Dell XPS 17 (L702x) Thread

[kopap]

Hi i got last February a OCZ Agility3 as a present and fited in my L702X.
First time in Windows index exp shows 7.9 but now drop down to 7.6 any ideas why is that? Thanx

[artosik]

Hello.
I have small questions:
I'd like to reinstall my windows7 on Dell XPS without any shi....Only drivers. Quickset.
Procedure like Dell recommended?
Is any chance to reinstall Office starter after this re-installation?
Thanks

[kopap]

artosik as far as i read Office 2010 starter is found only as OEM windows bundle with new laptops.

Last week i made a clean instalation and followed this thread

DELL XPS 17 L702x Clean Install

[artosik]

artosik as far as i read Office 2010 starter is found only as OEM windows bundle with new laptops.

Last week i made a clean instalation and followed this thread

DELL XPS 17 L702x Clean Install

Thanks for quick reply

[kopap]

Try downloading office 2010 trial maybe you get the option for a Starter version its only a guess as i am using Libre office in windows and Linux on my system

[Sam_A_1992]

Hi i got last February a OCZ Agility3 as a present and fited in my L702X.
First time in Windows index exp shows 7.9 but now drop down to 7.6 any ideas why is that? Thanx

Have you updated the firmware since? sandforce drives are known to be problematic.

Is any chance to reinstall Office starter after this re-installation?
Thanks

Idk if you can download a trial, havent looked but if you want a long term free office solution, you could try open office OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite

[kopap]

Yes i have the last one 2.15 anyway i will wait a little bit bofore i buy a new one
Openoffice has stoped since oracle take over Sun the new fork is Libre office

Have you updated the firmware since? sandforce drives are known to be problematic.


Idk if you can download a trial, havent looked but if you want a long term free office solution, you could try open office OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite

A new firmware for update came today from OCZ 2.22

[madmattd]

Yikes, Not sure if I have the SandForce driver, how do i check for that? My drive's not listed on OCZ's website btw.... I haven't had one single BSOD since the purchase of my drive (lucky me).

If it's a Vertex 2/3 or Agility 2/3, you have a Sandforce-based drive. The new Vertex 4 uses an Indilinx controller as OCZ bought them up over a year ago, but we shall see if OCZ improves quality along the way... The 3s have the more problematic controller (Sandforce 22xx) but if you haven't had trouble yet, you are likely OK. I think that controller at least addressed the issues with the Vertex/Agility 2s (and other Sandforce 1xxx controllers) where they frequently (anecdotal evidence suggests somewhere from 10-25%!) went belly-up after 3-4 months...I got lucky with mine Vertex 2 in that it's been 18 months, but boy was it a pain to get working right...

Sorry to those with OCZ drives and no issues, but I and many others have been badly burnt by the Sandforce beta controllers (that's essentially what they were), and OCZ in particular has horrible CS. A lot of the issues have honestly been fixed, but certainly NOT nearly all of them, and it took Sandforce nearly a year to even admit there was a problem with their controllers, let alone try to fix it (they instead blamed the consumers for having incompatible hardware...an SSD should be just like an HDD->plug it in, it works, regardless of hardware config->all the non-Sandforce drives work fine on everything... O, and it should be reliable...).

[xxgokouxx]

yeah, mine's has been 100% reliable, I forgot I still have the link laying around, so if it helps... I'll post it up for you guys:

Newegg.com - OCZ Solid 3 SLD3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC

So far it's had 4/5 Eggs from newegg so i'm pretty sure it's a reliable drive (IMO anyways).

FYI, for kopap, SSD drives always degrade as time goes by, so it's not unusual if you have put a lot of use into your SSD drive, either that or you need to run the windows index again to test for SSD speed, because something could have been running in the background while you were doing the windows index.

[madmattd]

yeah, mine's has been 100% reliable, I forgot I still have the link laying around, so if it helps... I'll post it up for you guys:

Newegg.com - OCZ Solid 3 SLD3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC

So far it's had 4/5 Eggs from newegg so i'm pretty sure it's a reliable drive (IMO anyways).

Forgot about the "solid" line. Same controller (right in the Newegg description - Sandforce 2281), but like I said, if you aren't having trouble, count yourself among the lucky and enjoy it!

As an aside, one of the reviews on that drive had a manufacturer reply about how OCZ only sees 1% of it's customers report an issue with their SSDs....Yea, right, we know from outside sources that is not even close (I'm not talking review counts either as there are certainly issues with that method. There was a report that last year OCZ drives had like an 8% DOA rate! - Or something near that mark, I do remember it being way too high and over 2x anything not-Sandforce)