Dell :: M1530 Only Has One HDD Slot
Nov 12, 2008Topic. 10char.
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View 10 RepliesEverything was working fine until lately I noticed that during the BIOS the loading bar stops 4/5 of the way for around 10 seconds,
then I hear the slot load drive turn on and only then my computer boots up .....
I have been having some problems with my slot-load drive (TEAC DVW-28SLC). It has been coastering a lot of DVD-DL disks lately and overall it is very slow. I have been reading that they are putting faster drives in the newer M1530's. After a long battle with XPS support, I convinced them to replace the drive. Do you think I will get one of the faster drives or will I be stuck with the same drive? I really don't use it all that much, but when I do want to use it, it is a major pain, especially when it coasters expensive DL-DVD's.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI've had my XPS 1530 for 16 months now and haven't really had any issues with it. But on Saturday, I removed the remote control and later tried to replace it, but it just wouldn't go back in. Normally, I just push it in and then it 'locks' in the 'in' position. But I can't push it in to the locked position now... Weird.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI like the slot load drive, I wouldn't want to go back to the traditional ones. However I've always thought it was a bit rough in the sense that you have to kind of force it in and it makes a lot of noise. Also when you eject it, it kind of 'spits' it out.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI know the UWB port can be used for the 'wireless USB card' if you can find one, but in the absence of that can it be used for anything else?
View 6 Replies View RelatedAnybody used the left hand slot SD-slot for ReadyBoost?
Im using Vista64 on my E6500 and desided to try this feautre.
Is there a simple way to remove the plastic blank that ships in the express card slot?
I have to use a dental pick to catch a corner of it and pull it out. The media slot works fine because you just push in on it until it pops out but the express card doesn't seem to do this? ..
The M1330 has been out for awhile now. I was wondering if there are any new options/manufacturers for the CD/DVD slot drive? My device manager says I have the Mata
it won't let me type out the whole name, i guess the forum thinks its a bad word), but when I cracked open my laptop the other day I noticed my drive said it was a Panasonic.
Drive works fine with the exception that it can be loud at time (especially loading and ejecting discs). I was wondering or hoping that there might be some other or better options out there.
I was playing with my computer and I noticed that in the battery compartment, there is a compartment for something that looked like a sim card, so I busted out the user manual (for the first time) and looked it up, and sure enough it's a slot for a sim card.
Anyway, I'm wondering what that slot does, which I'm probably guessing mobile broadband? HSDPA/EVDO?
Does anyone here actually use the sim card slot, and is there something special you need or can you just go to a local AT&T store and buy a sim card with HSDPA?
I have the Dell Studio 14z... I want to make use of my Express Card Slot.. Will I get any peformance boost by installing my OS to the following card:
http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-32GB...6996774&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-32GB-ExpressCard-SSD-MLC/dp/B000SK9DLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1246996774&sr=8-
Can I upgrade my dvd Rom to the blu-ray/dvd/Rw slot and I should have done it before ordering the the laptop? So I guess my question is: Is the blu-ray slot something I can order as an upgrade?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have had my studio 1737 for ages now.. I took it apart today to steal a U.Fl connector for my eeepc and i noticed a sim card slot on the board (remove the battery and you access it there) is it a modem or back up thing? Any ideas
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhat is that slot under the battery of the Studio 15? is that a SIM card slot?
View 4 Replies View RelatedIt says dual channel, but I can't find the internal ram slot
View 3 Replies View Relatedwhere to buy a 6x slot load blu-ray player to up grade my dell studio 17 notebook
View 10 Replies View Relatedhas anyone tried putting a SSD in the PCIe slot designated for the WWAN in the M1330? Something like this one:[url] ...specifications
And then having a normal hard drive in the 2.5" HDD area for storage or games and stuff. Hopefully they will make these PCIe SSDs much faster and cheaper.
After a month of using my laptop, today is actually the first day I'm trying out this slot load drive.
I inserted a CD given by my instructor, it was running really slow and some cranky / buzzing noise could be heard from it. I mean is it normal ? It loads kinda slow too.?
Just getting more acclimated with my laptop and I was looking underneath the battery and noticed there's a little slot and an image that looks like it will take a micro sd card.
Anyone know what this is used for? I would imagine some kind of service module. Just to be clear, this is NOT the multi-card reader on the side of the computer, but physically beneath the battery (when flipped over).
I just received my new Studio 1555 and a week or two ago, I had second thoughts about not getting the Blue-Ray player. Is it possible to easily upgrade this through Dell or by other means?
Has anyone else upgraded their slot load drive from the DVD-R to Blue-Ray?
i just found out that there is a SIM card slot inside the battery section. can anyone brief me on the usage of this and also the procedure for the same ?
View 10 Replies View RelatedWould there be any lag on video playback on the 8X Slot-Load Blu-Ray Reader versus the 4X Slot-Load Blu-Ray Reader/Writer for the Dell Studio XPS 1640?
View 10 Replies View Relatedi'm using a latitude d520 and what i think is the pc card slot is stuck open or esle i just can't work out how to close it -
please can anyone tell me how to! this is probably really stupid...
it's on the left hand side and there's a black tray that can go in and out but i can't get the sticky-out thing next to it to go back in.
I own a Studio 15, bought in UK. Now I am in India. For some reason my optical drive has stopped working properly. It can hardly read disks and it ejects them back out.
Trying about 10 times, sometime it is able to read the disk. I have tried various disks and have tried reinstalling OS too but in vein.
Expansion slot... express card or pc... I am lame on this selection going forward.???
View 5 Replies View RelatedIf I put the SIM card from my old mobile phone in the back, what will happen? The SIM card is from the Australian telephone company Telstra. Will I be able to access the data on the card?
Will I somehow be able to make cellphone calls? If not, is there a way I can do that?
Would I be able to install a Core i7-820 into my T9800 slot?
View 6 Replies View Relatedwhere to find a slot load DVD DL or Blue Ray drive for my m1710? I got a pioneer K06(?) for my 9300 and the bezel is too small for the hole and it sits too far back. Works great, but doesnt look so good.
View 9 Replies View RelatedHow much Dell Xps 15 Sd card slot have speed?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have this 4-year old laptop. I bought a Kingston 2GB DDR2 800mhz CL6 PC2-6400 module to install into the second slot (the first one has the stock 2GB RAM module). BIOS didn't recognize it, so I tried to plug the original RAM module from the first slot (A) into the second (B) and the laptop didn't even power on. Then I tried to install the Kingston into the first slot (A) and the laptop did power on and run OK. So it is clear that the second RAM slot is not working properly.
Does it mean that I need to replace the motherboard in order to fix it? Is there any other way this could be fixed (maybe the slot isn't bad, it just needs some setup, maybe cleaning, I don't know)?