HI everyone...
talking about XPSM1330.. I think I'm one of the earliests in Malaysia to own it..
I ordered mine last June 2007 and was delivered to me after 2 months..
(-.-").. I was complaining on the ****king late arival cox they said they had problems with importing the internal organs on my m1330..
Anyway I got a free Dell810 printer for free =p...

....Initially I thought it was a wonderful laptop to own but merely after 5 months the colorful vertical lines started emerging.. Well the Dell enginer ( Mr. Goh.. does tat ring a bell ? ) said I was the 1st one to come across this problem...

These were wat he did to my laptop :

1) He removed my screen and the problem still exists..yea the lines were still showing !
2) Next he exchanged my mother board and ah ! the problem solve !

Perhaps he was rushing or lazy.. he didn't replace back my old screen and gave me the new one.. he said that if I don't the warranty, all the parts will cost me >RM3000... ( Screen = >rm1500 and MOBO = >RM1500 )

Lately.. after 6 months.. here comes the exact same problem again ! Hence, I searched the net to find out what happen only to know the inevitable truth that for those who own DELL XPS1330 with NVIDIA 8400, they will definitely come across this problem !

And according to my research, it is 100% due to the graphic card problem..

So my advice is :

If you happen to see some weird colorful glitches, the lines are probably along the way for appearance.. you have to act smart now !...if you are rushing to do assignment with your laptop, I urge you to faster disable your NVIDIA graphic cards so that everything can work fine.. this is becox if you continue allowing this to get worsened, there is a huge probaboloty that no matters how many attempts of trying to restart your PC.. you can only hear the sound with no hope of seeing back your normal screen again...Yes.. good thing is that you have your warranty, you can call the stupid company and ask his men to fix this problem by replacing mobo, what happen then if yours is expiring soon ?

For my case, because now is my revison week in college life and I cannot afford to not use my laptop to study so I disable my graphic cards.. Not only that I cannot play DoTa, even watching porno is also a problem !.. Windows Media players and most of the video players cannot play the movies in good condition ! the movies will stuck here and there... here and there for a while..Just imagine how hard my life now ! Infront of me lays a gaming laptop but perform a funtion of a crappy laptop cox of its what the "toot" VGA card.. haix !

Hey ! I still have my warranty left.. it's only less than 2 months and definitely I will call that Mr.Goh back to service my baby.. Later that I plan to kiss my baby goodbye for some good brands.. Sorry for those who are in love with this M1330, the truth has not bring light to you, you are loving falsely or blindly i would say, you have not witnessed the dark side of this company.. Search for the extentional warranty especially for the XPS models then you shall understand what I meant..

I'm really sorry for those who bought the m1330 espicially for those who bought it without purchasing the 3 years warranty...Congratulation, your time will be near to stand in my position, thinking how stupid we are buying 4k+ baby which will die in an estimated period of 6 months..

If I have offended anyone here I'm sorry because I just have to say something as I'm the earliest one to encounter this problem.. AH ! for goodness sake pls don't insert me into the proud owners list of this fan club... I'm not quite satisfy with this DELL XPS M1330, though.

This post has been edited by yongleefu: Jul 8 2008, 02:38 PM

just install back the driver then nvidia grapic work again..
the driver is located somethere in ur C drive..

The Dell technician came to my college to change the mobo for me yesterday.
Well... Perhaps after 6 months my laptop gonna be funtioning without graphic card..
so the prob is .. Do guys suggest me to change another laptop ? cox i dun hv warranty after August 14th..

Also, is the dell 1 year warranty is of complete type ? whihc mena if i hv some sctches at the back.. can i ask for a replace ment.. ( the back side of m1330 is a sheet of painted black ink on its metal surface.. I urge every not to scratch on the surface cox it is easily tornable )

btw.. I'm supprised that Dell has not find out that the NVIDIA GS8400 is causing the prob for the laptop... and they are selling happily in their website.. Don't they noe that a single mobo for m1330 cost >RM1500 ..

Or.. hmm. do you think this is DELL strategy in doing this "unethical" business ? hmmm

I think canoot o.. if want I oso prefer NVidia 7series.. at least no so much prob.. haz...

Here comes another guy whose NVIDIA chip burn out XD !

alvenlkk, u got warranty left ? if got you may try ur luck to ask DELL to cover ur lappy physical damage...

LOL..

Anyway.. u dun hv or they dun cover for ya, you may also call DELL, talk to the service operator and realating ur issues. They probably will charge you and when the aggrement is made, they will send ya a techniqian to fix it for you... If you have warranty left and they 1 2 charge you for delivery, you just tell the operator some part of ur internal lappy is broken and need for replacement and in addition you just by the way ask for the physical part you want to fix... LOL..

IF not thru Dell... I've got no idea.. I heard this comin PC fair in KLCC has a DELL booth.. @@ ... you may check there..

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..

yes... XPS m1330 has no woofer speaker...
When playing loud music, it seems the speaker is goign to cracked away.. this type of speaker are not suitable for playong midi music... the bursting sound is even more audible..
Apart from speaker,heat and nvidia prob... everything is perfect...

yaya 1 more thing.. the alluminium pad is easily dirtied by stains...
but it's easy to wash away too..

=)

WHEN DID M1300 HAS ATI GRAPHIC CARD ?
CAN U SHOW ME THE LINK ?
TQ..

HOOORAY !
EXTENDED WARRANTY ! I NO NEED TO SELL OF MY XPS ANYMORE ! HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any idea how to use this m1330 to turn on the screen for projector purpose..Most of the other types of laptops we press Crtl+F4 but this laptop seems a bit different...

I tried Crtl+F4 and Crtl+F8 but both to no avail...

Any idea my frens ?

use TTplayer