M6600 Owners Thread

Just ordered the 830. Thanks for the recommendation I was leaning towards a Samsung SSD.

 

That is what I am trying to assess. There are some people who has it and some people claiming they don't have it. I think to some minimal extent it maybe unavoidable - I have minimal magenta tint in bottom-right corner; but in the left one the green tint is very visible; I would prefer not having it, so I am asking everyone, hoping to establish that it is not normal behaviour.

One more question (to everyone) - how to buy different keyboard for M4600/M6600? I have UK keyboard layout (I presume) with short left "Shift" key and backslash next to it. I really would like to buy US-international (with AltGr key) keyboard. My current layout is getting on my nerve...

 

Just a curious question but have you contacted Dell about your concerns? if so, what did they have to say about it?

 

Well, I contacted Dell only once - I had called in technician to replace the display. He replaced it, but the problem prevails. There is one user on this forum who had his display replaced four times and this problem persists. But, as I said, there are also people who don't have this problem.
So this is why I am waiting before making another call to Dell - I want to be sure it can work OK (and to have posts to show them), because after couple of visits they might start claiming this is supposed to work that way.

 

Originally Posted by kstatepj View Post
My question is whether I can purchase a 128GB msata SSD aftermarket and then install it?

robotti80
No problem at all.

Thanks. I have other questions...on a scale of 1 to 10 how difficult is it to swap the AMD FirePro card for the Quattro or vice versa? What things should I be mindful of if I plan to do this.

2ndly, where is the best place to buy a barebones Precision to upgrade it myself? And what are the pros and cons of such a decision. Thanks.

 

1) Yes you can, i think
2) Not sure if the necessary parts are on ebay. You might have hard time trying to find every part available, including bunch of ribbon cables. No one will recommend you building barebone. I am assuming that you mean completely building by yourself.

 

I meant upgrading all the quality parts - cpu, gpu, mem, hhd/ssd...nothing else really. All the other parts I would need to come with the laptop.

I just was wondering if I would be saving money if I got an inexpensive model and then maxed out the main parts (or would I just be wasting time and voiding my warranty)... which, when I think about it again, is probably not the best idea.

 

1) HDD, MEM, much cheaper for aftermarket upgrade.
2) GPU and CPU is tricky.. Depends if you want to take the risk of getting ES CPU chip later down the road.

 

I haven't tried it myself but others report success when swapping out the ATi card for an NVIDIA (though it is among one of the more difficult upgrades that you could do by yourself). You can read back in the thread to find more details. You'll have to be very careful to attach all of the cooling-related stuff to the NVIDIA card properly.

 

You're probably better off finding an outlet model with the GPU of your choice. The rest is easily upgradable. If it were me I would find one with both the GPU and CPU I desired, or could at least live with for a bit. I paid a very reasonable price for mine (1/3 retail) though I wanted the ATI and my min CPU requirement was a i7-2720QM.