Installed 5728 on Dell XPS Gen2

[Lang Murphy]

Builds 5536 and 5600 would not install on my Dell XPS Gen 2. Setup would
BSOD right after selecting the SATA driver. Tried multiple times on both
builds to no avail.

Just installed 5728 without issue.

Lang

 

[Microsoft News Server]

I had no trouble installing 5600 to my XPS Gen 2. However, when I upgraded
to 5728, the multiple monitor function will not work. I cannot boot into my
Dell 2405 as I could with 5600. Very disappointing. Even though 5728 is a
little faster, it is not worth having to use the hardware key.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Do you have an Intel SATA controller?

Lang

I had no trouble installing 5600 to my XPS Gen 2. However, when I upgraded
to 5728, the multiple monitor function will not work. I cannot boot into
my Dell 2405 as I could with 5600. Very disappointing. Even though 5728
is a little faster, it is not worth having to use the hardware key.

 

[Dan]

Do you have an Intel SATA controller?

Lang

I currently now longer trust or suggest Dell to anyone after the battery
recall and especially since the Wall Street Journal wrote about Dell
screwing with people's orders of the XPS gaming systems. I now suggest
building your own PC which is ideal or going with a dedicated gaming rig
if funds allow like a Falcon Northwest PC.

 

[Microsoft News Server]

No Intel Sata Decoder. It is a Dell XPS Gen2 laptop.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Yeah, OK... mine's a desktop.

Lang

No Intel Sata Decoder. It is a Dell XPS Gen2 laptop.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Dan,

Know about the battery recall. Dell's not the only guilty party in that
respect. Aren't Sony, Apple and HP/Compaq on the hook too?

Did not read the WSJ article on Dell screwing up XPS system orders. Wouldn't
surprise me. But wouldn't surprise me that other vendors make mistakes on
orders either, although, as stated, didn't read the WSJ article so I'm not
cognizant of the details.

I've got two personal Dell's at home and 8 work Dell's (provided by my
employer). They are, by and large, stable systems. Just got my daughter a
e1505 that she just absolutely loves and I got it for $700 with 1GB RAM, DVD
burner, decent shared video and an SD slot. It's a pretty kicking laptop for
$700.

I have an eMachines that I got for $400 on sale. Threw another $100 at it
and now I've got an AMD 2.2Ghz with 1GB RAM, 360GB's hd (2), DVD burner,
7-in-1 card reader for $500. Granted, I will have to get a video card if I
want to run Vista with Aero but it'll still be < $600 total. And... when I
got the eMachines, there were no Dell's available in that price range that
offered an additional slot for upgrading video.

Anyway... I'd be hard pressed to build my own PC for the same $$$. And I'd
have to do the work. I've looked at Shuttle's... but, shoot, they're what?
$250 just for the bare bones case? Don't think I could hit the $600 mark
there. Could be wrong, haven't looked into that much, but I do know that the
days when I wanted to spend hours with my head inside a case are long gone.
In fact, these days, you can rest assured that expletitives fly when I have
to break open one of my cases. ;-D

Lang

 

[Dan]

<I understand>

I hope you open your case to use the Duster air to clean out the dust
every once in a while. I remember when I used to work at Target and the
repair guy came to fix the cash registers and he would just open them
up, use the air duster, close them up and reset the machine and 9 times
out of 10 the register would work fine again. <smile>

 

[Lang Murphy]

Yeah, when the occasion arises that I must open a case, I do a thorough
cleaning.

Lang