E6410 Owner's Thread

You have already posted this in the E6400 thread.

Please do not cross-post.

John

 

I didn't. I realized I made a mistake and put it into the proper thread.

Wrong thread :/
Last edited by Smooth_J : Today at 05:22 AM.

Never-the-less, the BIOS doesn't even see the HD anymore so its dead. I put in another HD and it sees it without any issues. I am going to make an image with that one so when I get the new one (next week) I can just blast that image back.

Wonder if I just should just buy another one at this point since this model seagate put a sour taste in my mouth

 

You should be able to get the HDD replaced under warranty. I share your sentiments about the Seagate HDDs but if you ask Dell for a replacement then you may get a different brand.

John

 

I did and I will get it next week. I have a 80 GB in there now so I can build the image and even though the HD is less RPMs, it still does a pretty nice job.

 

It's just not the seagates, dell really ping pongs from drive maker to driver maker. We have hundreds of E6400 and E6410 and I have seen every HD make have duds. Sometimes lots of duds, they come in batches.

I have seen Western Digital, Seagate, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Fujistsu all go bad in dell laptops.

 

Do anyone know about UEFI on BIOS ? How can we use it ?

 

Google says read this. It may not be current... Win7 may support UEFI now?

It's an evolving standard for a new BIOS architecture. I would not worry about it nor use it.

GK

 

To put simply, UEFI is the new "BIOS", if you will.
It's like the BIOS but support more features, such as the ability to easily make a full interface (I believe the Dell latitude E is using some serious hacking to get what we see). UEFI also support networking (so you can update the UEFI in the UEFI itself, essentially), and life clock modification (this means that if you overclock your computer at the UEFI screen (replacing the old BIOS), you can see results immediately, like if you were doing it in Windows via a program, and not have to restart your computer every time to apply changes.


To be able to boot on a system that support UEFI, you need to have Windows Vista SP1 or later.

 

New e6410 owner here. Just wanted to share my thoughts and ask a few questions.

I previously owned a Thinkpad T61 and an Elitebook 6930p, and my work computer is a Latitude 630, so I'm pretty familiar with the competition. I ordered off the business outlet and got an e6410 with i5-520m, WXGA+, NVS 3100M, 2GB RAM (since upgraded to 4), Win7 32-bit (since upgraded to 64), and 160gb HDD (since upgraded to 500) for $604 shipped.

Generally, I'm very impressed with this machine. The design and build quality are outstanding. Upgrading components is a snap, especially compared to the Lenovo. I like the Elitebooks ergonomics a bit better except for its lack of a scroll button for the trackpoint. The WXGA+ is outstanding, IMHO. MUCH brighter than the Elitebook and more vivid that the T61. I think it's at least as good as what I've seen on the T410. I don't know why it gets such a bad rap here - is there any business laptop with a better 16:10 display?

My only complaints so far are 1) its gets warm. My Elitebook with a T8600 and discrete graphics stays ice cold. This computer feels like a furnace in comparison; 2) the touchpoint is wonky. I think the problem is that my wrist tends to rest on the trackpad, which confuses it into thinking I'm clicking and dragging when I'm just moving the cursor. Also, the scroll button seems to behave differently in different browsers and, bizarrely, even among different web pages in the same browser! I also found that the Dell touchpad drivers caused the cursor to become very jittery. Switching to some generic ALPS drivers solved that.

Finally, a question: how do you get the fingerprint sensor to work? I've installed all the controlpoint drivers and software, but the enrollment wizard keeps telling me to "connect a fingerprint sensor." What gives?

 

1. I have no complaints about the WXGA+ displays on both my E6400 (LGP panel) and E6410 (SEC panel).

2. Your heat problem requires further investigation. Run HWiNFO32 and select Sensors. What CPU core temperatures and CPU fan speed are reported? My E6410 is currently at 42 / 49C and the fan speed is ~2,900rpm. Are your CPU core speeds going up and down depending on load?

3. Have you tried experimenting with the touchpad settings, particularly TouchCheck?

4. Have you installed the ZTE TCM driver and the various security drivers listed in the ControlPoint setting of the downloads? (As you are new to Dell, I would point out that you should get a list of all the relevant drivers / software for your E6410 by entering your Service Tag number into the Dell support site).

John