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29th March 2006, 10:27 PM
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Inspiron 9400 - big problems
Well after a lot of mucking around reinstalling Windows and most of my stuff onto the new laptop, it's stuffed again just like last time.
I've used a different version of Windows to the one that was supplied with it, and been VERY careful that absolutely NO spyware/etc has got onto it. Once again, Opera crashes immediately, I can't network to other computers, I have lost sound, the XP theme keeps getting changed, and the taskbar keeps swapping to the Classic style. There's no doubt other stuff, but I haven't found it yet. I've run Memtest for hours and hours with no faults. Run SiSoft Sandra burn-in test for ten iterations again with no problems. Has anyone else had problems like this? I really don't want to have to send it back to Dell to get looked at. But I think I'm going to have to .... 
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30th March 2006, 11:33 AM
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Have you tried contacting DELL? You get a warranty for a reason.
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30th March 2006, 4:57 PM
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Not yet - I'm in Aus at the moment and am heading back to Malaysia in a couple of days for two months so I don't want to give it to Dell Aus. I'll try Dell Malaysia though soon after I get there. I'm going to try one more reinstall to see how that goes. |
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31st March 2006, 2:10 PM
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That aint going to be a problem with your 9400 hardware. Sounds like you have some piece of software that is "upsetting" windows.
What if you do a Dell System restore ? What happens then ?
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31st March 2006, 3:15 PM
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31st March 2006, 3:20 PM
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This may sound stupid however did you install the drivers that came on a seperate CD?
(Sound, video, network, wireless, touchpad etc). |
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31st March 2006, 5:20 PM
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Well, I've wiped everything - again! - and done a full format to be sure. I installed my copy of XP SP2, and used the Dell CD to install all the driers. So far it's working fine .... I'll just very carefully add one piece of my software at a time and see how it goes. I ran SiSoft Sandra burn-in for hours and it came up with zero problems. Also Memtest. Fingers crossed it'll keep going this time ... |
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22nd September 2006, 5:10 PM
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What OS came with it? You might be installing drivers from MCE (if thats an issue
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23rd September 2006, 8:24 AM
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use the drivers from the dell website... newer than the supplied disk
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