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    Issues with I6000d

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by notTelling, Mar 15, 2005.

  1. notTelling

    notTelling Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,
    Its been a couple of days since I received my machine. I like its look and appearence (its bright enough) but its giving me some problems:
    1) CD/DVD drive is not being detected(modular bay) at BIOS every time!
    2) The hard disk (80 GB) initially seemed to be fast enough but it is freezing the system after I had put a couple of big installation files in a particular folder.
    I would like to know if the hard disk freeze(for 5-6 seconds) is because of its slow speed(80gb) or some hardware defect - so that I could get the machine excahnged.

    Thanks

    -Mad
     
    notTelling, Mar 15, 2005
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  2. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

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    I noticed a similar issue with installation of new programs. When I got rid of the Antivirus Suite, I noticed no more issues. Another possibility is that the Antivirus software/firewall/etc needs to be shut down prior to installation. Whatever the case, I run Zone Alarm and Norton Antivirus now and have no issues...

    Dell Inspiron 6000
    1.6 GHZ Centrino (Sonoma)
    WUXGA 15.4" WS
    512 MB RAM
    60 GB HD
    Wireless B/G
    DVD/CD-RW
    9 Cell Battery x 2
    Mozilla Firefox Browser
    Targus TL Deluxe Notebook Case
    Targus Gravity Notebook Backpack
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    Palmone Tungsten C/WIFI
     
    titaniummd, Mar 15, 2005
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  3. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    there are known issues with zone alarm and norton running on the same system. check the included readme file for info for zone alarm. not saying this was your prob as it looks like no probs now, but check the readme anyway for info.
     
    drumfu, Mar 15, 2005
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    skreves Newbie

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    The cd/dvd drive on my i6000 runs very loud when I am ripping cds. Does anyone else have this problem?
     
    skreves, Mar 15, 2005
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    MickMcGeough Newbie

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by skreves
     
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    MickMcGeough, Mar 16, 2005
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    cheq326 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hmm, i havenot tried to install a huge program yet, so my 60G 7200RPM hard drive is doin pretty good, and yes, the optical drive is making a lot of noises at the beginning, but after a few seconds, it is quiet. where is the PCIe port?

    Dell i6000D 1.6Ghz
    512MB 1Dimm, 60G 7200RPM
    X300 128MB, 8X DVD-RW
    Wireless b/g, Bluetooth
     
    cheq326, Mar 16, 2005
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