Each time, when I turn off my notebook or remove main battery it's resets time to 2008/bla/bla...
I tried to:
- Reinstall latest bios;
- Reinstall Windows 7;
- Replace coin-cell battery;
- Set time in bios;
i have a dell xps m1330 came with ubuntu preinstalled. its a great laptop. but the fan runs most of the time not full speed but load enough to be audible in a quiet room. when i installed a cpu temperature monitor it showed the average CPU temperature hovers between 40c and 55c when ever am using the system for just browsing the web. is this normal.
here are the system specs
320GB hard drive 7200 RPM
Intel Intergrated card 3100
4gb ram
core 2 duo 2.2 ghz
i chatted with dell tech support and he said it was normal for my system to get 60c 55c 70c is this true. am thinking maybe its because the my hard disk speed is high (7200) please if u own a dell xps m1330 can you please tell me the average temp of your computer... esp if u have the intel intergrated card.
i have a 2008 Dell XPS M1330 laptop that i wish to restore to factory settings. i have saved/copied/transferred any/all files i wish to save.
i have searched (google, you tube, dell.com, forums, support) for the answer and all i find is suggested use of pressing F8 during start up. when i choose 'repair my system" , windows just loads normally.
the only seemingly 'recovery' disk i can locate says:
DRIVERS AND UTILITIES Already installed on your computer/For reinstalling Dell xps m1330 computer software. it also says: contents: device drivers/diagnostics and utilities.
i want to 'wipe the slate clean' and start the computer fresh now that i have a new xps8700. if i use this disk to which i refer, will it do what i am wanting? the computer works fine, but i'm afraid of screwing something up trying to just clean it up and back to original condition.
I did a search on here and and google and I came to the conclusion that if you dont know the specs of the computer you can't "accurately" guess the life of the battery so I'm hoping you guys can give me an estimate with my computer specs.
I'll post the things I think would matter most with the battery life.
Specs: Dell XPS M1330
2.2 ghz core2duo
8400gs
LED screen
wireless-n
160 gb hdd (dont know speed, im sure you guys do with this size)
Just upgraded to the latest A15 bios and saw about 15 second reduction in boot up time
With A14 Bios 61 sec from power on to google search
I'm experiencing a really weird UltraNav behavior on my new refub T410 2537-XH4 (2537-DB5 before refub).
Step 1: I go into Control Panel -> Mouse -> Wheel tab -> Vertical Scholling -> select "One screen at a time" -> click "OK" button.
Step 2: I open a long web page and use UltraNav to scroll up or down.
Then, I go back to the Mouse setting in Step 1 and now the setting in Wheel tab is reset back to scroll one line at a time. I repeated this many times and as soon as I use UltraNav, it resets it back.
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