Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge

I haven't used Vista, but on my XP machine I had to go to Embassy Security center (I found it under Start menu, deep down in "Dell Controlpoint" section, but you can also get there through Controlpoint).

Open the "Trusted Platform Module" tab, from there the "Manage" tab, under "TPM security Chip unlock" press "Unlock" and enter the owner password.

If I remember correctly the problem occured, when I defragmented my hard drive and had to end it before it finished.

Hope it helps you, if not, it might help someone else.

 

this forum should actually be renamed e6400 and e6500 or e6x00 owner's lounge. this is the correct forum.

 

Sorry if it was already brought up, but anyone saw that the screen flickering in low brightness completely disappeared with the latest video driver from Dell, especially on battery?

The automatic brightness adjustment is far better by now as I almost never deactivate it.

 

Could not access the unlock, still unable to enrol...

 

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Has anybody ever suffered damage from the computer not going to sleep in the bag and subsequently getting very hot?

 

Why don't you simply set your laptop to sleep when you close the lid. Like this this problem is avoided. If you close to lid to close teh screen. You can close the screen with Fn+D.

Anyway, when the laptop overheats the GPU (Nvidia) downclocks to minimum speed and locks it there until shut-down of system. The CPU downclocks to extra low speeds, and if it's still hot it crashes for protection.

 

You know I have been looking at the product brief of this laptop sound card, the IDT 92HD71B7, part of the 92HD71B series. And it says that it supposed to have Dobly and Truesurround and WOW technologies.

I want those
http://www.idt.com/products/getDoc.cfm?docID=18423264
Anyway, on page 2 you have the pin layout of the chip.

 

I should have. My dumminess. I think that's what it did. I was more worried about harming the screen with the heat or something.

 

I always make sure that the computer is off (usually hibernating) before putting it in a bag. I've read too many reports over the years of damage when a sleeping computer wakes up for any reason (eg a program wants to check for an update).

John