i called and want to refund...i very insist to get refund coz i don't want waste time to troubleshoot and replace here and there...try to convince me, bla bla bla
then tell me need rm80 for delivery charges and i said ok with it....

now surveying other brand notebook...

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Added on April 29, 2008, 3:01 pm
i don't know what brand, but it tick tick every 2-3 seconds. it not the harddisk reading sound coz the tick sound there when there are no blinking

damn fedup, just refund lar...i think i spend another rm500-1000 to buy better quality lar

seale_navy, i really don't know y u still can tahan with that kind of problem. Notebook is important to me coz it help me generate income and everyday i use almost it 10-12, for working, surfing, listen music and watching video.

i also have dell xps m1530.

Anyone wanna swap hd with me?

I got 7200rpm hd. 200gb..
Model is ST920042ASG

I wanna swap with 5400rpm 250gb hd..
Anyone??

The 200gb 7200rpm cost RM34 more then the 250gb 5400rpm hd.
I will swap at no cost.

Mine comes with 3 years complete cover and warranty.

So preferably swap with 3 years warranty too. HD is only 2 weeks old..

250.0gb 5400 rpm model also may have this problem? anyone experiencing this?

yup..my HDD also detected 230GB,i didn't know where's the 20GB gone too
formated to xp,coz its lighter than vista..eventhough xps is designed
for vista..my HDD came from TOSHIBA..i didnt know why..????

but ,  xps series are most many complain in dell series...==
dell special high-end brand XPs... but still cheap... ==

guys, is there a huge difference in terms of clarity & brightness when comparing the normal LCD & WLED display?

I'm not sure whether its 7200rpm or not but my C: space is 113GB and D: 106.
The technician said others hv been used for win, drivers etc.
from properties the model is WDC WD2500BEVS-75UST0

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:      WDC WD2500BEVS-22UST0
        Serial Number:      WD-WXCX07373699
        Firmware Revision:  01.01A01
Standards:
        Supported: 8 7 6 5
        Likely used: 8
Configuration:
        Logical        max    current
        cylinders      16383  16383
        heads          16      16
        sectors/track  63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:  16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  114270345
        LBA48  user addressable sectors:  114270345
        device size with M = 1024*1024:      55796 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:      58506 MBytes (58 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        Queue depth: 32
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 8
        Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0080)
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
            Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
            Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
          *    SMART feature set
                Security Mode feature set
          *    Power Management feature set
          *    Write cache
          *    Look-ahead
          *    Host Protected Area feature set
          *    WRITE_BUFFER command
          *    READ_BUFFER command
          *    NOP cmd
          *    DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
          *    Advanced Power Management feature set
                SET_MAX security extension
                Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
          *    48-bit Address feature set
          *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
          *    Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
          *    FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
          *    SMART error logging
          *    SMART self-test
          *    General Purpose Logging feature set
          *    WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
          *    64-bit World wide name
          *    IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
          *    Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
          *    SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
          *    Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
          *    Host-initiated interface power management
          *    Phy event counters
                DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
                Device-initiated interface power management
          *    Software settings preservation
          *    SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
          *    SCT Long Sector Access (AC1)
          *    SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
          *    SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
          *    SCT Features Control (AC4)
          *    SCT Data Tables (AC5)
                unknown 206[12]
                unknown 206[13]
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not    enabled
        not    locked
                frozen
        not    expired: security count
        not    supported: enhanced erase
        88min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Checksum: correct

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