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    Harsh display on XPS m1330

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by orev, Dec 30, 2009.

  1. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have a bunch of XPS m1330s in an office here, and I've noticed that some of them have a very harsh looking display. The colors seem washed out, too blue, and also very bright. The screen is hard to look at.

    I've tried making some adjustments in the nVidia control panel, but none of the sliders seem to adjust whatever is causing this. If there was a "color temperature" selection, I think that would do it, but I have not found that anywhere.

    Does anyone have a recommendation on how to adjust the colors, or what to use to do it?
     
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  2. LordRasta

    LordRasta Notebook Consultant

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    Do they all have nVidia graphics? You said "some of them" so it is safe to assume that some of the M1330's are fine?
     
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  3. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, they all have nvidia graphics. We've had many of the gfx chips fail, including the one on this laptop, and Dell has replaced them with new boards. When they fail, they do it spectacularly (lines all over the screen, crashes), so this does not look like that type of failure.

    I'm also seeing the same color issues on a new Latitude e4300.
     
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  4. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but did you try the digital vibrance setting?

    Anyways, the M1330 has around 5 or 6 different possible LCD panels. Some are better than others, which is probably why the problem only shows itself on certain laptops, but in the end it's largely irrelevant - 95% of laptop LCD screens out there are utter crap compared to even a cheap desktop LCD monitor, and none of the panels on the M1330 are an exception.
     
    Peon, Dec 30, 2009
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