informative thread here.

just wondering... this lappy using glossy type of LCD or matte coated?

It comes with glossy screen.

haven't lah.... worse come to worse need to consult with the dell assistance...

victorboy... Try these few guides... Tell me if any of them work (or not)...

Guides =

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_...dows-Vista.html

http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jspa?threa...108707&tstart=0

http://cws.internet.com/article/3592-.htm

http://www.e-articles.info/e/a/title/How-t...-Windows-Vista/

http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/bizt...cle.php/3667576


Good luck!

ooo...problems still haven't solved?...
anyway...managed to get Dell assistance or you tried as what Eiraku suggested?

wah!...thanks for sharing this informative website...

just to inform, i applied AC5 on my gpus at it starts with 58 Celcius on idle.. after the first 3dmark test now its idle on 64.. even for rite now its on 63-64 Celcius on low workload.. right after ran 3dmark with SLi-enabled it went to 69-71 Celcius tops.. i love this.. my gpus run at 4 C cooler than normal.. but it says it takes some couple thousand/hundred hours to burn-in to see real temp reading with AC5 (cant remember exactly but either one). I'll let u know if it went down a couple more Celcius. This will be good for some of u with high temperature on gpu..

hmmm...what do you mean "good for some of you with high temperature on GPU"?
supposed systems with lower temperature is better right?

i mean by applying AC5 is a good alternative for those who currently have high temp reading on graphic cards n cpu.. like some of us who hit 80 on idle.. that is not normal so..

ooo...liked that...understood...

hmmm...wonder where why no discussion going around...
nothing to share about XPS or anything...come on everone...

I just got back from my day long trip to LowYat... But I was kinda on a rush, so didn't really have time to window shop, just got what I needed to buy, which was a Case Logic 13inch Shuttle neoprene sleeve and a copy of NOD32 antivirus (which I got at the student rate... RM74 from the full price of RM140, great deal!)... Reviews for both later...

But I did notice the Zalman NC-1000 laptop cooler being sold at RM150++ at All IT-Megamall... As I was trying to keep my spending low, I decided against getting a laptop cooler (gonna rely on other more primitive methods of propping my XPS at an incline to ensure good airflow = books and stuff), and bought the Case Logic sleeve instead, which I can say is easily worth the RM88 it's sold at (for one thing, it fits the M1210 perfectly)...

Next items to get (when - and if - I get another inflow of monetery resources), a big external HDD and a lappy cooler... and maybe if I'm lucky (really lucky) 2 sticks of 2GB 667MHz RAM...

Sadly, nobody's selling notebook sized gaming mice yet...

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Added on May 18, 2007, 1:59 amOn a side note, I helped a friend purchase a Sony VAIO SZ43 today... And somehow I'm really glad I got myself an XPS M1210...

Even though it's got similar specs, the SZ43 build is simply horrendous... And I thought Dell's Quality Control was bad...

Gaps beside the keyboard, gaps in the LCD frame, light leakage that's worse then even mine... And we went through all the units available in stock too... Every one of them suffered, in one degree or another, the same problems...

I never thought something assembled mainly out of metal could be so badly put together... Even the plastic heavy XPS M1210 is better built...

The sad part was, my friend just HAD to get a VAIO, and nothing else... And the build quality problems aside, the specs on the lappy was quite nice... Active HDD protection, Finger-scanner and a dual graphics system (both the Intel GMA AND the NV 7400go)...

Finally, the strange part of the tale... The other 2 higher specced SZ models (the one with the 1.83GHz C2D and the 2GHz C2D - the Premium one) had none of these problems... Ehhh...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 18 2007, 02:02 AM

well u have a point here eiraku, actually dell xps1210 is well built if compared to other so called branded brand aka sony, hp and so on...hmm now i'm thinking whether to extend my warranty to 2 years cc or not since my xps didn't encounter any problem watsoever.....touchwood still

If you've got the finances, why not? It's a few hundred ringgits for full peace of mind...

hihi you;re rite eiraku...but few hundred ringgits = RM700+ wooo.....no peace of mind like that....hohoho

omg now 1gb RAM selling at RM120 only
regret i bought it at 165 lastime argh

anyway wads the price for 2gb RAM now?

another thing, isit possible to call up dell to upgrade my warranty to 2/3 yrs complete cover?
I only have 1 yr complete cover

This post has been edited by kwws: May 18 2007, 04:16 PM

Yep, it can be done... Just call Dell up or contact Dell's Service dept... But keep in mind, a separate CC purchase is gonna cost quite a bit more...

about 700 bucks to be exact

hey guys im running on WLM 8.0 recently i jus faced problem in video calling, it keeps on disconnecting evrytime connecting video call...and when i try to setup in audio n video options evrything is ok...the webcam can be detected...
however after that my video call icon is gone!

the logitech webcam had no problems operating...jus wonder why it suddenly have problems on Wlive messenger 8.0....gonna reinstall driver to give it a try

This post has been edited by kwws: May 19 2007, 02:04 PM

hi there,im a new xps owner here,just got it today. i ordered yesterday which is friday and im kinda suprised that they process my order so fast and i having it on the next day, its a plus for Dell~

my spec are :
t7200 2ghz
2gb ram
dvd rw
nvidia go 7400
160gb HDD
1.3 mp webcam
3 yrs completecover


got a question here,what driver does this graphic card use??forceware??

congrats hi54ever...
so how much is ur xps eh?
usin vista?

wat ?

u ordered yesterday and u get it 2day ?

i think ur the most lucky person so far ... i think no 1 hav such a wonderful experience .... wats ur review for ur system so far ?