Dell 17r N7720 SE - user review

Does anybody know when/if Dell is going to provide Windows 10 drivers?

I'm running 8.1 64bit on my 1720 and would like to upgrade to 10 as soon as possible.

Has anybody used Win 10 preview on the 1720? If you did, please share your experience.

 

I can have a second hand one (the 650m and i7 version) for 500 Euros and comes with a cooling master base. Should I take it? It's near mint condition. Ill use it to watch tv shows, web and video games (Won't spend more money even if its not good enough to play).

thanks

 

I can have a second hand one (the 650m and i7 version) for 500 Euros and comes with a cooling master base. Should I take it? It's near mint condition. Ill use it to watch tv shows, web and video games (Won't spend more money even if its not good enough to play).

thanks

 

Try to negotiate the price to bring it down to €460—470

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Would you buy it? Can i get anything better for like 500 Euros? He doesn't want to go any lower.

 

Anyone else's subwoofer stopped working after windows 10 upgrade?

 

Hello!

I have the Dell 17R SE 7720 with 16GB RAM, and with a Crucial M4 mSATA SSD.

I am thinking to upgrade the laptop and at first I am thinking to buy a new Crucial MX200 mSATA SSD as it is almost double as fast as the one I currently have. I will also buy a WD Blue 750GB 7200rpm as I need more disk space.

I also have some questions about possible upgrades.

1) The RAM I currently use is this ( http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/CT2KIT102464BF160B?imodule=CT2KIT102464BF160B ). Do you think I will notice any significant difference if I upgrade to some other RAM?

2) Is it possible to replace the palmrest and the LCD backcover with something more elegant and something that it doesn't get dusty so fast? ( I currently have a plastic palmrest and LCD backcover with comb pattern)

3) Is it possible to replace the keybord with a backlit keyboard (and preferably in other material than plastic)? How difficult is this?

4) I would like to also upgrade the CPU maybe not now but in the near future. Is there any such possibility?

5) Is there any possibility to upgrade the GPU? And if so what models are supported?

6) Last but not least, I am going to format the system after installing the new disks and I thought to update the BIOS too. I currently have the A11 version. A friend of mine had issues installing Windows on his mSATA SSD with newer BIOS version. Is there going to be any problem with that if I upgrade to the A17 BIOS version?

Thank you in advance.

 

You won't notice much difference from another ram upgrade unless you have a vm lab set up. Can't upgrade GPU or CPU. Backlit keyboard is easy to fit. BIOS update is safe. Back covers are replaceable, not sure about palmrest.

 

Thank you for your answer!

What do you mean with "vm lab set up"?

Could you maybe recommend a site where I could buy OEM parts as keyboard, backlit and eventually palmrest?

 

Have a look on eBay.

 

It appears that Windows 10 replaced the audio drivers with ones without the sub support.
I fixed it by re-installing "5460_Audio_Driver_HCMKP_WN_6.10.0.6426_A00.EXE", the windows 8.1 audio driver from dell's website.

 

I have a 7720 SE 17R with an i5 (Socket G2), I am going to upgrade it to the 3940XM. I was wondering if anyone knew what kinda of power adapter I would need to have it run without any problems.. 130 or 150? I would prefer the 130W if it will work since I assume that it would be smaller.

 

@KSMB @lancorp I Hope, it's not too late to get an advice regarding non Dell batteries!?

I got a 6cell 60wh for my 7720 17R SE and it's working and charging, but I get this disturbing warning after the boot logo that "this battery is not recommended for this system and may not function as intended". Besides this the battery is just working fine.

Is there a way to get rid of this post logo warning? I already uninstalled the ACPI driver, but it kept showing after rebooting. In Bios the battery is not identified/unknown and greyed out.

 

Oh no.....! This thread is dead, DEAD!!!

 

I had the same battery message, I was able to turn off the warning in the bios. I could have sworn I'd tried that before, maybe they changed something in a bios update. Need to get another battery myself, I got the 9cell one that tilts and it's going bad

 

Do you possibly know where you could turn it off in the Bios? I didn't found anything indicating it.

 

Advanced, Adapter Warnings. Maybe that's why I missed it before - you'd think that was only for non-dell unknown wattage adapters, but turning it off makes the unknown battery/press F1 message go away