Dell Inspiron 14R/15R/17R Turbo Laptop Thread
saurabhvikky91
Broken In
dont know about courier but it most probably bluedart
and hd screen is glossy while fhd is antiglare
pratyush997
Inactive
I never denied if the one is playing daily for 2-3 hrs.. and he removes battery everytime he plays!
The battery compartment or other components there will be screwed. Keyboards, Touchpads, Body is made for ruff use but battery ain't!
ratul
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how are you so sure that it ain't detecting the 7730m???
and does your laptop has any msata slot?? coz mine had'nt any..
saurabhvikky91
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on device manager it shows only amd 7700m series card not 7730m on installing 12.11 catalyst
i dont know anything about msata but on reviews of 15r se i had read about it so i thought that may be slot is present
i dont know anything about msata but on reviews of 15r se i had read about it so i thought that may be slot is present
Its perfectly fine if not done for prolong period (ranging in days).
saurabhvikky91
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is 12.11 catalyst working with u r lappy. if yes is there any special procedure u followed for installing it
and after installing how much improvement u noticed
and i will give it again a try but beta 8 are also so i will try beta 8 drivers
and which file u installed that one which includes .net 4 or the other one
guyz aftr having ordered all of a sudden m starting to worry about battery.. thr r lots of post that aftr market batteries n chargers dont work giving errors... n genuine batteries cost more (dont knw how much.. if any one can throw light on pricing) .. sooner or later all of us will be in a place to change battery as our lappys are powerfull n so power hungry too...
some say aftr mrkt battery doesnt work at all while some say dat battery check is in bios.. so once bios boot is done.. battery can b charged via aftr mrkt chrgr...
ur views guyz !!!
some say aftr mrkt battery doesnt work at all while some say dat battery check is in bios.. so once bios boot is done.. battery can b charged via aftr mrkt chrgr...
ur views guyz !!!
saurabhvikky91
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I again installed 12.11 catalyst beta and again it shows 7700m series on device manager but it is not working "windows has stopped this device" after clicking on properties of it. Looks like i will have to wait until final driver arrives on dell's website.
our lappys are powerful - true
our lappys are power hungry - its not true
bcoz it depends on the way u use it. it consumes more power only when it is used i high performance mode but while using it in power saving mode it is just like another laptops even more efficient bcoz its i7 3612qm has tdp of 35w which is same as other dual cores. so in real 2.1x4=8.4 ghz consumes 35 watt and for ii5 2.5x2=5.0 ghz consumes 35 watt. hence it is more efficient
our lappys are powerful - true
our lappys are power hungry - its not true
bcoz it depends on the way u use it. it consumes more power only when it is used i high performance mode but while using it in power saving mode it is just like another laptops even more efficient bcoz its i7 3612qm has tdp of 35w which is same as other dual cores. so in real 2.1x4=8.4 ghz consumes 35 watt and for ii5 2.5x2=5.0 ghz consumes 35 watt. hence it is more efficient
hmm.. ok true.. but still battery issue has to come some day .. say in 1 - 1.5 yrs if v hav gud gaming usage every alternate day... at dat time will aftr mrkt batteries work or need to buy genuine one only?? btw, how much they cost?? aftr markets are around 2k .. n is power adaptor covered in accidental damage / complete cover warranty for all 3 years as even power adaptors have same issue like one needs genuine power adaptor n it costs around 1.8k !!
it looks like laptop maintenancs would be around 3-4k every 1.5 - 2 years if really battery goes off in this period..
it looks like laptop maintenancs would be around 3-4k every 1.5 - 2 years if really battery goes off in this period..
saurabhvikky91
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hmmmm battery wear is main problem for laptop users...... and i dont think they will cover adaptor warranty for 3 years but in general case adaptor doesnt fails so quickly i think it would easily survive for more than 2 years
overcharging and overheating battery decreases its life so while gaming it is advised to remove battery as gaming causes overheating and as far as adaptor price is considered i think 90w genuine adaptor will be available for less than 1.5k......
yes ur right, except GT 640M is slightly faster than 7730M so 640 is supposed to be on no. 1
1. U said that u want to play games occasionally well i dont know what kind of games u want to play but for gaming i would definitely advise u to buy dell as it provides u with 640M compared to 630M and 640M is much faster than 630M.
2.BSOD, huh, well i chatted to a dell expert about this and he said that at the beginning there were many issues but now the problem is fixed and also if u go to customer reviews u can see that the people who complained about BSOD were pretty old rather the new comment (latest) comments about that laptop are "very good laptop" and all.
3. Battery yeah, thats a drawback.
4. Heating! well let me tell u one thing that the cooling system that dell inspiron is having is one of the best and i bet if u face any cooling problems with dell.
Also, the scull candy speakers in dell make the audio amazing much much better than ideapad.
@saurabhvikky91.
No special procedures or anything. Install the catalyst drivers as usual(uninstall old drivers, remove ati-display related files using driversweeper, install new drivers) and put the graphics demanding applications to "high performance" mode. And then it will work fine.
And yes I am using 12.11. I just ran a few games to make sure the 7730m is working fine. And it is worknig without any issues. I am sure hd 4000 won't give me 40 fps on skyrim at ultra settings
Some games might show that you are using intel hd4000, but they will still be using 7730m.
P.S:- try uninstalling current drivers, then remove all "ATI-display" related files using Driversweeper(not yourself), then reinstall 12.11 beta drivers.
No special procedures or anything. Install the catalyst drivers as usual(uninstall old drivers, remove ati-display related files using driversweeper, install new drivers) and put the graphics demanding applications to "high performance" mode. And then it will work fine.
And yes I am using 12.11. I just ran a few games to make sure the 7730m is working fine. And it is worknig without any issues. I am sure hd 4000 won't give me 40 fps on skyrim at ultra settings
Some games might show that you are using intel hd4000, but they will still be using 7730m.P.S:- try uninstalling current drivers, then remove all "ATI-display" related files using Driversweeper(not yourself), then reinstall 12.11 beta drivers.
guru_da_preet
Journeyman
Hi,
I might be getting my laptop tomorrow..
Do i need to check anything when i get it and if so what???
I might be getting my laptop tomorrow..
Do i need to check anything when i get it and if so what???
ratul
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I again installed 12.11 catalyst beta and again it shows 7700m series on device manager but it is not working "windows has stopped this device" after clicking on properties of it. Looks like i will have to wait until final driver arrives on dell's website.
our lappys are powerful - true
our lappys are power hungry - its not true
bcoz it depends on the way u use it. it consumes more power only when it is used i high performance mode but while using it in power saving mode it is just like another laptops even more efficient bcoz its i7 3612qm has tdp of 35w which is same as other dual cores. so in real 2.1x4=8.4 ghz consumes 35 watt and for ii5 2.5x2=5.0 ghz consumes 35 watt.hence it is more efficient
where d heck did you find this logic..
.it does'nt work that way dude, 2.1Ghz 4 core means that 4 cores are simulating the working of 4 independent processors, each clocked @ 2.1Ghz, so the clock remains 2.1 Ghz only, it's just there are 4 of them of that much power, the clock does'nt add up, it just remains as it is..
it's still not proven bro, if you are referring to notebookcheck, then that's very old data, only current data can be very reliable..
My 3DMark11 benchmarks shows my score as ~2.3k, which is close to 650m rather than 640m (link), and that's with beta6 drivers i think, beta8 have some more improvements..
So, acc. to current data, 7730m>>>640m, till any of the 14R users post their scores here..
yes, all those bloatwares that DELL gives to you pre-installed, remove them..
and partition disk acc to your need..
yes, laptop battery (it does'nt matter of which company they are) rarely last for more than 2 yrs nowadays...
A quote from here:
Original battery will cost ~6k, and it's recommended to buy genuine only, though in some cases, aftermarket batteries tends to give same or more performance than original batteries @ third of the cost, but you have to check for it's compatibility on your laptop, otherwise it could damage internal components..
saurabhvikky91
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@ratul
u r getting it wrong. I mean to say that since i7 is more powerful at same tdp hence it is more efficient and it wil have more performance/power. so it will consume less power and hence it will make battery to last more.
u r getting it wrong. I mean to say that since i7 is more powerful at same tdp hence it is more efficient and it wil have more performance/power. so it will consume less power and hence it will make battery to last more.