Dell XPS 15 R2 - L502x - Owners Lounge

[kaneda1010]

My xps 15 came with the advanced-n-6230. I don't notice anything wrong with the speed while using it to surf the web or download anything, but if I try a game the ping keeps spiking up very high in league of legends for example its at like 90ms and spikes to 300-1000ms randomly every 1-2 minutes. My desktop that is also on wireless has 60ms and does not spike.

I dunno if anyone else is having high ping problems. Other than that I am very happy with my purchase.

[buch3r]

Hello, I'm looking for a good ad ware and virus remover. What is the best one in y'all s opinion

Avast 6 or MSE for AV

Malwarebytes for malware

Ccleaner for other stuff.

[buch3r]

Uninstall all the Dell support crap, the only thing from Dell that's on my laptop is quicket. Update your video card drivers from nvidia, make sure you have up to date intel chipset drivers as well.

[Risco]

Quick tip to use the media keys with iTunes. Load this little app at startup!

iTunes Media Key Fix lost? or simply misguided

Also does anyone know if I remove the dell datasafe crap, will it affect my ability to use recover the factory image?

[buch3r]

I feel like buying 8gb of ram, "everyone's doing it". I probably don't need it, I have 4gb now. I saw 8gb of Gskill on newegg for $39.

[SuspiciousLurker]

I have searched this thread and I can't believe no one else thinks the lack of wake from keyboard or mouse support is a problem. This is a modern laptop and that is such a basic feature that I wouldn't even think to ask if a computer supports it nowadays. Why is no one else concerned with this?

I am curious for a solution to this as well.

[vsol]

Well yet another device does not work in my USB 3.0 ports. The receiver for a Microsoft Wireless Mouse 4000. How are you guys finding the compatibility of your USB 3.0 ports?

[grimreefer1967]

Every time I've tried to update my N-6230 from the Dell site it's caused wireless havoc. I always end up having to remove Dell's updates and then install the latest from intel. ZERO problems with wifi when using intel drivers.

Well yet another device does not work in my USB 3.0 ports. The receiver for a Microsoft Wireless Mouse 4000. How are you guys finding the compatibility of your USB 3.0 ports?

I've used WD and Toshiba external HDD's and my Logitech Anywhere MX mouse receiver on both of the 3.0 USB ports with no problems.

[ajd2006]

Hey guys, just joined the forum for this thread

I've had my L502x for a few months now and think it's awesome. I bought for the screen as many others have done.

Just wondering if anyone knows anything about the SPDIF labelled audio jack. I've heard of some laptops having a jack that is also optical, is this the case with the L502x? I want to connect to my amp for SPDIF but it only has Coax or Toslink. I've used a mono 3.5mm jack to single RCA cable before in these sorts of connections but I'd also read sometimes laptops use a mini-toslink in a 3.5mm jack

Yes, you can use a mini-toslink-to-toslink cable to connect it to your receiver.

[ajd2006]

Quick tip to use the media keys with iTunes. Load this little app at startup!

iTunes Media Key Fix lost? or simply misguided

Also does anyone know if I remove the dell datasafe crap, will it affect my ability to use recover the factory image?

You need the DataSafe program in order to back up the factory image onto DVDs or a flash drive (or a Blu-ray disc if you have the Blu-ray writer). I bought my laptop refurbished off Dell Outlet, and someone had already taken it off. Therefore, I had to do a Google search to find the program to download so that I could make backup DVDs of the recovery partition.

However, even if you remove that program, you can still boot from the recovery partition by pressing F10 before Windows boots. You can then restore factory settings that way.