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    Help on Dell Inspiron 13 (1318)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ae85levin, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. ae85levin

    ae85levin Newbie

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    I can't get Quickset to work on my Windows Xp professional. It say it not supported. Please Help.

    I bought this laptop at Best Buy last week.

    Specs.

    Product Height
    0.9"
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    Product Width
    12.5"
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    Product Weight
    4.9 lbs.
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    Product Depth
    9.4"
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    Color Category
    Blue-Dark
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    Processor Brand
    Intel®
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    Processor
    Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile
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    Processor Speed
    2.0GHz
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    Display Type
    WXGA widescreen with TrueLife technology (1280 x 800)
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    Screen Size
    13.3"
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    System Bus
    800MHz
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    Cache Memory
    2MB on die Level 2
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    System Memory (RAM)
    3GB
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    System Memory (RAM) Expandable To
    4GB
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    Type of Memory (RAM)
    DDR2 SDRAM
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    Hard Drive Type
    Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
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    Hard Drive Size
    250GB
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    Optical Drive
    DVD±RW/CD-RW
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    Optical Drive Speeds
    Drive speeds not specified
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    Direct-Disc Labeling
    No
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    Digital Media Reader or Slots
    Yes, digital media card reader
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    Graphics
    Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
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    Video Memory
    Up to 358MB (shared)
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    Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
    No
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    TV Tuner
    No
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    MPEG
    Yes
    #
    Built-in Webcam
    Yes
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    Modem
    None
    #
    Networking
    Built-in 10/100Base-T Ethernet
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    Wireless Networking
    Wireless-B+G
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    Bluetooth-Enabled
    No
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    S-Video Outputs
    None
    #
    Audio
    High-definition with 5.1-channel support
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    Speakers
    Built-in stereo
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    PCMCIA Slots
    None
    #
    USB 2.0 Ports
    2
    #
    IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports
    1
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    Parallel Ports
    None
    #
    Serial Ports
    None
    #
    Game Ports
    None
    #
    Laptop Weight
    Ultraportable (5.5 lbs. or less)
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    Battery Type
    Lithium-ion
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    Pointing Device
    Touchpad
    #
    Operating System
    Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1
    #
    Included Software
    Microsoft Works 9, Adobe Reader 9 and Roxio Creator 10 Dell Edition
     
    ae85levin, Dec 22, 2008
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  2. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    I never use quickset, you don't really need it. Is there something that you think you can't do without it ?
     
    PhoenixFx, Dec 22, 2008
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  3. ae85levin

    ae85levin Newbie

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    QuickSet provides the following features: POWER: Power management schemes, Battery resource information and health, Warning messages unsupported power-adapter/dock/battery scenarios are detected. It very nice feature to have, it recommended by dell.
     
    ae85levin, Dec 23, 2008
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    kivfer Newbie

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  5. piker28

    piker28 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, what I am assuming you did was install xp on the machine instead of the preloaded vista. So if you go online to get the quickset driver it will only be for vista, you will have to find one that is meant for xp.... now no gurantee all features will work since its not built for that machine but since it really does not do much it should work fine.
     
    piker28, Dec 31, 2008
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