Dell Precision M4300 Problems...

Hi there,

I recently got a Dell Precision M4300 from a friend and had a few questions.

When i got the laptop, I reformatted the Laptop and Reinstalled Windows XP Pro SP2. I proceeded from Microsoft to Update to SP3 and so on.

Well I also Went to Dell's Website and downloaded all the necessary drivers (using the service tag) for this laptop and installed them.

Now here is where I ran into a problem,

When I installed the NVIDIA drivers for the NVidia Quadro FX 360M video card, everything seemed to go fine. Then I rebooted the Laptop, and now every time I reboot, my hardware acceleration is defaulted back to None, and it gives me multiple pop ups about this issue. I go into the settings and turn the Acceleration back to full and it goes away.

This is a major problem, and is really frustrating to deal with everytime the laptop is booted up.

My other problem, is when I open up Internet Explorer, It tends to lock up the browser for no reason when Loading a website. I then CTRL+ALT+DEL and attempt to close iexplore.exe via the task manager. It closes the browser but does not shut down the browser, making it impossible to browse, so then I have to reboot.

here are the specs of the PC, from the device manager and drivers I have gotten

Dell Precision M4300
NVidia Quadro FX 360M 512mb Video Graphics Card
TSST 8x dvd+-R burner
120GB Hard Drive
3.5GB of Ram
2.5GHZ T9300 Core 2 Duo Processor
1394 Port
2 USB ports
External Monitor Ports
Wifi Support
Bluetooth Support
Windows XP SP2 Pro

If you can please help, that would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks a lot!

Gabriel

 

anyone? please?

 

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to the top! it would be nice to get some help here!

 

try calling dell technical support....you're paying for it!

might be an issue with windows xp, talk to them.

 

I don't know!
Maybe it is the order you installed the drivers?
If you have support (especially ProSupport) you can get excellent online support. I mean these guys are really helpful.
Sorry I can't help more but at least I responded!

 

For your hardware acceleration issue, try download newer drivers from laptopvideo2go.com

For your IE, try reinstall it or use another web browser to see if you get the same problem.

 

Thank you everyone For the help. I also do not have any support for this laptop.

 

no warranty?? how come?

 

oh no warranty because you got it from a friend? I thought warranty was transferable.. ouch if not the case...