Vostro 3350 Owner's Cafe

[letsgocaps]

all you need now is a SSD and you've got yourself a great little, well-rounded machine!

Way ahead of you, mate! Pulled out the stops and got a nice 512GB Crucial M4 in that puppy! Space? No problem. RAM? No problem. Very pleased with this system, because it's a good balance between netbook size and notebook power.

[daver160]

Agreed. My only complaints are that the battery selection is horrible (4-cell or 9-cell? why not an option for 6?) and that it's a tad heavy and thick for a 13" unit.

But then again, the price is hard to beat for a 13"!

[pdp76]

Agreed. My only complaints are that the battery selection is horrible (4-cell or 9-cell? why not an option for 6?) and that it's a tad heavy and thick for a 13" unit.

But then again, the price is hard to beat for a 13"!

Now that I've had this laptop for almost a month, and swapped in a 128GB SSD, I must say I'm pretty pleased with it. The 9cell sticking out and the fan noise are still the top two complaints I have. But I'll live with the battery since it has incredible battery life, and I'll have to use my headphones more to drown out the fan noise, considering the internal speaker is by far the worst I've had on a laptop. Other than those gripes, this thing is nice and compact but packs a lot of awesome in it.

[sapphire_pro]

Hi,

Iam actually seraching for a current (hybrid) graphic driver.

There is one available named "leshcat hybrid driver"

Here: Universal Driver set for all Switchable (Intel/ATI) Graphics!

Unfortunately the server is down, could someone mirror the 12.4 version?

[pdp76]

Sorry to bring up the topic of CPU temps again, but my i5-2430M in my Vostro 3350 has a pretty large difference in temperature between the two cores. One is typically a 8 - 10 degrees C hotter than the other. Is this normal? This is measured using HWMonitor by the way.

[loudsilence]

Hey guys,

Thanks again for the advice earlier in the thread. Hope it's ok if I post this here. I just had my Vostro 3350 battery and keyboard replaced under warranty this week and I'm noticing that I really don't need a big 8-cell battery anymore. I always have my adapter nearby now.

If anyone would like to buy a Dell 8-cell battery with a few days of use on it, just let me know. Retails new for $169

I'd also trade for a 4-cell in great condition+cash or a good SSD.

Thanks.

[unicoder]

Hi,
I'm an 3350 owner.. have you experienced hdd temperature problems? My hdd is always at ~41 °C. I think it is under my right hand, right?

Thanks

In general I like this laptop. But looks like hdd is overheated. I use SIW to read temperature sensors and compare to another laptop I've ( HP ProBook 6460b, i5 2520 sandybridge with 4GB ram and Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500gb drive). Now, same load and usage, say I start Vmware with 1 VM running on both, some Office 2010 stuff, web.

Long story short, SIW reports up to 50'C on 3350 (ST9500423AS) vs up to 44'C for Toshiba drive on HP probook. Palm resting area,right down side in on fire...

BTW, my 3350 is with i3 2330, 4GB ram. Dual boot Win7 sp1 and Ubuntu 12.04. For some reason, in Ubuntu I felt less heat,can't explain why.

Yeah,upgraded with last Seagate firmware from Dell site. Same.
Anyone experienced these issues?

[daver160]

I have a similar configuration as you (i3-2310, 6GB RAM), and also run VMs.

I can say that I have never found my HDD to heat up enough to cause discomfort while using it. The few times I've checked the temps, it was never above ~40-45C, even with VMs running.

[unicoder]

it was never above ~40-45C, even with VMs running.

well at 40 it is ok. Start to be uncomfortable at around 43+.

[sapphire_pro]

Just for information:

I upgraded my i3 2350M to an i7 2670QM. Works like charm.





Regards!