anyone got the problem of noise interference when use headphones? Its quite annoying zzz just got this lappy got both screen+headphone jack problem aih

I am going to buy a 1520 Soon

Anyone can point out what should i look out for??

For example, grainy screen?? ( Anyway , what is grainy screen?? )

Grainy screen mean got like small boxes or pixels can be seen when you look at the screen. Erm... It depends on individual, some might not notice but some who care bout the screen will notice. But no matter what, purchase the set depends on your budget. If can, RM3500 will be the most suitable. Which you can get a very moderate and well perform machine for your next 3-5 years. Do not spend too much til 5k-6k as you might get a super machine for 1 year but after 3 years it still consider old tech. So get a machine which can stand you 3-5 years with a middle price and purchase a new set in future when you have extra money. Besides that, balancing for the machine is important too. Dun just spend all the cash on Graphic but have a super low processor instead. that will cos your machine to have limited performance. My suggestion will be:
Processor: T7250 2.0G C2D If got T7300 better, dunno why Dell remove it now.
Ram: 2G
Graphic: 8600
The others is optional like bluetooth is depends on your own whether you need it or not.

This post has been edited by kianchun555: Nov 14 2007, 06:24 PM

haha, it is good that you are looking out for the known issues

Grainy screens and leakages has always been a known issues in the inspiron & vostro line of laptops. Depending on your luck lor. 1520 & 1720 has other issues such as freezing in the BIOS screen and buzzing noise from the audio port, which non can be rectified so far until they release a rev for the BIOS or a reconstructed mobo. The most stable so far is the 1420.

If your looking for budget, RM4k ngam ngam you can get an all purpose machine with T7250, 2GB RAM, 8600 GT, 160GB HDD, 3yrs Dell Care Premium.

This post has been edited by fr33dom: Nov 14 2007, 08:40 PM

whats the latest BIOS ver for 1520/where to dl as well, mine is AO3..

may i ask a noob question??

inspiron 1520 got bluetooth ma?

New BIOS rev not release yet. Not sure when ... constantly go to www.support.ap.dell.com and check out


Got got, all inbuilt

This post has been edited by fr33dom: Nov 15 2007, 06:24 AM

backlight bleeding man. It's a serious problem for dell's lappy

Normal la .. dell product ma .. it all depends on your luck mate ...

If anyone encountered this, pls call Dell Tech Support (1800 88 1308) and get it replaced.

i also got the problem.. like some sort of type wroter sound keep beeping or sumthing.. i dun think its the headphone jack.. mine even somtimes tru the speakers also will have the sound..

Replace for free..? need send back the laptop..?

I believe that the noise coming of the headphone jack or distortion from the mobo is a known issues and if u send back the laptop and nothing much can be done atm and just wait patiently for a new release version of BIOS, and hope it could fix the problem...

This post has been edited by lck: Nov 15 2007, 08:01 AM

That is a known issue, called Piezoelectricity (can check in Wikipedia)

There is no solution yet until the rev BIOS or the reconstructed mobo, but you can reduce the sound by:

Go to BIOS > Performance > turn off multicore & speedstep & dynamic acclerate (not recommended as it degrades your sys)

This post has been edited by fr33dom: Nov 15 2007, 08:19 AM

it only happens on all inspiron 1520 or all other laptops as well?\

btw how many ram slots does inspiron 1520 have?

You mean 1420 got no problem??

Well, i want a 1520 because of the 8600 nvidia video card

Anyway, if dell can replace until i satisfied, i think i will still consider it

why depend on luck?
dell always got dead pixel screen?

Dell product always got problem but few user wont get this bad exp. So he said depends on luck here. So many generations they have produced the Inspiron laptop but the problem never solve. Even the after sale service is good but i ll avoid to recommend to my fren unless their budget is low but requirement is high. zZ..

i like dell cuz can customize the pc/laptops u wanna buy.

The buzzing noise occurs on 1420, 1520 and 1720 together with the vostro lines as well. R&D is still researching for solution.
1520 has 2 RAM slots, 1 at the btm of notebook, another at the btm of kyb.


Dead pixel can exist on any FP screens, not only on dell, it can happen to sony, samsung, toshiba etc. By the industry standard you can only ask for a replacement if you have 5 dead pixels on different spots of the screen. But for dell sys, if you do encounter that, call straight to the Customer Care dept and get them to replace it for you. Its better that if your sys is still under the 14 days satisfaction period. If they dont replace, you return back the sys.

argh...

now thinkin of gettin XPS M1330... at least dun hav the buzzing noise but the specs not so good(sucky GC) and kinda expensive after customize it...

Inspiron 1520 or XPS M1330.... i cant make up my mind....

For entertainmet and games u should go for 1520