XPS 420 & Radeon ATI HD2600 XT – Choppy DVD Playback

I got my XPS 420, took an image of HDD (32 bit OEM OS) and installed Vista Ultimate x64, downloaded and installed all the drivers from support.dell.com and then also updated newer drivers for the video and network cards and updated the firmware on the ATI Digital Cable Tuner.   Everything that I’ve tested so far [...]

Dell XPS 420

I finally decided to buy a Dell XPS 420 desktop computer this weekend.  Dell is running a great deal for Mother’s Day; $350 off XPS 420 systems.  I’m not a mother, but who cares right?  I can get the configuration that I want cheaper than I can get with my Employee Purchase Program discount mainly [...]

Dell XPS M1330, the story doesn’t end

My Dell XPS M1330 finally arrived yesterday.  I was pleasantly surprised that it showed up after some confusion over its DHL tracking status. As I have posted about previously, the first thing I always do when getting a new computer is to install a fresh copy of Windows without all the “crap” software installed.  In [...]

My Dell XPS M1330 has Shipped!!

Great news!!  My new Dell XPS M1330 has finally shipped.  I should have it by the end of the week. Update:  My laptop finally arrived on August 8th.  Check out the ongoing saga in my next post: Dell XPS M1330, the story doesn’t end

Dell XPS M1330 Notebook Delayed

It’s official now. Dell has sent an email notifying me of a delay in shipping my new Dell XPS M1330 Notebook which was purchased on June 28th.  The original ship date was scheduled for July 29 and it has now been revised to Sept 3. Here is an exert from the Dell email: “Order Delayed.  Although we had [...]

Dell XPS M1330 Notebooks Ready to Ship

Dell’s blog site, Direct2Dell.com is reporting that  the XPS M1330 notebooks should begin shipping from Dell factories starting tomorrow, July 11th.  Check your order status for potential updates to your expected ship dates. Update:  My laptop finally arrived on August 8th.  Check out the ongoing saga in my next post: Dell XPS M1330, the story doesn’t end

Dell XPS M1330 Drivers a Sign of Ship Date

Updated 7/14: Good news!!  Drivers for the Dell XPS M1330 were released on July 11th. One of the things that really bugs me about pre-installed computers and especially computers geared for the home market is all of the “crap” that is installed by the vendor including trial versions of software, internet service provider software and [...]

Dell XPS M1330 Notebook

Dell’s new XPS notebook, the M1330 went on sell on June 27th.  I ordered mine the very next day with my EPP discount.  After reading a pre-production review at NotebookReview.com, I decided this was the laptop for me.  What got me looking in the first place was the new Inspiron notebooks in all the different colors.  But, I quickly [...]

Vista BitLocker on Dell GX620

The Dell Optiplex GX620 comes standard with an ST Microelectronics Trusted Platform Module (TPM) v1.2.  The TPM is disabled by default and must be enabled in the BIOS.  However, even after enabling the TPM and properly partitioning the hard drive for BitLocker, Vista reports (from the tpm.msc) that a “TPM cannot be found on this computer”. [...]

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