M6600 Owners Thread

Just now " Reset the BIOS (power & battery out) " bios A09.. after start computer and press F2.. now at Dell Screen + Blue Bar full + on top " Preparing to enter setup..." stuck there for about 5 min already..

 

What was the last thing you did when it stopped booting? mSATA drive install?

 

Doing clean install Win7x64 in Primary Bay (Transcend SSD720 512GB SATA-III SSD).. previously in the mSATA..

The install was successful and need restart.. from there on until now..

 

On an unrelated but perhaps useful note: For folks who can't stand the odd placement of the Page Up and Page Down keys on the Precision M6600, here's a simple Autohotkey script which can be used to remap the 4 keys above the numeric keypad to these functions (or whatever else you want them to do).

Code:

#SingleInstance force
#NoEnv          ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

#IfWinActive
  vkB7::PgUp    ; remap Calc key to PageUp
  vkB1::PgDn    ; remap "rewind" key to PageDown
  vkB3::        ; could use to remap "play/pause" key
  vkB0::AppsKey ; remap "forward" key to Context Menu command
#IfWinActive  

 

M6600 I7-2960XM, AMD FirePro M8900, Touchscreen, Windows7-64Bit

I hope this is not FAQ but a search here and elsewhere has brought no clear info.

After applying the latest drivers updates from the Dell Support and Driver site for my M6600, I found my Windows7 Aero Desktop effects to be non functional.

The standard Windows diagnostic tool found no faults and after much trial and error I have discovered the following start-up service to be the root cause and disabled this in my Windows System Config Startup Services to resolve this:
AMD External Events Utility.

Presumably this came with one of the Driver updates for my AMD FirePro M8900?
What is this used for?
Has anybody else come across this problem and resolved it differently?
If not should I report this to Dell?

 

axelerator

I found that AMD External Events Utility (atiesrxx.exe) service is used for user defined keyboard shortcuts through the ccc.

I have this service enabled and I haven't noticed any problems with my Windows 7 Aero.

Maybe You are working on Pro Audio/Video Power Plan from Dell. I know it's disabling Aero. Try to change it for Balanced Plan.

 

Got my M6600 this week, installed the drivers, but the volume control doesn't seem to be working. Anyone know what driver I could've missed out?

 

Guess just wait for the Dell Support on Monday...

 

You have to install the Dell Feature Enhancement Pack (DFEP):
Documentation

 

Yeah, it does look like mobo issue