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 Dell XPS M1210 Support Thread #1, COD4? No problem...

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post Jun 12 2007, 06:43 PM

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QUOTE(subzero7 @ Jun 12 2007, 01:00 AM)
Hehe...thanx..already run out of choice, and the V3244AU price drop from 2999 to 2499with 1gbRAM oso make me go for it. oni add rm100 for another 1Gig ram..after long discussion wit deR Red, i had 2 go wit my choice. gonna use oni for 2 years like dat until grad, after dat already work sure go 4 high performance lappy.. cool2.gif have long been Nvidia supporter, dats why i dont want any Dell with ATI or GMA within my budget, if they have 6150 sure I go for one  thumbup.gif .and I'm not ready for any dedicated GPU for the time being I think, must take gud care and extra precaution rite? GPU temp and other sorts of thing scare me oo rclxub.gif juz rely on gud karma n luck so the V3 wud be free from any defect. will send back home my pingu after diz cry.gif 
    and keep up the gud work Eiraku,really need guy like u for every brand of laptop range.Dell shud give u commission ma for keeping their customer  laugh.gif after diz i join
the V3 big family thread, juz comin here coz deR Red complen me what a really low post even long time joined,hahaha...oni like to lurk around and read coz majority of the problem solution guys like u,and others (credit to u all,sory dont remember evryone) will post  rclxms.gif
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lol i was just wondering ur a member since december 2004 and u got like 8 posts, i thot u got banned or sumthing. On the other hand, some ATi cards are better for the laptops, but absolutely not all of em.

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QUOTE(hi54ever @ Jun 12 2007, 05:34 PM)
thaks for the guide dude,i've tried system restore but its not working as well...i found tat if i leave my lappy unused or turn off for whole night, the PF useage will start getting mad,but after several reboot it'll turn back to normal and also 1 thing i realise is the available physical memory was so LOW but the total is still right...now i really wonder if the cold weather is affecting this lappy,like a car,nid to heat up the engine before starting...sigh....possible?

uninsatalling quickset will disable ur webcam button on ur keyboard isnt it??do u nid any sequence in installing the driver??like 1st board driver,then the rest etc??
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Urgh... I dun have the webcam so I dunno actually... sweat.gif

Sequence? Lemme see... A safe bet would be to install in this sequence (for any laptop):

1) Motherboard, chipset, processor
2) Display
3) Networking (wifi, broadcom, bluetooth etc.)
4) Audio (remember people, SigmaTel FIRST, then SoundBlaster Audigy HD)
5) Software fixes/patches (there's one for Roxio under Vista)
6) Everything else...

This is how I install my drivers, correct me if I'm wrong people... icon_rolleyes.gif

About the PF, hmm... The coldest I can ever get out here in the Motherland is around 19c with aircond, so I wouldn't know... But actually, isn't it better for computer electronics to work under cold temps, that's why they have heatsinks and all, rite?

And another reason why PF can be so huge (and your available physical is so low) is background programs, check your SysTray... I only have 9 icons (Switcher, Samurize, Avedesk, Bluetooth, I8kfanGUI, Battery, Networking and Sound), any more then 15 icons and you're in trouble... And check for spyware/malware/adware/viruses, they tend to eat up phys and bloat the PF as well.... icon_rolleyes.gif

Other then that, Windows services... But that's a bit techie to talk about...

But the PF would not grow that large unless it NEEDS to grow that large... And for it to NEED to grow that large, I'd say you're either pushing (knowingly OR unknowingly) the programs into the pagefile from the main memory (memory optimization programs tend to do that, and it's not really good... that's why I STAY AWAY from such programs) or you're not running with enough memory to begin with... :peace

Check your startup folder (and use msconfig... tell me if you need a tut for that) to see what you're running at startup... My pagefile hovers at 800MB so 2GB is quite a problem... icon_rolleyes.gif

QUOTE(subzero7 @ Jun 12 2007, 02:00 PM)
Hehe...thanx..already run out of choice, and the V3244AU price drop from 2999 to 2499with 1gbRAM oso make me go for it. oni add rm100 for another 1Gig ram..after long discussion wit deR Red, i had 2 go wit my choice. gonna use oni for 2 years like dat until grad, after dat already work sure go 4 high performance lappy.. cool2.gif have long been Nvidia supporter, dats why i dont want any Dell with ATI or GMA within my budget, if they have 6150 sure I go for one  thumbup.gif .and I'm not ready for any dedicated GPU for the time being I think, must take gud care and extra precaution rite? GPU temp and other sorts of thing scare me oo rclxub.gif juz rely on gud karma n luck so the V3 wud be free from any defect. will send back home my pingu after diz cry.gif 
    and keep up the gud work Eiraku,really need guy like u for every brand of laptop range.Dell shud give u commission ma for keeping their customer  laugh.gif after diz i join
the V3 big family thread, juz comin here coz deR Red complen me what a really low post even long time joined,hahaha...oni like to lurk around and read coz majority of the problem solution guys like u,and others (credit to u all,sory dont remember evryone) will post  rclxms.gif
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Thanks man, and dun shy-shy to PM me or anything if you got any problems... I'll try my best to help! icon_rolleyes.gif

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 12 2007, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(subzero7 @ Jun 12 2007, 02:00 PM)
Hehe...thanx..already run out of choice, and the V3244AU price drop from 2999 to 2499with 1gbRAM oso make me go for it. oni add rm100 for another 1Gig ram..after long discussion wit deR Red, i had 2 go wit my choice. gonna use oni for 2 years like dat until grad, after dat already work sure go 4 high performance lappy.. cool2.gif have long been Nvidia supporter, dats why i dont want any Dell with ATI or GMA within my budget, if they have 6150 sure I go for one  thumbup.gif .and I'm not ready for any dedicated GPU for the time being I think, must take gud care and extra precaution rite? GPU temp and other sorts of thing scare me oo rclxub.gif juz rely on gud karma n luck so the V3 wud be free from any defect. will send back home my pingu after diz cry.gif 
    and keep up the gud work Eiraku,really need guy like u for every brand of laptop range.Dell shud give u commission ma for keeping their customer  laugh.gif after diz i join
the V3 big family thread, juz comin here coz deR Red complen me what a really low post even long time joined,hahaha...oni like to lurk around and read coz majority of the problem solution guys like u,and others (credit to u all,sory dont remember evryone) will post  rclxms.gif
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chill man..dun freak out....u really think too off from the box sweat.gif
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post Jun 12 2007, 10:02 PM

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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 12 2007, 07:16 PM)
About the PF, hmm... The coldest I can ever get out here in the Motherland is around 19c with aircond, so I wouldn't know... But actually, isn't it better for computer electronics to work under cold temps, that's why they have heatsinks and all, rite?

And another reason why PF can be so huge (and your available physical is so low) is background programs, check your SysTray... I only have 9 icons (Switcher, Samurize, Avedesk, Bluetooth, I8kfanGUI, Battery, Networking and Sound), any more then 15 icons and you're in trouble... And check for spyware/malware/adware/viruses, they tend to eat up phys and bloat the PF as well.... icon_rolleyes.gif

Other then that, Windows services... But that's a bit techie to talk about...

But the PF would not grow that large unless it NEEDS to grow that large... And for it to NEED to grow that large, I'd say you're either pushing (knowingly OR unknowingly) the programs into the pagefile from the main memory (memory optimization programs tend to do that, and it's not really good... that's why I STAY AWAY from such programs) or you're not running with enough memory to begin with... :peace

Check your startup folder (and use msconfig... tell me if you need a tut for that) to see what you're running at startup... My pagefile hovers at 800MB so 2GB is quite a problem... icon_rolleyes.gif
Thanks man, and dun shy-shy to PM me or anything if you got any problems... I'll try my best to help! icon_rolleyes.gif
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i think something wrong with my startup setting...2 reboot and everything will b ok,but if it is left turn off for sometime,the PF will..u know the rest...when i saw tat happen,my blood pressure rise along with it...darn..my systray start with BT,avg,mcafee firewall,touchpad stuff,riva etc etc,not more than 10...im still in process of thinking wat might cause it...trying my best not to lead to formatting, biggrin.gif

my pf usually float at arnd 400mb...so 2gb was like..argghhhh....dun mention it..

This post has been edited by hi54ever: Jun 12 2007, 10:04 PM
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post Jun 13 2007, 12:13 AM

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QUOTE(hi54ever @ Jun 12 2007, 10:02 PM)
i think something wrong with my startup setting...2 reboot and everything will b ok,but if it is left turn off for sometime,the PF will..u know the rest...when i saw tat happen,my blood pressure rise along with it...darn..my systray start with BT,avg,mcafee firewall,touchpad stuff,riva etc etc,not more than 10...im still in process of thinking wat might cause it...trying my best not to lead to formatting, biggrin.gif

my pf usually float at arnd 400mb...so 2gb was like..argghhhh....dun mention it..
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What I'm worried now is you have some sort of malware/virus running in the background and eating up RAM/PF... Check task manager, folder options and regedit... If one or all three fail to start, than it's confirmed... whistling.gif

Added on June 13, 2007, 12:31 amUPDATE: I just played around with my bro's VGN-C25G/G (that's the My First VAIO/VAIO C for the rest of us), and all I can say is it's a mixed experience... The lappy itself if well built enough (comparable, if not a little bit better then the M1210), with the only niggles being:

1) A very slightly loose battery (it's the design itself at fault).

2) A very slight bending of the hinge cover right in the middle.

Even the DVD drive was a heck of a lot more solidly built then the M1210's... icon_rolleyes.gif

The screen is okay I guess, but reports of it being superior to the M1210's, well, are baseless in my opinion... I have the Toshiba LCD and even that just looks comparable to the VAIO's, what if I had the (supposedly superior) AUO screen?

Starting it up, what are my first impressions?

It was slow... Darned slow... If you think Dell tortures their lappies with loads of crap/bloatware, get a VAIO... And it even comes with the king of crap pre-installed: SYMANTEC aka NORTON aka NOT-AN ANTIVIRUS (no offence to Symantec Corporate Edition users, as the CE is quite good actually)... shocking.gif

Burning up the recovery DVDs (no Windows or driver or whatever install CD included here guys), here I was thinking that it can be customized at start to re-format and re-install everything BUT the crapware... I WAS WRONG... shakehead.gif

It installs everything, with no options, SYMANTEC included... There goes my bro's chance of running everything without the bloat... sweat.gif

Granted, I only had to download a few programs and run MSCONFIG to disable some of the crapware (a few minutes work, thankfully) but SONY (or anybody else who does this kinda "RECOVERY" (+FREE BLOAT) thingy) has no right to stuff this kind of crap up our... mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif

Urgh... Sorry about the ranting, but I just had to... The lappy itself is mighty fine... It runs well enough for a C2D 1.66GHz with 2GBs of RAM (+ the 7400go) but the bloat just kills it... rolleyes.gif

I'll do a full review treatment for it soon, stay tuned guys... icon_rolleyes.gif

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 13 2007, 12:42 AM
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 13 2007, 12:13 AM)
What I'm worried now is you have some sort of malware/virus running in the background and eating up RAM/PF... Check task manager, folder options and regedit... If one or all three fail to start, than it's confirmed... whistling.gif

im thinking of this possibility too,it would b mich easier i guess if that is the problem,all 3 that u mentioned works well,i mean in normal situation like just start it o run it,it runs well with no glitch,i've run avg as well and there's no virus detected,i tried ad-ware personal too,any other things u guys hav in ideas that i can run o scan through???much much appreciated,thnks
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hi54ever,

have u try what i suggested ? I already suggested at my previous post. I'll post it back here just in case if u missed it.

1)Let me know ur gpu temperature (how-to)

2)PC-Clean and Hitman Pro(HP will have box to "do in Safe Mode", check that box) and tell me if ur seeing anything. (I include this bcoz i taught it could be possibly a malware/adware problem)

3)Let me know about the screensavers or long-idle things. U will have more option for this but i wouldnt want to give u too much burden so ill come back if both 1) and 2) works fine but only 3) cause u problem.

keep us posted. For more details on above, click here:step-by-step

This post has been edited by derred: Jun 13 2007, 09:09 AM
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post Jun 13 2007, 03:39 PM

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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 13 2007, 12:13 AM)
What I'm worried now is you have some sort of malware/virus running in the background and eating up RAM/PF... Check task manager, folder options and regedit... If one or all three fail to start, than it's confirmed... whistling.gif

Added on June 13, 2007, 12:31 amUPDATE: I just played around with my bro's VGN-C25G/G (that's the My First VAIO/VAIO C for the rest of us), and all I can say is it's a mixed experience... The lappy itself if well built enough (comparable, if not a little bit better then the M1210), with the only niggles being:

1) A very slightly loose battery (it's the design itself at fault).

2) A very slight bending of the hinge cover right in the middle.

Even the DVD drive was a heck of a lot more solidly built then the M1210's... icon_rolleyes.gif

The screen is okay I guess, but reports of it being superior to the M1210's, well, are baseless in my opinion... I have the Toshiba LCD and even that  just looks comparable to the VAIO's, what if I had the (supposedly superior) AUO screen?

Starting it up, what are my first impressions?

It was slow... Darned slow... If you think Dell tortures their lappies with loads of crap/bloatware, get a VAIO... And it even comes with the king of crap pre-installed: SYMANTEC aka NORTON aka NOT-AN ANTIVIRUS (no offence to Symantec Corporate Edition users, as the CE is quite good actually)... shocking.gif

Burning up the recovery DVDs (no Windows or driver or whatever install CD included here guys), here I was thinking that it can be customized at start to re-format and re-install everything BUT the crapware... I WAS WRONG... shakehead.gif

It installs everything, with no options, SYMANTEC included... There goes my bro's chance of running everything without the bloat... sweat.gif

Granted, I only had to download a few programs and run MSCONFIG to disable some of the crapware (a few minutes work, thankfully) but SONY (or anybody else who does this kinda "RECOVERY" (+FREE BLOAT) thingy) has no right to stuff this kind of crap up our... mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif

Urgh... Sorry about the ranting, but I just had to... The lappy itself is mighty fine... It runs well enough for a C2D 1.66GHz with 2GBs of RAM (+ the 7400go) but the bloat just kills it... rolleyes.gif

I'll do a full review treatment for it soon, stay tuned guys... icon_rolleyes.gif
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wah!...comparing Vaio with XPS...wonder which is better... whistling.gif
last time...i almost went for Vaio also...as looking for smaller size notebook...but end-up with XPS... icon_rolleyes.gif
anyway,is it your's XPS the same specs as you bro's Vaio?...or higher specs?... hmm.gif
if same...do keep us track the differences...keep the reviews update... brows.gif

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QUOTE(unknowndevices @ Jun 13 2007, 03:39 PM)
wah!...comparing Vaio with XPS...wonder which is better... whistling.gif
last time...i almost went for Vaio also...as looking for smaller size notebook...but end-up with XPS... icon_rolleyes.gif
anyway,is it your's XPS the same specs as you bro's Vaio?...or higher specs?... hmm.gif
if same...do keep us track the differences...keep the reviews update... brows.gif
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Nearly same specs, differences are (M1210 vs VAIO) in HDD Capacity (120GB vs 80GB) and processor (T5600 vs T5200)... icon_rolleyes.gif
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Hi all. I'm back after DELL eloped with my laptop for nearly a week. tongue.gif

DELL changed my motherboard according to the XPS Customer Service and that really solves my overheating problem. In the past, the CPU temperature was 75-80+ degree celcius, now it's around 50+ degree celcius. Great!
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QUOTE(derred @ Jun 13 2007, 09:07 AM)
hi54ever,

have u try what i suggested ? I already suggested at my previous post. I'll post it back here just in case if u missed it.

1)Let me know ur gpu temperature (how-to)

2)PC-Clean and Hitman Pro(HP will have box to "do in Safe Mode", check that box) and tell me if ur seeing anything. (I include this bcoz i taught it could be possibly a malware/adware problem)

3)Let me know about the screensavers or long-idle things. U will have more option for this but i wouldnt want to give u too much burden so ill come back if both 1) and 2) works fine but only 3) cause u problem.

keep us posted. For more details on above, click here:step-by-step
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oh i think i concentrate on my cleaning and miss it,sorry dude.how to check my gpu temperature??im kinda noob...anyways,my core temperature usually stays at 55-60.
how to check screensaver thingy??my screensaver jz a normal window screensaver,background picture too only a normal wallpaper,so i dun tink i hav any gpu stress background...i guess so.

This post has been edited by hi54ever: Jun 13 2007, 07:28 PM
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@hi54ever,

Its ok. First of all have u tried the spyware-removal and have u seen any change so far ? U will want to run Hitman Pro during overnight or long-idle bcoz it will takes awhile as it will do a thorough scanning thru out ur system and remember to do it in Safe Mode (there's a box to check to run it in Safe Mode; dont worry HPro will do it for ya)

U can follow these step-by-step tutorial that i've made earlier: GPU temp monitoring

About the screensaver, dont worry about it till u let us know ur gpu temp.

@caramel.nut,

welcome back. Let us know if anything.

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QUOTE(caramel.nut @ Jun 13 2007, 07:26 PM)
Hi all. I'm back after DELL eloped with my laptop for nearly a week. tongue.gif

DELL changed my motherboard according to the XPS Customer Service and that really solves my overheating problem. In the past, the CPU temperature was 75-80+ degree celcius, now it's around 50+ degree celcius. Great!
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*Sigh* Busy in the real... icon_rolleyes.gif

Welcome back caramel.nut, and nice to hear that the service people got it right on their first try... thumbup.gif

Enjoy your M1210!
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QUOTE(derred @ Jun 14 2007, 01:07 AM)
@hi54ever,

Its ok. First of all have u tried the spyware-removal and have u seen any change so far ? U will want to run Hitman Pro during overnight or long-idle bcoz it will takes awhile as it will do a thorough scanning thru out ur system and remember to do it in Safe Mode (there's a box to check to run it in Safe Mode; dont worry HPro will do it for ya)

U can follow these step-by-step tutorial that i've made earlier: GPU temp monitoring

About the screensaver, dont worry about it till u let us know ur gpu temp.
i've run Hitman pro,i do it while im having my afternoon nap,lol,things seems to b clearing out,i din know there's such program that will auto download all the spyware program to run scan,lol.so i did it,after it auto restart,the PF usage is back to usual...to the time being at least,i wont know whether if its back to normal yet until i start my lappy again tml morning,so best of luck to me until the nex startup...

abt the gpu temperature,it always float at 50-60 celcious,not really that hot i suppose,its normal
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Good thing to know everything is back to normal. Yes, Hitman Pro is the best solution if u ask me. It's only one-click away to get rid of all the spywares. So lets hope for the best now.

Ur gpu temp is good, so never mind with the screensaver from now.
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Jun 13 2007, 06:27 PM)
Nearly same specs, differences are (M1210 vs VAIO) in HDD Capacity (120GB vs 80GB) and processor (T5600 vs T5200)... icon_rolleyes.gif
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ooo...good...good...keep us update with your reviews... thumbup.gif

QUOTE(caramel.nut @ Jun 13 2007, 07:26 PM)
Hi all. I'm back after DELL eloped with my laptop for nearly a week. tongue.gif

DELL changed my motherboard according to the XPS Customer Service and that really solves my overheating problem. In the past, the CPU temperature was 75-80+ degree celcius, now it's around 50+ degree celcius. Great!
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congrats...congrats... rclxms.gif
hoped...they did everything well and return your XPS in good conditions... thumbup.gif

QUOTE(derred @ Jun 14 2007, 04:29 AM)
additional updates on Dell's new lineups : click here
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wah!...whats with the colors... sweat.gif
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what a nicely arranged keyboard...is it nicely fit into 14'inch notebook? hmm.gif
anyway...looking forward for its launching and arrival to our shores... icon_idea.gif
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QUOTE(unknowndevices @ Jun 14 2007, 02:59 PM)

user posted image

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that looks ghey... ohmy.gif

it's true then. Dell has bought acer and has absorbed acer's design into their product lines. this product looks too much like the ghey gemstone laptop
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