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XPS 8300... Who has one of these bad boyz?
What I want to know are the people who like myself got this mystified machine and are now being asked to send it back for a fix or a refund. I just want to hear others who can relate with me? I know that ain't always ez but shoot . would just like to hear from other's who got lucky enough to get one of these in their hands.My experience so far has been this is one nice execution. The new smell of lead that permeates my office. motivates me. There are no reviews out for the xps 8300 or their components. I want to hear what you guys experience has been. So far so good. Love the smell of lead burning in the morning. Bottom line you got these great PC that nobody else will have in awhile. What's the verdict?
XPS 8300 Intel Core i5-2500 processor(6MB Cache, 3.3GHz)1317-57868GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 4x2GB1331-0659Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard1320-7810No Monitor1320-1786ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR51342-20081.5TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive 7200 RPM1421-4337Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English1420-6576DELL WELCOME,Software Dimension/Inspiron1330-6097You have chosen a Windows 7 System1420-6436PC-Restore, Dim/Insp1318-0455Windows Live Wave 41421-0756SKYPE VOIP Software Application1421-4652Dell Support Center 31420-9841Cozi-Calendar1331-1418Dell Resource DVD with Application Backup1421-3645Basic Stage1330-1158Dell USB 6-Button Laser Mouse1430-3775Standard USB 2.0 + 10/100/1000 Ethernet1313-3607No Dial Up Modem Requested for Dell Dimension1410-1867ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE1318-028216x DVDRW Drive1421-4542Roxio Creator Starter,No Media1421-9898THX TruStudio PC1313-6138No Speaker Requested1410-2441McAfee SecurityCenter 15 Month Subscription1410-0450Microsoft Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word and Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook1938-3320Dell Hardware Limited Warranty, Extended Year1938-3310Dell Hardware Limited Warranty, Initial Year1938-3400Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis, 1 Year Extended$139.001938-3390Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis, Initial Year$11.001950-33382 Year Limited Warranty1902-0931Warranty Support, 1 Year Extended$10.001960-8700Warranty Support, Initial Year1420-8878Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement1330-0172S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops
Dennis.C
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December 8th, 2011 10:00
I installed the newest driver from ati.com version 11 but no help... same problem and no catalyst control center ...
Dennis.C
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December 8th, 2011 10:00
Hmmm first one I've read that is "exactly" the problem I have been having.... (since upgrading the drivers for the HD5770) So they had you COMPLETELY FACTORY RESTORE? I am HORRIFIED! what? this is my first experience with a dell and one that put me out quite a bit of $$$ so I am quite disappointed with all this... I have had mine since last spring and from the above comments it looks like some returned them because of the sandy bridge mother board thing... I wonder if I got one of those??? anyway I am worn out going around in circles installing failing updates with still no success...
Dennis.C
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December 8th, 2011 10:00
Same thing... dont know what to do..
Suellen122
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December 8th, 2011 18:00
Wow - I've had my 8300 since the first week they came out. Ran into the ATI problem in the first couple of days, after updating the driver. After going around and around with technical support, I did a full factory reinstall, and have never dared update the ATI driver again. I can't believe Dell hasn't fixed this problem yet. They just don't care anymore, do they?
dbslayer
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February 27th, 2012 23:00
Looking at buying XPS 8300. Can (or should) I avoid these ATI issues by choosing the Nvidia video card ?
jona187
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March 23rd, 2012 20:00
I downgraded the driver and so far its been 8 hours without a freeze.
Do not use the one from the Microsoft Windows Update or ATI site. Use the dell driver from support.dell.com
DSMac
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March 25th, 2012 14:00
Hi jona187,
Great to hear that the downgrade works for you. I have been using the latest drivers from ATI with great success but in order to get the newer ones to work well, I recommended that you uninstall the previous drivers and use driver sweeper prior to re-installing in order to ensure all previous remnants are removed. I agree that the one that comes down via Microsoft updates is a dog and should be avoided.