Could be a faulty memory dimm/slot

Try swapping the memory dimm to a different slot.The best place to find out how to do this is the manufacturer's website.

Unfortunately I have never worked...

Just a quick clarification before I run to work- does this happen with the ac adaptor in as well as the battery?Are you sure that
a)you're battery is still working
b)you're ac adaptor is working?...

Explanation of RAID and installation guide

Thanks to 'Stein for the coding.

Greetings,

It's come to my attention, both from call volume in work and online forums, that most people do not...

Unfortunately I'm not very experienced in network troubleshooting.

You could try a system repair using you're boot disk but I would seek help to try something else first

Yes but it would generate ad revenue and for exactly the reason you just stated-you should give them the option because everyone has it in the taskbar now anyway,you might as well have it handy and...

Can you tell me what soundcard/onboard sound chipset you're using and also the name of the microphone?

not really,some microphones have a 20db boost you can enable in control panel-sound and audio devices-voice-advanced.(it's a tick box)

This may help

Also try testing audio devices in the...

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? :)

You're welcome :)

Remember to mark the thread solved

Have you tried scanning in safe mode?

That's pretty much what I was trying to say man,just felt I was being maligned when you said I took it out of context.

I can't see the quote anymore on the Ireland and Vista page and I reckon...

I had heard it was impossible to upgrade from XP to Vista as they finally stopped building one architecture on top of another.The "upgrade" dvd's dell will be shipping to their recent customers are...

Ok should I mail it to you first or just post and see?Raid will be ready by this time tomorrow night

Hi guys,the noob again :)

I think this tutorial section would be great and help a lot of people out.Off the top of my head here's some I could write-

1.Raid,what is it,how do I set it up and...

Can you give more details?do the lights come on and go off when you let go?

Can you hear fans etc?

Does it turn itself off or do you have to hold it down again?

Please include the...

Have you tried a system restore to the last time you didn't have this problem?

start-programs-accessories-system tools-system restore

Actually thats pretty much on par with what XP was last year.I think you pay around 75% more in a shop than you do on an OEM version.I think any Dell's bought between the beginning of december and...

Don't feel stupid,we're all here to learn.

Did it work for you?

Actually that quote was copy/pasted directed from microsoft.com/ireland.Notice it says "3rd party" anti-virus.

They are(or at least were) saying that the new windows defender in conjunction with...

Couldn't afford the trip for a few months although I would be interested in going.

London is probably the easiest to get to for a UK meeting,I assume no-ones too keen to fly over to Limerick or...

System restore seemed to work,Think it was because I was messing around with my java options.
Looks like microsoft were right this time. 1 out of 1,000,000,000 aint bad right? :)

P.S. I don't...

Where would I submit them to?

My main knowledge is hardware troubleshooting and Windows Xp tweaking/recovery.
Would ye like these kinds of tutorials or would ye prefer to stick to programming...

Hey can't log into hotmail today,anyone else with same prob?

Tried all the usual-resetting firewall,cookies,certs,browser options etc and I've tried logging in from windows live today and windows...

Hey guys sorry to keep asking questions that probably have a one word answer with a link but I'm finding the site a bit hard to navigate due to the sheer amount of info.

So can we submit tutorials...

1.press "ctrl" + "alt" + "del"

2.click on "new task" in task manager

3.Navigate to C:/documents and settings/all users/start menu/programs/accessories/system tools/system restore

Have you...

I had a play-around with the training release of Vista on friday

The last beta did drop 10-30 fps on games but remember guys it's a beta,they're trying for stability and then they tweak the rest
...

Try this link,I couldn't see you're particular model but my guess is the lcd's are all fairly similiar

http://feeds2read.net/Rss-View/3313/Laptop-Disassembly-Help

It's better than nothing but...

Seems to me you don't have much time to try troubleshooting so-

First try unplugging EVERYTHING except the keyboard out.If windows boots in plug them back one at a time until you find the...

When exactly does it blue screen?Is it at a set point or random?

I'd guess you have a HD failure but let's try a few things 1st-

Reset the BIOS to factory settings.

Does it boot into safe...

Problem 1-
Use the xp pro disk to boot to.

Enter recovery console

Type"fixboot",try loading

If this works the ntldr tree was probably affected

If it doesn't work restart and again use...

Grass is legal in Amsterdam

Oh and remember to mark the thread solved :)

Glad I could help.

Raid is very powerful but as you saw it's definitely NOT plug and play

It all comes down to a dirty 9 letter word beginning with "m" and ending with "arketing"!

Ok this should be an easy fix.

What you need to do is put the windows xp cd rom into the cd drive.
Put the cd-rom as the first and only boot device
Boot to the cd.When windows is copying itself...

In that case I would prioritise the virus scan,system restore and checking what processes are running.Try booting into safe mode and see if it goes any faster for you

I don't know about virtual boots but if you have two computers mount the linux cd in one,network them and try to boot from LAN in the one you want linux on.

Alternatively most linux distro's will...

Raid is not to be trifled with!

I see no need for you to use it as if you use striping your sata hard drive will run at the speed of your ATA and if you use mirroring you will have one 40 gb hard...

I don't blame you,norton is a virus in itself.I've heard very good things about panda but havn't tried them yet.They've recently teamed up with tesco to give tesco anti-virus for about 15 pounds...

Boy do I feel stupid!!! :)

Thanks guys see you in the chatroom so

Ok here's a possibility-
check the voltage of the battery(usually 3-ish for a BIOS)
find a battery of equal voltage and try a reverse engineering job

I cant find a pic of the bios battery...