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    Just got my 1645...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by strakerc, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. strakerc

    strakerc Newbie

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    and I had some questions on what was needed to do out of the box. I hear mixed sayings of units shipping with the 90W and 130W power brick now, but I couldn't find images of either or the stat on the brick -- how can I tell which brick mine shipped with?

    Also, I am assuming Dell does not do a good job of shipping the unit with up to date drivers, but it's really hard to tell what drivers I need -- all I could think to do was download every driver available individually and try to install it (sounds like a pain in the ) -- is there a better way of doing this? This is my first Windows machine in a long time...does Dell or Windows have an automatic update for drivers?

    Additionally, how can I tell if my unit shipped with bluetooth? There was no option for it at checkout, and I assumed it didn't have it but there is a bluetooth indicator on the front that has never turned on and I couldn't find options for it in WIndows 7 -- does this simply mean I don't have it (despite the indicator)? That's pretty lame :(

    I've noticed a couple problems...first, sometimes my computer won't wake up from sleep, no matter what I do. The keyboard backlight will turn on if it was left on when I put it to sleep, but that's all the activity I can get without a hard reboot. I also noticed that the facial login doesn't always load on the login screen -- are these noticed problems of other people?
     
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    maxh Notebook Consultant

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    The power adapter has a sticker on it with its specs. Look for Output: The 130 watt has 19.5V and 6.7A (power is voltage times current, so 19.5V x 6.7A = 130.65W. The 90 watt one has 19.5V and 4.62A (19.5 x 4.62 = 90.09 watts).

    Mine shipped with most drivers up to date. You might find that you don't want the bios at the latest revision A10, as most people seem to report fewer throttling problems on A09.

    When I go to the device manager (Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Device Manager) I can see my "Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card" listed under Bluetooth Radios.

    I've heard of others having wake from sleep issues, but I haven't experienced them. I've experienced plenty of other problems, though.
     
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