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    Harddrive flaw?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by LPhox, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. LPhox

    LPhox Notebook Enthusiast

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    I do not know if this has been posted and if it has i'm very sorry for addressing this again. I wonder if any of you have experienced your hard drive (or some other component) failing to start itself after putting your computer in hibernation and leaving it like so overnight. It has happen to me three times and always requires a one-time boot menu (selecting the harddrive worked) to start the laptop again. I think it was fixed when i installed the new bios, but after doing that my soundblaster card started to make screeching noises when i played music so i uninstalled that bios and reinstalled the previous one.

    The laptop is a xps 1530...

    Besides this there are no problems =)

    System Information
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    Time of this report: 3/26/2008, 10:11:00
    Machine name: AWESOMO
    Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
    Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
    System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
    System Model: XPS M1530
    BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
    Memory: 3070MB RAM
    Page File: 1219MB used, 5102MB available
    Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
    DX Setup Parameters: Not found
    DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode


    I have the 200gb 7200 rpm drive
     
    LPhox, Mar 26, 2008
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  2. wobble987

    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    thought you might wanna know.. the xps 1530 dont have a soundblaster card. the soundblaster is a software emulation.
     
    wobble987, Mar 26, 2008
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  3. LPhox

    LPhox Notebook Enthusiast

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    The express card I have is software emulation ?

    Doesn't matter it still sounds great...
     
    LPhox, Mar 26, 2008
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    The express card is not software emulation. Anyways, try reinstalling your chipset drivers for your laptop and see if that helps.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 26, 2008
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  5. LPhox

    LPhox Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thankyou.. atleast someone helped me and didn't point out something that was off topic.

    *points*

    Ill post later if that works...
     
    LPhox, Mar 26, 2008
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    LPhox Notebook Enthusiast

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    I will also try the new bios that just came out and see what happens.
     
    LPhox, Mar 26, 2008
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