Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Review & Owner's Thread

[clintre]

another A02 bios request here, much appreciated.

clintre@gmail.com

[Smooth_J]

Send me the BIOS file and I will host it on my website for everyone. Its a lot quicker and easier this way...lol

EDIT: Here we go:

http://mirror.jmckee.net/L321X_Bios/L321XA02.exe

Enjoy!

[shelleyevans]

Thanks Smooth_J. I have sent you the bios. For those looking, you can find the touchpad driver by googling the filename referenced above.

[moofilebot]

@shelleyevans and Smooth_J, Thank you!!

[hakwuzhere]

Smooth_J thanks for hosting it... I was just going through all the email addresses since my last reply.. lol!

For the 2.3.6.26 driver you can find that on dells site by going into input drivers for the xps 15z... I am finding that this version doesnt do as well with palm rejection as the stock driver... but hopefully dell will be getting a new release out in the next week or so, for now Im still loving this thing.

My plan is to keep this for a year or so then sell it for something better, Im confident that this laptop can do that for me.

The real selling point on this is that the 13" screen is in a case nearly the same width as my previous Acer 1410 11.6" core solo.. that has given me 3 good years... Not sure this one will give me the same amount of time... but oh well, I love buying toys.

[daddydirt]

thanks everyone !

[shelleyevans]

I am finding that this version doesnt do as well with palm rejection as the stock driver...

Clearly you are following this thread but in case you missed the earlier mentions, I highly recommend touchfreeze. Open source, if you google you'll find it. This has made all of my touchpads useable, even those with the worst drivers. I ran it in the background along with both versions of cypress drivers, and found that the touchpad worked better with it running. (It's an inelegant, but effective fix.)

[7ouie]

Hi,

Just thought I'd post with my final decision: the computer is packed up, and will be going back tomorrow. The bios update improved the fan considerably, as did the driver hakwzhere linked to (and I wasn't even having problems with 2 finger scroll!). But I did some testing, and I was getting double letters about every 100 words, which is too much for me. I could probably try replacing the keyboard, but the fan noise makes me on the fence enough that it's not really worth the hassle for me. Maybe if it had a matte screen, or were half a pound lighter, I would have toughed it out. As it is, it's too much like the much less elegant computer I currently have, which doesn't make noise, and doesn't make typos. Thanks to this community, which is really incredible. I am happy to forward bios to any who want it, although I'm sure it will be on the Dell website soon.

I wonder if this has to do with your filter key settings?

Disable the Irritating Sticky / Filter Keys Popup Dialogs - How-To Geek

[7ouie]

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[7ouie]

Send me the BIOS file and I will host it on my website for everyone. Its a lot quicker and easier this way...lol

EDIT: Here we go:

http://mirror.jmckee.net/L321X_Bios/L321XA02.exe

Enjoy!

Thanks Smooth_J. I have sent you the bios. For those looking, you can find the touchpad driver by googling the filename referenced above.

thanks guys! +rep