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    All m1530 Owners

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Gfresh404, Feb 15, 2008.

  1. Gfresh404

    Gfresh404 Notebook Evangelist

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    What size hard drive/speed do you have running and how much noise does it make?

    I have a 200 gig @ 7200 rpms and it's making way too much noise, at least a lot more than my first m1530 that had a 160 gig @ 7200 rpms.
     
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    My 160gig 7200rpm is fairly quiet when I use Notebook hardware control
     
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  3. Gfresh404

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    Notebook hardware control? Is that a 3rd part program?
     
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    I have a 250gig 5400rpm, very quiet. I guess my input really wouldn't matter too much being it's not 7200rpm, sorry.
     
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    Constant clicking noise until I set it up in performance mode in the bios.
     
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  6. Gfresh404

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    I'm hoping the excessive noise has something do with my bent chasis.
     
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    Is the 1530 worth configuring up to 7200 rpm HDD?
    Should I get 2 gigs or 4 gigs of ram with windows vista home premium?
     
    artgoi, Feb 15, 2008
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    really quiet ..when performance mode enabled it is a bit louder but not much and no clicking sounds...for performance I went with the 7200 and 3 gigs is great as 4 won't be fully utilized unless you went to 64 bit I believe...cheers! go for the 4mb cache in the t7500 at least as well...
     
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  9. mia4l

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    check the sig. I hear it running once in awhile not much
     
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  10. Gfresh404

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    Im assuming the 7400 is a typo. It's 7200 rpm.
     
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