D830 Owner's Lounge

Has anybody resolved the issue with the light leakage of the screen ?

 

Doesn't sound like it, bro. I guess most of us are just learning to live with it.

The thing is, I'd rather it be brighter and crisper - I can live with the leakage if it's a tradeoff for better contrast and color reproduction.

 

Anybody experiencing lounder and lounder fan noise in a couple of months use? I still can't find software to display and/or control the laptop fan speed.

 

I've been experiencing a bit more fan-on time lately, but it's been the of the same noise level as ever. I wouldn't suggest using some program to try to force your fan less though... maybe just try dusting out your heatsink assembly if you work in a rather dusty locale... or your local ambient temperatures might just be higher than before.

EDIT: Yay, post 400.

 

Hello,

Nice forum ya got here. I am a new owner of a Latitude D830 and here are the specs:

1 222-7943 Latitude D830, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 2.00GHz, 800Mhz 4M L2 Cache, Dual Core
1 320-5301 15.4 inch Wide Screen WUXGA LCD for Latitude D830
1 311-5687 2.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMM for Dell Latitude Notebooks
1 310-8713 Internal English Keyboard for Latitude Notebooks
1 320-5302 128MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M Latitude D830 (NOTE: its really 256MB)
1 341-4603 120GB Hard Drive 9.5MM 7200RPM for Latitude DX30
1 310-8797 Touchpad with UPEK fingerprint reader, Latitude D830
1 340-8854 No Floppy Drive for Latitude D-Family Notebooks
1 466-6161 Windows XP Professional, SP2 with media, for Latitude English, Factory Installed
1 310-8798 Resource CD w/ Diagnostics and Drivers for Latitude D830 Notebook
1 310-8799 Quick Reference Guide for Latitude ATG D830
1 310-7956 90W AC Adapter for Latitude D-Family, Factory Tied
1 313-5044 8X DVD+/-RW w/ Roxio Creator and Cyberlink. Latitude DX20
1 430-2376 Intel 3945 WLAN (802.11a/g) mini Card Latitude, Factory Install
1 313-3673 No Resource CD for Dell Optiplex,Precision and Latitude Systems
1 312-0536 9-Cell/85 WHr Primary Battery for Latitude D830
1 310-9147 US - System Documentation Power Cord, Latitude D830
1 986-7648 Dell Hardware Warranty, Extended Year(s)
1 982-3642 Contract - Next Business Day Parts + Labor On-Site Response 2YR Extended
1 986-7657 Dell Hardware Warranty, Initial Year
1 982-7080 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year
1 982-5768 Thank you for choosing 3 Year Economy Plan
1 466-6107 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 466-2909 WINDOWS XP STICKER, OPTI/PWS/LAT/INSP/DIM
1 462-4506 Purchase is NOT intended for resell
1 310-8977 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forBSD Systems Boxes

Order date was 09/21/07, shipped 10/05/07, and received on 10/08/07.

I have followed this thread and others in the forums. Here are some thoughts:

*Dell shipped the unit next business day. Very good CS. I did not ask for this service.
*The notebook shipped with what I asked for.
*No Bloatware, except for Google Toolbar which was removed.
*No problems with display, a SEC. Yes, there is light leakage at the bottom.
*Some have reported that the screen is not bright enough. I have to lower it a little. Seems pretty bright to me.
*This is my first dual core 2 PC and its extremely fast!

Overall, I am impressed by the unit. Seems solidly built. The wifi catcher switch is a little lose but the hinges and latch are solid. Everything works! Now its time to put the unit thru its paces and see how performs.

 

I wonder why the Nvidia Quadro NVS140 in the D830 has Memory Speed of 400 MHz, while here it is stated it should have Memory Speed of 700 MHz ?

 

Anyone have any idea when a new driver will be out for the touchpad?

Mine acts weird. Out of the blue....mouse will stop responding and mouse pointer will lag very bad...track stick or w/e they call it works fine though. By lag I mean if I move my finger to the left the pointer wont go there smoothly..it will move a little stop then jump over 2inches then stop again.

With no drivers installed, just default XP drivers, I don't have this issue but I can't scroll or disable the tap to click feature.

Any idea?

 

Hi all, have ordered a D830 with WSXGA+ screen, but the case is, that the sceen is not that crisp. Very dissapointed with that, the difference with my old Precision M60 WSXGA+ (3 years old) is huge (very crisp and sharp panel).

So the D830's screen is grainy/shimmed not sharp or crisp as I used to with my old M60.
Am I ripped off here?


Still odd that the qualty is gone down this much over the years. Makes me want to put my M60's old panel in the D830 :-(

Thanks in advance,
relikwie.

 

Good day all,

The last post here is November 7 and I'm wondering what's been up with d830 folks since then. I've just had an unfortunate experience with Lenovo and the ThinkPad of my dreams, so I'm back now thinking about the d830. I don't have a lot of choices since my screen prerequisites are 15.4" wsxga+ matte.

It's those pesky screens! Any consensus on improvement with the recent deliveries?

 

It must be your WSXGA screen. I would call up dell and complain. I have the WUXGA and my screen is VERY sharp and bright.