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New Vostro Lineup (3350, 3450..)

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Cocozebra, Mar 17, 2011.

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  1. pogox

    pogox Newbie

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    I also jumped on the RFD vostro 3350 deal.
    Just got mine delivered yesterday, a day after giving confirmation.


    Does anyone have issues with a grainy screen?
     
    pogox, Oct 14, 2011
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    mkj Notebook Consultant

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    Well, there are only two RAM slots and I don't recall anyone getting his hands on 2 x 8 GB SO-DIMM DDR3 sticks to test with the 3350. But the limitation might come from the CPU (i.e. the i5-2410M; link) or from the BIOS (meaning from Dell).
     
    mkj, Oct 15, 2011
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    Stelio Notebook Evangelist

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    With the 8cell I managed close to 7hours of watching videos on VLC and wifi on and fairly low brightness.

    What are people getting with the 4 and 6 cell battery? I'm really thinking of calling dell and see if they will switch the battery for me. The thing sticks out a lot and I doubt a 14" sleeve will fit it properly. Probably going to be easier to carry to school in my backpack if he battery was smaller.


    So after using the 3350 and the v131, I can see the screen is slightly better on the 3350. The screen appears to be more solid and shakes less when typing.
     
    Stelio, Oct 15, 2011
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  4. Stelio

    Stelio Notebook Evangelist

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    Does anyone's rights palm rest get warm on the 3350?
     
    Stelio, Oct 15, 2011
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    I have the 4-cell, and i get a guaranteed 4+ hours of regular office work. WiFi/BT on, screen at ~66-75%. I haven't done any kind of testing with movies, but I did manage to watch Die Hard (2hrs without ending credits) from my hard drive on a flight. I had maybe 50% of my battery left? Don't know what my LCD brightness was, but wireless was definitely off.
     
    daver160, Oct 15, 2011
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    mkj Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, it's the hard drive sitting just underneath it. Nothing to worry ;)
     
    mkj, Oct 16, 2011
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    Stelio Notebook Evangelist

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    Will a solid state be better for heat?

    I noticed my The CPU reached temps of 84c while playing league of legends. CPUID HWmonitor doesn't read the 6490m gpu.
     
    Stelio, Oct 16, 2011
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    mkj Notebook Consultant

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    HDDs and SSDs generate similar ...warmth - 40 deg. Celsius is not heat ;)

    In order for the dGPU to be detected by HWMonitor, it must be active (an app or a game must be using) prior to running the monitoring software. Also there has been a major issue with switching GPUs on Vostros, so you might need to do some more reading about it (the fix was recently mentioned in this thread).
     
    mkj, Oct 16, 2011
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    mkj, don't want to hijack a thread. Have a specific question for you. Can you please contact me directly? Thanks. ~cc
     
    cc69, Oct 19, 2011
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    hi
    where can i find driver for dell vostro 3550 webcam and finger print recognition??
    its not available in dell website
    please help me..........
     
    baij11111, Oct 20, 2011
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