Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge

Well, I just want to know if anyone already found out about it. Do you happen to know I can take the bezel off without taking off the whole display assembly per dell instruction?

 

My HDD (250 GB 7200 rpm) shows up as ST9250421ASG on the Device Manager. Just to remind you, it is about as noisy as the E6400 fan on its slowest speed, and doesn't bother me much.

 

Ohh.. about removing the bezel... it snaps can breaks.. read carefully the service manual on how to do it to prevent it. Well if you have accidental protection... get you your flame torch j/k

 

Yes you can, but it's harder... also it might slip and hit the keyboard and break a key. Make sure your hands are well hydrated... as you don't want to scratch the screen with some dry skin... you never know... it's all I can say.

 

More platters make the HDD slower?

Well, maybe you should argue with the Seagate engineers. Here is what they say:

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The number of discs present in an HDA also affects acoustics. Generally, when there are more discs, the acoustics are higher. Quietest drives are generally single-disc drives. Seagate currently specs acoustics for an entire family (regardless of number of discs), resulting in a worst-case number for publication. Competitors are touting single-disc best-case numbers in their press and sales tools. Seagate plans to start publishing acoustics specs for each product capacity, which will result in fair and comparable specifications.
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http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/tp/acoustics.html

 

I would say that two people may not always agree whether a HD is noisy. If you are used to a noisy drive on your old laptop, the E6400 may sound silent, despite the fact that it really is not. Best way is to compare a 7200 rpm drive against a smaller 5400 rpm drive. The difference is easy to notice. But in an absolute sense, the E6400 with a 7200 rpm drive is still a quiet machine.

 

Read this article:

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/tp/acoustics.html

The Seagate specs may be the same for all members of a family, but that does not mean that the actual performances are the same.

The quietest drives as tested by SilentPC.com are single-platter drives.

 

That is exactly my experience, too. I have the same drive.

The other thing I notice is that the Seagate 7200 drive feels a little warmer than the 5400 rpm drives. I have tried both the Seagate and WD 5400 rpm drives in the E6400 to come to that conclusion.

 

I follow what storagereview.com says.
I trust them more than a company that tries to sell they clicking HDD's.

Single and smaller platters are faster, as it's faster to access to the data... As access time it lower.

 

I can't fine the optimized settings for increased battery life, I know they are somewhere in this thread:

- BT, wireless off
- Brightness down
- vista power plan to low

- I also have rmclock but doesn't seem to reduce that much, maybe 10 minutes. Am I missing something else?