M6600 Owners Thread

Dell has updated the BIOS to version A09!
Everyone has seen?
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Fixes & Enhancements:
1. Fix MSR consistency error.
2. Address some Wireless KB/Mouse can not work in BIOS.
3. Integrate MEFW 7.1.40.1161 Production Version.
4. Addressed boot order change issue.
5. Clear option for TPM in BIOS Setup is invalid w/ TPM set to be ON/Deactive
6. Fix USB handoff sequence broken
7. Fix Sometimes USB mouse hang in BIOS setup.
8. Load Defaults will no longer change the TPM settings.
9 Do not perform certain TPM measurement on S3 resume to reduce resume time.
10. Updat the DellFlashUpdate feature.

Best Regards,
Alex.

 

I think you have not installed the Intel AMT Driver:
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Best Regards,
Alex.

 

That was it Alex, THANK YOU! I never would have found that.

 

file not found

 

Let's wait a bit ...

Best Regards,
Alex.

 

Me too, but you can download it through the download manager.

I have it, and it is installed and so far so good. I did take a system image beforehand just in case though.

When it updates it seems to take quite a while, and I wondered whether it had stopped, but you just need to be patient.

Thanks for the heads-up Alls.

 

Here is a direct working link:
http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER00383783M/1/M6600A09.exe

But maybe you should not hurry?


Best Regards, Alex.

 

24 bit display means 8 bits per channel of Red, Green, and Blue. The panel itself is 6bits, but through dithering and other techniques, these panels can display many of the colors that a true 8 bit panel could.

6 bits (2x2x2x2x2x2) = 64 colors per channel. 64 x 64 x 64 = 262,144 colors.
8 bits (2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2) = 256 colors per channel. 256 x 256 x 256 = 1.677 million colors.
10 bits (2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2) = 1024 colors per channel. 1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 1.0734 billion colors.

Estimates of the number of colors the human eye can distinguish varies from 2.3 to 10 million. More recent studies seem to settle between 7 and 10 million. This means your eyes should be able to tell the difference between the 6, 8, and 10 bit panels.

What I would really like to see is whether you could tell a difference between the HP 8760w Dreamcolor IPS Display and the one on the M6600. The interposer/processing card in the HP 8760W takes the 10 bit data from the video card, processes it at 8 bits, and then outputs it to the 10 bit panel. Its sort of like going from a CD, converting to high quality MP3, and then converting back to CD on the HP. The Dell M6600 is able to stay at 10 bits the whole time.

Man, I am way off topic here.

On the review, I think the reviewer was confused about the panel. The only true 8 bit panels were RGBLED backlit and in the M6400 and M6500. The 10bit RGBLED panel in the M6600 replaced them. The reviewer had the touchpanel screen which would be a 6bit AUO or LG WLED screen that can approximate 8 bits - unless there has been a change that we don't know about.

 

Not at all! This is exactly the information I (and probably some other readers of this thread) was looking for!

Thanks

 

jgundel,


Connect your external USB drive to your M6600. Power the drive as necessary.

Go to Control Panel > All Control Partitions > Administrative Tools.

Select Computer Management, then under Storage, go to Disk Management. (You can get to this page in other ways if you want.)

Please see if you have logical drives listed that are not mapped. Highlight such a partition (typically with a blue bar on the top), then right click.

Select "Change Drive Letter and Path" and enter an unassigned letter. Your assigned drive letter will stay if you reboot your M6600 (at least when the external drive remains powered up and connected).

I use Paragon Hard Disk Manager for backup and restore functions. When I have a USB drive connected to the M6600, Paragon lets me see and copy files from the USB drive, even though I may not have a drive letter assigned. Of course, assigning the drive letter gives you more flexible access to all the files on your external drive through Windows Explorer or another file manager such as Directory Opus.

--John