Media center running choppy?

I just got a brand new e1505 Core 2 Duo T7200, 2Gig ram, Ati X1400, With vista home premium and for some reason media center is running very choppy sometimes it smooths out and runns the way you would think a brand new comp should work, but the majority of the time its very stuttery. i always just run it on my 360 on my tv and it works fine when using the mce extender capability in the 360 but it dosent have evey feature available. Any suggestions?

 

Is this is when you are wireless or when you are wired to the power supply?

 

Bingo lol tanks i never connected the 2 situations, it only when on battery, is there any way to make the system have more power when on battery oviously with comprimising lifespan but is it possible just would be good to know

 

Hello,

My name is Mike, I’m a Technical Analyst located at Dell corporate headquarters in Round Rock, TX. I’m part of an internet outreach team developed to interact with the online community regarding technical questions and issues that customers face with Dell products. I read your post and wanted to point you in the right direction. You can adjust the power setting options one of two ways. The first is by right clicking on the desktop, choose Properties, then Screen Saver, then Power. This should give options on how your machine acts when on battery and on AC.

The second way is via a software application called Quick Set. This application comes pre-installed on most Dell notebooks and is used as an advanced power options menu. By default the quickset utility is set to disable you LAN card when running on battery to conserve power. You can access this application, if you haven’t uninstalled it, by clicking on the blue and yellow “QS” that appears in the system tray. You can also access it by clicking on start> All Programs > Dell Quick set.

I hope this helps clear some things up for you, but if you continue to have trouble please feel free to contact me at [email protected] with this topic in the subject line, ATTN: Mike B. (Dell quick set), and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

Thank you,

Mike
Dell customer advocate

 

@Mike: What? Turn of the LAN to conserve power for video playback? That's not the problem, dude.

@Pdogg: If you switch your power scheme to something other than max battery, you should get improved video playback. I have an e1705 and had the same type of problem during video playback. Once I switched to max performance, or used the Windows power management control panel applet to choose a Windows power scheme, the problem went away. You'll use a bit more power, but when playing video you can expect the power drain to be more anyway. Once you're done watching videos, switch back to max battery.

 

Kegobeer, my response was directed towards pdogg's question "is there any way to make the system have more power when on battery oviously with comprimising lifespan but is it possible just would be good to know" The features I was talking about would shutdown any unnecessary devices that would draw power away from the system when running on battery. Obviously this would have no effect on the DVD’s play back feature, but it will improve battery life when running the system at max performance. I see no need for devices to be needlessly consuming power when they are not being used. Disabling the devices should leave more power available which helps to achieve exactly what you’ve suggested, running at max performance, while still being able to conserve battery life. No need to kill the battery 20 minutes sooner to power devices that aren’t being used.


Mike
Dell customer advocate