Arg. I just tried to watch video from the DVD-RW drive itself for the first time after I bought this laptop. Sound cracks like mad. Same even if I made an image and run using Daemon Tool.

Tried VLC media player, WMP both same. Both are 32-bit.

Then I tried x64 WMP, sound was smooth. WTF??

Never had any problem playing audio from foobar 32-bit. Source was from hard disk though.

Any idea how to solve this??

This post has been edited by da3shou3: Jul 22 2008, 01:26 AM

my one was over warranty on hafl year liao......

thats y want to get the spareparts.....

help me everyone!! I reformat my xps. but cant install bluetooth module. it says to activate the bluetooth. I switch on already but not detect. so cant proceed the installation

you using vista or xp?
vista:
try go to C:\DELL\Drivers\R140135\ and continue the following folder, try to run a file named "inst.exe" to install driver. when asking to activate, just click cancel, it's will continue to complete installation. afterward, right click the BT icon at systray, turn on the bt adapter.

good luck.

bro djlah so handsome thank you. I follow C:\dell\drivers\R140135\3100_216\win32

I'm an avid photographer and also fool around with graphics design a lot. I recently just got my hands on m1530 and really felt the absence of color vibrance of the LCD. Thus , i went spending some time tweaking the LCD color in the Nvidia Control Panel. There is a significant difference after i changed the settings in the software. The color is not perfect, but is much better than the default settings.

You might also notice slight graphical artifacts when you move the Digital Vibrance slider too much. My friend on M1330 has tried the same settings and it worked well for her too.

To make your LCD color look nicer


Right click on your desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel. Move the sliders to the following positions.

My settings :

Red and Green:
Brightness:40
Digital Vibrance:11
Contrast:60
Image Sharpening:None
Gamma:42

Blue:
Brightness:27
Digital Vibrance:11
Contrast:60
Image Sharpening:None
Gamma:31

Please take note that i'm using the 1680x1050 max reso panel. The color might differ if you're using the default one

u bro mmg hensem la
I also feel like that when Im trying to choose the colour for my website

got probz.. when playing with my xps, the screen hangs n goes purplish. then whole screen goes white. then got lines. then the lines becomes big goes pruple. then a bit gray. then whole got lines. macam screensaver la pulak.

try to restart, but not even close to bios, the screen goes white. talk to dell just now, he suspect video card. maybe my gc will be change tomorrow.

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Added on July 24, 2008, 2:47 pmworking well now. dell change the mobo. same rev

This post has been edited by kazasho: Jul 24 2008, 02:47 PM

kazasho,

did dell technician detect ur attempt to install osx? anything he said bout it?

nope.coz I uninstall it coz I used bad disk if they ask y format, I would say installed ubuntu

WOW..

I feel the colors now are more "in"..
More of a kind of a classic color style..
Like the color paintings usually found in literature books...
Slightly darker then the default but obviosly this setting portrays out the inner voice of the colors..
Colors make a difference..
The feeling is never the same when using Dell M1330 again..
Everyone, do try this setting or make urs..
A new setting are hell alot better..

anyone has any idea on where to get cooper sheet in malaysia? my 1330 is using the poor cunning 8300 GPU.. hasnt burn yet! but don't know when it will happen..

kazasho, we are in the same boat. I got my mobo replaced for the 2nd time last tuesday! the BIOS it came with was A08, and it was refurbished. arrrghh! I've flashed it to A12, so far so good. Oh God please, let this be the last time my M1330 kong...

hoho. when I call, dell ask me when did I bought. someone also said that around 6 months then got kong. mine hardware rev A04 bios A08 flash it to A11 for now

Dell officially explains the faulty NVIDIAs >> http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/200...top-owners.aspx, which includes M1330.

Solution? A12 BIOS, which makes the fan go full blown most of the time. Noisier, kills the fan faster, and drains more battery... while pushing it out of the warranty time frame. Suggest extending warranty or "sabo" yr M1330 when it's gonna end for one last replacement .

Take note, it's NVIDIA's fault.

hoho..waiting for this.

i hope dell will come out with a long term solution as i can see changing fan behavior is not a long term solution for GPU overheat problem. perhaps, do a recall program to change the motherboard with the right GPU.

Since i've modded with copper sheet liao, i'm going to flash back to A11 cos i notice on A12, my fan turn on all the time... ;( I don't like the noisy fan when i'm on battery mode... when using A11, the fan didn't even kick in...

A note to all, A12 really helps to reduce the temp by ~4 degree, however i don't think this is going to help on the issue either... it's not the base temp tat affect the GPU, try run 3D mark and see wat's ur max temp... b4 the mod, my GPU temp can go as high as 104 degree then i quickly terminate the demo... it's the heat transfer efficiency of the thermal pad. Dell (or nVidia) really doing not enuff on this... more and more ppl will have bricked laptop after the warranty period and nothing they can do after warranty expired. I think Dell might face lawsuit in very near future. If u notice the press statement by Dell, they only cover those unit under warranty period... bad Dell....

a note to m1330 user
did any of u guys encounter issue like after update the latest driver for Nvidia and cause that ur games not compatible/working?
or projector issue?

if yes, try downgrade to 22 Feb 2008 version to resolve it

this is not a solution but they said is prevention or prolong your system.

dell confirm definitely will not do a recall at this moment. no long term solution, dell will only solve the issue case by case basic.

lor..like that maybe we should make petition to dell asking to repair the GPU. im afraid after waranty period is over, my xps will be useless. by that time, repairing cost is not an option. considering a new one is much better.