E6410 Owner's Thread

Its normal. mine does the same thing under high load. Old power supplies used to use a big transformer to bring 110VAC down to the right level. They probably use more solid state electronics instead of transformers to make the adapters thinner and lighter.

 

Not mandatory, Win7 will install a default AHCI driver during install, which you can then update to Intel's driver afterward using the driver-only package (without the full IRST application). However, you can choose to load Intel's AHCI driver directly during the Win7 install... saves having to update to it later. I did this. See the link below for my E6410 Win7 x64 reimage notes.

GK

 

I'm kind of a technological novice here, so the "clean install" option is probably not the best response for me.

Got my system and it has Dell Control Point on it. I've read the other posts discussing trying to disable it/uninstall it.

My new notebook came with a fingerprint scanner, which I like, but it seems connected to DCP.

What ramifications, if any, will an uninstall of DCP have on my system?

 

No DCP, no fingerprint reader. I really hate the dell crapware too.

On that note, has anyone experienced an 'unhandled exception' error with Dell Backup and Recovery Manager on Win7 Pro 64? I'm having trouble finding solutions on the web.

 

I want to get a docking station / port replicator for my new E6410, and I like the Dell pn 430-3114 / Mfr pn YP126 one. Here:
DELL E-Port Plus Replicator with 130-Watt Power Adapter Cord for Select Dell Latitude Laptops / Precision Mobile WorkStations : Laptop Accessories | Dell

It's got plenty of USB ports, two DVI ports and a "legacy" serial port, which will be helpful in my setup.

Only problem is: it's $199! Are these things ever on sale or available from another source? I checked eBay and there are none there right now.

 

I'm sure one of more of these on ebay is what you are looking for. Search for E-port.

John

 

Dell seems kind of confused right now with the configuration of E6410s on their site. The i5 + 2gb ram is cheaper than an i3 with 1gb. In another cheap configuration with i3 you can upgrade to i5 for 0$ or to an i7 for 20$. In another configuration going from an i3 to an i7 costs 140$. There's no rhyme or reason...

Those of you in the process of buying make sure you try all the combinations, even invent your own, then call up a Dell rep and get what you want for the price you think is reasonable. Combine all the lowest prices you see on their site for each item, add in the biggest instant savings you see in any of the configurations and I guarantee you it'll come to cheaper than the prices shown on their site. Also make sure they send you an OS installation disc.

 

Can't be sure without trying... I re-imaged and do not have any security devices so was able to not install the security drivers. And did not install the DCP Security Manager and Connection Manager. I do run the DCP System Manager... it seems well-enough constructed and provides useful interface to features.

You could probably uninstall the DCP Connection Manager app and expect to carry on without issues. Update: Dell stopped installing the Connection Manager on Win7.

You could uninstall the DCP Security Manager app but it may be required to use the finger print reader.

If you can uninstall the security device drivers, you may be able to disable any such devices in Devices Manager to remove the bangs. I do this for the Broadcom USH device. But it does feel more comfortable approaching this scenario from the other end... installing only what you want and see how it goes.

So, leave it as is, or rip out just the Connection Manager, or also the Security Manager assuming you do not use the reader(s)... and leave the installed security device drivers alone (could still disable any such devices in Device Manager to turn them OFF).

Fun plan B... install an SSD and perform a clean install (pretty easy with Win7 and Dell downloads). Then you'll really own that thing!

GK

 

There's also Discount Electronics, which is selling refurbished ones for quite a bit less (http://www.discountelectronics.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=11385).

 

Here's an interesting issue that I don't think has been mentioned in this thread yet, that I thought I was the only one having but this thread here has alleviated my concerns and given me a fix:

BSOD's on Dell E6510 Laptop Windows 7 Enterprise 32bit

If your machine keeps blue screening when you try and pull more than about 4gb across your LAN, you need to goto Dell and download version 11.5.10.0 of the Intel NIC drivers. It seems that the latest version is buggy. I was running the latest version and I was having this issue where the machine would start copying the file, then the network would drop a few times and it'd eventually just crash. I've now downloaded the older drivers and installed those and I'm sitting here copying ~5gb with no worries at all. I tried doing the same transfer about 20 mins ago and my machine crashed within 30 seconds.

Seems like it applies to the E6510 too. I thought maybe it was Dell's new BIOS I applied the other week, but apparently Intel have borked the drivers.