how does electric leak occur?? i dont know someone teach me?
Dell XPS M1210 Support Thread #1, COD4? No problem...
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ May 31 2007, 04:03 AM) All the drivers needed can be downloaded from the link in frontpage (the dell support website)... Just make sure you TURN YOUR BLUETOOTH on before you do anything that involves a full OS reinstall... I found that part the hard way... Eiraku...did you formatted your XPS and installed everything back?...or you remain whats from the beginning?  Just pop the CD in, clear the main partition and install XP there... That shouldn't disturb the recovery partition or Media Direct in any way...  BTW, how may of you actually USE Media Direct on a regular basis? I'd rather turn the M1210 on to play DVDs, so I cleared up the MD partition and claimed the 2GBs for myself... What about you guys? I'm having fun VNC'ing my ground floor Fujitsu lappy at the moment... Never knew remote controlling computers were this fun... Now I'm having less and less reasons to go downstairs, which is bad...   i'm thinking for formating everything and install back what is important...  sometimes felt my XPS getting slower...most of 6400 users advice to format and install what you want...any advice from here?  and mind to share how your cleared the MD partition?...so the MD button/functions no more function is it?... it seems 2gbs is quite big when it comes to your HDD capacity getting smaller... QUOTE(derred @ Jun 1 2007, 03:08 PM) wow to hear a lappie flex or wobbles and stuff, i feel lucky to own 17 incher lappy. At least on the plus side, mine doesnt wobble or flex at all. It just sits stably ever after. got question here...installed MS Office 03...the problems is whenever using/open Outlook(updates/edit contacts)...the temperature went high...and the CPU movement going a bit unstable...@pigduck, i guess ur replacement just working so fine. For the OS slowdown, let me know if u r using XP, i have few tips to give an extra boost (10-15%) for just OS interface. Have fun while the lappy has the crown. In 6-12 months time, i bet most of us already felt like we all own a bunch of lemons.. especially when 8800M inside Santa Rosa comes out. sometimes it reached up to 60++...as my normal around 49-52C... it only happened when using Outlook...when close everything turns normal...  currently using XP Home(ori setting)...does the problems related to the OS... is it need to upgrade to XP Pro?...any suggestions?... QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 3 2007, 10:03 AM) Well, knowing that the M1210 has better specs/price ration than a MacBook automatically makes you a bit more then a mere noob, congrats... if not mistaken in the previous XPS thread...got a number of female users... And welcome, the first female member (or at least the first one who has admitted her gender) of the LYN XPS M1210 group... even now...you should noticed that eiraku...scared they might felt disappointed as their existence seems to be unknown... no heart feeling...Peace... QUOTE(caramel.nut @ Jun 3 2007, 05:58 PM) Hmm... initially I thought I was having problems with the adapter. Dell technician came over and gave me a new adapter and changed a few parts in the laptop but that didn't solve the problem. Anyhow, my dad was testing my laptop last night running on battery alone and yet he still get the mild electric shock. mind to upload your adapter photos?...the pin part...Agree with pigduck the webcam is one of the culprit areas. Other parts include absolute left side, middle (the part to plug in mic and earphones) and absolute right side of the front area. Other parts are ok. actually this kind of electric problems was discussed in the previous thread... hoped its the same...happened to my unit also... the original set came with a 2-pin adapter...and called Dell and they change with a 3-pin adapter(the arrangement is like mickey face and not a straight line)... this kind of advices/notices was posted in the Inspiron 6400 thread... as most/some of them faced this kind of problems...try to ask steventan...  think he can help you out(supposed)...  QUOTE(CONANDOR @ Jun 3 2007, 09:52 PM) so i guess it doesnt make much diffence lo? lol erksss...don't say like that...even that small number of sizes got big differences in processing your system... although extra 2MB cache would make d differences  anyway...depends on your daily usaged...are you the typed that using lots of program or just a normal usage... for me got big differences...anyway...others might have better opinions/suggestions... all the best in choosing your XPS...mind to report it here... |
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Jun 3 2007, 10:59 PM
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Hey guys, juz discovered something regarding the humming noise frm the fan area....
I get the humming noise only when the Wifi is on! When the wifi is off, there's no humming noise at all! I don't know why also..... Weird... Try yours and see! i guess it should be the same too.... |
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Jun 3 2007, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE(porkchop @ Jun 3 2007, 10:24 PM) how does electric leak occur?? i dont know someone teach me? hmmm....how to explained...whenever you pluged in your adapter... then try touch certain parts of the notebook...you would feel some electric coming to you... anyway...thats what happened to some of XPS users... QUOTE(dingding @ Jun 3 2007, 10:59 PM) Hey guys, juz discovered something regarding the humming noise frm the fan area.... is it the same as hissing noise or different?...if different...then,it didn't happened on my unit... I get the humming noise only when the Wifi is on! When the wifi is off, there's no humming noise at all! I don't know why also..... Weird... Try yours and see! i guess it should be the same too....  don't know if others is like that...so anyone tried as what dingding mentioned? |
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Jun 3 2007, 11:35 PM
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@unknowndevices
to answer your previous question, nah its not the OS problem. That is normal workload (i guess bcoz it doesnt get TOO or that high for me). For that type of softwares, they do eat some of cpu powers to work. But mind that my CPU is single-core, so urs might not working so well if its really laggish or some sort. Mine works like a charm even with a normal multi-tasking. I'll say that is just normal and u dont need to change your OS for that. I'll be back in minutes with pics of tutorial how-to boost some OS performance. This post has been edited by derred: Jun 3 2007, 11:40 PM |
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Jun 3 2007, 11:37 PM
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QUOTE(NewbieBetta @ Jun 3 2007, 09:13 PM) anyone here is using the Roxio software come with ur xps?Im having an error pop up..its due to some others dell software,but i duno which izzit..cause i just format it & this wont happen to me,i had test it..then i start installing dell's hardware latest update software,then the error will pop up...i had monitor this quite some time & i tought it was cause by ahem office & adobe..but i havent install both of them yet.. Get the update available from Dell... Roxio DOES have a problem with Vista out of the box... anyone had switch to nero?or other burning software? I still use Roxio most of the time, it's more convenient... You can't drag and drop files with Nero in Vista... I dunno why... QUOTE(CONANDOR @ Jun 3 2007, 09:37 PM) thinking of getting a XPS soon. Like what NewbieBetta said, the difference is in the L2 cache... But don't let the 2MB difference fool you: If you have the money, get the T7200... I was budget limited, so I was unable to get it... wondering what's d difference between Core 2 Duo T5600 and Core 2 Duo T7200. pls advice. thx  Regretting it rite now... Haha...  QUOTE(unknowndevices @ Jun 3 2007, 10:31 PM) Eiraku...did you formatted your XPS and installed everything back?...or you remain whats from the beginning? 1. As I'm using Vista, there's a disk partition program built rite into it... Just use it to delete the MD partition.... I'll write out a HOWTO if anybody's interested... i'm thinking for formating everything and install back what is important... sometimes felt my XPS getting slower...most of 6400 users advice to format and install what you want...any advice from here? and mind to share how your cleared the MD partition?...so the MD button/functions no more function is it?... it seems 2gbs is quite big when it comes to your HDD capacity getting smaller... got question here...installed MS Office 03...the problems is whenever using/open Outlook(updates/edit contacts)...the temperature went high...and the CPU movement going a bit unstable... sometimes it reached up to 60++...as my normal around 49-52C... it only happened when using Outlook...when close everything turns normal... currently using XP Home(ori setting)...does the problems related to the OS... is it need to upgrade to XP Pro?...any suggestions?... if not mistaken in the previous XPS thread...got a number of female users... even now...you should noticed that eiraku...scared they might felt disappointed as their existence seems to be unknown... no heart feeling...Peace... 2. I don't think it's an OS related problem. But not sure... I was never a outlook fan, a bit more used to using Thunderbird. Try using T-bird and see if it still overtaxes your CPU... 3. I'm just not that good at guessing gender in forums, I guess... No hard feelings people... Added on June 3, 2007, 11:39 pm QUOTE(dingding @ Jun 3 2007, 10:59 PM) Hey guys, juz discovered something regarding the humming noise frm the fan area.... Wifi + on batteries? I think some people had written about it in a few forums... It's a sub-set of the hissing/screeching syndrome... I get the humming noise only when the Wifi is on! When the wifi is off, there's no humming noise at all! I don't know why also..... Weird... Try yours and see! i guess it should be the same too.... No such problems that I'm aware of over here though... This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 3 2007, 11:41 PM |
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Jun 3 2007, 11:46 PM
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Jun 3 2007, 11:49 PM
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QUOTE(caramel.nut @ Jun 3 2007, 05:58 PM) Hmm... initially I thought I was having problems with the adapter. Dell technician came over and gave me a new adapter and changed a few parts in the laptop but that didn't solve the problem. Anyhow, my dad was testing my laptop last night running on battery alone and yet he still get the mild electric shock. I also facing the same problem. Webcam is the only place that electricity leakage. Other parts seem OK for me.Agree with pigduck the webcam is one of the culprit areas. Other parts include absolute left side, middle (the part to plug in mic and earphones) and absolute right side of the front area. Other parts are ok. |
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Here is the tutorial for XP users for some OS performance boost. Now can anyone tell me what is the interface-difference u notice after u do this? Like what changes that u notice after applying this? I did this for my friends, they couldnt notice anything as they didnt do it themselves. If non-XP users somehow figure it out, keep it shut let those XP users explain.. ok here it is:
 right click on the desktop and go to Properties 
go to appearance tab 
click on the effects 
uncheck what is the red circle. U can uncheck those on greens too but u can leave it be if u dont want it. yeh its that easy. Like i said, its more to avoid major slowdown than a boost.Why? bcoz we already minimize CPU or memory workload for the interface, so they can focus on the softwares like Office Adobe etc, not the explorer window,Microsoft office window and the list goes on. Again i already ask u guys to tell me what is the differences after doing this, once u get it u know what im talking about. I hope this helps. and oh, there is one more option to minimize the interface-look to gain some performance. But trust me, this one is ugly and u might not want to try it. However, still depends on the votes. Im still using AlienGUI with this setting and it doesnt slow me a thing. ADDED: about the log-on password, i think it will takes awhile. I think some of u guys might need it. I have a vid tutorial that i already posted on Metacafe, but there is some typo mistake i made so i dont want to point some of u guys to the wrong direction. Its better to have things rite from the beginning to the end. I'll do pics tutorial to encourage more interested ppl to try it. This post has been edited by derred: Jul 1 2007, 06:02 PM |
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Jun 3 2007, 11:55 PM
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 3 2007, 03:30 PM) Voltage regulator + full use 4 pin extension plug here... No electric leaks... Eiraku, does Vista cause any extra problem for you compare to XP? I thinking to upgrade my OS to Vista. Any problem with the driver?Added on June 3, 2007, 3:34 pm Like I said, interesting stuff... Shame I'm on Vista rite now... Last time I even had a flash driven log-on screen for my WinXP, full animation summore... Ah, days long gone... |
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QUOTE(derred @ Jun 3 2007, 11:50 PM) Oh haha, that goes differently for me. Im good with guessing thing. I think that kind of instinct made me get better scores if those exams are in multiple choices. It prob some bs but i could see some patterns so u tell me.. Will paste Frontpage... Essential for XP in my opinion, if you value speed/performance over eye-candy...  ADDED: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(ahchew @ Jun 3 2007, 11:55 PM) Eiraku, does Vista cause any extra problem for you compare to XP? I thinking to upgrade my OS to Vista. Any problem with the driver? Well, for me Vista is smoother in all it's DWM'y hardware accelerated desktop goodness... But is it more stable then XP? Well, in comparison, my old XP machine DOES lock up and forces me to HARD RESET more then this current Vista machine... And I notice that Vista's a bit better in managing memory and recovering from Explorer.exe crashes (maybe it's the 2GB RAM?)... Drivers? Vista Nvidia drivers are quite crap right now for the 7400... Do you play a lot of games? If you do, you'll notice a slight performance drop due to this... But everything else seems okay enough... Basically if you don't really care about gaming performance and want the bling-bling of the DWM desktop, get Vista. If you care more about extracting the last ounce of performance out of the 7400go, stick with XP... This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2007, 12:17 AM |
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 3 2007, 11:37 PM) 1. As I'm using Vista, there's a disk partition program built rite into it... Just use it to delete the MD partition.... I'll write out a HOWTO if anybody's interested... 1.ooo...mean you didn't formatted your XPS and install back you Vista?...2. I don't think it's an OS related problem. But not sure... I was never a outlook fan, a bit more used to using Thunderbird. Try using T-bird and see if it still overtaxes your CPU... 3. I'm just not that good at guessing gender in forums, I guess... No hard feelings people... maybe Vista have different kind fo erasing/clearing some parts to free memory...thats cool... 2.regarding the outlook thing...i'm referring to keeping contacts... meaning...all my contacts information were kept in the MS Outlook... problems occur when open the programs...it starts getting unstable...don't know why...temperature go high also... 3.only they can answer that... QUOTE(dingding @ Jun 3 2007, 11:46 PM) The humming/hissing noisei mean here isn't the hard disk noise.... it's the noise that seems to come from the fan.... ooo...understood...as for mine...no noise... some high pitched noise.... QUOTE(derred @ Jun 3 2007, 11:50 PM) Oh haha, that goes differently for me. Im good with guessing thing. I think that kind of instinct made me a CS 1.6 team leader i guess, and get better scores if those exams are in multiple choices. It prob some bs but i could see some patterns so u tell me.. erksss...guess...derred is strong and good for guess/instinct part is it?...  here my another problems occurred...really annoyed...   when i left my XPS unused...suddenly the wifi thing off by itself... happened recently after i updates my Intel proset wireless thing...as the Dell pop-up came out to ask to updated... even i updated my BIOS to the latest version 5 to 7...still problem occur... thought the problems could be fixed once i updated my BIOS... last time,if left the XPS on(unused)at night and used it back in the morning...no problems...what exactly happened?...  but lately...even when i'm still on the net...the wifi thing turn it off by itself... even if switch off and wait 5-10minutes...turn on back...still no wifi(light also didn't on)... then need to restart back my XPS in order to use the wifi back... anyone facing this kind of problems... This post has been edited by unknowndevices: Jun 4 2007, 12:25 AM |
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 3 2007, 11:16 AM) Will paste Frontpage... Essential for XP in my opinion, if you value speed/performance over eye-candy... Eiraku, this one is tricky. U dont need to sacrifice the eye-candy for this one. Trust me there will be a little few of ppl will notice the difference than ppl that will notice the difference. Let us see some feedbacks shall we. It's like a magic haha. I'll tell whats the difference after awhile.@unknowndevice dont skip post haha, its up there my fren. Added on June 4, 2007, 12:24 am QUOTE(unknowndevices @ Jun 3 2007, 11:18 AM) erksss...guess...derred is strong and good for guess/instinct part is it?... P/S:There is a pic tutorial about 10% OS performance boost for XP users. Scroll up further and search for my previous post. (sorry i will be doing this for awhile, some of ppl have seen it, especially Eiraku haha) This post has been edited by derred: Jul 1 2007, 06:07 PM |
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Jun 4 2007, 12:30 AM
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I feel like a cow....
anyway, the camera is leaking electricity as we speak. plugged it into a singapore wall socket (in singapore now), still leaking... dunno...i feel like such a bad person... |
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QUOTE(derred @ Jun 4 2007, 12:19 AM) Eiraku, this one is tricky. U dont need to sacrifice the eye-candy for this one. Trust me there will be a little few of ppl will notice the difference than ppl that will notice the difference. Let us see some feedbacks shall we. It's like a magic haha. I'll tell whats the difference after awhile. did edited my post...sorry for skipping it... @unknowndevice dont skip post haha, its up there my fren. Added on June 4, 2007, 12:24 am you are so funny haha. hmm caramel.nut can tell u more about that i think. I random guess her gender and her will soon to be university. and thanks for your short tutorial...would look for the changes... Eiruka...do post what derred post in the first page...for future references for others... hmmm...by two or three replies managed you to guess some of caramel's background...  wonder what she will be taking there?...guess,its a famous university in states right? about my wifi problems...you have any comments or ideas about it?... |
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Jun 4 2007, 12:40 AM
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P/S:There is a pic tutorial about 10% OS performance boost for XP users. Scroll up further and search for my previous post. (sorry i will be doing this for awhile, some of ppl have seen it, especially Eiraku haha)
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QUOTE(pigduck @ Jun 4 2007, 12:30 AM) I feel like a cow.... Urk... Relax man... Don't let it get to you... anyway, the camera is leaking electricity as we speak. plugged it into a singapore wall socket (in singapore now), still leaking... dunno...i feel like such a bad person... QUOTE(derred @ Jun 4 2007, 12:40 AM) haha for her privacy sake, I wouldnt want to mention my guess here at forums, but my hinted guess will be it will start with M_________ institute of technology if she is super genius, OR S________ institute of technology / R_________ institute of technology if she is thinking for this particular career. I could be wrong here, bcoz starting from here, there are some bias involved in this one. Ahhh... MIT... The land of em crazy super geniuses... P/S:There is a pic tutorial about 10% OS performance boost for XP users. Scroll up further and search for my previous post. (sorry i will be doing this for awhile, some of ppl have seen it, especially Eiraku haha) How I envy them... Added on June 4, 2007, 1:46 amAbout your tip derred, it's applicable to Vista too actually... Though I'm a bit addicted to ClearType and it's antialiased fonts, so I keep that one on... Turning off the window content bla bla bla does make Windows a lot smoother even in Vista... Will mod your how-to a bit to reflect this... Permission? This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2007, 01:46 AM |
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Jun 4 2007, 02:07 AM
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haha do what ever u like with it.. we are here to share dont we ?
and im currently doing the tutorial for the log-on thingy. @Eiraku now tell me, what is the virtual difference u notice after changing the effect? and did u get the PM from me? P/S:There is a pic tutorial about 10% OS performance boost for XP users. Scroll up further and search for my previous post. (sorry i will be doing this for awhile, some of ppl have seen it, especially Eiraku haha) This post has been edited by derred: Jun 4 2007, 02:36 AM |
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Jun 4 2007, 02:07 AM
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Ah... Another thing... I found out the Acer Gemstone wobbles too...
Granted it's a Acer... QUOTE Our only qualms are that its reflective CrystalBrite coating renders it nearly unusable in direct sunlight, and that the hinge is quite unstable. It wobbles noticeably even sitting on a desk and even more so when being used on a train or plane. Check out the review on CNet... Seems like, besides the strange-ish design and 8600M GT GPU, its just another Acer after all... Added on June 4, 2007, 2:18 amHOW-TO posted Frontpage... This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 4 2007, 02:18 AM |
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Jun 4 2007, 02:33 AM
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 4 2007, 01:42 AM) Urk... Relax man... Don't let it get to you... did figured out what derred posted... Ahhh... MIT... The land of em crazy super geniuses... How I envy them... Added on June 4, 2007, 1:46 amAbout your tip derred, it's applicable to Vista too actually... Though I'm a bit addicted to ClearType and it's antialiased fonts, so I keep that one on... Turning off the window content bla bla bla does make Windows a lot smoother even in Vista... Will mod your how-to a bit to reflect this... Permission? anyway back to caramel if she mind to share with us... yups...any of those three places is a really really for super duper computer studies/research...lucky for her...  QUOTE(derred @ Jun 4 2007, 02:07 AM) haha do what ever u like with it.. we are here to share dont we ? yeah!...another good-to-share-information from derred... and im currently doing the tutorial for the log-on thingy. @Eiraku now tell me, what is the virtual difference u notice after changing the effect? do share with us...and look forward to be posted in the front-page... i'm posting again about my problems...hoping anyone could figure out this problems: when i left my XPS unused...suddenly the wifi thing off by itself... happened recently after i updates my Intel proset wireless thing...as the Dell pop-up came out to ask to updated... even i updated my BIOS to the latest version 5 to 7...still problem occur... thought the problems could be fixed once i updated my BIOS... last time,if left the XPS on(unused)at night and used it back in the morning...no problems...what exactly happened?... but lately...even when i'm still on the net...the wifi thing turn it off by itself... even if switch off and wait 5-10minutes...turn on back...still no wifi(light also didn't on)... then need to restart back my XPS in order to use the wifi back... anyone facing this kind of problems... |
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