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E6420 Owner's Thread

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by dezoris, Mar 24, 2011.

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  1. benamar

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    Part number on the 3 cell? I am having an issue finding it for some reason.
     
    mvalpreda, Apr 9, 2011
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    451-11696 Battery : Primary 9-cell 97W/HR (Kit)
    451-11697 Battery : E-Modular Additional Battery 3-cell 30W/HR For External Media Bay (Kit)
    More numbers are on the Photos in this thread.
     
    heinz2005, Apr 9, 2011
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    Those might be European parts numbers. I can't find any of those on the Dell US site. Thanks though!
     
    mvalpreda, Apr 9, 2011
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    Did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on this and got all the drivers installed....but the Dell Access application says there is no fingerprint reader installed. I am not missing anything in Device Manager and I literally installed everything on the Drives and Downloads page. Anyone have any thoughts?

    <UPDATE>
    Found a solution. Was going to delete this but someone else is going to have this issue:
    http://www.shulerent.com/2011/04/04/getting-fingerprint-reader-working-on-dell-laptop/

    Install
    Data Protection | Access &#8212; Driver Package
    Data Protection | Access &#8211; Middleware Package
    Data Protection | Access &#8211; Application Package

    Do NOT install
    ControlVault driver

    Even uninstalling it will not bring the fingerprint reader back. Reinstalling Windows now. Woops. LOL
     
    mvalpreda, Apr 9, 2011
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    Reading the Dell.com download info for the Control Vault driver:

    "This release will ONLY install the driver for the Dell ControlVault. This will eliminate the yellow bang from Device Manager and will allow firmware upgrades. This will NOT allow any Dell Data Protection | Access functionality.

    For this functionality, you must still install all required components of Dell Data Protection | Access"

    GK
     
    GKDesigns, Apr 10, 2011
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    GK: If you want to go and spoil everything with reading....FINE! :p
     
    mvalpreda, Apr 10, 2011
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    :) It is advisable to browse the download notes... they often contain helpful clues.

    GK
     
    GKDesigns, Apr 10, 2011
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    Reading the past few pages, I'm shocked but not surprised to see build quality issues. Dell's not exactly known for flawless launches as of late, and IIRC the panel on the previous E series systems is similar. I've personally had trouble getting them back on fully on E6400/E6410 models when installing quickly but once on they were solid.

    I heard mention that there is no ALS this time around...true?
     
    booboo12, Apr 10, 2011
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