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    1340/1640 Owners...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jeremysdad, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. jeremysdad

    jeremysdad Notebook Evangelist

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    Stressing the 1340, Dell released a system update yesterday that I believe is meant to address the WU BSOD issue, as it adds support for some hotfixes, etc...

    Link: http://support.dell.com/support/dow...-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=7&fileid=303637

    Might solve some issues for some people. (I haven't had any, so I am not a good Guinea pig for this. Thought I'd share in a common thread.) Even if it doesn't it says it's urgent, so...

    Good luck, people...
     
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    krionX Notebook Evangelist

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    I also don't have any issues with my 1640 now, so I'm in doubt whether to still install this "urgently important" system update or not.

    So "if it ain't broken, don't fix it"?
     
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    jeremysdad Notebook Evangelist

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    I installed it, and it seems to have installed one WU (shows as yesterday, though I know that Wu didn't install anything yesterday.)

    So, it didn't break anything...yet...lol...
     
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    downloading now :x
     
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    krionX Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm installing this now and I think it's been running for 5 minutes already. Is this really taking this long to install this one?
     
    krionX, Mar 19, 2009
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    Mine installed in about 45 seconds... :confused:
     
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    StudioXPS16 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, about that.

    What is this supposed to fix? Where does the link talk about BSOD issues?
     
    StudioXPS16, Mar 19, 2009
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    jeremysdad Notebook Evangelist

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    From Dell tech support phone call...comes installed on machines as of yesterday, and is supposed to fix the WU issues with BSODs.
     
    jeremysdad, Mar 19, 2009
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    Big mistake. My 1640 would not play MP3s (doesn't matter which media player) after installing this. System Restore to the rescue!
     
    krionX, Mar 19, 2009
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