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[Saint_Michael]

I happen to find this by accident when trying to fix my computer; anyway, in this tutorial I will show you how to change the LED colors on either your Dell XPS laptop or XPS desktop. You will be able to get rid of that red color and change it to 16 other colors.

Setting this up is pretty simple as there are two ways to do this; the first way is to download the XPS LightFX SDK through the Dell website. The other way is through your computer BIOS and that is what I will talk about in this tutorial. One of the neat things about changing the colors on your computer is that you can have up to 4 different colors on your computer, and if you’re playing music it also pulses too.

As for the process of getting into your BIOS it is a simple 6 step process:

Step 1: If you have your computer running then go ahead and restart it.

Step 2: during the load up screen to your computer press the F12 key

Step 3: In that menu go to your BIOS and then press enter.

Step 4: next press you the down arrow to On Board Devices Their you will see a menu consisting of these options

SYSTEM FAN LEDS (On the laptop they colors are on the side)
SYSTEM SPEAKER LEDS (On the laptop they colors are in the front)
SYSTEM PANEL LEDS (On the laptop they are found on top part of the computer)
SYSTEM TOUCH PAD LED (On the laptop the color is on mouse pad)
SYSTEM LIGHT BRIGHTNESS (This determines how bright the LEDS will be )

Now in order to be able to go to each option you must press the down or up arrow and the press enter and then in the menu you would press the down or up arrow again to select the options and then press enter for the choice you want to have and people able to exit out of that menu to go to another one.

Step 5: Chose your Color

These are the colors the Dell XPS supports at least on the M1710 Laptop on each of the LED options except for the mouse pad. I will best describe these colors, although some of them don't fit the color that they originally went with, go figure. Also as your selecting the color you get to see it change as your trying out the colors to see which ones look good to use.

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None (Lights turned off)

Ruby (Red)

Citrine (Orange)

Amber (Lime Green)

Peridot (Greenish White)

Emerald (Green)

Jade (Sea Green)

Topaz (Light Blue)

Tanzanite (Blue)

Aquamarine (light blue)

Sapphire (Blue)

Iolite (light purple)

Amethyst (Purple)

Kunzite (Light Purple)

Rhodolite (Rose or maroonish color)

Coral (Pink)

Diamond (white)

Now with the System touch pad LED color only has On and Off for options don't know why they just do so you will deal with the Color Ruby on that one.

System LED Brightness is basically that, this changes the level of how bright your colors get from 1-8 (8 being the Brightest)

Step 6: press esc key two times then save your settings and your done, See how it easy that was and now your Dell XPS has different colors instead of the default Ruby Color.


That’s it for this tutorial; enjoy your computer’s new colors and what not. Now concerning the Dell XPS Desktop the BIOS set up maybe the same but the LED display maybe different, just to throw out that little caution.

[Imtay22]

Nice find, S_M! You said something in the shoutbox this morning about it, and I had no clue what you meant. NOW I know what you mean. I would do this, only I don't have a dell- no, wait, I do- but I don't have XP. I got Stupid windows 2000. This will help me out when I get a new computer, and untill than, i hope this tutorial helps out others! Thanks!

[Unholy Prayer]

Could be cool if I had an XPS.

[fffanatics]

You can also set the colors to change every so many seconds, or flash or change based on usage if you download and install the Nvidia overlocking software for their GPUs. Plus, the tool allows you to change the color without having to restart or enter the bios.

[Saint_Michael]

Hmm interesting, don't you mean overclocking? I think I found the software for it but since overclocking is a bit dangerous to the inexperience and this says it all.

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Disclaimer:
EXTREME Overclocking provides files for download "as is" without any warranty, liability, or technical support and may be used for informational purposes only. The entire risk as to the results of the usage of the software is assumed by you.

So unless you know what your doing then I wouldn't recommend overclocking your computers especially for a simple thing like thiat.

[PlugComputers]

Haha very cool, I wonder how much Dell pays the people that sits around and thinks of those elaborate names for 16 basic colors. Haha just a little side note. Anyways, nice find Saint Michael, those red LED's can get a little boring (not that I would know or anything...considering I'm never buying a Dell again in my life. Haha, custom PC's are where it's at..)

[iGuest]

Color doesnHow To Change The Color Of The Leds On A Dell Xps System

I followed the directions to change mine to the purple color.  It's only purple during the entire boot up process and once it gets back into Windows it reverts back to ruby.  Do you know how to make it stay?  I have an XPS M1710 laptop.

-question by Abigail

[Ash-Bash]

Wow nice I never knew you could do it this way, I downloaded a tool to do this where you can change it without going into the bios you can also make the tool make the led's blink to music which looks pretty sweet.