Dell Laptop User Thread

[Radeon_Tan]

Inspiron 1420 - from the rear you can see the hdd, ram slots and CPU slots

easy to upgrade the hard disk, ram and cpu

under the battery compartment, u see a green thingy? it's for a phone SIM card!
what's it for? maybe HSPDA - to surf on 3.5G?

 

[Radeon_Tan]

now i just need to install this bluetooth module:

USd$19 (buy direct from dell in USA)
Sing$38+ (dell charges)

Link: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=430-1795

Review by a user (not me):
Very nice price that i've paid, 22$ for that, that's nothing! and it fit in the Inspiron 1420 !with Vista. It have a room perfect for it to install on the middle of the laptop, just remove the plate in the middle, and look at the bottom it is right there, it is very small: 1 inche, i have to squize the little cable to be able to replace everything. Then i've rebooted it, and the blue light of bluetooth next to the Wi-Fi just light up ! Insert the CD and install it from there, is that simple ? I was able to find my phone and my PDA.

 

[yukita]

i just upgrade my xps 1210 from 1gb to 4gb, but my vista premium 32bit detect only 3326MB. anyway to use max of my ram?

is changing to vista 64bit will solve it? or it will still limit at 3gb because of the chipset limitation?

thanks.

 

[Radeon_Tan]

i just upgrade my xps 1210 from 1gb to 4gb, but my vista premium 32bit detect only 3326MB. anyway to use max of my ram?

is changing to vista 64bit will solve it? or it will still limit at 3gb because of the chipset limitation?

thanks.

correct, i think the 64bit version will detect all the 4gb of ram

 

[yukita]

check dell webby dunt have my graphic card driver lol.....

how bout support from software? will software build for xp/vista 32bit work at vista 64bit?
thanks.

 

[Diavonex]

i just upgrade my xps 1210 from 1gb to 4gb, but my vista premium 32bit detect only 3326MB. anyway to use max of my ram?

is changing to vista 64bit will solve it? or it will still limit at 3gb because of the chipset limitation?

thanks.

Your Integrated Video is sharing memory right?

 

[Radeon_Tan]

check dell webby dunt have my graphic card driver lol.....

how bout support from software? will software build for xp/vista 32bit work at vista 64bit?
thanks.

32 bit and 64 bit are different. dont think will work leh

 

[Radeon_Tan]

Inspiron 1420 and 1520 series got this?

Flash Cache Module



as in internal flash memory card...

dell documentation:

The Flash Cache Module (FCM), is an internal flash drive that helps improve the performance of your computer.

NOTE: This card is only compatible with the Windows Vista™ operating system.

NOTE: If you ordered a FCM with your computer, the card is already installed.

NOTE: WWAN card and FCM share the same slot. You can install only one card at a time.

 

[Radeon_Tan]

how the inside looks like? Dell inspiron 1420

 

[Diavonex]

Radeon, can I see a screen shot of Disk Management.

 

[Radeon_Tan]

XPS M1210:

 

[Radeon_Tan]

Radeon, can I see a screen shot of Disk Management.

u mean under Win Vista?

 

[Diavonex]

Thank you!

 

[xprezzshawn]

check dell webby dunt have my graphic card driver lol.....

how bout support from software? will software build for xp/vista 32bit work at vista 64bit?
thanks.

If its 32-bit nVidia drivers, it should be available, otherwise download from nVidia's site.

If its for 64-bit OS, there's some trick to 'force' a 64-bit OS to detect the graphics driver.
Download the latest WHQL nVidia driver but can't install it as it will prompt an error.
Go to device manager, update the driver and find the inf file from where you decompressed the nVidia driver, it should load and show up nicely after rebooting.

 

[msmurf]

hi all,

i found some unknown file in almost all my folder. namely "._.DS_Store" and ".DS_Store". also, they always appear together. file type is DS STORE FILE, double click on either one will be prompt as " windows cannot open this file...please select what programs to open it..."

anyone know what are they? can i delete them?

cheers!

 

[l0nEr_]

Hey, anybody tried playing Fifa 2007 on windows visita, on 1420 with the nvidia 8400GS card? i put to 640 x 480 x 32 le... low quality, still lag.... the fps damn low. Is this normal? i can play company of heroes without lag... or is it due to directx 10...

Yep, and where do i get the latest driver for 8400M GS? i cant find it on the Nvidia website. they only support 8400 GS.

 

[blurdude]

how the inside looks like? Dell inspiron 1420

wah!! u really daring ah... open up the laptop casing... i wouldn't dare to do that... wait dunno how to assemble back then i die liao... keke...

 

[Radeon_Tan]

wah!! u really daring ah... open up the laptop casing... i wouldn't dare to do that... wait dunno how to assemble back then i die liao... keke...

i saw the dell technician open infront of me, i learnt from him de

 

[jus]

XPS 1730 anyone??

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/12/new-dell-xps-m1730-pics-pop-up/

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/dell-xps-m1730-spotted-in-the-wild/

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/23/dell-m1730-gets-confirmed-specs-and-release-date/

 

[blurdude]

i saw the dell technician open infront of me, i learnt from him de

cool... is upgrading RAM difficult to do?... my laptop will be delivered tonight... hehe ... thinking of upgrading my RAM from 1GB(2x512MB) to 2GB(2x1GB)... maybe i'll ask you again when i've bought them...