Hello,
I recently received a manufacturer refurbished XPS 15 9550 from eBay.
There is warranty until September 2017 (confirmed by entering the service tag number).
I noticed 3 problems right away:
1. The body makes a small creaking noise, especially around the hinges when the screen is being opened/closed.
2. The bottom of the spacebar key seems to have something stuck under it and is hard to press down. In addition, it makes a very weird clicking noise sometimes.
3. There is a small coil whine when the GPU is 100% active
I thought this unit might have quality control issues, so in addition, a while later when I decided to test the display by loading an all-white background,
4. I found that there are at least 2 small clusters of stuck pixels that are perpetually grayish.
It's possible that problems 1 & 3 are universal to XPS 15 laptops (even though I certainly hope they aren't considering this is a premium laptop), but I'm quite sure that problems 2 and 4 aren't supposed to happen.
I currently wish to send this laptop to Dell to get it fixed, as it is still under warranty.
I phoned Dell Technical Support over the weekend, and they told me to register my computer (which I did) and call again on Monday (as I am in the process of switching service providers/phone numbers I decided an email would create less confusion than making multiple phone calls from different numbers).
I then emailed Dell Technical Support over the weekend, and they're supposed to respond within 1 business day, but it's been 2 business days now and I have yet to receive a response.
Thanks for reading this.