Precision M6400 Owner's Lounge

Finally pulled trigger on M6400. Got this bad boy from outlet for $4300 after 15% coupon. Checkout the specs..

- QX9300 Processor
- 16 Gig Ram
- 3700M Video card
- 320x2 HDD (Raid 1)
- RGB E2E WUGA Screen



Cheers!


1 W872D Base,Notebook,Core Penryn QX9300,M6400
1 3E476 Information,Equipment
1 C112J Module,Documentation,SERI/WSI English,DAO/BCC
1 D853D Module,Information,NO-MODEM E-SRS
1 D950K Module,Card,Graphics,G92 HEGAM5
1 F019F Service Install Module Software,Mobile Precision Workstation,M6400
1 7146C Ship,Minitower,WorkStations 610,United States,NO,Dell Americas Organization
1 F594G Ship Group,Notebook,North M6400,Dell Americas Organization
1 G218F Module,Battery,Primary,85WHR 9,SIMPLO,Oregon
1 G353C Module,Label,Regulatory,E-SRS Clear,Apcc/dao
1 G842G Module,Assembly,Base,B-ORNG M6400
1 H346D Module,Adapter,Alternating Current,210W,Delta - Ac Adapt World Wide
1 H582J Module,Information,RAID 1 M6400
1 J691F Module,Dual In-line Memory Module,16G,1067MHZ,DDR3,4X4G
1 K180H Module,Software,Powerdvd,8.1 Digital Video Disk Drive Business
1 K309G Module,Documentation,Guide QIK-REF,M6400,English
1 K334F Module,Keyboard,101,United States,English,E-series NumberPad Dual Point Backlit,WW
1 M246H Module,Information,CMRA-MIC
1 N053F Module,Cover,Assembly,Hinge M6400
2 N971H Module,Cord,Power,125V,2M,C13 United States
1 NP470 Module,Software,VB32,Latitude English,Dell Americas Organization,No Docs/diskettes
1 NP526 Module,Label,MS,Vista,Premium Latitude
1 P517G Module,Hard Drive,320,7.2,FreeFall Sensor,#2,Seagate,Mobile Precision Workstation
1 R534G Module,Carrier,Hard Drive,2 M6400
1 R588G Module,Label,Intel,Notebook CMT2
1 R758F Module,Media,Digital Video Disk Drive,Resource Dvd,MobilePrecision Workstation,M6400
1 T465G Module,Card,Network,5300 Latitude,Screen
1 U525G Module,Carrier,Hard Drive Chassis 2001,M6400
1 U777G Module,Liquid Crystal Display 17,RGBE2E,B-ORNG,M6400
1 UP418 Module,Software,DELL-WELCOME, RLOB
1 W003F Module,Hard Drive,320,7.2,FreeFall Sensor,SGT-CAS,MPW
1 WT922 Module,Software,Dell Control Point,Latitude,M09
1 X744D Module,Dvd+/-rw,8X,M6400 Hitachi Lg Data Storage
1 XM894 Module,Software,Roxio,Creator Dell Edition,9.0,Relationship Line Of Business
1 Y379M Module,Software,Compact Diskette,Creative,Camera Business
1 Y829J Module,Software,Creative Camera,Business,Factory Install
1 990-5942 Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response 2 Year Extended
1 990-8130 Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response Initial Year
1 991-9768 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Extended Year(s)
1 991-7507 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year
1 3E476 Information,Equipment
1 600-0040 State Environmental Fee for display 15 inches, less than 35 inches

 

There is a debian installation guide ....

 

Thanks.

Anyone using new bios - any problems?

 

Don't you just love the outlet. That's a really good deal considering the ram. On the retail site, the ram is outrageous. I couldn't find 4GB modules for anything less than around $400 a piece so I stuck with 8 total GB for now.

-James

 

Does anybody have the non-E2E version (antiglare) RGB LED display?

I'm wondering if it is a half matte / half glossy display (like M6300 had) or a full matte display (like older models, such as M60).

In any case, I'd like to read some comments on both options (E2E or non E2E)

Thank you.

I

 

I have not seen the M6300 or the M60.

But I do have the non-E2E version (antiglare) RGB LED display and consider it full matte and very bright.

 

Guys, note to you if you use AHCI mode, DO, I say, DO install the Intel matrix drivers. I was getting an SSD stutter, and had relatively low (for SSD) speeds. Once I installed this, it redetected my drives and loaded different SATA drivers for them. My scores went up 30+%. I have not seen a stutter yet.

 

new sound driver up...............

wow, sexy new IDT control panel
a ton of options

 

Hello there,

i need some urgent help here .

After a suspect number of 3 "random" BSODs in a week, all with different causes (IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and many other DIFFERENT messages) i checked carefully my DDR3 RAM sticks and this is the scenario i discovered:

1) My 2 DDR3 sticks have same size and specifications, but come from different manufacturers (HYNIX, SAMSUNG). They were both mounted by DELL.

2) My 2 DDR3 sticks are mounted in A and B slot (under the keyboard) and work as dual channel, or at least so states VISTA

3) When both the sticks are present they result error free when checked with memtest86+ (3 hours, 3 passes), but they fail consistently "windows memory diagnostics" tool test.

4) Each one of the 2 sticks - when individually tested - passes flawlessly both memtest86+ and "windows memory diagnostics" tool test.

5) Changing the slots in which the 2 DDR2 sticks are mounted does not help, "windows memory diagnostics" tool test still fails.

The question is: which is the clue ? Can it be related to the different manufacturer for the 2 sticks ? Can it be a dual channel issue ?
Where i should theoretically put the sticks to achieve dual channel ? It seems they worked ok in A/B slots, but the manual is not clear about it and leaded me to suppose that maybe the right slots are A/D and B/C ?

I think the problem i memory related, since i tested CPU cache many times and CPU itself passes many hours of stress tests like SuperPI.
Or can it be motherboard related (I highly doubt so) ?



BTW: As a sidenote, my M6400 bios is obviously rev. A03

 

I had the True Life or whatever it was called UXGA screen on the M6300 and it wasn't half anything, it was all glossy. I liked it a lot but after a few months with this RGB edge to edge display everything else looks a little weak. But the UXGA M6300 display makes my Toshiba P305D look like it's missing a bulb somewhere in it's low res display. Everybody has their own tastes but to me the edge to edge RGB is like nothing I've ever seen, both in color reproduction and bright bright brightness.

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