Dell Studio 15 1558 Thread

[johnyguy1]

it looks like clean instal the windows is more trouble than good things. at least for some so i dont even bother with it until i need too do so.......IMO

[theoak]

I did the clean install ... I wanted to get the 20GB back that Dell stole in the restore partition ... of course I saved the contents prior to wiping in case I needed to go back ... but it is nice to get that 20GB back.

[zedpos]

it looks like clean instal the windows is more trouble than good things. at least for some so i dont even bother with it until i need too do so.......IMO

I posted links to all the drivers required to get your machine back up and running with minimal hastle.

Your machine will fly with all the Dell stuff on it. But get rid of it and it'll fly much faster.

I had zero issues in wiping and doing a clean install.

[webb204]

hi guys ,my first post on here,i,m awaiting arrival of my dell 1558 from the outlet,its grade 1 scratch or dent ,black ,chainlink colour,i5 540 cpu,1 gig ati 5450 gpu ,4 gig ram ,1080p screen ,intell 6200 wifi,500 gig harddrive ,win 7 pro,it cost me £532 all in ,did i get a good deal ?? it states LG/PHILLIPS for the lcd display are they good ? what should i expect in terms of condition with a grade 1 scratch ,dent ? i,m hoping its not to bad

[zedpos]

ATI Catalyst 10.4 is out now.
Check it out here.

Could you provide a link to the download as I'm going round in circles on the AMD site!

When I installed v10.3, I got a file called catalyst_mobility_64-bit_util.exe which went off and downloaded all the bits and pieces.

[jensw]

Already tried 10.4 and the problem with the huge cursor occurred quite often with that version so I switched back to 10.3.

[theoak]

I have never ... knock on wood ... had this large cursor ...

[lirp]

Hi!

I recently got a 1558, and the problem I am having is the audio hissing when earphones are plugged in.

Does anybody here know a fix for this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Dave

I have the exact same problem. I have already discussed this issue in this thread (at the beginning of the thread You can find it by my name). Seems that we are the only 2 people who have this problem with 1558.

Unfortunately I haven't found any solution and belive me - I have searched for it!

[emtownsend]

Could you provide a link to the download as I'm going round in circles on the AMD site!

When I installed v10.3, I got a file called catalyst_mobility_64-bit_util.exe which went off and downloaded all the bits and pieces.

Ah! Sorry for the late response! That is correct. The link will download a small file which will then download the necessary driver and Catalyst Control Panel.

Is the confusion on which one to pick?
I will have to double check, but I think I chose the Radeon (first) option.

[zedpos]

Yah, confusion is on which one to pick. I can't even find the catalyst mobility pages! I must be really blind as a bat!