Dont know le but im sure not ram bah.. I tot duo core got 2 cpu in 1? 

Need pro answer this liao

Should I remove the battery from the laptop if the laptop is powered using the ac adapter most of the time?

I encounter frequent booting problem with my XPS M1210. Whenever I boot, it stuck on a black screen while half way booting into Windows XP. Already tried reinstalling Windows but the problem persists. All the 3rd party programs in the XPS M1210 also being used in my other different branded laptops too. Dell personnel asked me not to turn on the Windows auto update & system restore, however I don't think all these will solve the problem permanently though since evn reinstalling Windows also can't solve it. Any of you guys facing this?

wow i oso having such problem starting from few days ago...but i think i manage to fix it becuz of hamachi problem thingy...i enable NIC bootup in BIOS n evrything went ok...
anyway i just reformatted to vista ultimate...but after installing the nvidia driver from Dell...my windows experience index drop from 2.2 to 2.0 lol 
i wonder why...but i think thrs no evident lag on the GUI

It probably means that the network card can turn the computer on if there is any network activity... That setting actually made my old desktop turn on and off at will, kinda scary...

I take it that you're using Vista? If I'm not mistaken, the Logitech webcam drivers have issues/conflicts with the wireless adapter... I dunno the details, but if I'm not mistaken it has been discussed earlier in this thread...

i encountered that kind of problems...using XP Home...but i encountered after installing the latest BIOS through Dell's pop-up thingy updates...
its best to call Dell to get them fixed...

so whats your current status?...still having the same problems?...

waaaaaa.....having my wireless problems again...it can't hold long...can't access internet for long hours...anyone faced liked that?...
to Guardian...how's your XPS...is it working properly?...any WinXP users having the same problems?... 
i wanted to know...most of you guys using what version of BIOS?...mine is seven...

when you formatted your notebook?...did you switch on you bluetooth or not?...you need to switch it on before reformat...
there are some explaination in the first page about installing bluetooth after formatting the XPS...try to check...
owh!...thanks for the link...would try it then...
owh!...yours is A08?...and using WinXP right?...guess...your wifi is much better than mine...

just to share with...i did installed the driver but it didn't successfully completed...it remains 47% install(from morning till night also )...
the good thing is that...i can use the wifi for more than a day without switching it off or making it sleep...it works superb...
but the bad part...the temperature(CPU/HD) goes up high...mine from 48-50c reached up till 69-70c?...
and the problem is...the driver remains as 47% without completely install...if i need to use wifi for a whole day need to remain the driver witout abort/cancel the installation(which only half-way complete installation )...very weird,wonder why that happened to my one?...
anyway i'm still using BIOS version 7...thought of upgrading it into version 8...but how's yours?...managed to use wifi for a whole or two days?....

to Vista users?...most of you guys using which version of BIOS?...

owh!...did canceled it many times...anyway...installed my BIOS driver to version 8 now...it seems to be working fine...  
and i didn't install that driver(wifi driver)...caused the wifi seems to be working properly back...  
but there got some funny part...where, i need to at least restart my XPS two or three times to have a longer usage of wifi(which last non-switch-off for more that a day)...
did you encountered something like this?

owh!...really?...you tried but still not working properly is it?...
mind to check if there's any driver to force back the availability of wifi that suddenly disappear...  
hmmm...tried already...but the result is the same...

interestingly i've had my idling temp (at 50~) in aircon and 60 in normal room temp. load can hit 80....

I'm currently idling at 60-65, so that should be no problem... Just back up your most important data in a portable USB, just in case... Sure, Dell would repair everything, but the loss of access to your most important files? Priceless...

Sadly enough I live on media files (anime to be exact) so the things I need to back up is in the tune of about half of my 120GB hard disk... Maybe I'll get a 500GB Ext. HDD later (AFTER I get a 8GB CompactFlash for my Axim)...

Ahh... Sorry for not replying for so long... The USB Wireless adapter on my Fujitsu was playing hide-n-seek with the net line here in my college, so got some problems even reaching the net...

But, that's old news... My M1210 is back from the dead, courtesy of a new motherboard and 2-sticks of brand spanking new SODIMMs... Truth is, as I thought, only my motherboard got fried - but they changed my RAM to new sticks anyway...

I also found out the reason why my M1210's MB died off so quickly: A HUGE PIECE OF DUST WAS STUCK IN THE VENT NEAR THE FAN...    

So people, take some time to unscrew the keyboard off and clean the vents (check the manuals, I don't think it voids any warranties as it's actually necessary if you want to get to the 2nd SODIMM RAM slot... ), at least once in a while...

Noted though, the fact that my M1210's new MB was a refurb, but you can't really expect a discontinued laptop to still have new parts now, can you?

And one other thing was that it took Dell around 2 weeks after my first "help me" email to my old SA (which was never replied, I think it got lost in the mail on the other side), and around 5 days from my "help me" request on Dell's support side for them to even get to repairing my XPS-tan...  I don't know who's to blame (maybe it's just me), but that's sure a bit longer then "next business day"...

But then, it's all working and dandy now, so let's just let that slide, for now...

Now back to over-working my M1210! *readies whip*

hmmm...guess...there got lots of dust around us...need to take extra cares of our XPS...

mine is grainy..noise is ok