is a cooler neccessary?

well i dun need it i guess...even in fan room playing half life 2 gpu got to about 65-70 like that only...thats normal right?

ur xps u usually use at where one?
i usually use in room with either fan or ac...ocassionally take it to starbucks or to frens place play game..too bad no counter 1.6...vista...grrr

my gf just got herself a compaq v3000 yesterday (1.8 santa rosa)...one thing for sure the speakers way better than the one on xps...but other than that it lost out on everything...except the 1.8 ghz 800mhz fsb processor...drool

yikes...if ur playing game or something gpu or cpu heavy 60-70c is quite normal...even with cooler id imagine the temperature wouldnt drop much...maybe a few degrees?

EDIT: question...how do u all clean ur lcd?...mine like got tiny dots i think due to sneezing,but a already avert my face away from lcd when i sneeze so i guess those might be tiny airborne droplets lol...just use a dry/moist cloth to wipe or need something special?...i use the cloth use to clean glasses one lol...not very effective at cleaning the dots tho

This post has been edited by AzeL: Jul 2 2007, 12:45 AM

oooh it IS a normal thing...guess they engineered that part to have really really low melting point lol...sorry i forgot to use thumbnails haha

@derred
rosewill lcd cleaner?..like those window cleaning solution but for lcd's?...guess i have to shop around for it...nvr seen before tho

is the cloth used to wipe spectacles considered as
"micro-fibre"?


Edit
NOTE:

There are many cleaning solutions sold specifically as LCD cleaners. You can use these to clean LCD screens on Dell notebooks. Alternately, you may use a 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and water mixture. Microfiber cloths such as those used to clean eyeglasses are excellent for use with LCDs.


woops...i replied before i got to read that LOL...sry sry

This post has been edited by AzeL: Jul 2 2007, 01:48 PM

help me with mine...im still using media direct and quickset...until u teach me how to use autohotkey that is hehe...i have no idea what the nwiz does

did what u said exactly...nwiz didnt start up again so i guess its a legit not some trojan/virus etc lol...i tot the media buttons didnt work coz the volume bar didnt show up when i press up or down vol at the media direct buttons...but i try on media player and the volume works fine...just no the bar to see...hmm so far slight improvement in startup...a few seconds...but shutdown is much faster lol (idle mode shutdown that is)

one thing annoying me...i use the LV2G 160.03 driver..but the windows autoupdate replaces it with the official driver...3rd time alr this happen...should i disable win autoupdate?

okie did that alr...now im all set to face the world outside the vault!...ooops...carried away there lol

man on low everything that would seriously suck...id rather they not go with oblivion style and stick to the original...i have fallout 1 n 2 disc...vista cant play

EDIT:my wi-fi catcher dont work anymore...maybe one of the startup files i disabled has something to do with it?

This post has been edited by AzeL: Jul 4 2007, 12:29 AM

okay found out which is the quickset thinghy...its the installshield thinghy


autohotkey seems complicated to do...and since quickset doesnt eat up thaaaaat much memory...about 2.5mb only...i guess im okay with it...btw how much mem does autohotkey uses?




on my xp desktop i can play like lord of the realms 2 which is like a 1995 game and even play CnC 1...but im not regretting either getting vista...sure id like to play some of my old favorites but thats coz i currently dun have new favs to play...because games are F EXPENSIVE in sabah....yes even the fake ones...ori?...forget about it..only seen like ONE shop through the entire city selling ori games...and those are like OLD games...warcraft 3 etc etc...anyways...very happy with the xps now...after hearing stories about lemons and dodgy lcds...im pretty lucky to get a problem free xps...except the cheap keyboard tho..now some keys make a slight squeaking sound if i hit them at an angle or hit like at a corner of the key...worst sounding one is my backspace lol

btw if service pack for vista comes out.....do we need to buy it or will dell send us a copy?

well i dunno how to categorize between elite and true gamer...but as long as ur not those ppl 24/7 mmorpg whole day nvr see sunlight nor moonlight....then you're OKAY!

man the full range HDR in half life 2 episode 1 is REALLY pretty...but makes the game REALLY stutter...so had to turn off

u mean oblivion?...hehe...and since bethesda is doin fallout 3...there goes hdr for vault boy zzzz

best gaming laptop = price = oohh lala
ultimate desktop = achievable

hmm ur desktop u assemble?...my old desktop assembled too and so far nothing major happen to it yet...but then again u can hardly call mine "ultimate" desktop haha...pretty basic only

btw what kinda probs u facing?...hardware failure etc?

okay someone recommend me a good program that can create virtual dvd drive and image burning...i tried alcohol 120% but the game still ask me for the disc even after i mounted the image so i guess its vista issue coz i tried on my xp and it worked fine...as for roxio...it only lets u make an image but not a virtual dvd drive...or it does but i havent found out yet?

This post has been edited by AzeL: Jul 4 2007, 06:32 PM

hmm the image made from alcohol can be used by any mounting program?...i tot alcohol to alcohol only haha...thx ill try it out



This post has been edited by AzeL: Jul 4 2007, 09:13 PM

okay i have both alcohol and daemon (the version says vista compatible)

i create image using alcohol, mount using daemon

*drumroll*

it didn't work

however the image was mounted...but when i run the game it still asked me to insert cd

did the same procedure on the xp desktop...went w/o a problem

so im guessing it's vista issue?

but both versions are vista compatible...or so the version update says

hmmmmm

Fallout Tactics : Bundles of Sh!t

owh shoot....i completely forgot about no cd patches lol...that should fix my problem


and i am proud to say i've never owned an original game disc before

pirated =

This post has been edited by AzeL: Jul 5 2007, 09:21 AM

gah the v1.27 no cd patch DOES NOT work...starting to get annoyed alr


huh uneven?...nope dun have that problem...maybe the rubber legs on the bottom right is slightly shorter than the rest...is the difference alot or its just minute but u felt it only?