**Official Dell XPS M1530 Owner's Lounge**

cheers, I was actually playing it alright on 1400X all medium just then (some bad FPS in close combat though) however, my temps got up to 75,76 degrees C on the GPU. Is that normal?

 

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I've been reading that temperature is okay while you're gaming with this card.

This thread in particular seemed like a good one to look at for more info:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=262288

Hope that helps!

 

My 1530 came today, and honestly I couldn't be more happy with it. With all of the horror stories I was reading on these forums I was pretty nervous that I would also get a lemon of some sort...but luckily everything was intact and working properly when I opened the box.

The only trouble I've had is getting used to Vista after spending so many years with XP...so far I definitely like XP better, but I'm sure I'll get used to Vista.

 

I just got word that my 1530 is being held up by the video card. They're waiting for stock. It was supposed to ship on the 30th. Ordered on the 3rd of June.

 

CONGRATS!!!

I've had mine for 4 months now and still extremely happy with it.
Remember, for every horror story, (which is usually posted here) there are thousands of Happy stories, (of which most don't post).

I felt the same way about Vista in the begining, but grew to like Vista.
I run XP on my desktop and Vista on my XPS... the way it was meant to be.

 

I hate how people talk down on the 8600m card in the m1530 like its the demise of the laptop. I told my friend what specs I had ordered for a $1900 machine which included T9300, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, and when I mentioned the video card he was like "AHAHAAHA MAN YOU GOT RIPPED OFF, I GOT MY ASUS FOR LIKE $1200 WITH ALL THE SAME SPECS BUT A BETTER GRAPHICS CARD!!!"

IMO the DDR3 graphics card is pretty powerful and will be able to run all the new games for the next 2 years atleast...

 

I just got mine today and everything is fine but the DVD drive is VERY loud when spinning.

 

After 3 weeks I decided to try out the 1530's HDMI connecting it to my LCD and I cannot get anything to work. I thought all I would have to do is connect the HDMI cable and change the sound settings? Oh yea, I have tried Fn+F8 but nothing. Any help would be appreciated.

 

NotNoRmAL you should try disconnecting your HDMI cable, trying a different HDMI input on your tv, and restarting your laptop with the HDMI cable plugged in until you can figure out what allows your computer to recognize that the tv is connected. The screen will most likely flicker a little and you will hear a noise if the computer has recognized the tv. I always plug in the HDMI cable to my computer first and then the TV.

 

I don't know man, my system was $1380 with a 2 year warranty and 2 year accidental. Asus laptops on Newegg.com with the exact same specs as my XPS M1530 are between $1349 and $1500. So right on par with Dell's pricing. Also Asus does not offer all the screen options, wireless options, etc. that Dell offers. With Asus, however it comes is how it comes, theres not options at all. The XPS M1530 is in no way a ripoff as long as you get it during a sale or with a coupon, which is not hard at all. They have sales almost every weekend and on random days all time. A MacBook Pro with the same specs as my XPS costs $800 more and it has a lower resolution screen, no Vista included, no accidental, and a measly warranty.

 

Thank you "arknsashilbilly" for you suggestion, not sure what happened but it's working now. I got up this morning and thought I would give it a try again and the 1530 HDMI connection to my LCD TV worked perfect. Go figure, I must not have been holding my mouth right last night.

 

yea its tricky the first time, but from my experience it works flawlessly after that

 

So it's the second day with my new M1530, DVD drive is LOUD and my bluetooth is not working. Besides that the computer is amazing and definitely worth what I paid.

 

I got my XPS a few days ago and Im loving it. I have a few questions for my fellow XPS owners -

Was I suppost to get the mini DVD controller or does that only ship if you buy add a Blu-ray player?

I want to match all the windows, Messgener and Firefox to go along with the Vista "black" task bar. Does anyone have links to a Firefox theme and how I can change the windows within vista to match the "black" color.

 

The remote control? It should be in your leather CD holder and manual case. The black one with the XPS logo on the front.

 

I have seen youtube unboxing videos of the XPS with the whole leather case, but mine didn't come with it. I got a stack of cd's and the headphones but no dvd remote

 

Did you get yours brand new, or did you get a Refurb? If its new (or refurb), did they do something odd and put it in the ExpressCard slot for you on the right side of the laptop (in front of the slot-DVD drive?

 

Are you in the US? If you are and you didn't get the binder, give Dell a call. I think in some other countries the binder might not be included, but I don't specifically know which ones.

 

Its a brand new XPS..I got it during the Dell Deal days. I got no leather case and where the DVD controller should be is a plastic frame in the shape of the controller. Is Dell going on the cheap side or did they just forget my dvd remote? If I didn't get the leather case, then they might be fazing it out or something

 

Yeah Im in the US. Also used that silly Dell Preferred account to get the comp.

 

The remote control is still in the advertisements on their website (the slideshow that scrolls through when looking at the M1530 and which model to start with).

So yeah, you should've gotten it. I'd call them up and tell them you didn't get the remote and binder.

 

Yeah I ordered mine during the 10 Days of Dell Deals too, I did get a remote which came inside of the Leather binder.

 

Was your remote control and leather binder listed on your bill? Did the binder and remote ship in its own box or did everything ship in the same box along side the laptop?

 

Not listed on the bill. Came inside of the box with the laptop. Inside of the Brown cardboard Dell box was two white XPS boxes. The top one housed the leather case (which housed the remote, earbuds, cleaning cloth, and manuals). Also in the top box was the PSU and a A/C 3 plug power adapter. The bottom box was the laptop inside of a thin material case.

 

Thats odd, I just have one XPS box - XPS 1530, ear buds in a little bag, system cds in paper sleeves, laptop material case and A/C power plug. Whats a PSU?

 

He's referring to the power supply unit, which is more commonly referred to as the A/C adapter, power brick, blah blah on laptops.

 

My apologies for asking this since I know this was covered recently but I cannot find the thread/post where I saw it, soooo

What is the preferred driver for the 8600M GT? I found a site with GeForce drivers, but it would not install. Then while searching for a driver that works, I saw that apparently we can only use certain modified ones.

Thanks for the help

Edit - nevermind, I found the thread I was thinking of

 

wouldnt mind knowing the driver issue too!! getitng mine on Thursday!

 

This was the thread I was looking for; it has a couple of driver suggestions and someone has a link in their sig on how to safely install them:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=263806

 

I just got off the phone will Dell.

Told them how I didn't receive the Express card DVD remote and leather binder.

The guy just repeated that those where extra and I had to place a order with the sales department.

I kept repeating that the remote and binder are listed to come with all XPS laptops. I said fine I don't the remote or binder, and the rep said that I "NEED" to have the express card and binder.

I said I'm not paying extra for stuff that should have come with my computer.

He directed me to sales and I hung up.

Hooray for uniformed customer service.

 

does m1530 come with headphones?

 

you should have said you "NEED" to said me them or a refund or discount, thats what i would i have done, it should say "Dell Travel Remote control " and if it does, make sure you get it

 

You should try to talk to a supervisor. Frequently the low level guys have no idea what they are talking about and then after they talk to a supervisor they do a 180.

 

Hello all! Just received my 1530 after seeing many good reviews on this forum. I had some dead pixels in the upper left hand corner, called dell and told them that I saw 8-10 dead pixels in two bunches and they sent a tech who came the next day and replaced my screen with one with zero dead pixels. So far I am very happy with dell and the comp. BTW my remote was in the affliction looking xps box in the packaging. Oh, and whamerman is right.

 

What resolutions creen do you have? That''s a good chunk of dead pixels. I also want to emphasize, as kooler pointed out, that the remote comes separate from the leather binder. They are in the same white xps box, but the remote is not located in the binder.

 

I am in Canada, and just received my 1530 last Friday and it came with two boxes, the leather binder, earphones, cleaning cloth, and the remote. It wasn't listed on any of my invoices or anything, so it should just be a standard item that comes with your order...I would call them back and insist that they send it to you.

 

I have a 1920x 1200 screen. It is hard to count the number of pixels when they are that small.

 

LOL. I have the same screen and it is very nice.

 

I am new to this forum. How do you get your laptop info to appear with your posts?

 

You can edit your signature in your profile.

 

I think that it's pretty bright.

 

Let's see if this works!

 

And there you have it

 

Nice! BTW what's up with LOTR online? I saw it on one of my invoices, but not on the comp when I set it up?

 

Wasn't on my invoice...couldn't tell you.

 

was on the original order invoice, but not on final one. Doesn't matter to me, just interesting.

 

Hi...

I got the below configuration for 1024 only. Is it good deal?

1 223-5880 XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800MHzFSB, 3M L2 Cache) $984.25
1 313-6439 Tuxedo Black Casing XPS M1530 $0.00
1 311-7823 4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 320-6693 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ TrueLife LED LCD with Camera for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 320-6082 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT $0.00
1 341-6247 160G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor $0.00
1 310-9764 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP, XPSM1530 $0.00
1 420-5769 Internet Search and Portal $0.00
1 420-5924 Icon Consolidation Application $0.00
1 420-6436 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp $0.00
1 420-8566 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium Edition, English $0.00
1 420-6995 DELL SUPPORT 3.4,DIM/INSP $0.00
1 420-7590 Media Direct 3.5 $0.00
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access $0.00
1 420-7468 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP $0.00
1 313-5820 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive for XPSM1530 $0.00
1 420-8183 Roxio Creator DE 10 $0.00
1 313-5014 Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy $0.00
1 430-2449 Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-card $0.00
1 410-1838 McAfee Security 9.0, 2-Year Subscription $0.00
1 467-5153 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for XPS M1530 $0.00
1 412-0148 No Internet Service Provider Requested $0.00
1 420-8051 Microsoft Works 9.0, English For Inspiron $0.00
1 412-0360 Soft Contracts - Banctec $0.00
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty $0.00
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3 $0.00
1 960-8710 Warranty Support,Initial Year $0.00
1 988-5607 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year $0.00
1 984-2350 Type 3- Third Party At HomeService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year $0.00
1 412-0358 Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care $0.00
1 960-9187 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 1 Year $0.00
1 991-1139 Bund. LoJack Theft Recovery - 1 Year DHS $19.75
1 420-8651 LoJack Theft Recovery Softwarefor Laptops, 1 Year $0.00
1 330-0171 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks $0.00
1 430-2566 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR) $20.00
1 467-2337 Finger Print Reader XPS M1530 $.00
1 310-8628 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System $.00
1 310-9348 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor $.00
1 320-6797 15.4 inch Black Wide Screen WX+ LED TrueLife LCD with 2.0 MP Camera for XPS M1530 $.00
1 420-7715 Camera Software XPS M1530 2.0MP $.00
1 420-7091 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS $.00
1 420-7092 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS 1YR-FREE $.00
1 987-4817 Insp Datasafe 3GB,1YR(Incl in price),DHS $0.00
1 988-0099 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online $.00
1 467-2337 Finger Print Reader XPS M1530 $.00
1 464-6772 Introductory Pricing-One Time Offer $.00





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Sub-Total : $1024.00
Shipping : $.00
Tax : $.00
Order Total : $1024.00

 

Looks pretty good to me. That's about the price I paid for mine. Would have gone with a bigger hdd, but that's just me.

 

Thanks. I thougt this harddisk is enough for me. How much free space (160 GB Hard disk) will be available while getting the new laptop?

 

Actual usable space after formatting works out to be around 130 GB.