well the technician never scratch it but it was knocked on my table when he was lifting my laptop from the table,i dont know if that has any impact on my laptop itself and i suspect the motherboard is faulty,never see any refurbish on top of the packaging,not sure about the bottom of the packaging though,i dont want to end up with a dead mobo.my gaming performance since to have dropped quite a lot after the replacement,even before replacement it already has problems in games sometimes it would just lag for a split second like some owners in here mentioned but i just ignored it anyway,i have sent an email to the customer care manager that handled my 1st replacement,i wrote clearly in the email that i would want to request a replacement if they cant fix my problem during the next on site service,this is frustrating for me because i only have 1 year warranty,if anything happens after 1 year i am seriously screwed 

I think you need to give it some time to "warm up".

Remember the first boot with the new mobo,it takes exceptionally long to boot for the first few times.

Did the technician reapply the thermal paste on the heat sink? If he didnt,call Dell and ask them to add some on the heat sink.

Dell Malaysia really need to improve their QC.It suxs.

Dunno should i call Dell Aus or not to fix my keyboard problem.It's a bit budge in the middle if you look at it carefully.

the technician did run a diagnostic after installing the mobo,no problems found,he just swap the mobo....i didnt see him doing any thermal paste though   .....boot up was the same as before just that my graphic card performance is performing badly in games that it suppose to handle with ease.In WoW my frame rate will drop as low as 20fps now as oppose to last time it will only drop the most is 40fps,it feels as if i am running on a 8400gs but the device manager shows it is a 8600m gt which is really weird.i have tried changing drivers but still the same  .I will probably get a call regarding my request for a replacement from the customer care manager on monday,i have already sent an email regarding my problem.

ok then i guess my noise was caused by the HDD, but its abit too loud isnt it

btw anyone face this problem? whenever i play my songs, in the later part of the song, it will like stucked for a few seconds even my older xp never have this problem

try change the HDD Acoustic Mode in BIOS/Performance
from Bypass/Quiet to Performance
check whether it's make any different or not....

sure, i will ttry it soon, thanks

then do u have any idea for that music lag?

if you're using vista, advisable to change the following option:
go to control panel, open Sound, double click Speaker/Headphones
Under Enhancement tab, check Disable all enchancements
after apply reboot try again.

this is known issue that we already discuss here before, can use search for more details or post from others for result.

the technician did run a diagnostic after installing the mobo,no problems found,he just swap the mobo....i didnt see him doing any thermal paste though   .....boot up was the same as before just that my graphic card performance is performing badly in games that it suppose to handle with ease.In WoW my frame rate will drop as low as 20fps now as oppose to last time it will only drop the most is 40fps,it feels as if i am running on a 8400gs but the device manager shows it is a 8600m gt which is really weird.i have tried changing drivers but still the same  .I will probably get a call regarding my request for a replacement from the customer care manager on monday,i have already sent an email regarding my problem.

i totally agree that dell malaysia should improve and be more efficient in their QC even mine had cosmetic problems.

if you're using vista, advisable to change the following option:
go to control panel, open Sound, double click Speaker/Headphones
Under Enhancement tab, check Disable all enchancements
after apply reboot try again.

this is known issue that we already discuss here before, can use search for more details or post from others for result.

Dear all,

I am at a lost should i purchase XPS or Toshiba.

XPS looks really cool but seems to have alot of problems.

Will you guys recommend me XPS as you guys are the experts with first hand experience : )

Dont really trust the c-net rating.

THanks in advance

Dear all,

I am at a lost should i purchase XPS or Toshiba.

XPS looks really cool but seems to have alot of problems.

Will you guys recommend me XPS as you guys are the experts with first hand experience : )

Dont really trust the c-net rating.

THanks in advance

Dear all,

I am at a lost should i purchase XPS or Toshiba.

XPS looks really cool but seems to have alot of problems.

Will you guys recommend me XPS as you guys are the experts with first hand experience : )

Dont really trust the c-net rating.

THanks in advance

Tried running on external power?
If you are running on Nvidia drivers, it seem like Nvidia powermizer will tune down core/memory speed when running on battery. I can confirm my Acer with 8600M GT also same problem when running on battery. Will lag...

That fella didnt reapply thermal paste.Thats why it's causing the performance drop while gaming.

Well, just listen for the fan sound in a quiet environment, execute some processor demanding activities to make the fan run, or you can just download temperature ad fan monitoring softwares like SpeedFan to check the speed of your fan, or just turn the fan to maximum speed to listen or feel for the turbulent air.

Sometimes, even when the fan is running at max rate, you won't feel much of the air coming out, that's because your ventilation chamber is blocked. You'll have to remove the fan unit to clean it. It really helps, done it on my old laptops.

Anyways, where is the heat? if it is at the left palm rest, then the fan doesn't actually help much, cuz I don't think the hard disk heat is coducted well to the heat sink.

i am running on external power 24/7 so i dont think thats the problem,i have googled about the sudden fps drop,seems quite a few got the problem with nvidia cards but rare.
during normal surfing never feel its hot la but during gaming the fan is spinning faster than last time, btw anyone knows why there is a difference in texture fillrate of my card and other m1530 seems to be different  look at this

That fella didnt reapply thermal paste.Thats why it's causing the performance drop while gaming.

Call them to add the thermal paste.If not,even surf net,your com also heat up.Can feel the right side much hotter than usual.
Yeah,mine also but i dont dare to call them cause when they fix something,they might broken something else.
How about sound hang?My M1530's sound card will hang ie: playing the music in loops after i listen to music for more than 2 hours.

Have to restart to solve the problem.

One more question,did anyone update their Vista to SP1 with a non Windows certified GC driver like those inf modded driver from laptopvideo2go.com?

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Added on June 15, 2008, 12:23 pm

It depends on luck.

Some did not have problems at all.

i notice it hang .. when i update the dell sound driver sigma something ... when i use the windows driver ..it doesnt ..

Oh ok,so,it's something wrong with the sound card driver.

Does anyone else have this problem?

tried 3 different modded drivers also no use, same result 

need help !! how come the TV-Out is not working with XPS M1530 ??? what should i do ??

anybody answering my question ??   

u mean 3 modded sound driver?

anybody answering my question ??   

anybody answering my question ??   

have you try plugin it in ur tv and restart??

is your tv-out cable purchased from dell?  is svideo-to-rca or svideo-to-svideo?
if you have both option, the best is svideo-to-svideo.
some of third party cable are not compatible, bear in mind.

check the nvidia control panel or intel graphics properties whether it can detect the tv or not.
you may try update driver, still cannot then consider buy cable from dell or get other cable but bring notebook test it before buy again.

yea it dont works.
Unfortunenately the cable wasn't come with Dell by the time i bought . But i manage to get a 7 pin cable svideo to svideo straight to TV at pc outlet shops .Normally they dont provide a test on cable b4 buy thats the major problem .

I have the exact same problem have not been able to make it work too. I am suspecting that we have to get the cable from Dell, should be a compatibality problem with the third party cable. Mine detects the TV but no display is shown, when hitting the F8 key it briefly shows the desktop on the TV screen for an instant only, after that blank. Works fine if using HDMI to a flat panel TV, unfortunately I don't have one    I have posted the same question quite some time back and no one seems to have an answer. Tough luck for both of us.

today the technician change my LCD to LG philips,the screen is superb!,previously was a samsung screen and have horibble grain....they change the fan now my gaming performance is as good as before....but the high pitch sound not solved yet...i am expecting a call tommorow from dell to solve this problem

hehe was really lucky to get the LG screen ,mine was the 1280x800 resolution,btw to check lcd brand go to device manager click on monitor, go to details and go to hardware id,if its LG it will show up as MONITOR/LPL0301

,Jun 16 2008, 07:12 AM]
new user here ~~

XPS M1530 (Tuxedo Black)
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 2.5Ghz 6Mb Cache 800Mhz FSB
4GB (2 X 2048MB) 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256MB
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800)
6 Cell battery
320GB SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW DL
Bluetooth Module 355
Intel 4965 Wireless-N Mini Card
Palmrest with Fingerprint reader
DELL bluetooth travel mouse
3-Year XPS Premier Service Support with 3-Year CompleteCover

hehe was really lucky to get the LG screen ,mine was the 1280x800 resolution,btw to check lcd brand go to device manager click on monitor, go to details and go to hardware id,if its LG it will show up as MONITOR/LPL0301

today the technician change my LCD to LG philips,the screen is superb!,previously was a samsung screen and have horibble grain....they change the fan now my gaming performance is as good as before....but the high pitch sound not solved yet...i am expecting a call tommorow from dell to solve this problem

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Added on June 16, 2008, 11:52 pm

did u demanded for lg?

mine show MONITOR/default_monitor..

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Added on June 16, 2008, 11:52 pm

did u demanded for lg?