A problem with Dell inspiron 3537  

So i have been looking around at manuals and all online stuff for My laptop model what i found interesting was almost all them models had a discrete Gpu mostly Amd Gpus so i start looking up Diadxg and control panel and all i find is the intel 4400 so I tried to check my service tag to see what was on the laptop when it was ordered ( It was a gift from a friend) now I am not expecting it to have a diffrent Gpu i just need to know if its there or not and if you can help me i would be very grateful.

What happened when you checked the service tag?

Just knowing that it's an Inspiron 3537 doesn't narrow things down very much. https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/a...uide_en-us.pdf

There are a number of CPUs and GPUs available in that model. It's possible that yours has both a discrete AMD GPU and the Intel one.

Open the Device Manager and expand the "Display Adapters" branch if there are 2 Graphics adapters then you will have 2 entries, 1 for Intel HD 4400 and another if has extra graphics either Nvidia or AMD.

In DXDIAG you should also have 2 listed, 1 in the Display Tab, 1 in the Render Tab, or something like that.

On my Laptop you can see through a ventilation grill the heat pipe which goes from 2 locations rather than just one.

Dell installs different hardware within a given model number, depending on the markets in various countries, and user requirements.

That is not what I am referring to. Vents are merely holes in the box for airflow.

In a Laptop the cooling system is for the reason of compactness just heat pipe(s) going from both CPU and GPU. To the one heat dissipater and fan.

In a gamer type of Laptop it may well be a different thermal arrangement but in this case it is very likely to be the former. Nothing to do with whether there is any switching in the BIOS/UEFI or the Optimus arrangement.

The OP is just asking for information, there does not seem to be a problem.

the full model number tells people what is different between in all Inspiron 3537s. Use it to search for the correct driver.

Helmut said:

That is not what I am referring to. Vents are merely holes in the box for airflow.

In a Laptop the cooling system is for the reason of compactness just heat pipe(s) going from both CPU and GPU. To the one heat dissipater and fan.

In a gamer type of Laptop it may well be a different thermal arrangement but in this case it is very likely to be the former. Nothing to do with whether there is any switching in the BIOS/UEFI or the Optimus arrangement.

The OP is just asking for information, there does not seem to be a problem.

I thought you were informing him that if he had two vents then it must have a gpu , then my comment was to point out it wasn't popular back then to have 2 vents , but rather awkward designs and bios settings .

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RoasterMen said:

the full model number tells people what is different between in all Inspiron 3537s. Use it to search for the correct driver.

Reputable companies have a policy to create standard models with predefined set of hardware that never changes , then they have a rebrand name in case a whole seller decide to buy a lot from them in a discounted price judging that they would rather take down some of the software or hardware (like removing the windows license , make it linux or downgrading wifi card or gpu etc) , so when you go for an HP you know you can trace back model numbers to hardware , but then Compaq its rebrand however models can trace back to zillion software/hardware configurations , same with IBM and Lenovo . However when it comes to Dell they do not do that , they can have just same model with zillion configurations , it is their down side , so its about reviewing what you can find in device manager to really tell what you have in hand .

looks like another hit-and-run post. Sad,