check your graphic card?just go and download gpu-z here http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
if u wan to check whether it is x3100 or 8400gs
just right click on desktop>personalize>display settings
and you can see what graphic card u having by now.

This post has been edited by 5564321: Sep 28 2008, 03:31 AM

omg it is x3100
hmm
if i wanna change it to 8400gs can??
hmm if the processor is T8300 and 3gb ram
is it ok??

Hi David900924,
face the same prob may i know which email add u use to report to dell? thx

Hey guys, for those who KOed their 8400GS and replace their mobos, is graphics driver crashing frequently one of the symptoms that its nearing its death?

You can't change it to the 8400GS already. As for up to today, having a T8300 processor with 3GB RAM is sufficient enough.

Hi all, here's another victim of the NVIDIA graphic card problem.
If only I have know about this thread earlier, I won't have to spend the whole weekend troubleshooting and formatting my laptop, only to find out is hardware problem

After reading through this thread, the only solution provided from Dell is replacing the motherboard with the same NVIDIA graphic card and an updated BIOS that only try to prevent the GPU from overheating. In another 6 months time, the same problem may happen again, rite?

Sigh... can't believe Dell is actually still selling the laptop with this faulty graphic card... Do they really believe their solution can totally prevent the overheating issue?

This post has been edited by rickysee: Sep 29 2008, 02:52 PM

What happened before it died? Can share some symptoms u faced before it died?

First the Windows just hang suddenly, then after I reset it, the first thing I see on the LCD is white screen. Slowly some black colour vertical line starts to appear on the screen. After waiting for more than 10 minutes, I reset again. A few things may happen here, you will either get back the white screen or you will see windows loading but with many blue/yellow vertical lines on the screen. If Windows startup successfully after around 5 minutes or less it will hang again. Or half way during windows startup, the system will shutdown automatically. You may even see some weird characters appearing all over the screen during startup. I also notice the palm rest and the bottom of the laptop is becoming very very hot.
I think the white screen with vertical lines is the most obvious sympton of the NVIDIA graphic card problem.

oh
wao
cause i still got a thing wanna is about graphic
will it nice?
cause although i less use it to gaming
will the graphic of X3100 ok ??
cause i know desktop
but laptop noob

for my case, the symptoms were:
- windows appear to have hanged
- BSOD twice something related to nvidia dll
- upon windows hang, power up, u won't see the dell logo. all u see are multi coloured vertical streeks. there a some pictures of this a few pages back.

Well for light gaming the X3100 is decent enough. You might want to check online reviews of what the X3100 is capable of. Also since you have a desktop I would say you would prefer and better of gaming with the desktop.

we, the users of xps m1530 will be organizing a gathering for the users of m1330 and m1530.

for more info pls do click this link.click here.!!

o
i see
but when heard not 8400gs
really say true
very upsad
haha
hmm ~
i heard ppl x3100 not good
is it true?

Those who say that the X3100 is not good are those who most probably are used to a dedicated graphic card so the integerated graphic card is pretty much useless. You might want to check this out to see some of the benchmarks of what the X3100 is capable of. For me, it is already decent considering that it isn't a dedicated graphic card. On the bright side, with the X3100, your laptop will not be as hot as those who are on the 8400M GS.

haha
really ?
now suddenly lan 4 here first
lolx
cause hear ppl say integrated GC Cheap
dunno who told me already
but i less use my XPS also
so don't care la
today jz a technician come help me replace a new keyboard
so happy

Just got my unit yesterday
2nd hand one tho.
Anyway wanna ask you guys. Is it possible to upgrade my graphic card even if my warranty is over already?

To my knowledge you'll most likely never be able to upgrade any graphic card for any laptop at the moment. The graphic card is soldered onto the motherboard. To upgrade means getting a new motherboard/ buying a new one. Most computer companies don't allow that.

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Added on October 1, 2008, 5:00 pmOne of the many methods:
1. Right click on your desktop
2. Personalize
3. Display Settings

This post has been edited by BlueHeng: Oct 1 2008, 05:00 PM

dunno
i heard lot of ppl say
upgrade to the 8400 easy get heat and lot of problem ...
although i thinking to get it

http://ahtim.com/tag/dell-penang/

Apart from that site, my dad also received a similar email stating that Dell is selling off their factory. Is this true or just a hoax?

hi guys,

juz got my new xps1330 few days back.
i've a few questions which i hope those with xp can answer them.

1) grey scales are severely lacking when playing fullhd movies via hdmi output. any remedy on this? it seems normal vga out is perfect for my lcdtv.

2) can xps1330 be connected to a 5.1 channels speaker system? if yes, how?

3) i've heard of the notorius nvidia gpu problem. is overclocking the gpu really not recommended?

10q so much in advance!