The refurbished Dell 1737 Studio 17 notebook computer is a powerful laptop designed around the Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor which runs in the 2.0GHz range. This is a very popular processor and when combined with the maximum 4.0GB of DDR2 SDRAM contained within the 1737 it makes for a pleasantly fast as well as responsive laptop computer.

The display size is a standard 17 inches and uses the WXGA Widescreen Display with a native resolution of 1440 x 900, a decent size for watching DVD movies on your laptop. The overall quality of the display is acceptably bright and clear.

Originally with Windows Vista Home Premium operating system fully loaded on the 320GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive, the computer is capable of holding quite a bit of data such as your movies, pictures as well as other various files. However, if you were to ever run out of space you could simply add an external hard drive via any of the available USB ports.

One of the really nice multimedia features of the Dell 1737 laptop is the Blu-Ray ROM and 8x DVD+/-RW drive with Double Layer Support for all of the latest Blu-Ray movies and an ultra large amount of data backups as well. We occasionally display these refurbished laptops under 500 dollars yet they remain typically more than that even refurbished due to their original retail values.

Today everyone basically needs wireless networking capabilities in their laptops and the Dell 1737 laptop provides an 802.11a/g/n WLAN wireless card as an upgrade feature. This means that you can connect to hotspots at cafes, libraries, University campuses, campgrounds, or basically anywhere else which provides a wireless hotspot.

Additional basic multimedia features include an integrated microphone, web cam, and 7-in-1 Digital Media Reader all housed within a rugged yet lightweight silver and red colored laptop case.

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Troubleshooting a new or refurbished laptops performance issue will often require taking a look at the system resources being used in the Windows Task Manager.

For example on an XP or Vista laptop the easiest way to open the Task Manager is to right click the Task Bar and choose Task Manager. The first tab which is called Applications is handy for discovering what actual applications are open at that specific point in time. This is useful because it can give an indication of what is causing the amount of Processes which are running. You can also see if any known spyware happens to be running as well.

The running processes are what you should really be interested in if it is a performance issue or there is suspected spyware infestation. Along the bottom of the Task Manager window you can see the number of processes running and you can also see the current CPU usage. If the system is basically idle your CPU usage should be very low as in basically zero.

If you just move your finger along the touchpad of your laptop computer then you will see the CPU Usage respond by going up a few percentage points. This is perfectly normal but if your processor is pegged at 100% then there is definitely a piece of software causing the performance issue. This is when I would look at the Processes running eating up the system resources in XP and other Windows operating systems.
If you click on the Processes tab next to the Applications tab you will then see the actual files and processes which are running as well as their PID, the amount of system memory they are using, and the percentage of the CPU they are using. This is where you can identify which file is using up system resources and 100% of the processor in this example.

You can sort the columns by clicking on the word CPU for example along the top of the Task Manager window. If you click on it once you will see it change from lowest to highest. System Idle Process will always show very high like 99% when no instructions are being sent to the processor.

However in this example if you were to find an application or file taking up a very large percentage of the new or refurbished laptops CPU power constantly, then you would be able to research and identify the file so that you could identify the application it is associated with. If it where spyware then you would know what you are dealing with and could progress accordingly. If it were an application which you intentionally use on your laptop computer then you would have to begin troubleshooting the particular application as to why it is eating up so much of the system resources and processing power.

There is a great deal more which can be done with the Task Manager when using it as a laptop troubleshooting tool. However this is just very basic information on how we use it when we are troubleshooting system resources on XP or Vista or basically any Microsoft operating system these days.

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When dealing with removing the MacBook logic board there are some rather obvious differences over PC motherboards. This is not a job for anyone who does not possess at least some experience with replacing logic boards in general. Be sure you have all of the necessary tools ahead of time in order to allow for a smooth process. The overall layout and design will be noticeably different until you get used to replacing a MacBook logic board.

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When replacing logic boards on new or refurbished laptops in the field you may find that the need for some place to keep all of the screws can become an issue. I used to use a piece of packaging foam from the box which the replacement board came in, to hold all of the tiny screws in their own little areas so that I could actually keep track of the various sizes. Some PC laptops as well as Apple laptops will have a rather annoying variety of different sized screws to have to deal with when changing out the logic board.

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