Dell Inspiron 14R/15R/17R Turbo Laptop Thread

@Ratul the rescue image / CD /USB will be bootable / and we have to give it the IMAGE we stored in the External HDD . Am I right ? I really fail to understand why backup after 10-15 days when we know our pc is gonna slow down as its passing down the time. ? I know its a misconception may be ..but still . Acc to me , whats the Use of Refreshing the PC, Resetting the PC , and Acronis ? and hey !! thanx for the detailed reply mate !
 

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@Ratul the rescue image / CD /USB will be bootable / and we have to give it the IMAGE we stored in the External HDD . Am I right ? I really fail to understand why backup after 10-15 days when we know our pc is gonna slow down as its passing down the time. ? I know its a misconception may be ..but still . Acc to me , whats the Use of Refreshing the PC, Resetting the PC , and Acronis ? and hey !! thanx for the detailed reply mate !

yes, rescue image will give you an acronis wizard to browse the backup image and restore it, just like the main acronis image, but in a bootable environment..
well, it's been now 6 months since i have installed windows 8, and i have'nt been noticing any significant slowdowns whatsoever, so it's a good practice for me..
and btw, recent intel and amd drivers are PITA to install and can cause severe crashes if anything goes wrong, so i also now create an image before installing any of those drivers to be safe (and believe me i had to use them many times :p)..
If you think that PC's slows down with time, create a backup just after you install everything on your lappy (initial backup), and keep it in a safe place, then you can create alternate backups after some intervals as you wish, this way if in future you feel that your system is slowing down, restore the backup that was initially created, though you'd need to update the drivers and softwares in that.. :p
 

Digital Fragger

A Functioning God
Do not install both the latest intel HD 4000 and Catalyst 13.4 drivers. They are incompatible and produce flickering in DX9 games. I faced the same problem and apparently it is a known issue.

13.4 + Latest Intel Drivers: Flashing in DX9 games
 

cycotek

Broken In
Do not install both the latest intel HD 4000 and Catalyst 13.4 drivers. They are incompatible and produce flickering in DX9 games. I faced the same problem and apparently it is a known issue.

13.4 + Latest Intel Drivers: Flashing in DX9 games

hey thx man a lot i was just thinking of upgrading to them thx for mentioning
 

ratul

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yeah, latest intel drivers are buggy, download the 15.28 version here: *downloadmirror.intel.com/22375/a08/win64_152812.exe
 

xeon

Broken In
How to configure Battery Meter in dell quickset
My laptop always remains plugged in.

Should I enable Dell Extended Battery life

Should I enable Desktop Mode.
Currently it is disabled

Should I enable longevity
Currently disabled
 
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ratul

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How to configure Battery Meter in dell quickset
My laptop always remains plugged in.

Should I enable Dell Extended Battery life

Should I enable Desktop Mode.
Currently it is disabled

Should I enable longevity
Currently disabled

even i have my laptop always plugged in..
i've disabled Dell Extended Battery life, Enabled the desktop mode, and can't select the longevity mode (it's greyed out.. :()..
 

xeon

Broken In
even i have my laptop always plugged in..
i've disabled Dell Extended Battery life, Enabled the desktop mode, and can't select the longevity mode (it's greyed out.. :()..

But in my system I am able to enable both Desktop mode and longevity mode at the same time. What should I do?
 

ratul

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But in my system I am able to enable both Desktop mode and longevity mode at the same time. What should I do?

enable desktop mode only, longevity mode is for when you frequently disconnect and reconnect AC Adapter...
 

ratul

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Different between 13.4 whql 13.3 beta 3 and 13.5 beta 2 ? Did u benchmark ? Your scores ?

nah, i don't benchmark much now, as current drivers are per-game optimized, not like overall optimized (which were 12.11), so difference in score is almost negligible...
btw guys, yesterday night i was bored of studies :D, so thought of opening my laptop and cleaning the fan assembly and mobo, coz heat buildup was increasing, heck there was so much of dirt in there, now temps seem to be 2-3 degrees less.. :p
Here are some pics (sorry they are from mobile, not so clear :oops:):
*i.imgur.com/LnTQfM8.jpg
*i.imgur.com/iXAf64b.jpg​
 

ratul

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^^ you should have done tear down video for us..

haha, thought of that too, but it was @ 3 in the night, mom and dad were sleeping, so had to do it silently :p, video would have made some noise, will try to do it in coming days... :-D
 

ratul

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are u facing any wifi probs .. ??? I m getting my connection Getting changed to limited several times !! QUITE IRRITATING !!

it's not just you, i'm facing this problem in my 15R too since i switched to win8, in win7 i used to get constant connection, but in win8 it's like when i ping the gateway during limited connection, it's "Request timed out" and in between "192.168.*.*: Destination Host Unreachable" messages, disabing and enabling Wifi (fn+f2) usually solves the problem, also one more thing i have noticed is that after re-enabling the wifi, although it shows connected to network, but if i open the network adapter settings, it still shows "Identifying" for some time. And i still can't figure out whether it's win8, or some buggy wifi drivers... :(
 

ratul

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all 13.3beta and above catalyst users

have you guys also noticing a strange bug that after computer startup, when everything loads up, after 2-3mins, AMD catalyst crashes or closes itself and then restarts?? though no problem after that but this thing i've been noticing since 13.3beta3, anyone else facing same situation??*i.imgur.com/qLkI6C1.gif
 
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