I was under the impression that "Centrino" was an Intel chipset (Like Nforce being an Nvidia chipset). I assumed the driver package would be the same for both computers. If thats not the case, I have no idea. The gateway specs aren't much help for the M505XL. The two computers I have put...
Thanks for your advice. I did not know about the F10 forcing the recovery console. All the instructions that I looked through just mentioned the "R" option at the initial setup screen. Thanks for your help!
I'll let you know how it turns out.
Both the notebooks use the intel centrino...
Hello all,
I am upgrading my notebook at work and transferring my HD from one notebook to another.
To prep for the swap I:
1. Made a backup of my HD so I don't lose any of my data by accident.
2. Removed my motherboard and graphics drivers.
When I put the HD into the new laptop the...
Everything is nice except for the severely underpowered PSU. Don't be supprised if you get unexpected crashes and freezups. To power those components I wouldnt go less then 480W. If you are going to overclock it wouldn't hurt to go more.
P.S. My DFI Lanparty Nforce 4 motherboard requires...
The price that dumpy is asking is definately high but you guys are comparing the system to a base system from Dell???? The cheap Dell systems come with 256 MB RAM, CD-RW, old motherboards, with last generation processors. I popped one of the $399 systems open the other week. They have 40 pin...
Dell gets you on the RAM and the graphics cards. They actually start out some of their budget systems with 256 MB ram and a CD-RW. Plus rebates suck.
I think if you wanted to make this computer appealing to the non-gamer / graphics population you should keep the cheap graphics card, drop...
Like the posters above mentioned it could be a bad batch of DVD discs or your player could be reaching the end of its life. It is also possible that the burner is starting to go if you have backed up a large amount of DVDs. Nero CD-DVD speed (a free utility) can scan discs and give you a...
It may be a driver issue then. Something to do with the way you enable the outputs. If it is clear now just leave it that way. Hopefully it will stay that way :)
Disconnect it where it plugs into the video card & disable the clone or span dual screen setup that you have (Make sure that the driver is set to ONE monitor). Plug in one of your monitors to the VGA connector and see if you have the same problems. If the shadows still appear, try it with the...
It is probably your video card that is having trouble or interference problems. If you hook the analog connector up to a monitor by itself without anything on the DVI connection do you get the same distortions?
Just to be sure you should verify that your RAM is running error free in memtest86+. I like to run it overnight. 8 hours of testing should be sufficient.
Do you have another computer? If you do, you could download and create a diag CD to diagnose your hard drive. Western Digital has a diagnostic boot CD program on their website. If you wanted to put one of your externals in, there would be no reason to reformat it... just install windows right...
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