Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Dell SXPS 16 Story

The story started at two months ago, i have bought a new laptop, Dell Studio XPS 16.

Full SpecIntel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 3MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 64 bit Edition
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
Obsidian Black 16 " 1080p WUXGA (1920x1080) WLED Full HD Display w/ 2MP cam
4GB (2 X 2GB) Dual Channel 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB SATA 7200rpm Hard Drive
Slot Load 8X DVD + /-RW Drive with double layer write capability

I felt in love with it by the first glance on it when unboxing, i love it's sexy, uncompromising attention to detail and subtle sophistication design.

It came with Windows Vista installed, as i am a XP user that time, i kinda headache using it, it got many different with his brother, XP. I have used couple days to defeat this boss, Vista, but about a month later, i upgraded it to big brother, Windows 7 that who wouldn't want to upgrade from Vista. About Windows 7, it is just an upgrade version of Vista, but i defeat Vista before, so this one is an easy one. For those who still can't defeat it, you can get Lifehacker Complete Guide to Windows 7 from here.

As a gamer, i installed couple DirectX10 games like Lost Planet, Devil May Cry 4, Mass Effect into it(i haven't played with DirectX10 before), but before that, i need to update all the drivers first, which mostly important is the graphic drivers!!! ATi is such an
assholeirresponsible company, it didn't update any of it's mobility graphic card. So i need to mod ATi desktop drivers with ATI MobilityModder in order to use it that can download from here. Hey, it got instructions there too!

Finally, all things have updated and installed, i started my gaming journey. But only half an hour later, SXPS 16's palm rest area is hot like hell, i quickly shut down the game and find what the problem with it! OMG, is the ventilation being blocked by the monitor when the monitor is open up. After google this and that, seems like all SXPS users has the same problem here, this is the first time i disappointed by SXPS 16, why?WHY? To solve this problem, i have to buy a notebook cooler, at the end, i have bought Cooler Master NotePal Color Infinite. It works good but i am a little bit regret, a lots of forumers said that Zalman ZM-NC2000 is the most suitable for SXPS 16. I can now play my games comfortably in air-conditioned room...

Yesterday, i found a way to cooldown my SXPS 16, i tried and it's work GREAT! I will post it after i run few more tests.

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