my xps m1330 warranty will be expire within this month...how much  u guys extend your warranty..for 1 year..just called Dell but they said have to call on working hour 

is Dell XPS M1530 have the same mobo + Nvidia problem?

Hi all, i had some bad experience recently using 1330 playing dota in ad-hoc network/wireless network with my frenz. It kept on dc-ing after 10 mins or so.
It started lagging then disconnected.
And this happened to other ad-hoc game i linked to...

So i'm asking is this my wireless card problem or something else? Also my frenz lappie doesn't lag/disconnect when i'm not in play.

Thx~

could be a network specific issue.. gaming is better through wire..

Ic... so any idea on fixing this issue? My other frenz Inspirion works well and even d old Acer travelmate don't lag as much as mine....
Kinda frus. Anyone is having this problem as well?

my screen have shown some symptoms of the graphic card failure. will expect total failure nearby. my waranty last till april. the colorful line appear and will hang my computer. but so far it recover after restart. 

it is good to get the motherboard replace within waranty period. otherwise will cost me a lot.

which reporting method is more effective? by email or by phone?

what is the dedicated support number for dell xps?

Sigh...the dreaded colorful vertical lines have started appearing again on my laptop...think a mobo/GC failure is not far off. I'll get the Dell techy to come over and replace my mobo in the next few days I think. This will be the 3rd time I'm replacing the mobo...darn! And my warranty expires on Jan 20th too!

Hmm, I think it's time to sell off my M1330. What do you think would be a good price for me to sell it at?

i just got my mobo replaced. 

to those who think your graphic start to 'show off', u can diagnose ur graphic by press F12 during switch on. then choose diagnostic on the menu.
by the time the diagnose reach the graphic test, the colorful vertical n horizontal lines appear. it will ask to continue 'lalalalalala'(i dont remember what the system ask). but at the moment, dont press anything, just hold on until the the color lines change to full screen color (color change periodically) at the same time computer will beep loud. just let it be..until error message appear.

this is what dell ask me to do when i called them to report. if your computer graphic got problem, during the test, u will see the lines or maybe jiggered screen or something unusual. then u know what to do. call dell!

my warranty last until this april.  but extended warranty for nvidia issue until april 2010. so, i dont think i need to sell my unit. just use it untill 2010. by that time i am sure there are a lot to choose for replacement. hehe.

thanx for the suggestions, i'll think about it One question, has the warranty extension been confirmed by Dell Malaysia and also Dell support here? Because I've read a review somewhere saying that earlier on, even Dell Support in the US didn't acknowledge the warranty extension...the guy who had the GC problem had to call some hotshot Dell exec to get his M1330 fixed. I wonder if anyone here has changed anything on their lappy by using the warranty extension?

I've called Dell XPS support earlier today, and told them my problem. Since the problem is so intermittent, they've asked me to update my bios (from A12 to A14) and video drivers (from A04 to A10) first. hopefully they say my laptop will be okay after this, if not...they'll send someone over to my house. Whatever it is, i have to monitor my laptop for a few days and see if the problem persists.

So far, so good..no vertical lines and no auto reboot...yet. except for a little problem i had just now, whereby the taskbar went crazy..and i can't click on it. it's hard to describe

hi all..new m1330 user here..so far no prob playing fallout3 with 8400 nvdia (using low setting lolx)
just the heat is very noticable..after 1 h the cpu temp is around 51 so its normal right?

the dvd slot make quite a noise when i switch on my lappy,like squezz enttt...kinda makes me worry..

have a nice day!

Bought my M1330 1 year plus ago for 5k++ and had replaced the mobo once before this (that day still on warranty). My M1330 just dead yesterday, with the same way of death; after switch on, it never show bios page, only show vertical line, and can't do anything.

Now there is no more warranty, i checked at Dell website with my service tag number, it shows 0 days warranty.

p/s: i saw at youtube, the exactly same problem like me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-ItTP6DX8
Are you positively 100% sure that they give me extra year extended warranty for this specific graphic card problem?

hi im plan to buy M1330

My suggestion sec is:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2GHz/ 800 FSB/ 2MB Cache)
DELL SERVICES: HARDWARE MAINTENANCE 1-year XPS Premier Service with 1-year CompleteCover
DISPLAY 13.3'' UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) CCFL Display with TrueLife™
MEMORY 3GB (1X1GB+1X2GB) 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
HARD DRIVE 250GB SATA Hard Drive
OPTICAL DRIVE Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layer write capabilities
VIDEO CARD Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
AUDIO SOLUTION Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED HD Audio Software
WIRELESS NETWORK CARD Intel® 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-Card

Do you think my plan spc is OK.
actually im looking for NIC that can support 1000g base but no option for upgrade it.
Then my last prob is either choose using mobo display card or upgrade to GEforce.coz of many user facing GC n MOBO prob.

Online Price  RM 3,204.001

ello..
want to ask here..how many times can use the warranty a?like,if change mobo one day,the after a few week,mobo died again,is it still under warranty?..

im going to further study in australia nex month,and i really scared about the mobo gc problem..1 year warranty only..anybody has use 1330 and never had problem for 4 years?

yeah, the technician will change mobo for me tomolo...under extra one year warranty.
but guys i wanna know the new mobo they replace will still facing this graphic card problem in future?

hi there fellas..
im a new XPS user here.. taken over GGMing's custom spec XPS..
with
2.5ghz T9300
256mb graphics
3gb ram..

and.. few days back.. GP problem OCCURRED! omg.. freak the brains outta me.. seriously..
i would like to ask here.. is there any more problems that would occur apart from this problem? XPS system is fast.. but unstable.. sucks man..
i've been using my Inpiron 1501 with single core Sempron and Vista basic but nothing happened to me.. apart from a few.. like really countable few times only hang blue screens.. that's all.. nothing major.. not even once of havta reformat laptop wit my single core 1 gb ram running on vista..

tmrow the fellas gona fix my motherboard.. and i'm in doubts it would happen again.. should i screw them upside down and ask them to change me a entry level studio XPS?

Have any of u fellas tried asking them to change system?

u should hav ask the technician, the technician told me that the XPS itself is very compact and not good ventilation as what u can learn. Cooling pad is a MUST if u intend to play games, and playing graphic games for long hours will affect its life span.. better download those GPU software to monitor the temps. I'm proud my laptop didnt fail me yet after 9 months past ady

wow...ur graphic card can support crysis???...wat spec ur laptop?

any 1 having problem disconnection of internet when lid the laptop????.....any way to solve it?

my xps getting slow n sluggish by day. thinking to upgrade my ram. mine currently is 2G. any recomendation guys? its only up to 4G if im not mistaken right?

i formated my laptop to window 7
then no driver for webcam
i install le disc of webcam
but no function at all why?