M6600 Owners Thread

I have a M6600 and am trying to go from Display Port to HDMI. For reasons beyond our understanding, Dell put the HDMI port on the back rendering it useless when the computer is docked.

Does anyone know how to make this work? We can not get it working.

 

AFAIK, you can only use two clocked outputs. This means 2 DVI or one DVI an the LCD. If you need HDMI specifically you can use a DVI to HDMI adapter off of one of the docking stations DVI ports. If you want to drive more than two displays you need to use Display Port.

This is with an m8900, not sure of the quadros are any different.

 

Couldn't have put it better myself. For me the lack of a backlit KB was a deal breaker (though the 2012 model is supposed to have one). It was fortuitous that I found my M6600 for a steal in the outlet. I believe I paid $600 less than a similarly configured P170m. The only real difference is the m8900 vs the 6990m, which is only 10-15%, but I got a backlit KB, 3 year warranty, better LCD, touchscreen, better build quality, docking station capability (which I picked up for $115 w/210W adapter) etc. I don't regret it one bit.

 

Which display port is not working for you - the M6600 or the dock DP's?

Have you tried something like this connected to the M6600 directly?
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Dell probably put the HDMI port in the rear since it is tied directly to the eDP interface on the system board located in that same section.

Scott-

 

That's why I specified those two resellers. They do offer items that are not found directly from Sager. Such as the backlit keyboard. Though I do not know what Dell's warranty policy is on LCD, all that extra warranty does is bring the dead pixel count for the warranty to kick in down to zero. So if you have only one dead pixel, you can make a claim and get it replaced. Most warranties out there require you have several dead pixels before its considered defective. So really your just paying a little extra if you want to, to start out with a laptop with a zero dead pixels. Something not offered by a lot of manufacturers. Something completely optional, and something I wouldn't bother with.

Not to worried about the size of the PSU because lets face it, your powering a hexacore desktop CPU or even a Xenon processor if you wish. Though docking isn't offered, there is the ability to add a multiple display unit that allows up to 2 or 3 external monitors without taking away onboard inputs, which it has plenty of. The only difference being your going to end up having to use your PSU instead of it being powered/charged via the "dock".

Post sales support - I believe its $150 or so for lifetime labor and 3 years parts. Not to mention the pretty awesome upgrade plans they have if your laptop is totally obsolete or the fact of how they work with you if your laptop is upgradeable and you just want to replace some components to bring it up to date.

The consumer/professional grade thing is a mute point. Its "professional" because of the fact it has hardware to run the professional apps we require. Not because they are labeled "professional". If you want to get that picky, then head over to Mythologic where the Shiva 7212 is labled a business grade workstation laptop. At Maribal, the Nine P270WM is its equivalent.

It does not have an internal mSATA, but does have a 54mm expansion slot. The mSATA is again something that can be overlooked because of the fact you can have FOUR SSD/HDD in the thing before removing your optical drive to add a FIFTH if you wish.

The fan loudness I can not comment on as of yet. But as with most newer generation computers, I'm sure there is a way to control them.

As for much of what was stated, as you said you may want to check out the newer ones specifically from Mythologic or Maribal before passing judgement because most of what you stated is incorrect. Not to mention the number of unhappy customers is extremely low.

 

Did any of you ordered a minicard SSD for the mSata slot? It doesn't seem to be available for some M6600 packages so I'm looking to order it elsewhere..

 

Our outlet M6600 cost 1178.00, came with a free outlet laser printer, since they had a printer promo that week . This was not during one of the 20% off specials. You can actually do better at times when the 20% off is not running. Of course, we had the flickering panel fiasco, that took some time to get fixed.
i7-2720
4GB Ram
1080 LCD
750GB drive
backlit keyboard
M8900
webcam
not bad for 1178.00 with free printer.

 

With all due respect, what I stated is factual and comes from my personal experience of owning and fully utilizing both systems in addition to publically tearing them down to the board level for all to see. Again, to each their own, but in the end a rebadged Clevo system under the Sager distribution or other sub-reseller name is still a Clevo.

Now, let's get back to the M6600 discussions.

Scott-

 

Dell often uses the Samsung mSATA SSD cards. Below are a few examples of what would work. Since the port is SATA-II, there is no use getting the newer SATA-III cards like the Samsung PM830.

DELL 128GB SSD MSATA PCI-E SSD HARD DRIVE 190DF | eBay

DELL 128GB SSD MSATA PCI-E SSD HARD DRIVE MZMPA128HMFU-DELL | eBay

eBay - DELL 64GB SSD MSATA PCI-E SSD HARD DRIVE

If all you want it for is a boot drive, a 64GB is more than enough space. I have found these work good in the Dell too:

OCZ Strata STR-MSATA-60G mini-SATA/300 60GB MLC Internal Solid State Drive | eBay

Kingston SSDNow mS100 SMS100S2/64G mSATA 64GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive | eBay

Scott

 

Thanks Scott for your reply!

Would I see a significant improvement in performances for the boot drive if I used a SSD SATA 3 in the regular 2.5" HDD slot versus a SSD SATA 2 in the mSATA slot?

Also, what HDD setup would you suggest for the M6600? 1x mini SDD in the mSATA for boot and 2x 7200RPM in the 2.5" slots for data?