Dell :: WARNING Computrace Lojack For Laptops And STUDIO XPS 1340
Jul 7, 2009
if you own a dell studio xps 1340 and either subscribe to computrace lojack for laptops, or it came bundled with your computer , you might want to know that either the bios agent in this computer is either missing or actually broken.
when activating computrace in the bios, it is actually doing nothing.
some time ago i upgraded to wirdows vista utiltmate from home premium . this is when my laptop stopped contacting the monitoring center for 30 days.
i reinstalled computrace and started contacting the center.
when i called absolute.com for support. they informed me that although the m1330 has the bios agent, they say that the xps 1340 is not on thier list of supported machines.
i opened up my dell xps 1340 and put in a spare sata drive and wiped it, and used the windows vista cd that came with the computer and installed vista .....
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Feb 17, 2009
My 1737 came with Computrace (LoJack for Laptops) available in the BIOS.
When I received the unit, Computrace was disabled in the BIOS.
I enabled it and set the BIOS password to make sure no one else could
access the BIOS except me.
I then monitored the Computrace website and it seemed to ne
calling their facility okay except at times I had reformatted the hard
drive to intall XP 64 bit and Vista 64 bit. I had to atually re-install
the Lojack software for my Stiudio to call Computrace .....
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May 11, 2009
i really like the way NBR team reviews verious things and users post their thoughts and experiencs.
my issue is with my dell studio 1535 which has 4gb ram, 8100 intel c2duo and 250 gb hdd (wd). i bought it on august last year. so there is only 3 months left on warranty.
the hdd recently giving problem. in win vista a yellow icon blinking in the system tray showing a msg "a hard drive in the system showing that it may fail". i chk in linux if the msg is really need to be resolved, i get this .....
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Apr 23, 2009
I'm interested in purchasing one of these two. Probably 15'' for the Studio or the 16'' for the Studio XPS.
I'm just a bit confused as to what the target users are, they seem very similar. From what I can see, the Studio XPS just has a better exterior and a superior display.
I intend to use the laptop for document editing, media (HDMI out to hdtv, most likely) and casual gaming. Price range is about 1300 CAD.
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Feb 18, 2010
so, this has happened twice. Last time I didn't now when it happened as I was not using the laptop for anything.
But just right now, I was listening to music on it and it just shutdown in the middle of all that. Nothing else being done on it.
Any ideas?
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Dec 5, 2009
today I bricked my new 1645 when I was examing the BIOS for the 1647. The BIOS release 1647_A00.exe released this month automatically begins flashing on an 1645
and does not seem to check compatibility or confirm with the user before it updates.
The BIOS is completely incompatible with the 1645 to say the least, so be very careful if you download it on to a non-1647 system.
Dell is building a new system due to this really sad event. Rip XPS 1645 - December 5th 2009.
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Mar 10, 2013
I have a studio 1537 Â with the Ati graphics.Â
The problem i have is when i power on the laptop i get a warning saying Hit F1Â Critical battery warning .
So i hit F1. Then get the option to hit F1 to continue or F2 to enter setup as battery cannot be identified.
So i hit F2 Â so in the bios i see not battery and it says NO charger detected.
Now my problem is the battery is totally flat if i pull the PSU the system dies . I have changes the power jack as i read the could give trouble.Â
What I could do next as other than this my machine is perfect. Just a note i also have two spare batterys one 6 cell and one 9 cell and still neither charge
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Mar 7, 2010
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19315633.aspx
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19313005.aspx
studio 17 fan problems
2nd description:
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19321860.aspx
I've tried to collect all the info I can. Please add as you seem fit.
Recently returned a dell 1745 due to bad fan control. While idling the fan would rew up to max each 3-5 minutes easily detectable by speedfan (see the last link). The core temperatures would slowly ("") increase to around 38 degrees when the fan starts at horrendous pace for ~10-15 seconds and cool the cores to sub-30 degrees and the whole show starts again. This is a showstopper and noone should really by these products.
It is as though the cpu fan only has two paces. Silent and Noisy. There shoudl of course be some kind of gradient in the fan speeds at different temepratures but his has not been implemented though very easy for BIOS coders to do so. The fan vigorously tries to cool the cpu to 30 degrees each time it hits ~40 degress - we're talking intel cpus that could easily go to 60-70 degrees without fuzz.
While idling any laptop should keep a constant temperature - the current lineup of inspirons and studios (at least 1564, 1745, 1747 an 1749) cannot achieve this and unleashes fan hell very often.
Untill fixed (which dell seems very reluctant to) don't buy dell. It's simply not worth it.
This have nothing to do with throtteling. And don't even get me started on doing something "cpu intensive" like browing.
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Oct 19, 2011
I'll be using the computer and all of the sudden it turns off, it doesn't log off or say it's shutting down, I mean it literally loses all power. Then I try to restart the computer and you can hear the machine start to come on but then it dies again. I've tried charging it, I took the battery out and put it back in, etc. I'm just not sure what the problem is. I've only had the laptop for 1 year and 3 months and a few weeks before the year warranty expired the computer started to say that the battery life was coming to an end and so Dell had to send me a replacement battery. I've tried leaving the computer alone for days at a time and still nothing and of course it's no longer under warranty so I can't even call Dell without getting charged.
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Jan 2, 2009
I saw an add ( coming soon) XPS studio laptops.......I have two questions.
1) WHen is the launch?
2) WHat specs?
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Jan 15, 2010
Can anyone tell me the difference between the N0074509 and N0074511.I found these laptops on the dutch Dell website.
They have the same specs, but the N0074509 is €100,00 cheaper. Please can anyone explain this to me?
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Nov 9, 2008
For all you WoW players out there who have purchased Studios with the ATI 3650 graphics chip, could you please give some feedback on gameplay / framerates.
My main concern is whether or not the laptop can handle the game at 1920x1200 resolutions, and failing that 1400x900, both being set at max settings.
I specifically ordered the 1400x900 screen so as not to overburden the video chipset, but if the 3650 is up to snuff, the full HD resolution would be a nice bonus and would easily warrant a re-order.
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Feb 9, 2010
I have a 1645 and was wondering if anyone has decided not to activate LoJack. Mine came with 1 year of protection. I am not sure that I would continue it after it expired. Just wondering if people where using it and planned to continue to use it after the initial time period.
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Jun 1, 2009
I know inspiron is the budget line and studio is a mainstream/productivity/higher end laptop.. but what qualifies the difference if they say had the same specs?
Build quality?
What about parts used.. Will they use some parts from one company for Inspirons and another for Studios?
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Mar 26, 2009
On March 13th, I started to go to work and found my back window of my Silverado broken and my xps m1530, missing along with my camera and ipod.
I immediately called the police, then lojack to report the theft. On March 25th, I got call from the police, informing me they had my laptop in their possesion. No camera or ipod though. Police said person bought it "on the open market", and no charges were filed, until further investigation.
Upon receiving the laptop back, I went to the Internet Explorer history and found where the person had went to the manufacturers website for accessories for the digital camera, like charger, docking station, etc. It just so happens, not very many Kodak V610 bluetooth cameras were sold in our area. I called the detective in charge of the case and informed him of this.
He called the suspect and was given a line, about checking kodak for his sister. At 4:00 pm today he called me and informed me he was in posession of my camera and a bunch of other stuff, and the subject was under arrest.
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Nov 9, 2009
I am about to purchase the XPS Studio m1340 with the following features. Can the current owners please help me out with some info? Does your laptop get very hot only when you run high end games or does it get hot even when browsing as well?
Features:
* 13.3 inch Widescreen Display
* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40GHz, 3MB cache, 1066MHz FSB)
* 4GB DDR3 RAM
* 320GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
* Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System SP1
* 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500M Graphics Card
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Feb 20, 2009
is this possible? would save hassle of getting a macbook
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Nov 19, 2009
I just got my sxps 1340 and am running vista sp2.
I have 4GB of ram, and task manager shows that 2.8GB is in use. The processes total up maybe 500MB, so whats using the other 2.3GB of ram
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Oct 2, 2008
I did my registration with the original installation and then re-installed it on the 64 bit install. Do you need to re-install the software on the new 64 bit install or is it all done through the bios. I also called Lojack and asked about the bios setting since by default it is set to inactive or whatever and not active and I was told not to touch it. Does anyone know what is up with that.
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Mar 30, 2009
I followed the Bloatware removal guide on my new XPS laptop and I forgot that it came with a free year of Lojack protection.
I did not register it with Lojack before the reformat. Is there a way to do that now? I have found a couple threads but nothing is definite
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Apr 6, 2010
The 1640/45/47 owners and the m1330 owners have their respective replacements threads. There has also been a concern about getting Alienware instead of XPS thread. So I created this thread because the Studio XPS 1340 has reached EOL and is no longer offered as a replacement. Thus, I would like 1340 owners' help in tracking and monitoring replacements.
Please specify experiences regarding:What are the specs of your current XPS 1340?What system was received in lieu of the SXPS 1340? Specs? New or Refurb?At what point were you aware of the system you were going to receive?How long did the systems' exchange process take?Did you attempt escalation or any form of negotiation?Are you happy with your replacement? .........
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Sep 2, 2009
I am going to Wales in about two weeks for university and i am looking for the AC unit for the 1340
Can any 1340 UK users please tell me which model their power brick is? or where i can buy them. In Canada we have best buy and etc. What type of big box stores sells dell accessories in the UK.
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Feb 17, 2009
This is my HWMonitor result:
Intel P9500 and Nvidia 9200m: Idle
CPU: 33c (after 10 minutes)
GPU: 63c (after 10 minutes)
Intel P9500 and Nvidia 9200m+9400m: Idle
CPU: 37c (after 10 minutes)
GPU: 68c (after 10 minutes) .....
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Mar 12, 2009
I had to to a complete fresh reinstall. The DVDs have no software for the webcam nor does the website. Just spent an hour with dell chat and remote checking and they cant figure it out.
They are sending someone out to replace the webcam - I think they are wrong - its a Vista 64/creative/Dell softare/driver issue. I had to do a reinstall after a BSOD. The camera worked fine until the BSOD.
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Feb 26, 2009
I had been running Windows 7 for 2 weeks on my 13 and I kept on getting lockups. It would just freeze up. Only bios functions would work.
I had dell replace the motherboad, heatsinks and processor and it still locked up, the laptop was running really hot too.
I spoke to dell and they asked if I was running windows 7, I said yes, they said the laptop did not support 7 (yeah right) and I was to test under vista. So I reinstalled vista and the freezes totally stopped. Been running for one day solid now without a hitch.
I think there must be some driver conflicts running 7 which makes the laptop over heat.
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Mar 5, 2009
I was happily tapping away on my month-old 1340 (P8600, 4gb, 9500m, 320gb) today, when all of a sudden...
The screen went bright white. Then flickered a bit. Then... smoke started coming out of the left hinge area! It soon switched off.
Dell will be getting a phone call tomorrow!
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Oct 17, 2009
I've been running Windows7 on my laptop for a good month now, or longer, and I've always had this issue with Firefox, it constantly crashes. I can't really reproduce it at will, but its often enough that in a one hour browsing session it can crash 2-3 times.
All drivers are up to date, Firefox is up to date...I run the same on my desktop and have never had an issue so it must be something specific.
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Apr 2, 2009
I am thinking about buying a studio XPS 1340. The only thing holding me back is the heating issue.
If the heating only comes from intense use of the graphics card (ie gaming) then that's not too much of an issue for me.
If there isn't a lot of heat generated from web/email, watching videos and running applications, then I think I'd be ok with it.
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Mar 6, 2010
I've already had a number of minor, yet unfixed problems:
-cannot hibernate without freezing
-strip of touch-buttons become unusable
-strip of touch-buttons don't illuminate, or some do and others don't
-keypad occasionally sticks during typing
-touchpad becomes unusable
what bothered me most, however, is last night when I was typing and all of a sudden many of the keypad buttons weren't going through unless I went back and hit them again. moreover was when I went to shutdown for the night, and after everything on the desktop disappeared in preparation for logging off and shutting down, only the wallpaper and mouse stayed up, for a little over five minutes; then the "logging off..." screen appeared, and stayed for over ten minutes, by which time I simply shutdown via pressing the power button. therefore when I started it up again this morning, it displayed the screen saying how an improper shutdown occurred previously, asking how to start. I said "start Windows normally" and so far so good, as usual.
Windows Vista Home Premium
Service Pack 2
Rating: 5.2
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory (RAM): 4 GB
System: 64-bit OS
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Oct 3, 2009
Which one should I get, 1340 or 1640 . Both have same specs (except for GPU and wireless thingie) :
CPU : Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 2x2.4GHz/1066Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache.
Chipset : NVIDIA GeForce® MCP79MX
Memory : 4GB DDR3 at 1066MHz.
HDD : 5000GB 7200rpm SATA.
Optical : DVD+/-RW Slot(DVD/CD read/write)
Battery : 56 WHr 6-cell
Software : Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
Does the 13" weigh the same as MacBook 13", is the 16" too heavy ?
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