Dell XPS 17 (L702x) Thread

[Hohlraum]

Can you post the clocking info for the graphics processor (processor speed, memory speed, etc)

[thisisdom]

also i was told that the GT550M comes with 2 slots and the GT555M comes with 4 slots.

So does anyone have an GT555M card in its laptop and received it jet?

I do. I can't seem to get the back off though. I don't want to break it.

Can someone also please run Starcraft II with everything set to ULTRA. Min/Average frame rates, heat, noise, etc. will be great. That's the only game I'll be playing (and only reason I'm planning to buy DELL XPS 17 instead of MBP) so I want a laptop that'll let me play it with all the eyecandy

I'll download that now And XPS 17 should beat the mackbook hands down. Macs are waay too expensive for what you get. You could always think about getting an alienware or something if you're thinking of spending that much money.

Yep.. The label underneath the RAM has "DIMM A","DIMM B" & "DIMM C","DIMM D" , but it can only take 2 DIMMs.
(I also ordered/received the i7-2630QM with 4GB)

It looks like it can/should do, but I have another pic of the DIMM slots below..

Yep, No clips, and as you can see in this picture, what looks like an additional slot below where the current RAM DIMM is (on top), cannot actually take anything in it, as the wires go straight up from the motherboard to where the DIMM goes in (at the top). Hope I'm explaining this clearly.. pic should help..

I'm not too pleased about this either.. I was thinking of buying an additional 2 x 4GB DDR3s after-market to give myself 12 GB total.
Looks like if I want to upgrade I have to loose / try and sell my current 2 x 2GB DIMMs and buy 2 x 4GB DIMMs

How exactly did you get the back off? I unscrewed the back, then released a few of the clips, but I couldn't get the others to come free. Did you have to lever it out fairly hard?

Do you think there's any chance of adding the clips yourself? or are the other slots not connected. Because I ran the "Crucial" memory info programme and it said I had 4 slots...

And do you have the 555m or the 540m?

Can you post the clocking info for the graphics processor (processor speed, memory speed, etc)

Sure. How exactly do I find that? I can only find the intel HD 3000.

[LaptopCreepy]

also i was told that the GT550M comes with 2 slots and the GT555M comes with 4 slots.

So does anyone have an GT555M card in its laptop and received it jet?

This is easily solved. Go to the Dell site and use the configurator. You will see you can only specify 16GB (4 x 4GB) if you specify the 3d options (screen and GPU). Just selecting GT555M only gives max RAM configuration of 8GB (2 x 4GB)

[fbickley]

It looks like some have been reporting different things. Joxercore is not in the US, which is where most of the reports of 4 dimms have come from as far as I can see. I also see where there is 4 boards with different variations, so it may be the luck of the draw.

I have also seen where Dell here in the US is saying that the intel h67 chipset problem will be fixed before the orders ship. That may explain some of the delay here.

Hopefully the next order can help us confirm this.

[LaptopCreepy]

It looks like some have been reporting different things. Joxercore is not in the US, which is where most of the reports of 4 dimms have come from as far as I can see. I also see where there is 4 boards with different variations, so it may be the luck of the draw.

I have also seen where Dell here in the US is saying that the intel h67 chipset problem will be fixed before the orders ship. That may explain some of the delay here.

Hopefully the next order can help us confirm this.

Agreed. But it was the US Dell configurator I was using. As it so happens, the UK one is the same.

[thisisdom]

Anyone know how I can view info about my 555m. It only lists the integrated graphics when I go on to display settings...

[Joxercore]

I do. I can't seem to get the back off though. I don't want to break it.
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How exactly did you get the back off? I unscrewed the back, then released a few of the clips, but I couldn't get the others to come free. Did you have to lever it out fairly hard?

Do you think there's any chance of adding the clips yourself? or are the other slots not connected. Because I ran the "Crucial" memory info programme and it said I had 4 slots...

And do you have the 555m or the 540m?

You have to be fairly determined with the cover and give it a bit of a forceful lift. I was a bit apprehensive myself at first but the cover does seem to be strong enough to handle it.

Don't think adding clips would do any good as you cannot actually fit in any DIMMs... you would need to change out the DIMM Slot holders, if the motherboard supports it. Doubt it would be a runner, but I'm open to come-back on that?! Anyone ever done that before?

I have a GeForce GT 555M in mine...

[Joxercore]

Anyone know how I can view info about my 555m. It only lists the integrated graphics when I go on to display settings...

When you right-click on the desktop, you should have "NVIDIA Control Panel" listed in the right-click menu.
At the bottom of this Control Panel, there is an additional 'System Information' option.

The Control Panel is where you can select which programs use which particular graphics card

[mark7402]

[QUOTE=thisisdom;7257397]Anyone know how I can view info about my 555m. It only lists the integrated graphics when I go on to display settings...[/QUOTE

Download CPU-Z then you can check everything you have on your computer, clocks etc etc

If not I guess it should be somewhere in your Nvidia control panel.

[thisisdom]

When you right-click on the desktop, you should have "NVIDIA Control Panel" listed in the right-click menu.
At the bottom of this Control Panel, there is an additional 'System Information' option.

The Control Panel is where you can select which programs use which particular graphics card

Yeah I can get on to that, but how to I find out clock speeds/memory speeds. For the integrated graphics I can find out loads of information about it.