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

Sorry I couldn't help. Maybe you just have bad luck, or some moron just sent your laptop right back to you. It's messed up if they didn't check the "new" one they send you for the one problem that you are complaining about. Good Luck!

 

sorry if this has been answered but does anyone know any alternative programs for the default tv tuner that came with the notebook other than vista media center?

cheers

 

Just to be sure, our motherboard supports SATA II right?

 

Yes, the M1530 supports SATA II.

 

Something's going on and I need advice.

I've had a series of things go wrong in the past few days. I'm wondering if any/all of them are connected and what thoughts you all have before I suffer through Dell tech support.

I've had two keys that I suddenly have to press very hard to get them to react. (They're not next to each other.)

My hard drive recently began whining some of the time. Yesterday it whined a lot. During that time, my cursor would not stay put. It jumped ahead. It jumped backwards. I could only type a word or two before this happened unless I typed very, very slowly. I restarted a couple of times. Ran a virus scan. Then shut the computer off completely. Waited. And when it started up all was well.

I got a message about my wireless card not working. (but that I've had before.)

Just a few minutes ago, the computer shut down with the blue screen. It started up fine though.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

 

i had a interesting experience

few days ago my upek fingerprint reader stopped working. So i decided to see what caused it.

Took the entire laptop apart, for some weird reason the flex cable some how disconnected by it self.

 

btw, nvidia released brand new 185.85 notebook drivers for XP, Vista and Win7 in all flavors.

 

Does anyone know the specs of the UJ-225S Blu-Ray drives? I looked on the Panasonic website but could only find the specs for UJ-225-B. Same thing? http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/computer/storage/optical/models/uj225b.asp

 

yes the same

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Was out of the country and let my wife touch my comp and the next thing I know the hard drive's dead. LOL! Anyhow found out that it was a Samsung and heard that there were known problems with the samsung hard drives in the m1530's. Dell was good and quickly replaced it with a brand new seagate.

 

Wow, I just lowered the CPU and GPU temps of my son's 1530 by 25C!

He had a lot of dust in his rig and I used OCZ Freeze thermal compound to further lower temps.

He can actually set his hands on the palm rest now.

His CPU and GPU were reaching the mid 90's C, and now, neither of them get above 70C during gaming.

 

Sorry to burst your bubble but Seagates also had problems with their HDD. I changed mine to WD.

 

Which wd? If this one dies too I'll make sure the next one is a wd then. So far no clicking noises at all. Last hard drive had clicking noises every so often from when I first got it. I did look at a 500g 7200rpm wd on newegg.

 

hey everyone! i have a quick question to ask...

my cat chewed through my power supply cord and now it heats up crazy hot, doesn't power the laptop and emits a high pitched sound. i think something is broken

does anyone know the part number, wattage, etc so i can buy a replacement? there are some on ebay for about $12, but i'm not sure if they are the right part. thanks!

 

These are the specs that you need when looking for a new ac adapter:
90W adapter,
PA-10 family
Input: 100-240V ~ 1.5 or 2.0A, 50 - 60Hz,
Ouput: 19.5v ~ 4.62A
7.5mm circular center pin laptop plug, and obviously you want the 3-prong ones
I found the info on another thread and double checked it with my ac adapter. The item number in my invoice is: RH778. Hope that helps.

 

thanks!! i contacted dell to see if they could give me a product link and the rep said they could just send me a new one since i'm still under warranty.

 

Are there any definitively "best" drivers out there for the 8600? Right now I'm using nvidia's 186.03 for notebooks, but would like even better performance if it's out there.

 

GPU and CPU overheating to 90's C. Just outside of warranty of course. Was thinking of putting arctic silver 5 on. Any one have any other suggestions?

 

you could try replacing the heat sink/fan assy.

 

So I put arctic silver 5 on. First time I ever used the stuff. 8C drop in gpu and 10-12C drops in cpu cores. WOW! And that's before I turn on RMclock for undervolting. Highly recommended to anyone who needs to do it. Cheap and very effective. And it isn't supposed to be at max effectiveness yet either.

 

Does anyone have links for the latest 64 bit drivers i just put Vista Ultimate x64 on my M1530

 

Wrong thread but you see how mad i was to click the wrong thread.

 

I've noticed a lot of people are having similar overheating problems as me...

My CPU is hitting mid 80's and low 90's while playing CS:Source...

I have my warranty for another 2 years, think I should have them do something about this? Or will they not do anything really useful (Silver 5, etc.)?

 

One of the best notebooks

 

anyone know the max amount of ram the M1530 can take? or is it dependant on the time it was built? if so i have the penryn T9300. And can somoene point me to some good ram i can get for it and cheap. link would be good. looking to max the ram out. if that means i have to go to 64bit that is ok.

 

If you're running A11 bios you can have 6 gb or 8 gb of ram I forgot. And for those overheating issues, its time for some new thermal paste.

 

Is this for any M1530? Or just newer ones? I have one with the mobile intel 965 chipset, and I thought it was limited by the chipset to 4GB.

 

is the dell m1530 being discontinnued?

 

It's off the US site now, DJ...so basically...pretty much yah.. :cry:

Long live the 1530....

You can still purchase via the Outlet.......


Cin

 

oh i am happy with mine i just wanted to know for possible bios updates that i was hoping dell would do for win7 but if its being removed then i will likely have to go about other ventures to achieve what i was looking for

 

Oh, I'm sure we will still be able to find all the applicable updates, etc at dell.com! I'm not sure about Win 7 though? I need to look for that, also!


Cin...

 

nVidia has some Win7 updates but Dell doesn't; I actually use Vista Ultimate 64-bit drivers and they worked fine (my mic didn't work until I used the Dell driver). Oddly, my GPU temp is much lower while running Win7 as it was nearing 70C while idling, but now it's down to 60C again.

 

oh i was reffering to a certain bios update for the m1530 specific to win7 . i was hoping i didnt have to go the non official dell bios route but since they arent going to be making them anymore seems that will be my next on the to do list.

 

I already flashed unofficial BIOS to my M1530 and Vostro 1400, working great on both. Going to flash to Inspiron E1705 soon too.

 

really? so if i ever wanted to go back to vista if i just put my dell vista cd in it will install no prob right? or will i have to enter the key on the bottom of my laptop?

 

Ok, got it! ......I haven't went towards that direction yet :*(

Cin...

 

@djtoodles-Your M1530 will work as it is with your current bios so you don't need any type of mod for it to work in Win Se7en, you just have to wait till Win7 gets release to public and buy a copy and you'll be all good to go.

Long time ago...

 

I'm curious, too. Using the same drivers and lv2g have a lot more versions posted. Anyone using later drivers and have good results? There's a quagmire of posts to go thru @ lv2g.

 

Is anyone running into issues finding M1530 drivers when they upgrade to W7?

 

^Nope. All went well. If you can't find a specific W7 driver then chances are the Vista one will work.

 

Oh snap you! I have it now! :lulz:

When I upgraded..most of them were easily found..except for the Video Driver, and that was a simple DL.

Have you visited this thread? It, may be helpful!

M1530 & Windows 7 x64 Thread!

Cin...

 

The M1530 Owner's Thread is getting too large and slowing down forum search, so this is the new owner's lounge thread.

Please continue the discussion there.

Thanks everyone!