M6600 Owners Thread

OK, update here. I was able to run the Dell diagnostics, and it gave me a video memory discrepancy code of 2000-0332. Looks like a bad video card.

 

My my..

Didn't you get your machine only a few days ago?

Call them, they are genuinely helpful and give you options like exchange, part dispatch, refund.

I went for exchange, and got some very nice upgrades to my system.(Granted, it was refurbished)

 

edit...wrong thread

 

This M6600 came in 16 hours ago. Read my post on the previous page about our Dell experience..

 

This is most probably a clogged exhaust situation (some thick stuff forms from the dust and hair or whatever, but it blocks the exhaust very successfully).

What I did with my M6400 when the GPU was overheating to the point of constant throttling was to try to hold the fan from spinning with a toothpick, put your mouth on the exhaust grill and then blow as hard as you can. It worked, but if the buildup is too strong, perhaps you'll need to take it apart to clean it).

 

Yeah, I was wondering about a clogged fan. I didn't want to disassemble it to clean. Your way sounds easier. I know this series of laptop had some problems with heat.

 

If I don't open up the laptop and clean it, one thing did with my 2 previous laptops was using a good strong vacuum with a small thin nozzle to try to take out some of those hair/fiber/dust that is building up around the intake vent. My vacuum cleaner is much stronger than what I can do myself.

Hopefully it's not a design issue, my inspiron had a design problem that after one overheat incident, Dell upgraded my heatsink (it was the famous Pentium 4 prescott core, it was hot)

 

Here's an odd problem, I wonder if anyone has encountered this. I just received my M6600 from the outlet two days ago. When powered on cold I get no video, or sometimes a POST screen, then it boots into windows with no video out. Not to the LCD, HDMI, or HD15. I can remote in via RDP just fine, but the video card only shows up in device manager intermittently. When it is missing other utilities such as HWINFO64 report "unknown GPU" Once it warms up (5-10 minutes) I can reboot it and it works fine. Once working it continues to work until shutdown for an extended (1 hour or so) period of time. I have had it get as far as the "Starting Windows" screen with video before it drops out, presumably when it changes resolution. I have the M8900, so this shouldn't be optimus related. These are my thoughts so far:

1. 100% hardware problem as it does this on POST.
2. Not the panel as there is no output via HDMI or HD15.
3. MXM card, MB, or bad connection between.

I may tear it down and reseat the MXM card tomorrow, time permitting. If anyone has any other suggestions I am all ears.

 

Run the Dell diagnostics tool. Press and hold the FN key while powering the computer on. The screen will say you are entering the diagnostics.

 

Couple questions:
1. How much do you use the touch screen, and what do you use it for?
2. Do you like the NVidia for CAD reasons or other reasons?

Thanks!