Precision M6400 Owner's Lounge

My Covet starts up in only 35 seconds, and hasn't had any stability issues. I would say there's definitely something wrong with yours.

 

Dang! I'm only running version 7.15.11.7626 and it is running flawlessly. Now I'm afraid to upgrade it to the newer version. I'm not a gamer, animation/movie maker, or CAD designer either (just a programmer), so maybe I don't need the bleeding edge driver.

 

just done the upgrade to 7.15.11.7692 64 bit!

no problems so far

ps, i also installed vista sp2 this morning.
took about 25 mins , no noticeable diff to be honest

 

Well I've tried 7653 & 7692, nothing's changed, so no big deal either way since Mudbox still crashes the same.

 

ok, just did a cinebench openGl test........

score up to 5194 from 5061 on the 2700M

 

ghettofreeryder,
i believe there is VM Ware functionality you enable in the BIOS if you have not do so.

 

The cinebench openGL test is ridiculous. I won't use it. I get with my M6400 (FX 3700) the same score as with my M4400 (FX 770). The M6400 has 4 times more shaders!!

 

More than 8GB ???

Has anybody able to get more than 8GB working on the M6400. I have 12GB of memory, but can not get both Slots A&B and C&D working at the same time.

Thanks,
Tim


M6400 - XP Pro 32/64 bit dual boot with VMWare Fedora
1920x1200 WUXGA
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
Intel Core 2 Extreme Quadcore Q9300 @ 2.53GHz
4GB - 2 DIMMS or 8GB - 2 DIMMS (12GB doesn't work)
RAID0 - avg. 131MB/s - twin Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
Integrated Webcam
Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-A/B/G/N WLAN


Also: Inspiron 7500, Precision M60, Precision M90

 

Make sure slots A & C match and slots B & D match.

For example, if you put 4GB in both A & B, and 2 GB in C & D, it will not work (per the manual)

Put 4GB DIMMs in A and C. Put 2GB DIMMs in B and D

 

ToadDodger,

Thanks, I will give that a try. That is strange though, I thought they would have pair it by the access panel.

I just checked the online HTML manual. It indicates A&D and B&C. Guess I will have to try.

Tim