[WTS] Dell XPS 14 (L421X)

ganfye — Sat, 16 May 2015 21:07:22 +0800

Item(s): Dell XPS 14, Model L421X

Package includes: Dell XPS 14 model, 80~90% looks good.
Summary
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3517U CPU @ 1.90GHz (Max Turbo Boost Speed: 2.99 GHz)
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 Corsairs Vengeance® CMSX8GX3M1A1600C10 (Upgraded on March 2015)
- HDD: Original SAMSUNG SSD PM830 mSATA 128GB + 240GB Kingston SSD KINGSTON SH103S3240G (Upgraded on Jan 2014)
- OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center (64-bit) (Official Upgraded from Windows 7 Home Premium)
- Graphic Card: Intel® HD Graphics 4000 (2.06 GB Memory) + NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M (1023.00 MB Memory)
- Maximum Resolution: 1600 x 900 (Splendid Color)
- Battery: 99% New, as just replaced Jan 2015
Others
- Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio, working great
- USB: 2x USB 3 Ports, 1 with power charge, working great
- 1x standard audio jet port, working great
- 1x PCIE CardReader, working great
- 1x Mini DVI port (Will include the mini DVI to VGA converter), working great
- 1x HDMI port, working great
- Standard Dell Touchpad, working great
- Standard Dell Back lightning keyboard, all key working.
- Intel Centrino Advance-N6235 (Wireless + Bluetooth) + Standard RJ45 Ethernet port, Workign Great
*** Full complete test report for this laptop included in this thread with Dell Support Check up Stree test 2015 May 16, All passed

Price: Looking for RM 2,388.00
Warranty: Expired
Dealing method: Cash on Delivery
Location of seller: Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Contact method/details: Email (charlie . seah [at] gmail . com)
Age of item: 3 years old
*** I probably will let this go by month of June 2015, as new working station is not arriving yet...
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Item(s) conditions: Performance still in perfect condition

Picture: https://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/cc/XahMco0fzH7eCZt

Reason for sale: ... upgrade

HELP - Vista SP1 Change SATA [IDE] to [AHCI]

ganfye — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:25:01 +0800

Dear LowYaters;

I'm here to seek for help on above topic.
Recently I had changed my cpu and motherboard and re-installed my Vista Ultimate on a larger storage drive.
My new motherboard is Asus M3A and CPU is AMD Phenom 64 9850 BE new hdd is Western Digital 160GB.
The rest of my computer summary are as follow:

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Field Value
Computer
Computer Type ACPI x86-based PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000
DirectX DirectX 10.0
Computer Name CHARLIESEAH-PC (KF Charlie Seah's Desktop)
User Name Charlie Seah
Logon Domain CharlieSeah-PC
Date / Time 2008-06-21 / 12:12

Motherboard
CPU Type QuadCore AMD Phenom Black Edition 9850, 2500 MHz (12.5 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus M3A (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset AMD 770, AMD K10
System Memory 3328 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM2 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM3: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
DIMM4: Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (04/18/08)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor HP w2207 [22" LCD] (CND7352P7B)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC883 @ ATI SB600 - High Definition Audio Controller

Storage
IDE Controller AMD PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller AMD SATA Controller(Native IDE Mode)
Storage Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Disk Drive Maxtor 6L160M0 ATA Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive Maxtor 6V080E0 ATA Device (80 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Disk Drive WDC WD1600YS-18SHB2 ATA Device (149 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive WDC WD32 00AAKS-00VYA0 USB Device (298 GB, USB)
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112 ATA Device (DVD+R9:10x, DVD-R9:10x, DVD+RW:18x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-RAM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:40x/32x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 152584 MB (109895 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 78159 MB (31185 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 156331 MB (115456 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 305242 MB (128153 MB free)
Total Size 676.1 GB (375.7 GB free)

Input
Keyboard Logitech HID-Compliant Keyboard
Mouse Logitech HID-compliant Cordless Mouse

Network
Primary IP Address 192.168.1.200
Primary MAC Address 00-1E-8C-65-30-0E
Network Adapter Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Controller (192.168.1.200)

Peripherals
Printer Adobe PDF
Printer HP LaserJet 2420 PCL 5
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Send To OneNote 2007
USB1 Controller ATI SB600 - OCHI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB600 - OCHI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB600 - OCHI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB600 - OCHI USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB600 - OCHI USB Controller
USB2 Controller ATI SB600 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000
USB Device Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000.
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

DMI
DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
DMI BIOS Version 0805
DMI System Manufacturer System manufacturer
DMI System Product System Product Name
DMI System Version System Version
DMI System Serial Number System Serial Number
DMI System UUID 40FA9748-6D80DC11-93EC001E-8C65300E
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
DMI Motherboard Product M3A
DMI Motherboard Version Rev 1.xx
DMI Motherboard Serial Number MB-1234567890
DMI Chassis Manufacturer Chassis Manufacture
DMI Chassis Version Chassis Version
DMI Chassis Serial Number Chassis Serial Number
DMI Chassis Asset Tag Asset-1234567890
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case

After re-installed and upgrade all others software (toke me 2 days ++ T_T), I found out that my current hdd are slower then before, e.g. copy files took almost 1.5X time more then the old hdd where old hdd are only SATA 1 and new hdd are SATA 2. On top of it, my CPU usage shows more then the old CPU... on trying / while trying to access the hdd e.g. copy / move files... T_T
So I do some googling and found out that I didn't change the bios settting for SATA to ahci during OS installation, used default from the Motherboard IDE... T_T, and I'm quite sure the old motherboard while I have my installation are using AHCI.

I had follow below few articles but its doesn't help... T_T

http://techblogbydave.blogspot.com/2008/02...-for-vista.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

It still give me "STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" and bsod and auto restart... T_T

I hope some one had kind of experience with it can help me on it... I had to do re-installation all over again and wait the stupid TMNet bandwidth...

Very Thanks in very advance,

Regards Charlie...

GPU getting more and more hot, was it normal?

ganfye — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:58:51 +0800

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