Precision M4400 Owner's Lounge

hi polarlinks, what was the reason for swapping over to the m4400? im currently thinking about returning the m4400 and going for the hp instead.

could you elaborate your expirence?

thanks alot,

best gordon

 

guys,how can I do a clean install on it?

 

For the sound issue....loads of different possibilities,

first...uninstall the ID-T drivers and let Vista automatically install it's built-in drivers, this will probably fix it.

if not...download dpc latency checker and tell me what that shows.
I had latency spikes all the time but they vanished after disabling my DVD (modular bay) in BIOS
Other "fixes" for crackling/skipping audio are: Disabling WLAN, disabling eSATA, errr....couple of other solutions but i cant remember, try a search on the forum, also for the latitude because these probs are shared.

Hopefully the drivers solves it for you

 

@Xirurg

What OS do you want to install?

 

I guess I do! Thank you! Downloading now...

 

from where should I uninstall drivers?

I have Vista Ultimate w/o sp1 (downloading now)...I thought that dell would provide OS disk with it!

 

Search for my user name. I've posted quite a few times the problems I ran into.

Bottom line.
HP Small biz support is TERRIBLE.

HP-
-I wanted to run raid with 2 hard drives(1 in the bay), this functionality died in 2 days.
-The fan would click alot (ok i could have replaced it)

Hp has a better keyboard, better trackpad, better build.

Dell has a docking station with dual dvi =). I use dual lcds and that's a big deal.

Aslong as you find one that works well, np. But for the mean time I can't buy or recommend hp products to small companies. or individual users.

 

Guys,I just contacted custumer support and after 5 minutes they agreed to send me the missing OS dvd!

 

^they are now sending me OS disks I tried uninstalling-no luck!