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		<title>SysRq and Inspiron 1720</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While trying to figure out while my laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1720, has been freezing occasionally, I found out that you can use SysRq codes to communicate directly with the Linux kernel to get system operations done even while the machine is locked up. This is handy as it allows you to specify a sequence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wifi Killswitch does not enable Wifi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of days, I have seen a situation where I boot my laptop (Ubuntu Karmic) and the Network Manager applet insists that the wireless is disabled. Rebooting does not help. Examining the syslog showed that the OS found 2 kill switches and one of them was disabling the wireless. Examining the state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VGA and S-Video output on an Inspiron 1720 in Ubuntu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note these instructions are for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic). In prior versions of Ubuntu, I have had some problems getting the VGA and S-Video outputs on my Inspiron 1720 working, so today I tackled this problem. In Karmic, this process is quite straightforward. Once you connect your video cable to the laptop, whether it is S-Video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Drive failure</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/hard-drive-failure-94.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both JP and I have experienced hard drive failures on the laptop just outside of the warrenty period. The new drives (not from Dell) have been working fine and require less power.]]></description>
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		<title>Strike Zone on bottom of laptop</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/strike-zone-on-bottom-of-laptop-91.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strike Zone Hard Drive Protection System The Strike Zone Hard Drive ProtectionTM system was designed and developed by Dell to protect your Latitude from damage and potential loss of important business data. Using a resonant vibration damper, Strike Zone helps absorb the shock, dispersing energy away from your hard drive in the event of accidental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drive Bay parts</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/drive-bay-parts-86.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To add a second drive, you will need: Dell parts C7586 Hard Drive Carrier for 2nd HDD bay XK231 Interposer (interfaces HDD to laptop) The place below has the parts, but they are not Dell parts, hence cheaper. http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&#38;products_id=144]]></description>
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		<title>6Gb Laptop RAM</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/6gb-laptop-ram-76.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like, contrary to what Dell says, the Inspiron 1720 will support 6Gb of RAM (4+2).  The chipset actually supports 8Gb but a bug in BIOS prevents it from being loaded up with 8Gb.]]></description>
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		<title>LCD and Keyboard</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/lcd-and-keyboard-73.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LCD panel failed and keyboard is flakey. Debugging over the phone with Dell tech support, opened up the laptop and reseated the LCD and keyboard panels but this did no good. Returned laptop to Dell and it came back with everything working fine.]]></description>
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		<title>Memory (RAM)</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/memory-ram-68.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/memory-ram-68.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2Gb is not really enough memory if you are doing any sort of Java development and you tend to open multiple copies of Eclipse. 4Gb is better, but unless you are running a 64bit OS, there is a significant amount of the address space that is eaten up my memory mapped IO, resulting in only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triple Boot 2</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/triple-boot-2-32.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.bitsbythepound.com/triple-boot-2-32.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I have got this thing triple booting Media Direct, Vista and Ubuntu. Roughly, the steps are. - Do Media Direct prep install (boot from the disk and follow instructions). Make 2 partitons, the first for Vista, the second will be repartitioned later for Ubuntu. - Start Vista install, Do AHCI driver install during Vista [...]]]></description>
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