D630 Owners Thread

I'm confused... You're looking at 2 D630's and a D610... or just one D630 and a D610?

Because the same resolution isn't available on the two different machines (nor is the same GPU available on them)... but apart from the different screens I really wouldn't expect text and graphics to look any different on a D630 vs. a D610.

 

The comparison was based on two otherwise-identical D610's, one with the high end card (which, for the D610, was a Radeon X300), the other with the Intel Graphics Adapter.

I haven't seen a D630 with its high end card (which I believe is the NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 135M). I HAVE seen a D630 with the Intel Graphics Adapter. Its text and graphics look to me like those on the D610 with the Intel Graphics Adapter.

 

New Bios, A06 with thermal improvements out now

 

thanks Gurra. What do you mean by thermal improvements? Do you mean fan management? Will the new improvements make l8kfangui redundant?

Thanks

 

Are there settings that allow you to scroll with the trackpoint and one of the trackpoint buttons? I know the Lenovo T61 has a middle button for this, but I'm hoping there's a way to do something like this with, for example, the right trackpoint button on the d630.

 

Pushing both trackpad buttons simultaneously lets you scroll with the trackpoint on the D630. However, I don't like this much. It's hard to do without clicking on something by accident. I wish there were a middle button. IMO you're much better off using the arrow keys, PgUp/PdDn keys, or the scrolling region on the touchpad... or an external mouse with scroll wheel.

 

Recieved my D630 yesterday, config in sig. Im positively impressed in several ways:
* On AC power, the AUO WXGA+ display is MUCH brighter than my old F3Jc`s glossy one.
* Had mine with XP Pro, came with less bloatware then I expected, though stock Quadro drivers were of course pitiful. Software CD´s included standard, no HP-esque "burn your own CDs" stuff.
* Only 65W AC adapter with discrete graphics.
* Doesnt whine at all.

Also I have a couple of gripes:
* The 120GB Fujitsu 7200rpm hard drive makes too much noise, basically even drowns out the fan.
* Notebook Hardware Control isn't supported but thats not Dell`s fault, its Santa Rosa.
* It gets rather hot on the underside (though remains cool on the top).

Guess a proper review is in order since there`s a drought of reviews of D630 with Quadro dedicated graphics

 

Weird... I also have a 120gb Fujitsu 7200rpm drive and it's really quiet. The fan is noisier than I'd like, but the drive is quiet.

If you're on battery and would like the screen to be brighter, press Fn-uparrow repeatedly.

 

It came with BIOS A04, I updated to the latest A06 and the fan indeed runs often and its audible.
Some more observations: When I uninstalled Embassy suite, NHC and Flatout2 refused to run without being "Run as...". My model doesnt have a fingerprint reader, so Embassy is rather useless.
When running on batteries, the screen is rather hard to read. I can turn the brightness up a notch or two but that decreases battery runtime.

 

siLc--can you please comment on the quality of text and graphics with the AUO WXGA+ and the Quadro NVS 135M? I've seen text, at least, on a recent D630 with an AUO WXGA+ and the Intel Graphics Adapter that appeared light and poorly defined.