E6220 Owners Thread

Hi
Just got myself a e6220, 2nds with basic spec and some dead pixels on the screen, but for just over $AUD300 I'm really loving it!
After following this thread have ordered a backlit keyboard off ebay. However, I'm unable to find the service manual (as mentioned above) - the closest thing I can get on the dell website is the user manual. Can anybody point me to the right URL for the service manual? Thanks heaps!

 

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/late6220/en/om/om_en.pdf

 

HAL9000, I have no idea how you found that - but I am very grateful! Would have hated to have gotten a shiny new keyboard and then be stuck agonising about how to install it...

 

we ordered 5 of these for work, and I built one up today, wow what a little screamer. Ours all came with the Samsung 830 SSD's and 8gb of memory, and the performance is quite impressive.

 

Yea, with SSD's and a nice chunk of RAM... to be so tiny, they pack a punch.

 

I find these comically fast for such small machines with the i7, 830 SSD and 8GB of RAM. The as SSD means even with all the e you have to run in the background as a corporate machine it still runs very well indeed.

 

can one force a 9.5mm hdd into the chassis, the way one can with an x220?

 

Nope. A 9.5mm HDD won't fit in any way. Tried it with several drives.

 

too bad... then i'll probably de-case an ssd i have lying around

 

Hi - This is an excellent machine. I bought a used one, and it only came with the Win7 (64 bit Pro) disk. It's missing 4 drivers:

Broadcom USH
Mass Storage Controller
SM Bus Controller and
Unknown Device

In the Device Manager. Any ideas where I can get the drivers (I can't find them on Dell's web site, and they won't auto-load). Also - - the Unknown device - - any ideas?

I have always just gone with the Windows Update drivers in the past, and my own software, avoiding all the Dell applications. Any reason to not do so here? I don't have a webcam on this machine.

Thanks!