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@RCGamer wrote:

just got UT2003 for xmas went install it 1st cd no prob when asks for 2nd cd the dvd drive make looking for cd sound then 5 min doing that dvd drive crashs need reboot get it back... do i got bad 2nd cd from UT2003
did anyone got this prob with there copy....
did clean cd still prob try 2 times same thing drive crashs

the dvd drive working fine put N4S UG  an bf1942 with no prob the 2 got more then 1 cd.... what do i do send game back or call game maker

Message Edited by RCGamer on 12-24-2003 08:25 PM

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thx had friend got ut2003 cds got 2nd one from him but it didnt like it then reput my 2nd cd worked....
with ut2003 gpu get 90c been played N4S UG ALOT for 2 hrs today offline runs with no slow down will test it online....
+ 8600 still got xp came with full of dell stuff so soon do clean install think will run faster..
look like everyone having prob with COD game was going get it but didnt maybe to test pc.... the demo run great on my 8000

Merry Christmas to all

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_power&message.id=14331&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

Have a look here, sounds similar to before!!!

you still didn't answer my question.  where are you getting that the temps are reversed?  (btw, I was looking at a teardown sheet, not the actual inside of my lappy (it is a bit dated however)).  and another thing - the GPU appears to be exausting to the CPU sink ; i see the separate intake (directly under the screen on the right side next to the hinge), but no separate exaust.  lots of heat transfer will result.

There is no visible intake for the GPU fan. It just draws air from under your keyboard. You can feel air moving arround the 0-9 keys when the fan is at high speed. The exhaust is located right under the lcd screen next to the hinge.

GPU and DIMM temp in fangui are definitely switched. I have the 52.16 drivers from nvidia now who monitor GPU temp and automatically underclock the GPU when it gets too hot. The temperature advertised there is the same as the DIMM temp under fangui.

But godim, how do you know its not the nvidia driver reading the temperature incorrectly and not i8kfanGUI? You have no way of knowing, therefore an intermediary program is desirable . More proof is needed for myself to be satisfied.

stu

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@godim wrote:

There is no visible intake for the GPU fan. It just draws air from under your keyboard. You can feel air moving arround the 0-9 keys when the fan is at high speed. The exhaust is located right under the lcd screen next to the hinge.

GPU and DIMM temp in fangui are definitely switched. I have the 52.16 drivers from nvidia now who monitor GPU temp and automatically underclock the GPU when it gets too hot. The temperature advertised there is the same as the DIMM temp under fangui.

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Actually one under LCD is intake, but it might draw some air from under keyboard as well.

If you look at that picture you'll see narrow slit with heatsink visible through it above LPT port, this is the exhaust

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/system/laptop/CentrinoRound/Dell/back_big.jpg

And regarding GPU and DIMM temperature being swapped, just do a little observation on how relatively constant and independent from GPU fan state *GPU* temperature is and how fast *DIMM* temperature goes up when GPU does heavy 3d tasks and how quickly it cools off when 2nd fan (gpu) kicks in.

Are there newer drivers than the ones that came with the laptop? My performance isn't as great as I'd like in Halo, but Unreal 2003 and everything else run's GREAT!!

Also, Halo ran good for a few days, then all of a sudden half the graphics went out and it looked like an old polygon game from the 50's. I tried re-installing it and it still didn't help. Has anyone else had this problem?

-Dan

i8600
ATI 9600 Pro
60gig 7200

i am waiting to recive it ... should i cancel it or what ? ... can i ?