Latitude E6510 Owner's Lounge

Constantly connected to the charger. I guess the schedule is like this -

M-F, 3-4 separate periods of on battery use (class), closed otherwise. Battery is typically around 10-17% at this point, maybe lower. Come home, plug it in, leave it plugged in until I put the computer in my bag for class the next day.

I guess I'm doing deep discharges, but then after it's fully charged I just keep it plugged in while I browse net/listen to music/use word, etc.

edit - When I asked about heat re: heavier use, I was inquiring about how much damage I'm causing to the CPU & GPU, not the battery. Should've mentioned that. I know I'm going to wear the components down, my question is will it seriously burn out the components?

 

Your CPU and GPU are designed to run at 105C under long a very long periods of time. This should not concern you.

 

YC,

Your usage pattern should be fine, although you should verify that the fast-charge option is turned off.

The problem is when the laptop is always plugged into the wall and the battery is always charged to over 90%. In that situation one should either disable battery charging (a Dell-proprietary option), or remove the battery from the laptop.

 

Your battery usage seems pretty ideal... consuming most of the battery each day, hoping to last, and then home for a recharge. I would not worry about leaving it connected after it has recharged.

The system and electronics are designed for heat during use. Electronics can get *very* hot and survive just fine. Confirm the ventilation is working (not blocked, fan ON, no dust debris), maintain it, and don't worry. Assuming the system is not faulty and not overheating, the real threat is thermal fatigue... cycling the electronics ON and OFF, hot and cold. Best thing you can do is leave it ON all the time , but that's not practical with a notebook. Next best thing is to limit peak temps, but there's not a whole lot of options for doing that with a notebook, except perhaps use an external cooling pad... sure, would help, but it's not required nor practical given the portability the platform is designed for.

GK

 

Anyone have issues with once putting the notebook to sleep and waking it back up the computer does not connect back to the wireless network. Have the Intel ultimate wifi card. If so, what are some solutions.

 

Do you have the latest BIOS and wireless driver?

John

 

My E6510 just arrived and it's great!

Anyway, I see that there are 4 partitions: OEM, RECOVERY, OS and READER

I want to do a clean install. The questions is, can I safely remove all partitions, install from scratch and still be able to install the READER later? I know that RECOVERY and OS contains the Windows 7 files, but I'm curious about the OEM partition. Should I leave it there? What's it for? Is it Dell only partition?

Thanks!

 

Recovery contains a factory image of whatever Windows your E6510 came with. OS contains other Dell stuff such as the diagnostics. Reader is the one to boot out unless you plan to use it.

John

 

Thanks John,

Like I said, I know about the OS, Recovery and Reader partitions. It's the OEM partition I'm curious about.. Any ideas?

 

I had an OEM partition on my E6400. It was empty and apparently not used in this instance. I think it is traditionally used for storing a factory state for recovery purposes.

A clean install on my E6410 only has the two Win7 partitions, c: and System Reserved.

GK