Precision 3510 Lounge

No worries. I just want to help others who might be looking at this laptop. I know the feeling of being highly interested in a laptop but ended up being frustrated because you can't find any information on it. The Dell sales reps were really unhelpful when I asked for specifics like panel details.

I just wish I had a colorimeter with me right now to measure sRGB/Adobe RGB color coverage on the panel.

 

I'd be willing to bet they use the same FHD panels as the 7510, since they're both 15" machines with similar use cases. Thanks for the reports, I was eyeing this one before I landed on the 7510. It'd be a much more interesting machine if it had more GPU oomph.

If you still have access to the machine, I'd request a 3D Mark Fire Strike run, if possible. There's no data on the performance of the W5130M that I can find.

 

Machine is unfortunately not mine haha, will this require installing something on it? Can you send me instructions?

 

Machine BSOD on me while idle on the desktop. I was unable to replicate what happened. Here is the minidump file if anybody is interested, I am not yet well versed in interpreting BSODs but it looks like a driver error.

Read that the Dell Precision Optimizer causes issues in the 5510 and on the 7510, anybody think it might be the same thing?

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A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.
The problem seems to be caused by the following file: ntoskrnl.exe
BAD_POOL_HEADER
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x00000019 (0x0000000000000020, 0xffffe001f3f80180, 0xffffe001f3f80240,
0x000000000c0c0018)
*** ntoskrnl.exe - Address 0xfffff800c814a7a0 base at 0xfffff800c8008000 DateStamp
0x5749178b

 

I have a feeling it may be something to do with AMD graphics.

Had terrible experience with the M4000 on the M4700. Of course, different machines and all so ymmv.

 

hmmmm... Already ran Dell Command Update and Full Windows 10 updates. Will try uninstalling Dell Precision Optimizer.

 

I'm sure you ran across this description of error codes from the BSOD: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557389(v=vs.85).aspx

Have you run the full Dell diagnostics ( pre-boot )?

 

Yup, one of the first things I did, everything looked normal after running diagnostics..

I was not able to replicate the issue but I went ahead and remove Dell Precision Optimizer given that it was the source of problems on the 5510 and the 7510. I know the 3510 is a totally different machine but given the lack of info on the 3510 and that end user is most likely not to going to miss the program, I just went ahead and removed it.

 

Yep, couldn't hurt. If the issue re-appears and you mention that to Dell, it is likely that they will suggest a motherboard replacement.

 

Thanks, will keep that in mind. Unfortunately, machine is no longer with me. No errors since the last post though.