Hello.
To save money I have found XPS 17 offered without any operating system whatsoever. System tag: 8752SS1 (note I bought it a year ago)
In the box there was some instructions, but there was no driver disk. Only a Free Bios disk or something. But I like to get things done myself. In the shop site there was no info about Disk Driver being included, so its k. I installed Bios, installed my Windows 7 Ultimate, went to Dell Support, downloaded *everything* and went on living.
Later I think my Bios changed to Dell Inc A19, smbios 2.6 (according to System Info)
I also use Dell Support Center.
So far everything works, except some things which are bothering me.
1)First, the F3 function key doesn't work. It is supposed to turn my touchpad on/off, but the only thing it does is turn the little orange indicator on and off. I believe I have installed every needed driver from every category, so I have no idea why it wouldn't work. I have to adjust touchpad manually through Synaptics console.
2)Direct X diagnostic tool only sees and analyses my integrated HD 3000. I'd like to make sure there are no problems with 555M.
edit: cause i remember i couldnt change PhysX settings as if they didn't work...
3) Is 555m really as weak as it plays out? I have so much issues with making Witcher 2 not lag, it's stupid. super low resolution, and no cool effects. I would just want to turn HD 3000 off to just make sure the laptop uses 555m when I want it to, but I've read it's not possible. Or another solution would be a little display with the name of card used, just like there's option to show FPS in games. Hm, not even sure anymore, since i can alt-tab out of a game and on the bottom panel it's said nvidia's being used..
4) The latest driver for hd 3000 and in fact any of the latest, after extraction i get error that my system doesnt meet the minimal requirements. Right. Dunno what's up since I have this HD intel Graphics programme and all seems to be working.
