Hello guys,

Actually, I'm one of the Dell Inspiron 1420 owner and I have own it for approximately 2 years. Hereby, I would like to share my reviews, experience (sweet or bad) and etc about my laptop. Hopefully, I can get some Dell Inspiron 1420 owners to join this thread and share their precious experience with me as well as other owners. For instance, installing new Windows or Mac OS (Microsoft Windows 7 or Mac OS X Snow Leopard), new accessories along with the laptop, problems (hardwares or softwares) and etc ...

Below are the basic specifications of my laptop:

1. Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2,4 GHz
2. Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
3. Windows edition: Windows Vista Home Premium-Service Pack 2
3. System type: 32-bit Operating System
4. Windows Experience Index: 3.7
5. Graphics Card Information:
(i) Components: GeForce 8400M GS
(ii) Dedicated Video Memory: 128 MB
(iii) DirectX version: 10.0






"List of Glory" - Owners of Dell Inspiron 1420:
1. Jeffrey1987
2. shirley_andy
3. ShenWoo
4. peachy88
5. chrishii87
6. miloy2k
7. jenzz
8. lugiamcg
9. UltimatePerfect
10. bo093
11. mad_man
12. pronamide
13. Nemesis181188
14. wan7045
15. lazo

* PS: Please PM me if you are one of the Dell Inspiron 1420 User & I will add you guys into this "List of Glory" ...

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: May 23 2010, 10:19 PM

I bought my Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop at the price of RM 3700 last two years. Along with the package, I also got a free Targus backpack, that is, Targus Pulse II Backpack (black). Below is the link of Targus:

(maybe you can have a look on how my backpack looks like)


http://www.targus.com/my/cases_notebook_ba...=2&PageNumber=5



This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Jan 28 2010, 05:39 PM

Dear Dell Inspiron 1420 owners:

Below are some of my Dell Inspiron 1420 images, have a look ...





















This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Feb 5 2010, 02:31 AM

Oo... the battery part got LED one arh??? Nvr notice it... My sis using 1420. She got the remote but dunno why not functioning. Lolz

Yea. if I'm not mistaken,currently only Dell laptops have LED battery indicators compared to other brands like Acer, Lenovo and etc. In my opinion, I think it was a good idea to add this LED battery indicator as occasionally a laptop user may want to check the availability of his/her battery on the spot without plugging in and switching on the laptop. Thus, I want to give this credit to Dell!

As for the multimedia remote control, it was so unfortunate that your sister's one was malfunction. Maybe you can ask her to replace a new battery for her remote control. That might be a solution. Anyway, I usually used it for my presentation (Microsoft Power Point) and also for my MOVIE session in my laptop. I will use it to play/pause/stop during the movie session as I'm lazy to move around so much when I'm watching a movie @ drama.

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Jan 30 2010, 09:33 PM

~~ just found that the led will only light up if press that button. My studio 15 one also got but is 5 white leds... can use as torch light!!

But I'm doubt that it can be used as torch light ... hehehe ...

Another DELL 1420 user here...
You bought yours at RM3700??? why so expensive?? what you've upgraded??

I got my Black coloured one at around 2.6k(almost 18months ago), my upgrade during purchase was Nvidia 8400 GS, Windows Vista HP(although now I already reformatted it with Win7).

Had problem with the display once and they sent technician to change the whole motherboard for me..

Till now no problem and loving it with my Win7.... If only it could have fitted better GC, my current Nvidia 8400 can't play games in full details.

Better be careful as 8400 GS is one of the problematic cards from NVidia, seems that you already spoiled the display once and maybe in near future the problem might occur...you can google for 8400/8600 GS problem, its one of defective product from NVidia.

Welcome to our new thread ... hehehe ... actually I almost forgot what I have upgraded ... Below are some of the basic upgrade options that I have customized last time:

1. Processor T8300 (2.4 GHz)
2. 4 GB RAM (667MHz)
3. Screen Resolutions 1440x900
4. Targus backpack

That's all if I'm not mistaken ... How about yours? What have you upgraded?

As for problems, luckily I have encountered no major problems during the years ... Oh yea, how you got Windows 7 drivers for Dell Inspiron 1420? Mind to tell me?

For gaming part, I'm not really in it. Thus, I have no idea on how bad it is ... hehehehe ... but I have heard before that 8400M GS is problematic ... be careful!

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Feb 2 2010, 07:25 AM

Well, comparing both Jeff & Shirley price, its reasonable as Jeff bought his 2 years ago which by means that the market price at that time are still high and now its gotten much more cheaper (which Shirley bought hers at RM2600 that this 18 months ago)...

@Jeff
Got any problem with your display before??

Luckily is a big NO for me ... maybe because I seldom use it for gaming ... I usually used my laptop for surfing internet only ... Besides that, I'm also using cooler pad ... but now not anymore ... because at Germany, the room temperature is quite low (around 20 degree celsius) ...

Well, then its for you...often heard problem from laptop equipped with 8400M/8600M GS...well, maybe temp playing a big part here

Yea, I do agree with you ... because the Dell Inspiron 1420 easily heat up ... so we have to be careful with the temperature ... hehehe

Wow, then hopefully it(8400 GraphicCard) won't spoil again cuz it's already no more on waranty...
Anyway almost all driver is workable on Win7... Only the 8400GS graphic card I have to re download the driver cuz switching from 32 bit to 64 bit

Guys. I need some help here about my wireless.

Recently my laptop had been disconnecting randomly when its connected to a network but the network is still available(HP laptop as witness)

Did any of you suffered the same?

Mine was white, bought a year ago, change the display screen twice in less than 6 months...the technician sed, this model normally is display screen problem lur...^^''
Anyway, Dell service was fast...keke...

I personally don't have this kind of problem occured ... but sometimes my laptop do hard to connect to the existing wireless network ... maybe due to my poor wireless card and the type of wireless router? I don't have any idea about it ... sorry.

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Added on February 3, 2010, 10:53 pm O.M.G ... so unfortunate ... Luckily, your laptop is still under warranty ...

Anyway, your laptop cover is same colour as mine. I'm loving it so much till now though it already 2 years old.

Oh yea, do you have any minor problems occured besides that?

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Added on February 3, 2010, 11:08 pmOh yea, do you mind to share with us what is your laptop specifications? Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Feb 3 2010, 11:08 PM

hi, i'm one of the user too. bought it a year plus already. got problems with gpu. and lucky it's still under warranty and got my laptop's motherboard changed. i have a question to ask, i'm using windows 7 32bits. does anyone have a problem with the bluetooth? mine not working with the vista driver...

so far nope try checking dell website for latest driver maybe got already