Sorry all for the errors. Apparently part of the OS was corrupt due to a power outage a few days ago. I didn’t notice this till now when I was doing some maintenance on the server. The file system has been repaired and everything should be ok now 🙂
If you see any issues, please let me know.
PS I know I haven’t been posting much, but I have been very busy with work, and a few other things.
I know I haven’t been blogging that much :/ I just been so bust with quite a few things. First thing is I added another HD to my NAS, which is normally easy, but I ran out of ports on the MB for SATA, so now I have either get another motherboard, which is not the best solution, or just get a add-on card. I plan to get the add-on card, however I am trying to figure out if I should go with a software solution, or a hardware.
Secondly, my small dell laptop I had was starting to over heat on me. It was clean as a whistle, however it was just hitting around 70C on both cores. Granted it was a small laptop, but still – that isn’t a good temp. So I called Dell and they sent someone to fix the laptop. So the tech comes over for the repair and after the install I noticed both cores are doing a bit better, however now I notice that the wireless switch is stuck. To make a long story short, the wireless switch was broken by the tech who put in a new motherboard. So they sent another motherboard, but it was DOA, so they decided to send out another system! It was upgraded in a few ways – processor, memory, and SSD drive, however I was having some wireless issues. So I proceed to open up the back wireless cover to take a look. This is what I saw:
I then had no choice but to send back the laptop to the Dell depot to get repaired. Around a week later the laptop came back, but now it has a hairline scratch on the back LCD cover. So then I call and get that part from Dell and I repair it on my own.
The last thing that happened was the fact I traded in my modded high HP car for a more economy car. Granted I will miss it, but getting around 28 MPG+ on the highway is awesome instead of 19 or so 🙂
So hopefully that is it for a while 🙂
Well, it has been a very long time since I have even touched the site, but I have been really busy with a few things. Busy with work, and busy with my own life as I try to save money for some other things 🙂
A quick breakdown of the Red Vostro 3400…in short, was sent back due to a couple of issues: 1) construction and 2) electrical shock
More about 1:
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Some have stated that they don’t have issues, others do have it, but it wasn’t that bad. For me, it wasn’t bad enough to warrant a return. However I felt like number 2, was an issue since I was just using the system one day and out of the blue I felt a light buzzing feeling on the top of the notebook. It almost felt like a short. No one else reported this, but I had it. Therefore the laptop was sent back and I am currently still using my old and now having issues D430…
I will receive my Dell tomorrow, and I hope to have some pictures by the time I come home that day.
I will talk briefly about the construction and the how it feels/fits in.
I know its been awhile, but I had quite a few family issues to work on. However that should be straightened out, and now I can blog a bit more 🙂
Anyway, ever since I sold pretty much everything I had to make some money, I was left in a void of nothing.
I sold the Alienware for a custom AMD system and OC’d it to 3.6 GHz. The camera was never really replaced, as well as the camcorder, but I can make due for now. So the only left was the laptop. I sold a Dell e6400 for a nice price on ebay, but I was wondering what to get next. After looking around around for some time I found the vostro series.
The vostro series, to me anyway, was something in between a inspiron and a latitude. So therefore I never really looked into it, and just never crossed my mind…until recently. When I saw the new 3000 series, I was impressed with the looks, and the colors of the system. So I decided to try it out and I placed my order with my account rep. A few days later, I thought I made a mistake, and cancelled it cause on outlet, they had a nice studio xps 16 for almost the same price. However I was too late and the I wanted was gone. So I replaced the order again. The problem now was the color choice. Red, being the color I wanted, was on backorder for at least 10 days at the time (now 8). So now I had a wait.
The wait wasn’t that bad, but I really hate waiting…
Order Date: 3/25/2010
3/25: Pre-production
3/26: Pre-production
3/27: Pre-production
3/28: Pre-production
3/29: Pre-production
3/30: In Production – build stage
3/31: In Production – build stage
4/1: In Production – build stage
4/2: In Production – build stage
4/3: In Production – boxing stage
4/4: In Production – boxing stage
4/5: In Production – boxing stage
4/6: Shipped!!!
These are my specs:
224-8458 Vostro 3400 Laptop
317-3846 New 2010 Intel Core i5-520M (2.40GHz, Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz, Dual Core/4T, 3MB/L3) Vostro
317-3852 4GB,DDR3,1066MHZ, 2 DIMM Vostro
330-8216 Dell Keyboard 86 Backlit English Vostro
330-8088 Vostro Documentation and Documentation Tech Sheet Setup English
313-9450 Nvidia Geforce 310M, 512MB Graphics Vostro
342-9965 320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Vostro
421-2281 Dell,Software,Digital Persona Inc,Fingerprint Reader,4.0,Factory Install, Vostro
330-8224 Palmrest with Fingerprint reader Winery 14 Vostro
320-8919 14.0 inch High Definition LED Display (1366 x 768) with anti-glare Vostro
421-1553 Windows 7 Home Premium, Media, 32-bit, Notebook, Vostro, English
330-6322 Genuine Windows 7 Label, Latitude, Vostro and Mobile Precision Notebooks
421-0320 Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface,SMB
421-2231 Dell Data Back-up and Recovery Manager for WinXP,Vostro
330-8236 Dell Resource DVD, Vostro 3400
330-8223 90W AC Adapter for Vostro
430-3747 Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth 2.1 Module Vostro
313-9428 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+/-R write capability, Vostro
421-2223 Cyberlink Power DVD 8.3 Vostro
421-1188 Roxio Creator Dell Edition 10.3 Media Vostro
421-1006 Dell Webcam Software 1.4 Application Kit Vostro
313-9468 Bezel, LCD, with Camera Winery 14
313-9457 Lucerne Red Vostro
313-9463 Lucerne RED with DVD+/-RW Vostro
410-1736 Trend Micro 16.6 PC-cillin Internet Security, English 30-day, Subscription, for DellVostro DT and NB
312-0995 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery for Vostro
421-9888 No Productivity Software Vostro
925-3810 Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response Initial Year
908-8047 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year
988-7347 No Warranty beyond 1 year
983-3920 Warranty Support,Initial Year
900-9987 Standard On-Site Installation Declined
986-5010 CompleteCare Accidental Damage Protection, 1 Year
988-7689 Info, Complete Care
468-4927 Lucerne RED Vostro
Oh joy, more snow on the way for the east… Didn’t we get enough already 🙁
Accuweather: Snow occurring on Feb 25 | Feb 26. Total amount 7.2 Inches.
Noaa: Expect accumulations to range from 12 to 18 inches.
So we will soon see….