--->The Official Studio XPS 1340 Owner's Thread<---

So now I'm being told that they are no longer offering the LED LCD screens on the XPS 1340 which is why mine came with the CCFL and the replacement spec'd with the LED was rejected as well. Guess I'm SOL as they won't budge on the fact that they say even though the website shows it, they are no longer offering it and that all 1340s are now being shipped with CCFL screens.

Check your invoices and part numbers if you are ordering! Just because your order confirmation shows it doesn't mean that's what you'll get! Buyer beware...seems Dell is doing a bait and switch. I'll be filing a complaint with the Attny General next week.

 

thats what i assumed, but that option is gone for some time now.

 

hope in future they get a motherboard with stronger gpu, like 13inch lg p310. blows any 13 inch laptop away but is ugly on the looks, would be nice to have that card in xps 13

 

Heh, I didn't realize anyone offered a 9600GT (w/ GDDR3 on board RAM) on 13.3" laptops. The next step up would be Asus's 14.1" N81Vp with the Radeon 4650 (with 1GB on board GDDR3 RAM).

 

13.3 WX WLED LCD BLK W/1.3 MP 1340--that is what it says in my order confirmation email, and it is supposed to arrive tommorow. I ordered it on the 14th of sept. Does this mean that even though I paid for the screen, i'll be getting the ccfl?

 

Check your invoice that comes on the box and check the part numbers against what you have in the order confirmation. Please let me know if you actually get the WLED screen.

 

Mine arrived on 04 Sept, and the documentation claims that it's the LED display. I ordered it in the middle of August I think. I wonder when the cutoff was.

 

I got LCD and LED part numbers in my invoice... What does that mean?

 

It means you have the LED screen (which is a LED backlite LCD display). In other words, you're good.

 

What part numbers is the LED LCD? I just ordered mine and the order confirmation says that it is the LED LCD.

 

so someone a few pages back posted that White is on Indefinite back order? can anyone else confirm this? I'm in Canada and white was just released. I hope to hell I get my laptop. My est. ship date is Sept 28th, I ordered Sept 9th. they cancelled both my orders and re-added them on the 11th, I received my accessories on the 17th. I didn't look to see if the cancellation of orders was because of the LED/LCD dealy. guess I'll have to wait until next monday and find out if the damn thing ships....

 

I wonder if there is anything wrong with the speakers... The sound coming from the left one sounds like its shreeking (crackling) when it produces high tones. Anyone heard of this problem?

 

I can't seem to get the HDMI output to work. The laptop doesn't even detect the hdmi connection... Is it this a driver problem?

 

The first thing you should to is go to device manager and check to see all devices are installed and working properly.

 

I have similar problems with my audio. It crackles randomly but there is no screeching. It has to do with certain driver combinations but I cant figure it out for the life of me.

 

I had occasional crackling until I put the A11 BIOS on. I haven't heard it through the speakers, and I need to use headphones to make sure it's completely clear. But, so far so good.

 

I have the same problem. A lot of people do so too. There are 2 known issues with xps speakers. the popping sound is fixed by downloading the latest wlan driver. and then theres a SCREECHING like sound that feels similar to scratching the chalkboard. this is however hardware related. I have this problem for a long time and need to call dell to send me a pair of new speakers. well it really occurs from the left one. Btw eveyone reported only left one. I guess its due to the heat coming from the vent directs on the bottom of it. Its pretty dum to put a speaker on top of a boiling air vent.

 

My reciept that came with the laptop today shows the wgxa lcd led. so it looks liek im good. how can I tell what screen I have? my temps also seem hot on speedfan
gpu #1 59
gpu#2 65
HD 42

cpus both at 50

also, what is the hotkey for switching graphics? im having a problem switching between cards

downloaded dox's latest, got everything working now

 

I just ran cs:s at 137 fps on full settings and native res. My temps are a bit high though my gpu gets to around 70c and cores stay at 50. Is this fine? I'll be aplliyng some Arctic Silver 5 as soon as I can get my hands on some.

 

The hybrid SLI option is determined by a registry entry.

Enter the registry editor and navigate to the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Hybrid

Change the entry HidePowerSetting to a 0.

Restart your computer and viola. You can now alter your power profiles with the Hybrid SLI settings.

 

The hybrid SLI option is determined by a registry entry.

Enter the registry editor and navigate to the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Hybrid

Change the entry HidePowerSetting to a 0.

Restart your computer and viola. You can now alter your power profiles with the Hybrid SLI settings.

 

My 1340 arrive 4 SEP, and my temps are about the same as yours when I'm not using my Zalman notebook cooler during games. I just applied MX-2 thermal paste, and the temps are marginally lower (although it does cool down a good bit faster). I'm going to wait a couple days and see what happens. I did notice that unlike some companies that slather the paste everywhere, this barely had any on the CPU and one of the GPUs.

 

yes i have it semi installed check insanelymac.com and theres a thread dedicated to it for the 1340.

 

Remember that these forums respect Mac OS X's EULA and hence mentioning thereof is prohibited.

 

I'm having a problem with my studio xps 13, it crashes at least 2 times a day, but it is only when I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. I'm using windows 7 pro, with the nvidia 186.03 display driver.

 

what did you use to remove the dell paste? I need to buy some as-5 asap

 

Alcohol, and it comes off quite easily. You get a nice mirror finish on the chips, with a fairly dull interface on the heatsink. I did notice that my GPUs will drop into the upper 40's while doing normal web stuff on the Zalman cooler, and it never did that before.

 

Rum is good? lol, i have to find some industrial alcohol.

 

Grrr.... The A11 Bios update did absolutely nothing to fix DPC latency on my 1340. Just when I thought this would finally be fixed... It seems weird that it only seems to fix the problem on some people's computers.

I've used it combined with many different video drivers.... NVIDIA 186.81, 186.82, 196.91, DOX 185.85, as well as the latest one on DELL site which is the old 179.82. Latency is there with ALL of them. A11 did nothing for me, I have checked and confirmed that it definitely is installed.

Has anyone else who has A11 and still has DPC latency problems figured anything out?? This is sooooooooo annoying!

Mike

 

Did you reset your bios settings after flash?

 

Which chipset driver are you using?

 

First, after the A11 update (and maybe the nForce driver link from here) my XPS 1340 is fantastic. The only problem I have is when I switch to SLI mode my gaming doesn't get any better. But I don't game that much, so I can wait this out.

Are you using the Synaptic driver for you touchpad? I had some weird issues with the stock Windows driver, where I kept bumping it and double clicking things (or losing focus). The Synaptic driver lets you tweak the sensitivity quite easily.

What exactly is your problem with ejecting optical discs? You don't have an ISO mounter on your system do you? That's what kept mine from ejecting, and I figured out that the eject button will always eject the first "CD" drive, even if it's just a mounted ISO. Once I moved the physical drive back to letter D, the eject button has worked perfectly.

 

what is DPC latency and how do i find out if i have it. thnx

 

What is a search and how do I use it

 

Yes... if you mean going into BIOS settings and doing "restore to default" - didn't make a difference.

Whichever is the latest one on the DELL site - is there a new one I should be using somewhere? I doubt all the other people which A11 solved their DPC Latency issues installed a new chipset driver too.

The annoying this is that A11 is actually WORSE than the A08 I previously had for latency. I never get a full screen in the latency checker without any red in it. I wonder if maybe reverting back to an old BIOS and then to A11 again would help...?

-mike

 

I use the 15.35 WHQL driver listed on post #3367, and they seem fine.

http://go.notebookreview.com/?id=52...5.35_nforce_win7_64bit_international_whql.exe

In posts after that one, there's reference to using 15.37, but I haven't upgraded mine. Since mine has been perfect, I'm afraid to. I will just wait for Dell to have "official" Windows 7 drivers on their support site, but until then I will use the laptop as it is; a strong machine for running my VMs and a couple games.

 

Have you tried reinstall or remove the hdmi drivers, as thats been sugested before?

 

Your unit is definitely a retard
My advice: Call dell, tell them to replace it.

My 1340 is great but apparently some of ells units are just retards right off the assembly line

 

I believe I have seen this posted before but I will ask anyways... On occasion when I bring my 1340 out of sleep the wifi light on the touch panel above the keys will flash wildly turning wireless on and off for up to a few minutes, sometimes I even have to restart. It's extremely annoying, all the other functions up there are fine. FYI..I have vista premium and all current dell drivers, including a11. Any thoughts?

 

JeffMurph004, I have the same issue with you. This only happened when I updated the BIOS. So I am not sure whether this is the problem. I deleted and install Quickset again, and it seems to be ok when you don't carry the laptop around in sleep mode. Otherwise it will not flash wildly when the laptopn resume from the sleep mode.

 

Yeah, this has happened on the different BIOS installs I have done as they have become available. I tried the same quickset install as well. Such a pain in the @ss!

 

Yeah, this has happened on the different BIOS installs I have done as they have become available. I tried the same quickset install as well. Such a pain in the @ss!

 

Hello folks,

I have a 1340 with a clean Win 7. When I start a webcam at Windows Live Messenger, it freezes in a while. This was occurring when I was using Dell's Original Vista as well. I have A11, but A07 was same too. I've already installed latest camera driver from Dell's Support Web Site.

Do you have any ideas?
Thanks

eesteem

 

Ok, the system does get hot and it would make your lap incredibly hot, if not burn it if you were to hold it while playing a game. I've gotten back into Oblivion and using HWMonitor, I noticed both GPUs topped out at 92°C while the other temperatures all broke 90°C. Intel specs say the CPU can tolerate 105°C. I couldn't find any specs on the GPUs, but they can generally handle higher temperatures than CPUs. I've never had any artifacting or stability problems so I'm going to keep on playing. What is everyone else hitting under max load?

 

I've been around 75*C without my cooler, and 65*C with my Zalman NC1000 notebook cooler. Also, I put on MX-2 thermal paste before I really started much gaming on it, and the GPU would hit 70*C without much effort and no cooler.

 

You might want to look into the thread about changing out the thermal paste.
I'll let you know when i get mine in a few days ;-)

 

85°C is my max before I have a warning (that I configured) pop up and warn me to either stay minimized for 5 minutes, place it on a colder surface, or go get an ice pack . I don't see why would use the notebook directly on their lap though as that also worsens heat dissipation (not to mention is uncomfortable) especially while gaming.

 

With temps this high i guess that you didnt have the laptop on a table while playing?
If thats the case tough, try contact dell and make them replace the laptop or atleast the cooler-system.
When benchinh with extremeburning on mine, i got as high as 75 but not more.

So yours seems rather faulty then normal.

 

The XPS 1340 has got to be the one with the worst webcam. It just fails in darker lit rooms. Anyone feel the same or is it just me?