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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 M140: Can this model be upgraded to Windows 10?

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 08:36:43 -0700

I have Windows XP, which is no longer supported. Can it be upgraded to a newer Windows OS?

⟐ Commented January 08, 2023 at 8:36 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 M1330: The display flickers and goes down.

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:04:05 -0700

I have a Dell Xps M1330, it works great but sometimes it shuts down by itself. When is powering on the display go all white for awhile.

I try powering on several times until the display goes normal again. So I believe its the graphics chip that's causing the problems.

What can I do?

⟐ Commented March 23, 2019 at 9:04 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 M1330: Not detecting hard drives

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 06:20:19 -0700

I think something is wrong with the sata interface on this laptop. Tried 4 hard drives and none of them worked. not detected in bios. Can someone help me out?

⟐ Commented February 01, 2016 at 6:20 MST

Dell XPS M1210: When I connect the laptop to the power it does not power on or charge

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:28:51 -0700

when i connect the laptop to the power ,does not power on or charge, the laptop work fine when the battery was have charge, but later stop work the power adapter, and i check the adapter and is does have power, what can be the problem?

⟐ Edited January 13, 2012 at 22:28 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 M1210: System not booting beyond window logo

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:04:50 -0700

On starting the laptop after the dell logo the windows logo comes and again goes back to dell logo

⟐ Answered April 18, 2017 at 10:04 MST

Dell XPS M1210: Why do I get strange lines on screen on start up

Sun, 18 Dec 2016 03:30:39 -0700

I have a warning in device manager on the NVIDIA on display area is there any updated drivers? I have tried to find a compatible driver other then the GeForce Go 7400.Could this be related to the lines on start up?

⟐ Answered December 18, 2016 at 3:30 MST

Dell XPS M170 MXG051: Need Drivers for Windows 7 QuickSet

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:40:51 -0700

Looking for Windows 7 driver for this Dell XPS M170 MXG051 laptop I need windows 7 x86 for the quick set

Thank you

I put in windows 7 professional x86

but get a error even after installing t dell quickset compatible with windows Vista says something about .NET Framework error and will close Quick Set

so is it the quick set of framework?

picture of website and commits

I went to the XPS M170 32bit and Windows XP is has below picture

Dell QuickSet, v.7.1.10, A38

Version7.1.10, A38

Download Type Applications

File Name R130907.EXE

File size 7.99 MB

Description

Dell QuickSet, v.7.1.10, A38

QuickSet provides the following features: POWER: Power management schemes, Battery resource information and health, Warning messages unsupported power-adapter/dock/battery scenarios are detected. DISPLAY: Display brightness, Desktop font & Internet Explorer Scaling, Display switching via Fn+F8 and presentation mode. NETWORK/CONNECTIVITY: Radio/Wireless activity control using the wireless switch (OR) the Fn+F2 hotkey depending on your system, Location Profiler (Creation and switching of profiles comprising location dependent system settings; Managing multiple connections), Internal network card activity (depending on your system), Wi-Fi Catcher(TM) Network Locator Configuration OTHER/SYSTEM SETTINGS: Volume status, Hotkey hibernate, MediaDirect (on certain systems) XPS SYSTEMS only: LED color control and Touchpad LED control (depending on your system), Advanced power schemes

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⟐ Commented February 09, 2026 at 0:40 MST

Dell XPS M140: How do I factory reset my computer.

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 01:27:19 -0700

How do I factory reset my computer if when I turn it on it comes to a screen that says please type in the system or administrator password? How do I get passed this?

⟐ Answered February 25, 2023 at 1:27 MST

Dell XPS M1730: Upgrading HDD to SSD

Sat, 02 May 2020 07:50:07 -0700

I have a 500g hard drive (250 each) and want to upgrade it to 1TB SSD. Do I have to use 2X500G SSD’s or can I use one 1TB SSD for the upgrade? What kind of software can I use to migrate the HDD to SSD?

⟐ Answer edited May 02, 2020 at 7:50 MST

Dell XPS M1710: DOIT.BAT DELLPART/error preparing hard disk partitioning

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 01:10:40 -0700

Error preparing hard disk partitioning

⟐ Answered August 20, 2019 at 1:10 MST

Dell XPS M1330: My XPS is dead. Tried everything. Dead. Help?

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:57:43 -0700

It might be the power fuse, or the hard disk, I am not sure, but my XPS recently became unresponsive after I closed the lid and let it sleep during my shift. When I reopened the lid and pressed the Turn on button, the laptop was gone. It evidently was put into some sort of deep sleep, and never was able to turn it back on again. I used 110V when I worked on it that time, it functioned perfectly, till it was put to sleep, and the world was never the same.

P.S. both 240V and 110V work perfectly with the device.

⟐ Answer accepted August 28, 2018 at 20:57 MST

Dell XPS M1330: Why is My XPS M1330 showing multi colour and white blank screen

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:53:00 -0700

Why is My XPS M1330 showing multi colour and white blank screen

⟐ Answered August 23, 2018 at 23:53 MST

Dell XPS M1210: My keyboard does not light up, there is no option on the left cursor.

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 11:06:31 -0700

the left cursor has no option like the other keyboards I have searched on internet. Please help me light up my keyboard :D Thank you so much!

⟐ Answered April 23, 2017 at 11:06 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