Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge

Compatibility problem?!?! Oh peripherals.... right. Well your loss!

 

Not just peripherals but also Vista doesn't get on well with some of my older software which I still like to use from time to time.

John

 

I do this, but I have a half a dozen applications that require XP. (Including my companies VPN). So ... I run XP in a virtual machine. Not ideal, but it keeps me from having to reinstall my machine. (Unfortunately I spend probably 80% of my time in that VM.)

 

the system software may have something to do with it, and the webcam driver causes known BSODs, so id be careful with that one too. are you making sure you are using the latest drivers from intel? (matrix as well as chipset?)

 

and back on my prior note -- does anyone know of a way to force my fans to high speed? id prefer the battery drain and noise increase to a warm touchpad assembly under my hands.

 

I don't know, but would like to understand more about what is creating the heat.

My palmrest and touchpad are cold. What hardware do you have (CPU / GPU / HDD) since something must be generating heat (HDD is under the left palm rest). Anything in the mini PCIe slot at the front?

Did you try setting the power management to maximum performance? Running the CPU at full speed might trigger fast fan and extra cooling for the rest of the computer.

John

 

pressing the lid doesn't affect the screen, but when I try to match the edge of ruler with the lid, u can clearly see that one end doesn't seat on the surface.
I made a small drawing to illustrate. should I contact the support?

 

I'm thinking that is intentional, to help protect the LCD screen. Lenovo did the same thing, but I think they called it a "roll cage."

I'll try it out with my E6400 in a while.

 

With the picture I now understand your concern: It's convex, not concave. I've checked mine and it's exactly the same as yours. As Greg as already said, the slight bulge is probably intentional. By making it bulge out slightly rather than being flat, makes it more resistant to being pushed in far enough to cause any damage. You should be happy.

John

 

Correct, but if you manage to push it in enough it will flip over and destroy your screen.