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**glopomcyte** · 08-02-2012, 04:28 AM

Yeah, a quick google and it looks as though this is a very common problem. Is the case pressing on to one of the contacts or is it a heat problem? I read one of the forums someone said the problem only happened when they were on battery power, not plugged in?

It seems to be a casing issue, as heat while and issue on it's own does not affect it. Running on battery makes a bit worse as it uses less power. Nonetheless it is a terrible oversight by Dell, I bought it knowing of the issue but thinking it would be fixed via a software update. However a quick test with an Ubuntu cd and another card resulted in the same issues proving it had to be hardware.

I have kept holding off getting a MPB, as I felt they were overpriced. Plus I like the windows operating system more. However if this does not get resolved soon, then it may be the route I choose.

08-02-2012, 04:28 AM	#6
glopomcyte Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 397 Senior Member	Yeah, a quick google and it looks as though this is a very common problem. Is the case pressing on to one of the contacts or is it a heat problem? I read one of the forums someone said the problem only happened when they were on battery power, not plugged in? It seems to be a casing issue, as heat while and issue on it's own does not affect it. Running on battery makes a bit worse as it uses less power. Nonetheless it is a terrible oversight by Dell, I bought it knowing of the issue but thinking it would be fixed via a software update. However a quick test with an Ubuntu cd and another card resulted in the same issues proving it had to be hardware. I have kept holding off getting a MPB, as I felt they were overpriced. Plus I like the windows operating system more. However if this does not get resolved soon, then it may be the route I choose.
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