Dell Laptop User Thread

[Diavonex]

Because the battery may not be fully charged, use the AC adapter to connect your new computer to an
electrical outlet the first time you use the computer.

For best results, operate the computer with the AC adapter until the battery is fully charged.

To view battery charge status, access the Control Panel, click Power Options, and then click the Power Meter tab or Fn+F3.

 

[AcerAF715]

any recommend hours to charge the lappy? of just once battery full will do? or must i charge overtime at the first charge? like 8-10 hours etc?

 

[AcerAF715]

Ahh.. for the dell 640m, did u guys have any issue with the touch pad? like super sensitive... when i use the touch pad to move around... keep on ended up double clicking somethings... when i did even click on the "click" buttons

 

[addict951]

I dun care, I plugged in the batt and used liao. wow can last 3 hrs ****, but I set to the dimmest display

I let the batt run dry liao then charge till full

 

[Diavonex]

Ahh.. for the dell 640m, did u guys have any issue with the touch pad? like super sensitive... when i use the touch pad to move around... keep on ended up double clicking somethings... when i did even click on the "click" buttons

You can set the sensitivity via Control Panel>Mouse>Touchpad (if I remember correctly)

 

[od00bo]

I think it's ideal to charge the battery for 10hrs +/- for the first time

any recommend hours to charge the lappy? of just once battery full will do? or must i charge overtime at the first charge? like 8-10 hours etc?

 

[AcerAF715]

but seem like no use.. cos the battery itself will stop charging once it's 100%

and btw last prob.. the battery itself cos 5 tiny lights right? how to make it shine? lol to chk the batt.. i read the manual. must press some button.. bo leh..

lol.. paiseh

 

[a_h_f_s]

Anyone knows how to go about changing from Vista(preinstalled) to XP on my Dell Inspiron 640m?

 

[addict951]

Anyone knows how to go about changing from Vista(preinstalled) to XP on my Dell Inspiron 640m?

just insert your WinXP CD, restart, boot from cd-rom?

 

[addict951]

anybody familiar with Vista can help?
Now it's like Vista is preventing the rubbish sw from installing
Whenever I click on the vodafone icon in My Computer, the windows cursor will start to spin (as in going to install), then it disappears, and that's it. No response liao.
Any idea where I need to go to disable or enable whatever?
I install until face green green liao

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[od00bo]

Could it be due to the windows defender or something?

 

[addict951]

oh, lemme go try, I go disable Defender at startup?

 

[clairvoyance]

Mine comes with a fully charged battery. Lasts about 2h 45 mins on balanced settings. Can make it last longer using power savings.

 

[AcerAF715]

btw last prob.. the battery itself at the bottom of the lappy have 5 tiny lights indicator right? how to make it light up to chk the batt.. i read the manual. must press some button.. bo leh..

lol.. paiseh

 

[Diavonex]

 

[AcerAF715]

thx bro... cheers

paiseh... i cock eye.. haha

thx thx thx

 

[AcerAF715]

u guys got reformat n partition a few drive from the mass abundance of hdd space? or just use as it is? 150gig drive C 10gig drive D

 

[Diavonex]

Use Disk Management and have a look at your HDD.

There are at least 2 hidden partitions.

Backup the whole hard disk before you mess with it.

 

[addict951]

Anybody using the rubbish m1 bb huawei device on 640m?
I'm very very frustrated now trying to install the device to Vista
want to bang wall liao
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?p=24034834

 

[tekman]

Anybody using the rubbish m1 bb huawei device on 640m?
I'm very very frustrated now trying to install the device to Vista
want to bang wall liao
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?p=24034834

Yea I'm using the m1 bb usb modem on my XPS M1210. Did you check if you have updated the modem firmware to Vista Compatible ?