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water500cc
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September 11th, 2007 06:00
Vista problem? Dell problem?
hello everyone...
i just got my dell inspiron 1501 last friday...and i'm having problems with my laptop already!
starting on Sunday...
following were some programs i was using
windows movie maker
windows media player (wasn't playing all the time - only playing when i check for the clips i've done from movie maker)
msn
Riva FLV Encoder
Quick Time (same - wasn't playing all the time)
and some IE webpages on...
(I was uploading vdos onto dailymotion)
then all of the sudden my rigit clicks wasn't functioning..it doesn't show up anything...
i had to close some programs or IE so i can get everything back to normal....so i thought maybe i had too many things open...probably was hard on the ram...
the next day...
i only had...
one or two pages on IE
MS word
msn
and windows media player (only playing ONE song - and it wasn't playing all the time)
again.same thing happened!! basically i had to restart my laptop to fix such problems...
when it's worse..i can't even click and open my taskmanager...
and sometimes when i try to click for restart...it won't show up!
it only happened once when my right clicking is not working and i tried to open a new IE broswer it wasn't working
when my right clicks isn't working - i can still view the internet
all other programs seems to be running just fine...including msn..power dvd or windows media player
i have no clue what may be the problem here beside thinking about "VISTA"
this is what my laptop looks like..
Inspiron 1501
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-53
Memory 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic
HARD DRIVES 80GB Hard Drive
VIDEO CARD
ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 with 256MB HyperMemory
if anyone knows what may be causing the problem here...please help!
cheers,
jean
- I'm on my 3rd 1501 under warranty. The first 2 locked up like crazy. Spent hours(not kidding) on the phone at tech support. Even spoke to the elite REC team. They were all baffeled. Anyway, They just came out with a updated bios for the 1501. I have not had it happen since updating. Who knows?Call tech support and they will walk you thru the update.You may also want to see if you have the up to date ATI driver.TC BSA70
water500cc
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Posted September 17th, 2007 20:00
hi guysi did check my task manager...and it doesn't seem to be anything weird in there eating up my ram...like i said..my cup wasn't 100% full when those prob occurs...during these couple days i found out it may be the problem on IE?after some hours of use..basically my IE will crush...i can't open new tags or new IE window...that's when my right key is not functioning..i have to close current open IE broswers in able to open new ones...or close some other programs i'm using (ie: msn or windows media player).and it happens everytime when i'm listening to music with my windows media player..i only have couple IE open..and i get lag while i listen to my music! this shouldn't happen! i mean..i have a 2g ram! (1g + 1g)so what may be the problem now? my friend suggested me to take out 1g and try to operate the system to see if the problem is actually on the ram....i don't know...i've never done this before and i sort of hope it's not the ram which is causing the problem..i did update my ATI driver..and tried to download some programs on Dell online...but nothing seems to be working...hum!it's not really a big problem..when it IS when it occurs like everyday! if i don't solve this problem now...someday it'll stab me from the back....*urgh*...help!Regards,Jean
jjbtnc
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Posted September 11th, 2007 11:00
does it happen pretty much every time you use your pc? perhaps call up task manager straight on entering windows and then start up your programs so you may be able to switch to task maager when the problem ocurs
you say click task manager but did you know you can call it up by pressing ctrl and alt and del keys together