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    Dell Studio 1537 review

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by drfelip, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. drfelip

    drfelip Notebook Evangelist

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    drfelip, Jan 15, 2009
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  2. Cin'

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    Nice review, you did there. :D

    But, I'm wondering if maybe just want one link to your review ~ vs. having 2 links, as the first one links to your websites main page. And, then you have to *click* on the left to get to the review. Your 2nd link takes you directly your actual review. Most peep's like a one step process! ;)

    Just a thought for you.

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Jan 15, 2009
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  3. FatMangosLAWL

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    If you want the speakers to have a little more "oomph," I suggest you go into the device manager, uninstall any audio devices, make sure to delete the drivers while uninstalling them, and then reboot. When and if you do all those things, Vista will find the new drivers, and then install them for you. After this, you will find the sound goes much louder.
     
    FatMangosLAWL, Jan 15, 2009
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  4. drfelip

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    I already red that in the forums, but I feel the problem is not lack of volume, but that speakers distort a lot at high volumes; anyway, I'm goig to try that and see.

    Thanks for the suggestion.
     
    drfelip, Jan 15, 2009
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  5. drfelip

    drfelip Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, maybe it is a bit better; but the speakers are still bad :)
     
    drfelip, Jan 15, 2009
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    I know this is late but try disabling the "A" band in your wireless card settings, apparently it makes the sound better.
     
    Crazyal, Apr 10, 2009
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    Great job in your review!! :D
     
    Jakpro, Apr 10, 2009
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    Nice review and congrats for your new laptop.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 10, 2009
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  9. Black_Murdok

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    i got my studio 1537 one week ago and i saw that my media direct button(the one with the music note) does nothing when imwhitin windows vista 32 bits. Do you have the same problem?

    when the system is off and i press it, it just open windows vista =S.


    Sorry if my english is bad :rolleyes:
     
    Black_Murdok, Apr 11, 2009
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  10. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Sounds like you just don't have MediaDirect installed. If you did, then pressing the button while the computer is off would boot it directly into the MediaDirect partition, and in Windows, pressing the button would start the MediaDirect program.

    You can talk to Dell and get an installation disk for MediaDirect 4.0.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 11, 2009
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  11. Black_Murdok

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    i can open it clicking the MediaDirect.exe in windows
     
    Black_Murdok, Apr 11, 2009
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  12. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Hmm. If you have the install disk available to you, you might want to just reinstall anyway.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 11, 2009
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  13. Black_Murdok

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    i already did it twice xD
     
    Black_Murdok, Apr 11, 2009
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  14. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Well that's just weird. For a few months, I didn't have MediaDirect at all since I reformatted my hard drive entirely. I just got the disk for version 4.0 last week and installed it in Windows, and after a reboot, the media button launched it perfectly.

    In the end I uninstalled MediaDirect because it's crap, and redirected the MediaDirect button to launch Windows Media Center instead.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 11, 2009
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  15. Black_Murdok

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    yeah i tried to do that but it didnt work =S
     
    Black_Murdok, Apr 11, 2009
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