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    Dell XPS Keyboard and Battery life issues

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Djurii, May 23, 2009.

  1. Djurii

    Djurii Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I have Dell XPS 1530 and I have 2 problems, could anyone help me please?

    1 – Keyboard. When I type cursor seems to jump around a lot. I would be typing and suddenly the cursor is in the middle of the previous sentence and it’s a mess. Is that something common, is that me or is that something I need to call Dell?

    2 – Battery life is extremely short. I hear of such thing as deactivating your video card ( I have GeForce 8600 GT) and that supposedly helps you with the battery life. Does this laptop offer such opportunity?

    Thanks!!
     
    Djurii, May 23, 2009
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  2. BigHops323

    BigHops323 Notebook Deity

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    The mouse jumping around is you resting your thumb on the trackpad as you type, common problem.
     
    BigHops323, May 23, 2009
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    idq000 Notebook Deity

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    To answer your second question, no, there is no way to deactivate the 8600M GT in order to save power. The XPS M1530 has only 1 GPU, but other laptops like the Alienware m15x have two GPUs meaning that when it is on A/C it uses 9800M GT and on battery it uses the X3100. Unfortunately, the XPS M1530 does not include this feature. The absolute best you can do is to undervolt the processor, turn down the brightness, turn off unnecessary perhipherals, and buy a larger capacity battery.
     
    idq000, May 23, 2009
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  4. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    What battery do you have? What is the level on the back of your battery reading?

    And, you can also mess around with your touchpad setting via *Dell Touchpad*...even though it's happening when your typing....it's nice to know you have the options to control the touch pad a bit ;)

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', May 23, 2009
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  5. Djurii

    Djurii Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have original Dell 6cell battery that came with the laptop.

    And how can i control the touch pad, where do i go to change the settings?
     
    Djurii, May 23, 2009
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  6. Djurii

    Djurii Notebook Enthusiast

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    Too bad... but thank you!
     
    Djurii, May 23, 2009
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  7. wodstock

    wodstock Notebook Evangelist

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    get a 9 cell

    turn the track pad off and get a real mouse
     
    wodstock, May 24, 2009
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  8. terrapirata

    terrapirata Notebook Consultant

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    don't need to turn off the track pad..

    go to: Start/control panel/mouse/and click on dell touch pad icon

    in there, click in touch pad settings and click in the touch check box, set it enabled and you can set from minimum to maximum.

    This touchcheck feature is for fix your problem.
     
    terrapirata, May 24, 2009
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  9. Djurii

    Djurii Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can't find that box... not sure if i'm looking in the right place, but when i go to mouse - then hardware - then click dell touchpad - it doesn't have anything like you're saying...
     
    Djurii, May 24, 2009
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  10. sandman1313

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    How short? With what running?

    How much drain after a night of sleep and it on sleep, with all programs closed?
     
    sandman1313, May 25, 2009
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