**The Official Studio XPS 1645 Intel Core i7 "Owners Lounge"

Please check out the last page or two of this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=440493

For me, my lockups stopped when I uninstalled the SB X-Fi MB software.

 

I have heard the same. I have tried a bunch of different things, but with the Turbo Boost,, undervolting would probably make it very unstable. thats just my theory though

 

Go Dell!!!! Finally we are out in the open.... Well what do you knw!!! More preference for NBR members...... HOOHAH!!! All of that typing did not go off as a complete waste after all!!!

 

Hi Everyone,

For those of you using Esata have you noticed that the cable when plugged into the laptop it is a little loose. Not much but I am just worried that something could happen during data transfer.

Thanks,
Marc

 

Note sure if anyone can help here. I re-installed W7 from the DVD and have lost the ability to do a factory image restore from the restore partition (hidden). I have done some research and it seem that the Dell datasafe local 2.0 software may do the trick. The problem is where do I get it from. The web based version is a plenty but not the local.

Help appreciated.

BTW I know that the image is held in the WMI format which is installed via the Microsoft WAIK system but just cant get the image to ISO.

 

Hmm I have the same issue with my older laptop, let me know if you find anything out

 

I don't know if everyone in this thread knows, but there is a fix in the making that will get rid of the throttling issue. The fix also includes a new 130 watt power adapter.

 

Hey. Can someone else confirm this for me?

Can you play some music, click the battery icon, click more power options, click Dell Battery Meter on the left panel (last item), and quickly switch between the battery life and battery health tabs? Do you hear some crackle/pop every time you click battery health?

 

Are you using Firefox? The same thing kept happening to me with Napster and YouTube. Someone suggested the latest Adobe Flash, and it solved the problem for me:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

 

I am using Firefox. Let me try that. Thanks!

 

I do not have this issue. I am playing music through iTunes and can toggle tabs without any crackling or popping.

 

Speaker Music issue.

I just gave it a quick test and I am not having a problem. Running Windows 7

Marc

 

I have just noticed keeps appearing on my screen. I can rub them of for now using a cloth but is that consistent or should I raise the little black bumpers somehow? Anyone else notice this. I recall reading it but not sure if it was with the 1645.

Marc

 

Thanks, guys.

Not a big issue...

@scp

Dust? Or?

~Ibrahim~

 

It takes a little rubbing to get it of but it disappears. I will keep an eye on it but the keys are touching the screen.

 

@ikjadoon
Just curious, during the testing that you participated in with Dell; how many days would you say your laptop was unusable? Particularly you were waiting on a Dell technician to replace a part.

 

Get the ShaggyMac Laptop Screen Protector

the 16'' size fits perfect on 1645. I have one.

 

For the capture process? None. The replacement was delivered before I sent mine in.

For the broken motherboard? Maybe 2 hours while he replaced it.

~Ibrahim~

 

ikjadoon, did you catch my post to ya a few pages back from here yesterday?

 

Sorry, I did not. I actually canceled by subscription to all the threads but the throttle one a few days ago; school has gotten quite a bit more busy and time is short.

But, I did find the message. No problem. And, really, I had good reason to believe Dell would fix it, seeing as I've been in email contact with Bill since mid-December and you can tell how helpful/honest he is!

~Ibrahim~

 

Hey, you still having the problem with sound? Have you checked what format you are running? Control panel>sound>double click speakers>Advanced tab>Default format. I use 24 bit, 96000hz. I dont know if the sound card is 24 bit but go through the choices if you listen closely there is a difference on all of them. Pick the one that works the best. I was having problems with the windows start sound crackling and fixed it.


On a side note, they are testing bios A07 (read it on Direct2dell, the forum admin) and will be shipping 130w power bricks. I am so happy, bioshock is hard to play on this laptop.

 

Sweet, thanks, Aleiro. I will try it out later tonight (in my room; mate's working, no music).

~Ibrahim~

 

Where are they shipping the adapters to because I want one but dont know how to get ahold of one. Is there a list to sign up for one?

 

Sure hope this A07 comes out soon

 

read top of page : http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=446193

 

me too, only have two more years of gaming till the end of the earth in DEC. 2012

 

Unfortunately, this didn't seem to have fixed the problem. But, I don't really care: it's such a small program with one dialog. Thanks, though!

~Ibrahim~

 

I am having crackling issues when I am watching LOST. They are DVD rips and it happens at random intervals throughout the episodes maybe 4-5 times each. I dont have problems with youtube or skype and I know it isnt the video because my girlfriend mentions no crackling when she watches them on her laptop. I see at the top of this page a mention of changing the sound settings but it is currently set at "DVD" and don't know what I should change it to / what the difference is. Can anyone help/ has one had and then fixed this type of problem? The sound it makes is just like when you get shocked by static and is just as short.

 

Is it mostly coming from your right speaker?

Check out this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=369811&

 

It is kind of hard to pin point since it happens so randomly and quickly. But it is possibly coming from both speakers (not at the same time). It also isn't a rattle at all. It is a sharp snap type sound, like a spark, or a static ZAP.

 

All I can say is that I have no issues at all with the sound on my 1645. I do NOT have the X-FI software option, just the default sound and using the latest available drivers. I actually find the sound to be quite loud and decently clear (at least for a laptop).

 

Does anyone else feel that this laptop gets too too warm to have on one's laps? I use the laptop many times when i'm on the sofa and the heat bothers me.

 

It isn't uncomfortably warm, no. But warm, yes.

 

Does anyone know where I can get the drivers and software for the integrated camera on the 1645? Like, I want the additional features the camera software has, even though it currently works with the default driver. It's not there on dell downloads. Thanks.

 

Nearly every laptop I had gets too warm on the lap. I would highly recommend against using it on the lap or placing it on a couch without one of those trays - I forgot what they're called, targus makes them.

 

Upon further inspection it sounds like the popping noise is coming from the screen...Its very strange.

 

Does anyone know which core XP mode uses?

 

I have and external drive connected to esata port and it nice and firm. The cable came with the external case which is sourced as Transcend. Loose cable connections could be more to do with the cable quality rather than the actual socket on the laptop.

 

Did you try the "imagex" solution? Go through the following link1 and link2. The link elaborates about restoring Vista and not Windows 7, but I guess its worth a try! You need not 'burn' the WMI image. Just boot in to a WindowsPE(Preinstallation Environment) and invoke imagex from there.

 

Sorry, Posted by mistake, and now unable to delete this post.

 

I'm not sure if there is a specific driver for the webcam, the microsoft one seems to work ok. The Dell Webcam software can be downloaded from https://smartsource.dell.com (mydelldownloads, or whatever it's called). You have to register with your service tag, then you can download all the software there. I think there are a few versions of the webcam software, I downloaded the latest ones and seems fine.

 

Hi I know it has been answered like billion times, but I urgently need to know and can't find it: does replacing of thermal paste on SXPS 1645 void warranty in any way? I think not but just want to make sure since I did that about three weeks ago and my laptop died yesterday and the technician is coming on monday. I'd at least put there some similar to what used to be there in case it would void warranty...

 

Wow, seems I am experiencing overheating issue. I start the Windows Live Photo gallery with 100 images loaded and average CPU usage is 10-12%. Everything runs smooth and there is no problem, except the cores' temperature - average is 65%. Core4 even went to 75 for a sec or two. Once I close the gallery the temps go down to ~50 for all cores.

Can anyone else reproduce this ?

Thanks
Nikolay

 

HeadHunter, don't worry about. I've done it before and nothing happened when I had a tech come in. Just show the technician to your computer and act like an unsuspecting customer. They shouldn't notice anything at all, and If they do just pretend like you don't. lol.

 

Hey thanks for this, in a previous post I mentioned there was distortion with the sound....A couple of days after that I actually clean installed win7 (not factory reset) and for some reason I couldn't register the X-Fi Software, because the site was down....so I left it uninstalled - needless to say, the same thing as you perfect sound with no distortion! yay! So i conclude that it's probably the X-Fi software! Or some weird settings in there that I couldn't figure out before.....So I'm not re-installing it, I'm leaving my computer as-is!

Cheers!

 

Finally got my bluray drive installed by dell!

 

has anyone's 1645 experienced a constant soft buzzing/beeping sound? I don't really know how to describe it, but I'm pretty sure its not the hard drive as I updated those drivers for the hard drive sounds. I'm wondering if its coming from either my wifi or bT? Its a pretty high pitched sound.

sorry if this has already been posted before, but these threads get so large and I just can't seem to find the answer through search.

 

Yes, it's there. It's the harddrive producing some kind of noise. It also manifests itself in the headphone jack if you listen carefully enough.

 

I posted this a while back, but I am not sure anyone responded. Does anyone know which one of the cores XP mode uses?

 

Hello all, could anyone tell me why I would want an xps 1645 when I can get a studio 17 with the nearly identical specs for cheaper? The only difference I can tell is the screen. Thanks in advance.