Precision M6400 Owner's Lounge

I can say it doesn't fix the biggest problem of all so far. Random black screen crashes citing video driver stopped responding.

I certainly hope they are working on it especially since sending out new hardware hasn't fixed it.

 

Which OS and GPU drivers are you running?

 

What are people using to clean their M6400 LED screens?

 

I have xp 32bit.
core duo x9100
4gig ram
quadro 3700m, nvidia drivers, 185.85 (the dell ones didnt help so i went ahead with the nvidia ones.)
updated bios to a05 now.

The crashes have happened random like everyone else says. Could be 2 minutes, could be 3 hours(longest yet).
Games crashing are , Guild Wars, Cod4(That i have tried it on).

Goes black, sound plays for about 20 seconds, then hangs. Then hard reset to start over. It has said about 2 of the 12 crashes windows has recovered from serious error, then just tells me to update the drivers which there are no updates.

BTW, I may have sounded like it was me that received the new hardware. I meant, by reading all of the posts of people who have received almost all new hardware if not a completely new machine and it didnt help. That is why I don't think there is a fix available for this problem right now. I havent contacted Dell yet, because this computer runs my professional software flawlessly, Autodesk Invetor, Fanuc Roboguide, Autocad.

 

Okay so everyone must have dirty screens

Or screens with streaks and scratches

 

I use a soft tshirt (I have highly abosrbant ones). I first clean by gently wetting a part of it (with water), then I after cleaning with the wet portion I wipe with the dry portion to wipe off the water

 

I would say use absolutely nothing that is ammonia based, such as windex.

 

On my 2nd card now and the problem persists, should I still ask for another one?? I didnt have this problem with my old M6400 in which had only a RGB LED.

 

absorbant enough to work under that armor of yours?

 

I use pledge multi-surface wipes, then a lint-free cloth.