she only charge when the battery have low power sign.then off the power supply when the battery is full.

keep using it so often? den is noraml. but maybe can call dell and ask for warranty?

i used all ur settings..it can run but after play a while my graphic will looks sux..those background some turns black..just now even worce..my screen keep blinking and turn black..
i scared my gpu got problem..

dont forget that his vga alrdy oc. so his can support with higher setting

what happened is that ur GPU underclocked (275/200) after a couple of minutes. this is a driver issue. what version of driver are u using? even 180.44 has this problem once in a while.

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Added on December 1, 2008, 7:09 pmi will try to get the instructions up ASAP, kinda busy lately.. sorry guys.

This post has been edited by alexnvidia: Dec 1 2008, 07:09 PM

im using latest driver from dell website...

so which driver is better??

same using official haha

I'm currently playing 3 games with my 1520-- FarCry2, Need for Speed Undercover n REDALERT 2 and here are the symptops, hope to hear from your condition when gaming too:

- The laptop need a fan cooling at the bottom part, still blue screen+auto restart appear from time to time after playing for about 1-2 hours.
- If no fan, the blue screen or shutting down of the game is about 30 minutes. The game appear to be lagging too!

The graphics for FarCry is awesome, with most detail set at highest. Very enjoying it, just remember to quick save it from time to time cuz it will blue screen and auto restart!

As for Undercover, the lappie lags a lot when all detail set at highest. I just set at medium setting. For those who feel that their graphic look weird, just familiarize yourself with the graphic because you may be playing games like GRID, DIRT which have awesome graphics! Need to downgrade your visual expectation, haha The gameplay of Undercover is quite nice though.

There is no problem with REDALERT 2. Medium setting is enough for me already. This game apparently does not stress the lappie that much compared to the other 2 games.

Seriously, the laptop cannot perform its ability without proper heat ventilation unless you're play in a air-con environment which I don. even laptop cooler wont be able to cool down the lappie when under heavy gaming....it needs a big PANASONIC or PENSONIC fan blowing at it all the time...even that also I experiencing autorestart...albeit after 1-2 hours later.

Other user, how is your lappie performance with those game ?

same here...

Never exp this BSOD b4... i play game for 4 hours non-stop also ntg happen.
i don have cooler....I just jack the back of laptop higher with books only.

by the way.. my battery wear level 17% already in 5 months..
Can i take it for warranty at the 11th month??

i noticed that when the GPU's temperature is about almost 70C, the downclocking will start to happen randomly..

bu my temp nvr reached 70C b4..max also 65C
i even play COD:WaW with all high setting without any prob for 3-4 hours

probably because i OC that's why my temperature is higher.

Battery wear with daily use is not covered by warranty....i was looking through their warranty information on mine too.

I have the 9-cell and it has 39% wear so far, used for almost 18mths....I am running my lappie without battery now....only use battery when necessary.



EDIT: Oh btw....Fallout 3 plays pretty well on the 1520. Graphic settings are pretty decent and loading times are good.

This post has been edited by WildChai: Dec 3 2008, 03:25 PM

hope this ins1520 will run smoothly for GTA4

cant wait for this game

wah gta4 ah...even those with high end GC complaining laggyness

rly??

god...no more hope

just realis my inpiron 1520 left palm rest paint faded.
How do you guys take care of the paint on palm rest? Saw some palm rest protection sticker but I'm afraid after few months the sticker will not stick on palm rest.

Any suggestions?

I use silicone keyboard protector and place it on top of the lower part of the keyboard.eg:left and right palm rest including the touchpad area.
The touch pad is still working through the transparent layer of the silicone.

lol...i did that too...