urg~ the coating/painting fallen off is not covered as cosmetic even though CC. not satisfied I think within 14days you may request refund. wat you can get if bom them?

wrong. computer manufacturer never programmed the product key into hardware PROM. Dell OEM OS is only verify the system BIOS before isntall. if detected as non-dell machine then mostly deny to install. Yes, at this moment 1520 is designed only for vista because no official xp driver. once xp drivers release then you can said is also designed for xp too. Yes, you may got third party drivers work but dell are not 100% guarantee works, BSOD or any software problem, bear ur own risk. Call Dell Techincal Support also useless. In this case, install non-dell vista get BSOD mostly I can said hardware no problem, is only either software/os/drivers problem. any other oem vista might causing this too as once of possibility, the best is try to install from full retail vista dvd, got problem still can call directly to microsoft. if not, better stick back to original dell vista.

@zuying1985
if after the installation, system keep restarting, blue screen. if error probability is
STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE then try this:

1. go to BIOS
2. under Onboard Devices
3. enter on SATA Operation.
4. from defaulty selection which is AHCI change to ATA
5. save/exit

Yes, @zuying1985: dumpchk your dumpfiles and please share the result with us after check, thx!

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http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/glo...dhs1&l=en&s=dhs

always check from dell website: http://supportapj.dell.com/support/downloa...=WLH&hidlang=en

~ugh, spoil not covered under warranty. no problem if you would like to pay for it.

no need to laugh coz this is not mistake. Inspiron 1520 are designed only for vista. Dell did not said that 1520 fully support winxp. just accept the fact. you want to install winxp then you find own third party driver or write your self or which ever you capable.

WSXGA+ also with truelife only

from the pictures, in my opinion, leakage is not tat too serious. the 1st 2 pictures show seem like is not LCD problem. its might be video card or driver issue. If you suspect that is hardware failure, then any error code/msg from Dell 32bits Diagnostic test?

it's Intel GMA X3100

by default, windows have the right driver installed automatically, if not mistaken.
May I know why you need infrared driver for winxp? for wat purposes?

do you have a Dell remote control? infrared port in 1520 only work for Dell remote control, not for data transfer.
you won't see the driver/item in device manager but work for dell remote control.

call Dell Spare Part Sales dept.

for dell only need to press F8 then we can activate the Dell PC Restore that you can see from D: RECOVERY
from the picture, 102MB is Dell Diagnostic. 2.50GB will be Dell MediaDirect.

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Added on September 3, 2007, 12:54 pmI just check again the device manager on the system with fresh manufacture vista. confirm there is no infrared item/driver. i did try to send file via infrared, no response. Did you have any proof/manual show that the infrared able to transfer files? what kind of data you can send? are you sure last time send file via infrared or bluetooth?

This post has been edited by djlah: Sep 3 2007, 12:54 PM

Yes, it's one way comm. so it can receive signal from remote control when you press on it.
do mind to share, what is the "other device" you tested to send data to 1520? computer, PDA, hp?

the policy for the industry standard is >5 dead pixels or 2 joints pixels are entitle to claims for standard warranty

it's easiest way is run the hardware test to clarify it and connect external monitor to compare if available.

connect a external monitor just to narrow down the issue, whether is really a LCD faulty or not.
we may refer about deal pixels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_pixel

from the screen shot, we can see that there is something about read error. I will suggest insert the the driver cd then boot from it to run custom test on optical drive, simple and easy to verify whether is hardware/software fault.

if you only tried in windows, I suggest you try first to boot from driver CD if you haven't do that yet. izzit too early you make the conclusion? sometimes the hardware is working but just when boot to windows then only not function, else then will be hardware fault

cpu-z no error, and also not a dell fault.
google it to study.