Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge

There is a fix for the CPU throttling: Install RMClock, enable throttling and select only the 100% value. This over-rides the BIOS.

However, there's no work-around for the trickle charge for the battery.

John

 

Yesterday (forced inside because of a thunder/hail/tornado-storm and very bored) a co-worker and I began to do a non-technical comparison of my E6400 (specs below) and his T400. Here are our results:

+E6400:
Backlit keyboard (everyone laughed at his "Thinklight" compared my "awesome" "cool" backlit keyboard
Blue lights (green status lights are so last decade)
Sleek, serious look (Thinkpads still look like plastic)
Only 1 screw to access 90% of the insides
Screen thickness (about 60% the size of the T400)

+T400
Footprint width (left to right when using) is slightly less than E6400
Thinkpad keyboard (need I say more?)
Has PC and Express slot
Switchable graphics

Neutral:
E6400's edges taper up, while T400 tapers down

Here's where it became a little ridiculous:
The ooo's and ahhh's I got from my backlit keyboard must have set something off because he felt compelled to prove the Thinkpad's ruggedness.
With the computer on, he poured a glass of water onto his keyboard. The computer didn't bat an eye and kept working just fine. Then he took it, closed the lid and stood on it with all his weight on one foot (he's not a big guy so ~150 lbs/68 kg). Again, the computer didn't seem to mind a bit.
Granted he spent the next hour with the computer taken apart drying, but anyone would be impressed by that (whether his arrogance/stupidity or the build of the laptop).

We didn't do any benchmark testing because our builds were so similar spec-wise it wouldn't have been worth it. Mine is newer so my T9600+SSD would've probably won.

Just thought I'd share

 

That brought a laughter to my morning. He did not need to take it apart just incline it 10 degrees and in 20 minutes it would have been dried out.

 

Brilliant post, valbaca

 

We got it on video (albeit cell phone quality). We want to wait a little while to upload to Youtube to make sure everything's still fine (just so we don't void his warranty lol). I'll link once we do.

 

OK, so the T400 is a better drinks container and foot rest (but maybe the E6400 is just as sturdy - no one has tried).

However, other + factors of the E6400 are the eSATA port and the USB charging port. I regularly use both those.

John

 

has anyone gotten the webcam working on either the e6400 or e6500 under windows 7? I am running build 7077.

 

The profiles are communication protocols that allow different features to be used. For example, stereo bluetooth (A2DP profile), handsfree profile, headset profile, FTP profile, etc.

The Dell 370 card supports various profiles but they can only be used if the paired device supports it too.

I think they are mistaken. As long as the desired profiles are supported by both the BT card and device, then it should work as intended. I suggest you try any BT headset with your Latitude and with the software you intend to use and then decide whether you still need a BT dongle. Having to use a BT dongle makes the internal BT card redundant!

 

Mine worked. I use it with skype. I have the first public beta of Win7.

 

Mine works in Windows Live Messenger. Running Build 7048 x64 here.