Added on June 3, 2007, 11:39 pmWifi + on batteries? I think some people had written about it in a few forums... It's a sub-set of the hissing/screeching syndrome...

No such problems that I'm aware of over here though...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 3 2007, 11:41 PM

I also facing the same problem. Webcam is the only place that electricity leakage. Other parts seem OK for me.

Here is the tutorial for XP users for some OS performance boost. Now can anyone tell me what is the interface-difference u notice after u do this? Like what changes that u notice after applying this? I did this for my friends, they couldnt notice anything as they didnt do it themselves. If non-XP users somehow figure it out, keep it shut let those XP users explain.. ok here it is:



right click on the desktop and go to Properties



go to appearance tab




click on the effects



uncheck what is the red circle. U can uncheck those on greens too but u can leave it be if u dont want it.

yeh its that easy. Like i said, its more to avoid major slowdown than a boost.Why? bcoz we already minimize CPU or memory workload for the interface, so they can focus on the softwares like Office Adobe etc, not the explorer window,Microsoft office window and the list goes on. Again i already ask u guys to tell me what is the differences after doing this, once u get it u know what im talking about. I hope this helps.

and oh, there is one more option to minimize the interface-look to gain some performance. But trust me, this one is ugly and u might not want to try it. However, still depends on the votes. Im still using AlienGUI with this setting and it doesnt slow me a thing.

ADDED: about the log-on password, i think it will takes awhile. I think some of u guys might need it. I have a vid tutorial that i already posted on Metacafe, but there is some typo mistake i made so i dont want to point some of u guys to the wrong direction. Its better to have things rite from the beginning to the end. I'll do pics tutorial to encourage more interested ppl to try it.

This post has been edited by derred: Jul 1 2007, 06:02 PM

Eiraku, does Vista cause any extra problem for you compare to XP? I thinking to upgrade my OS to Vista. Any problem with the driver?

Will paste Frontpage... Essential for XP in my opinion, if you value speed/performance over eye-candy...

Well, for me Vista is smoother in all it's DWM'y hardware accelerated desktop goodness... But is it more stable then XP? Well, in comparison, my old XP machine DOES lock up and forces me to HARD RESET more then this current Vista machine... And I notice that Vista's a bit better in managing memory and recovering from Explorer.exe crashes (maybe it's the 2GB RAM?)...

Drivers? Vista Nvidia drivers are quite crap right now for the 7400... Do you play a lot of games? If you do, you'll notice a slight performance drop due to this... But everything else seems okay enough...

Basically if you don't really care about gaming performance and want the bling-bling of the DWM desktop, get Vista. If you care more about extracting the last ounce of performance out of the 7400go, stick with XP...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2007, 12:17 AM

1.ooo...mean you didn't formatted your XPS and install back you Vista?...
maybe Vista have different kind fo erasing/clearing some parts to free memory...thats cool...

2.regarding the outlook thing...i'm referring to keeping contacts...
meaning...all my contacts information were kept in the MS Outlook...
problems occur when open the programs...it starts getting unstable...don't know why...temperature go high also...

3.only they can answer that...

ooo...understood...as for mine...no noise...

erksss...guess...derred is strong and good for guess/instinct part is it?...


here my another problems occurred...really annoyed...

when i left my XPS unused...suddenly the wifi thing off by itself...
happened recently after i updates my Intel proset wireless thing...as the Dell pop-up came out to ask to updated...
even i updated my BIOS to the latest version 5 to 7...still problem occur...
thought the problems could be fixed once i updated my BIOS...
last time,if left the XPS on(unused)at night and used it back in the morning...no problems...what exactly happened?...

but lately...even when i'm still on the net...the wifi thing turn it off by itself...
even if switch off and wait 5-10minutes...turn on back...still no wifi(light also didn't on)...
then need to restart back my XPS in order to use the wifi back...
anyone facing this kind of problems...

This post has been edited by unknowndevices: Jun 4 2007, 12:25 AM

Eiraku, this one is tricky. U dont need to sacrifice the eye-candy for this one. Trust me there will be a little few of ppl will notice the difference than ppl that will notice the difference. Let us see some feedbacks shall we. It's like a magic haha. I'll tell whats the difference after awhile.

@unknowndevice

dont skip post haha, its up there my fren.

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Added on June 4, 2007, 12:24 amP/S:There is a pic tutorial about 10% OS performance boost for XP users. Scroll up further and search for my previous post. (sorry i will be doing this for awhile, some of ppl have seen it, especially Eiraku haha)

This post has been edited by derred: Jul 1 2007, 06:07 PM

I feel like a cow....

anyway, the camera is leaking electricity as we speak. plugged it into a singapore wall socket (in singapore now), still leaking...

dunno...i feel like such a bad person...

did edited my post...sorry for skipping it...
and thanks for your short tutorial...would look for the changes...
Eiruka...do post what derred post in the first page...for future references for others...

hmmm...by two or three replies managed you to guess some of caramel's background...
wonder what she will be taking there?...guess,its a famous university in states right?
about my wifi problems...you have any comments or ideas about it?...

P/S:There is a pic tutorial about 10% OS performance boost for XP users. Scroll up further and search for my previous post. (sorry i will be doing this for awhile, some of ppl have seen it, especially Eiraku haha)

This post has been edited by derred: Jul 1 2007, 06:09 PM

Urk... Relax man... Don't let it get to you...


Ahhh... MIT... The land of em crazy super geniuses...

How I envy them...

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Added on June 4, 2007, 1:46 amAbout your tip derred, it's applicable to Vista too actually... Though I'm a bit addicted to ClearType and it's antialiased fonts, so I keep that one on... Turning off the window content bla bla bla does make Windows a lot smoother even in Vista...

Will mod your how-to a bit to reflect this... Permission?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2007, 01:46 AM

haha do what ever u like with it.. we are here to share dont we ?

and im currently doing the tutorial for the log-on thingy.

@Eiraku

now tell me, what is the virtual difference u notice after changing the effect? and did u get the PM from me?


P/S:There is a pic tutorial about 10% OS performance boost for XP users. Scroll up further and search for my previous post. (sorry i will be doing this for awhile, some of ppl have seen it, especially Eiraku haha)

This post has been edited by derred: Jun 4 2007, 02:36 AM

Ah... Another thing... I found out the Acer Gemstone wobbles too...

Granted it's a Acer...



Check out the review on CNet... Seems like, besides the strange-ish design and 8600M GT GPU, its just another Acer after all...

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Added on June 4, 2007, 2:18 amHOW-TO posted Frontpage...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2007, 02:18 AM

did figured out what derred posted...
anyway back to caramel if she mind to share with us...
yups...any of those three places is a really really for super duper computer studies/research...lucky for her...

yeah!...another good-to-share-information from derred...
do share with us...and look forward to be posted in the front-page...

i'm posting again about my problems...hoping anyone could figure out this problems:

when i left my XPS unused...suddenly the wifi thing off by itself...
happened recently after i updates my Intel proset wireless thing...as the Dell pop-up came out to ask to updated...
even i updated my BIOS to the latest version 5 to 7...still problem occur...
thought the problems could be fixed once i updated my BIOS...
last time,if left the XPS on(unused)at night and used it back in the morning...no problems...what exactly happened?...

but lately...even when i'm still on the net...the wifi thing turn it off by itself...
even if switch off and wait 5-10minutes...turn on back...still no wifi(light also didn't on)...
then need to restart back my XPS in order to use the wifi back...
anyone facing this kind of problems...

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This post has been edited by derred: Jul 1 2007, 06:01 PM