I could use this bigtime.

Scott - I tried all of that and by the time BIOS wouldn't reflash correctly it was too late. The last step I tried before the entire PC was bricked was the attemp to reflash. Once I tried it, the PC really was bricked. I tried everything while symptoms were causing problems that I possibly could, including phone support with Dell, and it was all too late. By the time you see the vertical lines, or other seemingly systemic errors, it is too late. At least that was the case with my pc. I also stil have 2 years of service on this, so I intend to continue using it with uppraded BIOS. If motherboard 2 is also defective, it should conk out within a year like this one did. Anyone know how much it costs to swap a motherboard on a 1330? At what point does it become more expensive to do swaps than replace the machines? Just curious if anyone has a sense of how much this is going to cost Dell, and at what point they may have to stop swapping everyone's motherboards, if that ever happens.

I started having video problems on my XPSM1330 (loaded) where I'd see video shutdowns, and system crashes. I called Dell Support, and they tried flashing my BIOS. This was about a month ago. Since my problems had already started the NVIDIA was already on its way to failure, so as Dell said on the blog, flashing BIOS will not correct existing problems. As time went on the video problems worsened and let to what ended up being a perma-screen saver. Vertical lines that constantly changed colors came up each time I booted the pc. At first those lines would disappear after 3-5 minutes but then after a day or two they became constant. My baby was a brick. I called Dell and thank god for extended support. They had to come to the house, and replace the entire motherboard. Once it was swapped out everything worked properly. I found it interesting the tech did not flash my bios on the new motherboard. I just did it. Keeping fingers crossed! Poopoo on faulty products. If this is what others are experiencing, good luck if this happens out of warranty. There will be alot of pretty laptops in the trash and alot of grumpy (former) Dell customers.

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Need a 42"er for the tvroom. Help Me!

360 and ps3 - if I win this puppy Ill blow the bank on accessories. Why not?

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Slingbox to Q streamage with orb mixed in.

HD DVD Drive. :o)

Just checked my 6412 (via slingplayer on my q - yes its sweet to watch tv on phone at work) and I have a slightly different version of these screen shots. Same options in screen captures 2-5 above, plus option to search for only movies, or sports shows. And I didn't notice the HD icon in the guide description data as shown in the first screen capture. Can't wait till (hopefully) I can restart the 6412 and watch the TiVo startup movie. This thing would rock with tivo software... keeping fingers crossed! BTW - Comcast in DC Metro Area.

No ccard. Wouldnt mind having a tivo box tho!