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

oh ye I just saw that too.. LOL sucks no one tested it. but anyway 3dmark scores arent reliable 100% because as soon as you have a faster processor the score greatly changes! thats why people use vantage its more of a gpu test.
b4 overclocking my processor i had 4000 3dmark05 score after I had 4400.
If I somehow get it Im gona clock it even higher! until the card fries the screen melts and then ill act like its dells fault ROFL

 

I will ask for replacing the motherboard after 12/19....

 

but even if ur gpu becomes faulty, u will still get the same motherboard

 

If anyone has any new updated drivers for XP to go on this machine I would appreciate it.
Just dont want any blue screen errors when I get Laptop next week.
.......... oh and thanks for replying Student Driver
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DELL XPS SX13-163B
Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8600
4GB DDR3 memory
320GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

 

If you manage to get the GPU somehow swapped, please let us know. It'd be great to know that it IS possible. I too would love to upgrade the 9400 to something a wee bit better.

 

I'm going to see if I can get my 1340 upgraded to the N10M-GS...

 

More Info on the 1340's GPUs'

 

By the way, N10m-GS is the code name for 210m GS not 105m. As you can see from the chart, 105m's code name is n10m-GE1

 

Fixed- that's what I get for making such a speedy post, mistakes

 

So has anyone else tried calling dell to upgrade the motherboard or trick them into changing it???, wheather for extra $$$ or free doesnt matter I want that GPU

 

NEWS PEOPLE!!! I spoke to dell tech support. The only option after complain about 9400mg ( for a bs reason ). They said sales department can sell you the motherboard with 210m setup but only refurbished!!!!! ofcourse they would charge money for it, and extra for onsite tech because thats not part of the warrantly, and the motherboard will have only 90days warranty on it..
At least thats an option for now lol..
Sorry for the language but I had to be such a pshyco a-hole with tech support in order for them to even give me that choice.

 

Do you guys have any evidence that the 210m is substantially faster than the 9400m or 9500m? Look at the specs-- it has half the memory bandwidth http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-G-210M.17638.0.html

In any case, I don't see how it could possibly be worth defrauding Dell or trying to get them to upgrade the motherboard. It's not like you're upgrading to a 9600M.

 

Well the 9400M G is an integrated GPU and the 9500M GE is a 9400M G alongside a 9200M GS. If nothing else, I'd pay the upgrade price just to reduce heat output and regain RAM shared with the 9400M G. I wonder how this effects battery life....

 

your right about bandwidth. One thing to say tho it has pretty high clock. other than that I think its common sence as the options start from weaker 9400mg to 9500mGE to 210m plus price difference too. Like most companies do their setups this should suggest that 210m is better. Ofcourse not by a lot! but for anyone whose coming from 9400mg it would be a good jump.
about frauding dell? lol i would say that since i would have to purchase the refurbished mobo then pay $100+ extra for on site tech. On the other hand if anyone in the future wants to sell me their new mobo i'll be happy to buy it
btw notebook review says its the card right close before 9600m, not 9600m but not too far

 

Nvidia's site says it has much better battery life than older similar gpu's
I dont know if 9400mg counts as "older"

 

Nvidia's website says up to 10x graphics performance but it doesn't say of it's own line (probably meaning it is referring to Intel's line) and up to half the power of the last generation's graphics meaning it could be up to 50% the power consumption of a 9800GS and isn't likely to be 50% of the power of the integrated 9400M G.

 

Any benchmarks? And I'm not talking about 3dMark06 which seems to unfairly favor that cacameme "SLI" mode the 9500M has

 

well if they're comparing it to intels chips an 210m is 10x times better.
they said about 9400mg that its 5 times better. So there you have it. We can only wait for someone to test it.

 

can someone who have 9500m GE ask about changing the motherboard? Becasue the 9500m GE has some problems and none of the newest graphic driver solved it.

 

What problems?

 

Windows will not be smooth when using hybrid mode. Most of the games cannot fully utilize the both gpus. Even if the games support it, the games will be lagging due to different gpus giving different fps. And most importantly, the notebook will be very hot around 85-90 degrees without the notebook cooler.

 

I need to contact Dell regarding my left speaker tomorrow... I'll ask them about the GPU myself.

I'm a bit at a loss and can't think of anything bad to say about the 9400 besides that it's slow. So I might as well start off being nice and shout at them later once I get an idea.

Also, a strange thing. When I ordered my 1340, I had the choice of either 9400 or the 9500... but now all they're offering is JUST the 9400, and the new GPU isn't even hinted at.

We-el... actually... I DID have it overheat once (I was playing in bed; I must have had the vent covered by the sheets thus preventing free air movement). This caused the game I was playing to lag INCREDIBLY. I guess once the critical temp. is reached the GPU slows down as an emergency measure.

 

My replacement arrived with a messed-up right mouse button. I think it needs to be replaced ... considering snagging the new graphics card , if only I got something more concrete about battery life. I don't want 50% of the battery life.

 

How so? I haven't had any problems with it (besides the flicker that occasionally occurs when once or twice when switching GPU settings).

This isn't a fault of the GPU. All forms of SLI/Crossfire and multi-core CPUs have this "problem".

All multi-GPUs setups suffer from varying degrees of micro-stutter. I personally haven't noticed any real "lag" but maybe that's just me.

I've only had it reach that range while not on a desk (and as a result, somewhat inhibited cooling). This would more so be reason for them to improve cooling than to give you a new GPU.

 

For example, if i open any windows, then the window will stutter a bit then it becomes smooth. Just like the gpu is not ready to do that task. It needs some time to get ready. Then stop doing any thing for around 3 minutes. It will stutter again for opening windows, minimize or maximize with all visuals on. My point is that i want a gpu that can have both gpus work in every game. Since the 210m GS has similar performance, I want to change to that so the game won't use only the 9400m on some games.

 

The battery life of the 210M will be equal to or better on power consumption than the 9400M alone. Its is built on the 40nm process vs the 65nm process of the 9400M. It should also about equal to the 9500M GE in synthetic benchmarks, but should outperform in actual games slightly.

 

I read about the chip, and it appeared that the power consumption should be similar to the 110 due to the increased clockspeed. Will that be close to the 9400?

 

Has anyone other than myself tried calling dell with a successful result?
Btw this is the number I got from dell by complaining for an hour
1-800-372-3355
Its a number to sales parts, they said they would be able to offer only refurbished motherboards.... So can any one try and call them?
btw if they ask you why u want to swtich the mobo just say because it has the 9400m, and the 9500mge set up also has 9400m.... just rub in their face that nvidia has done many revisions of 9400m chips from a1-b2... tell them this shows that the chip is nothing but problem! and u want the 210m because its on 40mn and its not gona burn ur system like 9400m or 9500m!!!

BTW they do not give anything for free if it costs more, so if you call tell them u want to purchase otherwise u wont come close and wil look like a freeloader!

Good luck

 

So how much will the motherboard and on site tech cost total?

 

I'm not sure if I will get the new GPU/MOBO yet. Dell has done 2 refreshes of the 1640(New GPU, then a new CPU) so they might do it with the 1340, no?

I'm going to wait a bit just to be safe

 

Well what other significant changes could they make soon? The CPU isn't going to be seeing any updates until the release of Arrandale which probably won't happen until the first quarter of 2010.

 

They just refreshed it with new gpu... as for cpu they wont get any better. If you go to business dell's site they let u customize ur cpu to 2.8 core 2 duo.. but thats about all. i7 u wont find on 13 inch notebook in any time soon. they just put it in hp 15 envy which is slimmer than xps1640 but that is already looked at as revolutionary...

So I can tell you there wont be any more refreshments for a while

 

btw anyone who wants to buy a laptop DONT!!!
heres why!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10366950-64.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

 

IMO other reasons contributing to this include simply falling hardware prices. DDR3 RAM is becoming more affordable, LED LCD's are becoming common place, the end of Core 2 Duo is slowly approaching, hard drive space has become abundant with 7200 RPM HD's becoming more common, etc.

If one tries to get a high-performance laptop (e.g. a Core i7 with a higher-end GPU and an SSD) they certainly can still get a higher price on their laptop. That said, laptops as a whole are becoming more popular allowing OEMs to sell them at a reduced price for the sake of gaining market share.

 

all of that is deffinetly true!!! ^^^^ but also has to do with economy the fact like it said there the most people spend on a laptop these days is $800.

 

I've called Dell asking them to replace my left speaker, and asked if changing the GPU is a possibility. The person I was talking to said that yes, it's possible and there were no indications, that it's a problem.

The only downside ATM is that this new GPU is not available in Poland right now, so I guess I'll need to wait a few months and then call them again. He was also unable to tell me how much this would cost me, not even an estimate. There's also a chance that he had no idea what he was talking about.

Again, please remember I'm in Poland, so the situation might vary from country to country.

 

In order to change the GPU you would have to have the whole motherboard replaced as the GPU is soldered onto the motherboard.

 

Hello everyone,

I've got a question about my 1340, its not very important but as they say curiosity killed the cat. I'm in Australia and I took a gamble and brought mine off a reseller on ebay (tx_it if anyone is interested). It has never missed a beat so I got a bargain (he even gave me the win 7 upgrade).

Interestingly though it came with a dell 1515 wireless and the 1510 is the only one available on dell AU. So I'm just curios as to the origins of my laptop. The service tag is B4VMZ1S. If anyone has any ideas I'll be very interested

(BTW, my 1515 card works really really well)

thanks!

 

You're right of course. The guy I was talking on the phone with did mention that. Still, he made no indication that this would be a problem. He also didn't say anything about refurbished hardware.

 

Question:
Has anyone fixed their built in speakers on xps 1340 with success??
I had a problem with the left one for about more than a month.
Today both of them make the high screeching sound when playing music or watching dvd's at 50% or more volume.
Anyone resolved this issure by getting dell to change speakers or any other method?
Thanx

 

Alex,

I only get the screeching noise when maxing the volume right around 80% and more. It plays pretty loud at 70%. But I agree, the speakers should be able to play audibly at 100% without any high pitch squeeling. What can one do? Change out the speaker and you will still get the same problem unless Dell upgraded the speaker unit but that is doubtful.

 

Hey everyone!!

I am so excited I finally received my laptop today. It's white and there are pics here http://snowkit82.blogspot.com/

Order Date: Sept 9th
Ship Date: Sept 28th
Received: Oct 5th

I have to say I am in love....minus the wait time

D

Video is still uploading as i'm posting this......but shouldn't be much longer.

 

So you're saying even if they replace the speakers for same new ones I'll still have the problem because the speaker's hardware itself sh**y??
If I got that right thats pretty messed up on behalf of dells part that half of the people have to suffer with bad quality, sure i can plug in my external speakers but when I take it out rarely I dont want to be laughed at for having a defected computer...

 

Do I REALLY need to leave my laptop plugged in for 12 hours to charge the battery the first time? Can I get away with 7 hours? See i brought it to work, it's plugged in, if I have to wait 12 hours I have to leave it at work.

???

D

 

turn it off, take it home and plug it back in. no big deal

 

Yepp. But are you if you are hearing screeching sound at 50% volume, you might have a defected pair of speakers. Screeching sound for me sets in at around 80% and more.

 

sweet, i thought interrupting the charge might screw it up....

Thanks!!

 

The G210M apparently supports Hybrid SLI( http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-G-210M.17638.0.html).

So does that mean that we can run the 9400m in power saver mode just like with the 9500m? I only ask because my replacement SXPS 13(for m1330) just got delayed and they had to make a new order and gave me the G210m.

Any ideas?

 

Well for first 1 month of use I didnt have any speaker problems before I was playing music at 100% volume. So the speakers couldnt be defective they're just very bad quality and break fast I guess

It supports SLI only if another chip is present to which to... But your only going to get one chip 210m so you will not have sli option... Just like me I have 9400mg which also supports sli, but im not running with duo setup like 9500Mge so I dont have sli settings.
Still Go for the 210m its the best that xps13 has to offer for now! Even tho its a single card it promises better battery life! Let us know how well it works

 

Hello,

I use Windows 7 x64 with my XPS 1340. I want to use Bluetooth, but I wasn't able to use it. Bluetooth light is ON. What is the problem?

Thanks