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E6410 Owner's Thread

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by dezoris, Apr 12, 2010.

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  1. wannabepba

    wannabepba Newbie

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    Hello everyone...new member here.

    I searched the forums and this thread for the answer to my question before posting, but may have missed it... Is anyone using their 6410 to watch commercial Blu-Ray's? I have a brand new one through work, and am thinking of buying the Blu-Ray drive from Dell and then maxing out the memory so I can take Blu-Ray's on the road with me. I don't want to waste my $600 though, so I wanted to get people's opinions on how it performs.

    Specs that I thought were important to my question (and are probably the same for most everybody anyways...):

    Processor
    Manufacturer Intel Pentium II processor
    Clock Speed 2.7GHz
    L2 Cache Size 512

    Memory
    Available Memory 55.30 %
    Page File Size -1269.Mb
    Available Page File -206. %
    Virtual Memory 2047.8Mb
    Available Virtual Memory 97.36 %
    Memory Slot 1 [DIMM_A] 2048Mb
    Memory Slot 2 [DIMM_B] 2048Mb


    Hardware
    Type Description
    DVD/CD-ROM Drives HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GU40N
    Disk Drives TOSHIBA MK1656GSY 149.0Gb
    Display Adapters ConfigMgr Remote Control Driver 512Mb
    NVIDIA NVS 3100M 512Mb
    IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers Ricoh PCIe SD/MMC Host Controller
    Monitors Default Monitor -
    Default Monitor - (Standard monitor types)
    Sound Devices NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC


    Obviously, quality/performance won't be as good as my Bravia/PS3 combo, but I'm not going to gripe about that... As long as I can watch with decent quality/performance, no chopiness, and no content is displayed "off-screen" I'm happy with that... I think the only thing that may be in question is if the on-board video card can handle it... But I would assume that if the Dell website tells me it's an available upgrade for my scanned-configuration, it should work...either that or they will take anybody's $600 (more likely scenario).

    Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!!
     
  2. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    A Pentium 2 Processor? There max speed is 450MHz.
    And "Pentium 2" is not a manufacture.

    And you don't have 2048Mb of memory in 1 slot, you have 2048MB.
    b = bites
    B = Bytes
    Not the same thing.

    And it's not difficult to say: CPU, total RAM, OS, GPU. We don't acre about the rest, as we know the Latitude E6400/E6410/E6500/E6510 specifications.
    [/rant]


    To answer your question, the laptop is perfectly well capable in playing Blu-ray content. All you need a Blu-ray disk reader, or an ISO of the blu-ray disk loaded on your computer via a virtual drive software such as Daemon Tools Free edition or a compressed ripped movie in MKV video format (you need a free codec to play MKV's - most codecs pack supports it). To play Blu-ray content, you need a blu-ray player software. They are none free to my knowledge.

    Minimum specification to play Blu-ray content:
    > A Blu-ray drive, and movie disk in blu-ray format, (or an ISO, or MKV video format)

    > A true dual core processor (so no first gen Pentium D) ~1.8GHz that was released in 2005

    > An Intel 4500M HD GPU or faster, or an Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT or equivalent from AMD (ATI)

    > 2GB of RAM

    In other words, virtually anything today will play a blu ray movie. If you have an Intel Atom CPU, you need to have a dedicated GPU or an Nvidia ION platform (Atom combines with a Geforce 9400M).
     
  3. wannabepba

    wannabepba Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply.

    In response to your "rant," I copied and pasted directly from the Dell website's scan-your-computer-to-find-available-upgrades page, and to be honest, I didn't really pay much attention to what it spit out. I do know the difference between a b and a B, and based on the rest of my post below, I'm sure I'll get flamed for not doing enough research anyways.

    As for the processor, it's an i5 CPU M560 @2.7GHz.

    According to my device manager, my display adapter is a NVidia NVS 3100M. A search of the NVidia website shows that it apparently will decode BluRay and has 1080p playback capability... So I guess I'll take the chance and purchase the drive.

    Thanks again.
     
  4. GKDesigns

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    Do you also need the player software?

    GK
     
  5. longview

    longview Notebook Guru

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    Basically there aren't any good Blu-Ray solutions for PC, unless you really need it you'd be far better off buying a commercial player. The reports I've heard indicate the copy protection means you'll need continual upgrades of the software and some disks plain won't work.

    The software will also likely the expensive.
     
  6. bhavi_jp

    bhavi_jp Newbie

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    I have a question about backlit keyboard. I have just replace my non-backlit keyboard with backlit keyboard (WX4JF) from ebay. However the backlit keyboard does not sit tight and it flexes especially in the middle. Is that normal or the keyboard got damaged during the shipping?

    I am planning to have it replaced but if this is normal then I might just not get it because it bothers me.

    Thanks,
    Bhavi
     
  7. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    It's not normal, but easy fix. Pull out the keyboard and bend it down a bit, and insert it back.

    Yes you do. Sadly. And you have to pay.. it's all part of Sony's Royalty fees system. Royalty fee for HDMI, HDMI cable, Blu-ray disk, Blu-ray codec.
     
  8. kwapster

    kwapster Notebook Guru

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    i wanna remove my spacebar because its squeeking...a quick guide pleeeeeease. Wanna do it myself
     
  9. hulsmsc

    hulsmsc Notebook Guru

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    You might be better off just ordering a new keyboard off eBay. There are several keyboard replacement videos on YouTube, it only takes a few minutes and 2 screws to swap it out.
     
  10. kwapster

    kwapster Notebook Guru

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    Ok, got the key off..actually took it off a couple times, like 5-6. I kept putting it back on wrong finally got it. Problem fixed.

    Didnt need to apply any lubricant or anything, just popped off and popped back on and the squeaking was gone.
     
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