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Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

hjennerway — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:06:16 -0000

You need to boot from your XP CD, delete all partitions on the drive, then create a new partition and install XP onto it. Once setup has finished you can install partition magic or another non-destructive partitioning app and create more partitions if you need to.

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

Ram Krishnan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:11:03 -0000

"so the first thing I did was format and install XP Professional."
Could you pls guide me on the steps to do this?
My machine was infected by a virus recently, and I am attempting a clean install with my new copy of XP, and then install the drivers that came with the Dell CD. T I have modified setup to boot from the CD, but still the system hangs after booting up, and refused to read the DVD drive if I want to explore the DVD to initiate Setup. Thanks.

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

hjennerway — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:19:32 -0000

Mine has two fans. One for the CPU and one for the graphics card. They're on either side near the speakers.

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

Fran — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:17:58 -0000

I just got a Inspiron 9400. It has only one fan and the other vent is empty also. I am very concerned but Dell couldn't give me a consistent answer. Many sites reviewed I9400 mentioned there are two fans. I purchased two Dell Inspiron 9400 and both have one fan only. I returned the first one. I am wondering if I should the 2nd one???

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

hjennerway — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:51:45 -0000

Mine has two fans, but it still gets pretty hot playing games. It's never overheated though.

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

TKS — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:02:59 -0000

Could someone has Inspiron 9400 tell me how many FANs on this laptop?
I know the Inspiron 9300 has 2 fans. I purchased a Inspiron 9400 but it has only one fan and the 2nd vent was empty without a fan. I am very concerned the Inspiron 9400 will be overheated with one fan

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

hjennerway — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:46:42 -0000

Actually I had to open it up to replace the heatsink and fan, which were full of dust. It wasn't not as hard as I though :P

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

sawo — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:17:22 -0000

Haha you dont rip anything just remove the two screws on the back, put the second memory chip and put back the screws and you are ready @_@

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

swatX — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:15:12 -0000

sweet laptop and nice review!

one of the thing to point at is:

* the cost of upgrading the ram from 1 gig to 2gig from dell is twice as buying the 2gig ddr2 from newegg.
*7900 gtx mobile is just couple of months away smile.gif yay
* conroe processor is due out in summer so people who are expecting to spend atleast 1.5 - 2K + on a dell laptop should wait till end of the summer.

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

hjennerway — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:14:41 -0000

It's not particularly heavy, I really don't notice it because the bag I bought to put it in has padded straps. You certainly know you've got something solid for your money. Battery life is about 2 hours, which is about average for a notebook of this specification.

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

ishare — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:14:03 -0000

How heavy is it? It certainly looks heavy. I wouldn't want to lug that around.

What is the battery life?

Re: Dell Inspiron 9400

hjennerway — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:26:21 -0000

Yes, but would you really want to rip open your £2000 laptop just to save a few quid on RAM?

The problem is, I've been waiting all my life, I was sick of waiting. I waited for Core Duo instead of getting an XPS, and yes, I'm probably going to regret buying this when they release the next model next year, but that's the same with everything.