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    d430, will this work for it?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cruxforce, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. cruxforce

    cruxforce Notebook Guru

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    need to reformat what?
     
    tomcatTX, Aug 26, 2007
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    the notebook....
     
    cruxforce, Aug 26, 2007
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    Sorry, I'm confused. What does the external DVD drive have to do with reformatting the notebook?
     
    tomcatTX, Aug 26, 2007
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    It's reads CDs/DVDs... the D630 doesn't have an optical drive.

    Now I'm wondering if i will have trouble with using this, compatibility issues.
     
    cruxforce, Aug 26, 2007
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    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    No it will work fine to format your hard drive.
     
    adinu, Aug 26, 2007
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    what operating system do you have on the D630?
     
    tomcatTX, Aug 26, 2007
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    Xp, im installing vista. Why ? driver issues? i'll dl on their website.
     
    cruxforce, Aug 26, 2007
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    Should be ok for you.
     
    tomcatTX, Aug 26, 2007
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    I've been having an issue on vista with my D430.. SpeedStep seems to be not working, the processor stays at 1.2GHz (instead of underclocking to 800 when iddle, as it is supposed to). This makes the laptop very hot and the fans are almost all the time on.. I guess Battery wont last as much as if it was working...
     
    Nicccolas, Nov 1, 2007
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    I am getting my referb D430 this Monday.

    I plan to flush everything out and refomat to XP SP2.

    Where can I control SpeedStep?
     
    chong67, Nov 1, 2007
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    Ahem... you mean the D430.
     
    1138, Nov 1, 2007
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