E6410 Owner's Thread

It's not hard to tell that the E6410 lid isn't plastic. It's cool to the touch and most definitely isn't plastic. It's metal, although it most certainly isn't brushed aluminum or stainless steel. My guess is that it's a lightweight alloy of some sort.[/QUOTE]

 

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Metal/alloy lid? I seriously doubt that. Then dell would have mentioned it in the spec and hiked the price

 

I'm seeing this Control Point issue also on E6410 Win7 ultimate 64bit. But it's gobbling 25% CPU per logged on user! When I look at Task Manager, each user that's logged on is listed for an instance of Dell.ControlPoint.exe with 25% CPU. I've got a screen shot with 3 users each with 25% (coincidently, it's a Core i5 box with 4 processors. I haven't created enough users yet to see what happens when I've got 5 logged on. I want Control Point functionality for the fingerprint reader, the power management, etc. but not if it's going into a tight loop and eating a full processor for each instance. Yikes! When is Dell going to stop shipping crapware?

So I downloaded all the updates. I have 1.4.0 and the help about lists numerous components as does the Dell Control Point folder in All Programs. Problem still persists. And it seems too complicated to sort out by trial and error. Incredibly, I've only found two posts and no solutions on Dell's site. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

DCP System Manager uses negligible CPU time. My Task manager is showing 87 hours system idle time with Dell ControlPoint.exe at 14s and DCPSysMgr.exe at 1s.

I do not have either the DCP Security Manager or the DCP connection Manager installed. We identified that they are bloated resource hogs a long time back. On the other hand, the security manager, if running, might have a big task in checking for security issues.

John

 

I'm 100% sure that it metal. The display back on my E6400 is metal and the Latitude prices reflect the use of metal in the construction.

John

 

Definitely feels like metal to me too.

 

If you look at the E6410 tech specs it specifically states magnesium-alloy LCD back and base.

 

finally got my e6410
one weird thing: my power supply is making strange noises when much power is needed (laptop running on full power profile and charging at the same time). Its a clicky noise, I would say it comes from capacitors.
Is this normal or is my psu about to explode?

 

I stand corrected, The spec says it is an alloy even though to me it still looks and feels like plastic. Thanks everyone.

 

They use a thick layer prime coat and paint on the magnesium alloy, that is why it feels like that. The idea is that small scratches don't show the metal directly. You need a deeper one, making scratches much less visible.