Guys, my studio 1555 is already with me for 2 years and 2 months now.
I'm thinking of giving it a treatment by clearing out the dust inside the laptop.
I don't have good hands I might spoil the whole thing by doing it on my own.

Do anyone try calling Dell for laptop cleanup? Do they do service like cleaning up the inside of the laptop? My warranty is over I don't mind paying some money but it has be to appropriate of course.

mayb u can get a blower and blow in the reverse direction into the air vent? but don't blow it too strong coz u might spoil the fan

that is what i have been doing for my studio..

Will Dell accept our laptop for service? And btw where to buy the cover? The rear of LCD. Wanna get a new design coz giving the laptop to my sis.

Hi all,

Just wondering for studio 1558 users, when browsing online do you guys ever find that the default resolution makes text, icons and other stuff a little small ?

I don't find it troublesome but I usually need to zoom in for new sites (Firefox then remembers the zoom setting for the next visit).
How do you guys handle this ?

Related information:
Dell Studio 1558
Resolution : 1920 x 1080 (default setting)
Browser : Firefox 5.0

I find the same situation with Chrome, but much less with IE9. Only thing is I like using Firefox

I've tried changing the screen resolution but haven't found one that works well
Any suggestions ?

Have you increased the dpi ?

Does this suddenly happen to you? OR it happen since you got this notebook? Did you try to set (Firefox) View \ Zoom \ Reset? With resolution 1920x1080 on a 15" screen, the text & icon will look small. Try 1366x768.

No. If this will help please show me how
Well it's how it has always been on my 1558 laptop since I bought it last September. I didn't mind it at first, but then I realised that the text and icons were a little small when browsing. And I don't have the option for 1366x768. The closest is 1280 x 768 but the display seems a little blurry when I change the settings. Using the View \ Zoom \ Reset function on Firefox just brings things back to the default zoom, which makes everything pretty small.

This is my first time I heard anyone complaint the 1080p screen on Dell Studio notebook. Usually they get use to it. Can you set to 1280x800 or 1600x900 or 1440x900? You can try increased the text size in "Control Panel \ Appearance and Personality \ Make text and other items larger or smaller".

@kizwan
Haha well I'm not complaining really, the display is excellent except for this particular thing.
Anyways what you suggested worked out great ! I'm still using the 1920 x 1080 resolution but with the increased text size setting on the control panel.
Thanks for your help !

setting the dpi is nt so nice sometimes, as certain software are nt able to scale correctly.. if u are using chrome, u can goto chrome://settings/fonts and tune ur minimum font size there..

I got a website about guide to disassemble the studio laptop maybe u can try it

Hi~
I'm now using Dell Studio 1555 with 2X2GB(4GB) DDR2 800mhz Ram memory~
May I ask, can I upgrade it to 2x4GB(8GB)?
I'm found that there are 4GB single stick DDR2 ram selling in market but I worry that my laptop cannot support it~

Hey Guys,

I have the 1537 and want to get some part. Does anyone have a faulty unit they want to sell? It could also be 1555 or other Studio 15 series. Thanks

Hi, need some help from the gurus here

I have been using the Dell studio 1555 for the past 2 years. And today, out of a sudden, my laptop screen isn't working. The fans are running and I can connect to an external monitor to view the contents.

But I just want to know is there any ways to fix this? I'm running on vista home premium. Everything is stock and my warranty is long expired. Help anyone?

Try disassemble the screen and re-plug the screen cable, might just loose..

my dell 15 seem to overheat quite easily nowadays ... is it a hardware problem or i have a driver problem ( said by some of my fren which i highly doubt )

Have you cleaned the dust inside the notebook?
What specs you have and the temp during idle/load?

i've been using my Dell Studio 1555 since 2008...so far no prob 4me...nvr had a chance to call up dell customer service and try their "services"

but recently, my dvd rom having difficulties in playin sum cds..especially vcd....and i also find it hard to install sum dvd games (NBA, Fifa)....any solution for it??

Recommended by a friend@NBR, I found Shin-Etsu G751 thermal compound is better than Arctic MX-4.

(While browsing & checking email. The max temps are after running 3dMark06)

Arctic MX-4


Shin-Etsu G751


This post has been edited by kizwan: Sep 14 2011, 07:52 PM

How much is the thermal compound? i interested in getting 1 unit
Besides that, anyone from penang know how to open up the studio 1555 and apply thermal compound on it? i need some help