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Dell XPS M1530: Why don't my key presses respond right away?

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:17:18 -0700

I've had my laptop for over a year, and it developed this problem recently. About once a minute a key press (or lifting a key up) won't respond until a couple milliseconds after I hit the key (and in the lifting case the key will count as being pressed a couple milliseconds longer than I'm really pressing it). This causes me to die a lot in games that need precise timing!

I guess this could be a hardware or software problem, I'm not sure. I'm running Vista/Ubuntu in dual boot if that's helpful for some reason.

I do eat while computering often, but this doesn't sound like food stuck in the keyboard, does it?

I've tried uninstalling programs that had been recently installed when I noticed the problem, but that didn't change anything.

Well, thanks for at least reading my problem. Have a cool day everyone!

⟐ Answered March 16, 2026 at 8:17 MST

Dell XPS M1530: My screen is cracked and working partially.

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:11:34 -0700

Can I replace my screen? It works partially but not where it was stepped on.

⟐ Comment deleted June 22, 2015 at 6:11 MST

Dell XPS M1530: Why is my screen not working all the way

Sat, 25 Jun 2016 22:21:46 -0700

When I push power......dell logo shows and than screen stays black and doesn't go to home screen

⟐ Answer accepted June 25, 2016 at 22:21 MST

Dell XPS M1530: Laptop heats up to a point where it shuts down immediately.

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:29:07 -0700

The bottom left corner (below the keyboard) of my DELL XPS M1530 becomes really hot when I'm working on it, especially when I have another monitor running. It would then automatically shut down without notice. Can I fix this myself?

⟐ Answered February 19, 2015 at 9:29 MST

Dell XPS M1530: No video on the LCD

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:11:35 -0700

Hello,

Im from Chile and bought a Dell XPS1530 with 8400GS as the video chip, it worked for like... 1 month until it didnt show image over the buil-in LCD of the Laptop.

Here is what i did, just to know about some problems with the microfracture of the soldering material, but looks like this isnt the case. The Laptop works great if i attach an External Monitor over the VGA port.

Did _shot_ de videochip with a heatgun and press it against the motherboard, but it still have the same issue, no video on the LCD but it does over the VGA port.

A week after that a friend of mine borrowed his XPS 1530 to see if the faulty part was the LCD, but it wasnt, my LCD panel [cable and everything] worked fine on his XPS, and his LCD panel [which is working] didnt show anything attached to my XPS.

No idea what to do next and no, i dont have warranty anymore, if someone have a clue of how to fix this would made my day, week and probably year.

Thanks in advance from Chile.

⟐ Answered December 11, 2013 at 9:11 MST

Dell XPS M1530: My not dellcharger makes my laptop brroom. Any way to fix it?

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:05:04 -0700

Cheap nondell charger, had to get a new in a flash when the old one just - ¤%&/() and some smoke stopped working. My old hero, XPS m1530, now makes it brrrrrom.

I was hoping it to be my analog to digital music converter. Thought it would be good for transforming my LP, MD, CD, tape-player to digital format.

With the noise its not possible.

I am handy, and got a soldering bolt.

Is getting a new charger only way?

⟐ Answer accepted December 20, 2020 at 13:05 MST

Dell XPS M1530: Where exactly is the cell battery located on the M1530 laptop..

Mon, 26 Dec 2016 06:33:12 -0700

Have disassembled the Dell M1530 Laptop and unable to locate the cell battery from any where yet and can not find it. Can you show me exactly where it is?.

⟐ Answer accepted December 26, 2016 at 6:33 MST