Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge

I am just trying to not make your warranty void here.
I say See the results, if they are bad. Then do yourself any hacking you want to do, and don't talk about it at Dell. If one day you get a tech guy that pass by, make sure that your work is not visible, or remove it completely. If Dell doesn't know, then your warranty will not be voided. Do you get what I am saying?

 

I get it.

I suppose in all fairness I should allow them to try replacing the motherboard and heatsink. No matter how much research in the forums I do, I should still trust the techs more than myself... barely

 

As promised before, here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeTiNndRAmM

 

i believe he managed to "prove his point"

Thanks for the clip, i was actually wondering if the experiment ended in tears..

 

now where's the video of you doing it to your E6400?

 

I'll get back to you on that in five years.

 

Those of you who have done a copper mod or just removed the heatsink...

How well does the thermal pad come off the GPU? Is it still possible to reuse it after removing when i would want to send my machine to warranty. How much would reusing the pad hurt it's "performance"?

I'm also thinking about doing a copper mod in the future because of my 102C GPU.

 

The tech that came here reused the thermal pad so it should be reusable.

 

The only thermal paste used is on the CPU. Technically speaking you should redo it at that area for optimal result (however, it also must be a thin layer, which is not the case, so that's kinda scraped out). The thermal pads are reusable, however you REALLY don't want any dust on them, as that will create air bubbles and that will give you abysimal performance or worst yet overheating and shut-down. So make sure you store it in a small container. If you build computers, you can use the container that hold the CPU. It's small enough, and should keep is safe. If you can buy a new one of the same color, then that would be best.

I don't know how easy is to remove it. What I worry about it that it leave marks that you pull is out, or the glue use to hol don teh heatsink doesn't stick any more.

 

How long have you owned the Laptop? 20% wear is a lot. My Thinkpad T61 6-cell shows a 19% wear after 2 years on BatteryBar and RMClock. Thinkpad is a company laptop so I use it almost everyday for 8+ hours. I never bother to "take care" of the battery since the firm will replace it if I made a request. So pretty much "misuse" for two years.

Anyway, I called Dell and after talking to several people, they will send a replacement. However, it will be a "refurbished" one and it might have some wear level on it. By their standard, 6.5% is considered a healthy battery as long as the BIOS says it's healthy. My Outlet Mini 9 battery reports 0% wear on both utilities. That's probably the drawback of buying a refurbished laptop. I will test the replacement when it arrives.