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Love WUXGA, DIY E6500/M4400 mix and questions about HDD/SSD

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by WUXGA, Nov 2, 2010.

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  1. deepred

    deepred Notebook Enthusiast

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    Your Wi-Fi card most probably is not branded by Dell. Here is the only known Dell 6300 AGN at the moment (from Intel's 13.3.0.24 driver):

     
    deepred, Nov 9, 2010
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    WUXGA Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you for the latest driver, just updated.

    I just bought a OEM boxed genuine 6300 AGN card, which comes with Intel manual, intel CD and also two Intel branded balloons. My daughter is very happy this this purchase, she got the balloons.

    Is it important to use a Dell card? But I meant I like the blink feature of wifi LED, which alert me there is a data transfer.
     
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    IMHO it's not that important as for owners of HP or IBM/Lenovo which prohibit the usage of un-branded cards in their notebooks (at least in past). If you like it, keep it.

    On a side note, I have the same issue with one of my Dells in which bundled WiFi card has been replaced with OEM Intel card. No problems so far except of the blinking LED when sending/receiving data.
     
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  4. WUXGA

    WUXGA Notebook Enthusiast

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    So, you don't like the blinking LED.

    Sometime I test adware/spyware. This feature will help me to aware of the unexpected data transfer.

    Does your bluetooth LED blink? I can't figure out how. Sometime I share my cell phone's 3G internet with my laptop by bluetooth. Really want to see the bluetooth can blink.
     
    WUXGA, Nov 10, 2010
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  5. WUXGA

    WUXGA Notebook Enthusiast

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    Most likely not.

    I am pretty sure the widths and lengths of E6510 and E6500 are different. Even if the distance between hinges are the same, it should look very odd when you close the lid.
     
    WUXGA, Nov 10, 2010
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    WUXGA Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's made by Samsung.

    M4500/E6510 comes with i5/i7. How are those CPUs? I don't care about speed a lot. So, how do those CPUs handle heat and battery life? Better? Compared to P9600, 25W TDP?
     
    WUXGA, Nov 11, 2010
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  7. John Ratsey

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    I've not been over-impressed with the i5-540M in my E6410. It is faster than the P8600 that I had in the E6400 but does run hotter and will struggle to give the same battery run time. The old P series have two advantages: (i) They are a lower power part (and, which is not widely appreciate) it is lower idle drain power as well as maximum power) and (ii) they can be undervolted (using RMClock or similar) to further reduce the maximum power. The Core i CPUs lack the SLFM mode.

    John
     
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    WUXGA Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wish I knew this before. I knew there was a software called something like Clock-Gen. But I had the impression that it doent support P9600. So I bought another CPU P7370, to test the software under lower CPU clock. What a waste of money.
     
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  9. John Ratsey

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    RMClock doesn't change the CPU speed. It lowers the voltage. See the Undervolting Guide.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Nov 11, 2010
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    I can confirm this. The two have different length and widths.
     
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