Comments on: Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Usage Review

By: James Rintamaki

James Rintamaki — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:30:12 +0000

@Cat, if you have a smartphone, you could always tether your netbook to it via wifi/bluetooth/usb — or you can purchase a USB data card for use on AT&T, Verizon, etc

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dell computer notebook reviews — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:00:18 +0000

dell computer notebook reviews…

Even the gurus will agree with what is being said here. I am glad I found it….

By: Cat

Cat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:24:16 +0000

Okay- so this is what I ordered (see below). I need to find out how I can connect to the internet while traveling out of town by car? Any advice/info is appreciated!!THANKS SO MUCH!
Inspiron 910 Intel Atom processor N270, 1.6GHz, 533Mhz512K L2 Cache
311-9256 1 Obsidian Black Color with Gloss Finish
311-9255 1 1GB,DDR2,533MHZ,1 DIMM
320-7125 1 8.9 inch Wide Screen WSVGA TLLCD
320-7124 1 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
341-7609 1 8GB Solid State Drive (mini-card Module/PATA)
420-9249 1 Genuine Windows XP Home Edition
420-8223 1 Dell Video Chat
420-7622 1 DELL SUPPORT CENTER 2.0
310-8624 1 You have chosen a Windows XP System
420-9191 1 Box.net online backup and filesharing 1.0
421-0323 1 Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface
410-1883 1 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
430-3223 1 Base LCD Assembly
430-3219 1 Wireless 802.11g Mini Card
313-6898 1 No Camera Option
410-2093 1 Norton Internet Security#153 2009 15-Month
312-0775 1 32WHr 4-cell Battery
412-0148 1 No ISP requested
420-8051 1 Microsoft Works 9.0, English For Inspiron
992-2067 1 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Return To Depot, Initial Year
990-7989 1 1 Year Limited Warranty and Mail-In Service,Notebook
991-0320 1 Type 12- Mail-InService, 24×7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year
960-2780 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
950-3337 1 1 Year Limited Warranty
988-6059 1 No Warranty 2 and 3
900-9987 1 Standard On-Site Installation Declined
330-0171 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
313-7127 1 Base LCD Assembly in Black
* -DISCOUNT/COUPON APPLIED
Subtotal: $368.00
Shipping and Handling: $0.00

Sales Tax: $22.06
Total: $390.06

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cleaning your laptop screen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:00:41 +0000

cleaning your laptop screen…

I have been looking for a long time and found this post. Thanks a lot….

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:06:37 +0000

Dear James:

Many thanks for the advice. Finally found the problem. It was the setting up of network connections which did not allow the system to dynamically find an IP address, instead it was assigning a static one. I did the reinstallation though and got to know the broadcom driver. Then I found the problem by looking at the option “properties” of the network connection under the Internet Protocol TCP/IP item.

It seems that it is better to have broadcome wireless utility doing the network management. It works better!

Kind regards,

Jose

By: James Rintamaki

James Rintamaki — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:16:31 +0000

@Jose, you can try re-installing the drivers for your wireless card. I believe the wireless card in (most) dell mini 9’s is the Atheros one, which should be this one here: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/downloads/en/downloads_splash?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~mode=popup&file=272711 . If that doesn’t work, dell also has listed this one, if it’s a broadcom one: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/downloads/en/downloads_splash?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~mode=popup&file=272925

You could find out for sure which one you need by putting in your service tag number at this page, then going down to network to select your wifi driver: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INSPIRON910&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

let me know how it goes!

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:09:50 +0000

and it has windows XP service pack 2

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:01:18 +0000

forgot to say that the computer connects successfully to the hub at home but then it does not seem to go beyond that

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:00:31 +0000

hi again guys, now I am playing with the toy. I bought a 2gb ram card and now it has 1.99GB ram, tx for the advice. Trying to connect to the internet is a problem. The browser says it cannot upload the page. I have tried it at home where our broadband connection works well with the other laptops. This is the diagnostic I get when I run the network diagnostics for windows XP, some messages appear at the end:

-The default gateway address could not be resolved via ARP
waiting sometime for the modem.router to stabilise
-The server name or address could not be resolved

Then I am directed to the users troubleshooting manual.

I am not sure if this has to do with the fact that the computer originally had ubuntu and the previous owner installed XP, maybe s/he forgot to add some software or created a confusion between the bluetooth devices, the LAN connection and the WIFI connection?

It is just a guess, if you have other ideas they will be greatly appreciated.

Jose

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:48:11 +0000

Dear James and Flagger, many thanks for the responses and advice. I will tell you more once I start playing with the laptop, hopefully will receive it by tomorrow!