yups...did asked Dell assistance...they said no problem having the battery inserted...
also concerned about the dust get into the notebook as the battery removed...
it seems the battery area got lots of open spaces that would let the dust easily enter into it...

don't xps have a cover to put in place of the battery to cover up the "hole"?

I am having the same problem as well,started from labour's day,now still in save mode cause can't enter windows normally,gonna give the technical support a call later...Any suggestiongs?As for cpu temp,I aware that most of you have it around 60 degree celsius when running at 100%,right?Mine still around 70+ in always on power management profile.They had changed my heatsink and fan last time,the temp is slightly lower but still abnormal...

wow i oso having such problem starting from few days ago...but i think i manage to fix it becuz of hamachi problem thingy...i enable NIC bootup in BIOS n evrything went ok...
anyway i just reformatted to vista ultimate...but after installing the nvidia driver from Dell...my windows experience index drop from 2.2 to 2.0 lol
i wonder why...but i think thrs no evident lag on the GUI

Hmmm,what is that NIC bootup?That means it's related to programmes or drivers then,thanks.

my vista experience index currently at 3.4 for gaming, 3.6 for aero...hmmm...still got abit of lag when using 3D flip on vista...

is the new nvidia 7400 driver compatible with vista?
it's not listed when i put my os as vista...
only comes out when i put my os as xp....

and my firmware is 97.46 already, the one recently added is v.94.22 (does higher number mean newer version??)

yea compatible...dell have updated a newer driver oledi...
but somehow the new driver has less settings compared to old one...powermizer n screen color settings are gone

as far as i know...Dell didn't provide any cover for the battery "hole"...

It probably means that the network card can turn the computer on if there is any network activity... That setting actually made my old desktop turn on and off at will, kinda scary...

Erm,ok,thanks.

dissappointed to hear that ... my old dell 4150 has a blank module casing to cover up the "hole"

Got a call yesterday morning from dell delivery, they said they will be delivering my xps on tuesday instead... that's today

congrats...congrats...
it should arrived latest by this evening...
maybe could give a call to Dell asking if they provide any casing cover for the battery part...

how do they name the version of the driver ar??
how come newer one has a lower value? 94.22
while the older one has a higher value? 97.46
should i install it eh?
i got 3.4 for gaming graphics and 3.7 for graphics currently...
scared later drop after installing the newer version....
coz maybe it's juz compatible with vista, but not optimum and maybe that's why they didn't list it under the vista os?


This post has been edited by dingding: May 8 2007, 04:19 AM

mine is 3.4 for gaming n 3.6 for aero...i dun think it makes lotsa diff la...my fren using intel media accelerator one having score at 3.1 oso almost same performance as mine in terms of aero smoothiness...wont differ much unless u having an ATI X1600...lolz

wanna ask ur nvidia control panel still got powermizer n TV settings onot? after installing vista the control panel driver i upgraded only hav 2 types of settings duno why

yealor... not much settings...
wan set like overlay, can let other ppl watch movie on the tv and me continue doing my stuff.... but cannot.... can make two screens though, but a bit mafan....

kwws u get 3.6 is because of the hard disk u're using. i think it's a toshiba which has a slightly lower speed i guess. u get 4.3 for hard disk rite? if yes then i guess it's a toshiba.....

the replacement unit i got is using toshiba hard disk and i got 3.6 for graphics also... but after swapping the hard disk with a hitachi that has 4.4, the graphics rating rose to 3.7....

This post has been edited by dingding: May 8 2007, 03:15 PM

nope im using Fujitsu...check my siggy my HDD score is 4.4 anyway.

No powermiser or TV settings for Vista... I was wondering myself where it went...

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Added on May 9, 2007, 1:12 amWell, I've checked around, and it seems that Coolbits (or NVTweak/NVTray, as it is called now) can enable the hidden OC component in Dell's drivers... I wonder if it can work under Vista... I'll check that out and report in later...

On another note, about the Total Satisfaction policy related claim I did a few weeks ago, the cheque came in already (actually, it came in nearly a week ago, only I didn't notice... )...

It's for the price difference between the M1210 when I bought it (free delivery), and when it had the 2GB RAM + DVD Burner promo about a week later...

For all the crap that Dell sometimes gives us, who else refunds your money when the lappy you just bought becomes cheaper a week after buying it? Excellent psychological tactic right there, go Dell customer service!

If only they can buff up the design, quality assurance and on-site service departments as well, they'd be perfect...

Here's the cheque...



That's total satisfaction for you...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 9 2007, 01:15 AM

Got my xps already!! So far, I'm loving it. the build quality is surprisingly quite solid... i was expecting it to be flimsy like fujitsu 12" lifebook. The keyboard and touchpad are quite comfy to use.... just like my old dell 4150. 1 thing i notice tho is the xps gets heated up quite fast. Well.. i'll give a lengthy updates once i use this baby more

Welcome to the club then... Adding your name frontpage...

Any problems as of yet?

EDIT: Ooops, your name's already there...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 9 2007, 01:25 AM