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    My New M1330 (Video)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by M1330XP, Sep 12, 2008.

  1. M1330XP

    M1330XP Notebook Enthusiast

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    I received my M1330 yesterday and installed Windows XP Pro in it with no single problem (thanks to these blog/threads: 1, 2, 3)... Video of my new laptop can be viewed here:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j9ak1auejc


    Question: My M1330 makes a squeaking/loading sound everytime I turn it on (there's no disk in the CD/DVD drive)... Could it be the hard drive? I'd appreciate any comments. Thanks.
     
    M1330XP, Sep 12, 2008
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    From what I've read, that noise is the CD drive. Apparantly it won't make that noise if a disc is already in the drive at startup.
     
    teraflop122, Sep 12, 2008
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    Great stuff :) Watching your video right now..

    For your Q, its just the slot load drive... and its normal. Dont worry.

    Enjoy your system :) Good Luck.
     
    fonduekid, Sep 12, 2008
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    Oh OK... No biggie then. :p

    Thanks guys. :)
     
    M1330XP, Sep 12, 2008
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    Also, I forgot to mention that I've installed Photoshop CS3, Lightroom 2.0, MS Office 2003, Nero 8, and Kaspersky AV in it... That's why it took around 35 seconds to boot up... Before installing all of those apps, it boot up in less than 15 seconds. :)
     
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    Another question:

    There's an obvious light leakage on the top part of my LED display... Is that normal?

    Thanks again.
     
    M1330XP, Sep 13, 2008
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    No, afaik, its not normal... :confused: :confused: check again and call dell asap if its obvious..
     
    fonduekid, Sep 13, 2008
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    Well, it's only obvious when I'm looking from the side (45 degrees or so) far away (a couple of feet) from the laptop... So, I guess this is normal for laptop LCDs/LEDs?

    Btw... I upload another video of my M1330 in action...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6-dmXxVtA
     
    M1330XP, Sep 13, 2008
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    You could turn off things you don't wanna start with the system from msconfig > startup.... save a lot of time, and anyways you can start these programs later when u want to :)

    Well, yeah probably...

    And nice video btw... :) Those things are opening real fast eh!! :) Good luck and enjoy your system :)
     
    fonduekid, Sep 15, 2008
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