I think the Linksys's a bit more expensive at RM180++ in LY, but it's the one with the ADSL modem build in... But I'm happy with the Belkin, other then the fact that it gets really hot after a day of use.... People with wifi routers, is this normal?

For me, I'm using 3M's Scotch-Brite for the screen and other general wiping, followed up with the Camera Lens version of the Scotch-Brite (my bro got it for free from his Uni), for final wiping of the screen... Just wet the cloth with a litttttttttttttttttle water, just to get stains out, and wipe dry...

Anyone has experience on 0% citibank installment on this XPS?
I dun hv enough credit limit with my citibank credit card to make installment on my desired XPS.. Can i apply only 70% installment on the XPS? Balance i pay with other credit card..

This post has been edited by accs_centre: May 27 2007, 09:57 PM

Hey guys, just bought my XPS back in March.

Back then, everything is normal until recently, the CPU & GPU has been very hot. It runs consistently on 80C +- degrees. If you play games (well, just FIFA07), the GPU can goes up to 100C. The GPU will decrease the clock speed at this temp and everything will look like slide show. Previously, everything runs smooth, i even played Half Life 2: Episode 1 smoothly.

After much thought, i'm wondering if one of the fans is slower than it should be.
1st fan - around 4000rpm
2nd fan - around 950rpm

Anybody has any idea what happen? What's your temp while doing normal daily tasks?

Right now, 40-50C seems luxury to me.

I have 4 units of 1210 XPS running in my company. So far none of them have any issues. What I don't like about it is that it gets really hot all the time. But then my XPS is on almost 23 hours of the day. Build is OK. You definately can't compare with HP/Compaq and other brands. The Insert key is anonying. I always hit it which typing. Dunno why can Dell keep their keys location consistent like HP/Compaq laptops.

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Added on May 27, 2007, 10:53 pmWhy don't you try calling them via their 1800 number and ask thier sales people? They are pretty friendly.

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Added on May 27, 2007, 10:58 pmNormally when I start my programming work, my laptop will act like a hand warmer. The fan will start spinning will crazy and hot will be rushing out. This is very very normal for me. At time I don't darn to carry the laptop afraid of getting burned. When playing games, the GPU will top at 90C overclocked. Of course, I have a laptop cooler at the bottom when doing this.

This post has been edited by chua: May 27 2007, 10:58 PM

call them they will dispatch technician to change heatsink & fan..i face this issue too,then they changed fan & heatsink everything went back to normal..GC idle at 56C,cpu idle at 46C yeah..this is my current temp while im typing this msg

I just downloaded NHC.The latest version is compatible with Vista.I downloaded the bugfix for Dell version.And it works ok so far.

Hmm, it says that my battery wear level is 5%.Quite surprising leh since I usually use the ac adapter.Probably use it powered with battery only for less than 10 times since I got it.

This post has been edited by eyen: May 28 2007, 12:33 AM

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....
help me...my XPS can't play music....more of no sounds coming out from my XPS...
only warning sounds came out...
anyone experienced like that?...is it because of the driver...

caused...last friday...Dell's updates pop-out and ask to check and updates the driver...
so i click yes...if not mistaken...it the Intel wireless updates...as i did that at late night...
around 2-3am...so i leave the notebook on and let the download finish by itself...
meaning tomorrow morning sure can finish download and can install...
so the next morning...what i saw...the download failed...
so i ignored and didn't update(thought there won't be much different)...as the file size is big and take sometimes(evendo using streamyx )....
so yesterday(sunday) and today(monday)...can't play any music(winamp&foorbar) or to watch any movies...
no music or sounds coming out...anyone know?????....

I experienced that before, after updating the logitech webcam driver.

Control Panel - Sound

What do you see?

The Speakers/Headphones should be the default one.

There's another one, Digital Output Device. In my case, somehow that was set to default.So I removed it and the music can be heard again.

Call Dell.They should have a solution.

This post has been edited by eyen: May 28 2007, 01:20 AM

Thanks for your info, that's a big help. You see, my cpu and gpu are both 78C while i'm typing this msg. <sigh>

the webcam or a 2GB memory..which will u guys go for?need reply ASAP,thanx

and any of u guys which is on 1gb did an upgrade by getting an additional 1gb ram from outside?do the dell 1gb run dual channel with your newly bought 1gb ram?

omg..i just check with dell their 1piece of 1gb ram cost rm800..

This post has been edited by NewbieBetta: May 28 2007, 01:36 PM

as long as ur ram is same capacity , it run on dual channel ...

tis is Intel latest technology

1gb ram Rm800 ? u phone their SA ?

~ webcam and 2gb ? both of them worth the same value ...but i advice u to take webcam lar...more stylish

This post has been edited by steventan85: May 28 2007, 02:32 PM

Hello, thanks derred for feeling my annoyance.

I called DELL Customer Service yesterday (Sunday) and they told me I'd be called by someone today. She called at lunch and told me that after speaking to her manager, she was going to replace my laptop with a new one. It's good but I'm obviously scared the new one might have software/internal problems. She said usually they just send someone to fix the problem but since my problem happened on the first day, they are giving me a new one.

So far, I've been playing around with my current DELL XPS M1210 and it seems ok. Nothing too wrong wth it. Except there was this once when the system was critically low in battery and I had to plug it to a power source to resume working on it and the sound wouldn't stop ... (the resume Vista sound..) so every few seconds it'd go... "brrring..." or whatever welcome sound it makes.

So we'll see what happens. They say they hope to send it this week so we'll see.

Hopefully, I'll get a perfect system that's not a lemon. I can't believe we have to be scared to get a new system. It's weird. Most people will feel confident about getting a new system but here I am, scared the new system might have other problems.

thank god i bought the xps before i found this column.... otherwise, i would just stick to vaio...

but neway, from my own personal experience, my unit is working fine (except for that one moment when my daughter gave it a stress test) and so far the support had been exemplary.. and the technician was also pretty knowledgeable about it (lucky me )

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Added on May 28, 2007, 3:16 pmreally sorry to hear that some of you had some problem with your unit....

This post has been edited by alqa: May 28 2007, 03:16 PM

omg is this real..some say dual channel have to be same chip on both ram..

even the brand is diffrent but same speed & capacity,dual channel might not work..

yeah,i call their SA,RM800 for a piece of 1gb 533 ddr2 ram..god..

This post has been edited by NewbieBetta: May 28 2007, 03:29 PM

Do you think they'll give me a laptop that someone had problems with before or one that's fresh from the assembly line?

So worried and scared that they'll give me old parts or something. Or someone's reject.

if they promised to giv u a NEW replacement , it is not a faulty unit or rejected nor refurbished unit ...it is TOTALLY new

Im idling at 54 CPU, 56 GPU right now... Anything below 65C idle is good in my book...

I say get the RAM, you'll appreciate the performance increase... And do yourself a favour and get it from outside? 1 piece of 2 GB SODIMM is only about RM500 outside, how the heck is 1GB = RM800? Choke blood one (cekik darah)...

You'll have to hack open the keyboard to get to the second RAM slot though, instructions included in manual...

As long as you're buying RAM with the same speeds (aka, 533+533, 667+667), they should work fine... Even diff speed also would work, but they will dual channel at the slowest speed (533+667=533 dual channel)...

Or something like that...

Haha... Yeah, so much problems floating around... I'm just thankful that my XPS is just as quirky as most, without becoming a full fledged lemon...

The M1210's a good design, actually, just that Dell needs to improve their quality assurance... And talking about VAIOs, the new generation seems about just as bad as (or even worst then) the XPS in terms of build quality... Don't get me started on the SZ-44...

But everything else above the SZ-44 (even the Made in China C series) seems well build to me... I wonder why?

What do you guys use to check the GPU temperature?

NHC only shows the CPU and Harddisk temp.

I8kfanGUI...

NHC screws with my LCD brightness every time I turn it on...

Guys, just posted a pictorial of my experience having the Dell's techie over to replace the broken LCD panel at Essential Reviews & Guides