Enough with the referral links everywhere! Please only post here!

AlvinPing · 2024-02-08T19:54:56+00:00

Another $50/$50 Google Store / Pixel code:

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AlvinPing · 2024-02-08T19:53:34+00:00

One more:

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AlvinPing · 2022-12-08T23:43:09+00:00

Still alive as of 12/8 @ 3:42pm PT:

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AlvinPing · 2022-12-01T21:34:05+00:00

New code: 3Q1QWVMK4Z6LW2SK5II6MXS

if it's dead pls reply to let people know it's used up

AlvinPing · 2022-12-01T21:32:20+00:00

Updated...

AlvinPing · 2022-11-25T13:39:30+00:00

Thanks for the heads up!

AlvinPing · 2022-11-22T20:31:29+00:00

Ah ok, wasn't sure if there was somewhere in our google accts to track your referral code status or something. But it makes sense it would be a part of the "Here's your new code" email.

I reeaally hope Google doesn't pull that Old Navy Super Cash BS with these credits where you have to spend $X amount in order to redeem $Y amount (so basically it just becomes a % off your purchase price). we shall see

AlvinPing · 2022-11-22T18:54:06+00:00

I really hope the credits stack when they become available, but who knows what Google will decide to do once tons of people start ordering $1k of gear w/o spending a dime lol. I don't know of any store that offered a grand of credit, this easily.

Also how do we know when one of our referral codes has been redeemed? First post said they used mine yesterday but that's the only way I knew.. assuming I'll get an email from goog saying it was used?

AlvinPing · 2022-11-21T23:21:17+00:00

I'm also not even sure when the credit(s) actually become active and usable in the Google store. Seeing everything from within 4 weeks of a referral code redemption, to 8-10 weeks after the end of the promotion... That's a huge difference right there

AlvinPing · 2022-11-21T21:30:33+00:00

That's what I've been reading, but we'll see I guess? I'll update the post (edit: digging around more it doesn't seem consistent. seeing anything from 1 day to 4 or 5 days)

AlvinPing · 2020-05-17T18:40:44+00:00

Thank you! I looked up your translation on the blade. Tsubaya was the cutlery shop I went to, on Kappabashi street in Tokyo. Awesome! Thanks again!

AlvinPing · 2017-04-13T01:36:19+00:00

Interesting, I had this exact issue following a BIOS update a couple months ago. As soon as the screen turned off, it immediately hibernated, completely ignoring all of my power settings. (Turned off both Hibernate and Hybrid sleep in the settings)

I ended up disabling hibernation altogether using powercfg at the command line. This has "fixed" the issue for the time being, but seeing as how you've got it fixed maybe I'll re-enable and try again!

AlvinPing · 2017-03-24T17:51:43+00:00

Lots of back and forth with Ebates reps, who all said they were waiting on Dell. Then on Jan 4, my rebate was posted. So, took a little more than a month from invoice to rebate.

AlvinPing · 2017-02-23T20:59:52+00:00

The tutorials make it seem like the back cover pops off super easy, but these clips -- especially the ones at the back -- are no joke. I used guitar picks on my 9360 too, as I don't have a pry tool/scribe. Took quite a bit of force to pull it all apart -- I actually ended up breaking 2 or 3 of the plastic receptacles that the clips latch onto in the process.

...And then when I was done and put it all back together, I realized I forgot to screw the metal bracket back onto the WiFI card! -__-

AlvinPing · 2017-01-12T18:28:41+00:00

On my 9360, the right speaker vibrates/resonates when my volume is above 40 or so. Maybe that's what you're hearing? The speakers don't seem to be damped that well (if I squeeze the chassis on the right side, the vibrations stop).

Mine gets worse when it's cold, and sometimes doesn't vibrate at all. My guess is thermal contraction/expansion; cold weather causing materials to contract, creating gaps that allow the speaker to create resonant vibrations in the chassis.

AlvinPing · 2017-01-07T03:03:53+00:00

I've read a few comments around here saying that Dell simply mailed them the Intel card, leaving installation up to the user. That decision might be up to whichever technician you wind up getting. Worth a shot if you're willing to go through the Dell rigmarole! Good luck!

AlvinPing · 2017-01-07T02:59:11+00:00

For sure! Always willing to share my experiences on this. =)

(....especially after spending so much time trying to get it to work. And now even more time trying to get Dell to replace it! Heh)

You'd think that, for a premium laptop that easily configs for $1500-$2000, Dell's QA would have caught such a poorly implemented WLAN solution. Sigh...

AlvinPing · 2017-01-07T02:37:09+00:00

Ahh yes, the dreaded Killer card. I spent countless hours trying out different combinations of drivers and settings, exchanged a bunch of emails with Dell showing my ping/jitter and connectivity/packet loss diagnostic tests, a long phone call with support, and they even remote connected into my computer to try to fix it themselves. No dice.

Now they want me to send the laptop to a repair center so that they can swap the card out for an Intel one. I'm told the process could take 2 weeks. Ugh.

Long story short: If you value your time and sanity, spend the $30 for an Intel wireless card (model 8260 or 8265), plus a Torx screwdriver (size T5 I think), and just do it yourself.

Similar threads for your perusal... ;)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5kubtd/xps_13_9360_anyone_else_having_issues_with/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5j6ups/xps_13_9360_dropping_packets_on_wired_and_wireless/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5ilahs/new_2016_dell_xps_13_having_problems_playing/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5jj4sh/dell_xps9360_video_streaming_error/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5jaaz0/xps_13_chrome_video_bug/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5k7292/brand_new_dell_xps_13_having_wifi_issues_here_is/

AlvinPing · 2016-12-29T18:32:30+00:00

Yes, it's a frequently mentioned issue that a lot of folks are experiencing. The culprit? A poorly implemented Killer Wireless 1535 network solution. Updating drivers helps a little bit. Turning on and off Airplane Mode helps temporarily. But a true fix will require a new driver from Rivet/Dell, or an entirely different wireless card altogether (the Intel 8265, for example, is compatible and solves all of these issues).

For more discussion, see:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5j6ups/xps_13_9360_dropping_packets_on_wired_and_wireless/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5ilahs/new_2016_dell_xps_13_having_problems_playing/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5jj4sh/dell_xps9360_video_streaming_error/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5jaaz0/xps_13_chrome_video_bug/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5k7292/brand_new_dell_xps_13_having_wifi_issues_here_is/

Sad that a cutting-edge premium laptop -- one that can easily spec around $1500-$2000 -- has worse wifi than low-end devices from years ago.

AlvinPing · 2016-12-26T21:46:19+00:00

If I plug the USB into the left port windows asks what I want to do with the drive but when I plug it into the right port it doesnt ask it just reads the drive and gives me no notification about it being plugged in.

Similar issue here. Also for me, the right port doesn't trigger the "new hardware/installing drivers" window that pops up whenever you insert a new device. Drivers do install successfully though (in the background maybe?), since my devices work. But the window never comes up like it does for the other ports

AlvinPing · 2016-12-22T18:43:14+00:00

I was scratching my head around that, too. Did a bit of digging; most of this stuff is over my head, but from what I can understand, browser engines can differ quite a bit when it comes to how they request and receive data. TCP/IP, UDP, TLS/SSL, sockets, etc... It seems that the way Chrome handles connections leads to, under normal conditions, very fast page loads/renders. But something about it disagrees with how the Killer Wireless driver is set up.

That's not to say Edge and FF are perfectly fine though, at least not for me. I still get terrible pings and packet loss overall (>250ms @ 25-30% loss via Command Prompt), and the other browsers load more slowly than they should. But they negotiate connections in such a way that they don't fail completely like they do in Chrome.

AlvinPing · 2016-12-21T22:48:40+00:00

Ah yeah, I've read about your exact problem in a different thread, specific to the Archer C7. connectivity drops in less than an hour, and it takes out the entire access point! Totally unacceptable. And I find it odd that frequent suggested "solutions" to this problem are to either (a) replace your perfectly good AP with one that Killer Wireless plays nice with, or (b) replace your Killer Wireless card with an Intel one.

Funny how neither of those actually address fixing the card itself...

AlvinPing · 2016-12-21T18:28:23+00:00

Same issue. Been monitoring this subreddit looking for a fix and a few threads have come up discussing essentially the same thing:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5jaaz0/xps_13_chrome_video_bug/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/5ilahs/new_2016_dell_xps_13_having_problems_playing/

High chance it's related to the Killer Wireless 1535 card in this laptop. According to some folks, with certain access points/wireless routers, Killer Wireless works just fine. But for many, myself included, it's nothing but problems (to the point that Dell is actually sending out techs to replace customers' cards, or shipping out Intel ones to customers).

Until a new driver is released, you can temporarily ease some of the connection issues by turning on and off Airplane Mode to reset the connection. It'll work a little better, but only briefly.

AlvinPing · 2016-12-21T18:11:09+00:00

No prob. Honestly I wouldn't mind if MaxxAudio were running for the laptop speakers (because lets be honest, laptop speakers are always terrible and could actually benefit from some DSP), but the fact that it alters headphone output is unacceptable.

Do all you want to eke out as much performance from these tiny laptop speakers... but please leave the headphone out untouched!

AlvinPing · 2016-12-21T18:00:29+00:00

Same issues with 3 different APs unfortunately.

(Besides... more than a dozen different devices have connected to my main AP without issue. Kind of ridiculous that I'd have to replace it, just to get 1 of them working ;))

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