E6420 Owner's Thread

In case anyone ever wonders, the E5420 - I took the plunge - has a standard 12.7 mm optical drive. I was able to switch it with a blu-ray drive I already had, and it works like a charm. Fitting the cover on the side was easy too.

 

I have the same configuration except I have the 500gb sata harddrive I find that my fans run almost all the time even when I am just on the web with only a few windows open does your notebook do that? I downloaded gpu-z to monitor the gpu tempature which seems to idle around 68 degrees.

 

That seems a bit warm. Mine idles at about 47c driving a 2560 res display.

 

That is what I thought considering I am not really pushing the system I will check to see if there is a bios update maybe that will help. I guess that is why my fans are running all the time.

 

Well, decided to get one of these with the latest 20% coupon from the outlet. Was able to score the following for $607.20:

Latitude E6420 Laptop
Intel WiFi Link 6205 (802.11a/g/n 2X2) 1/2 MiniCard
Wave Systems Software
Certified Refurbished
Software
INTEL VPRO TECHNOLOGY ADV MGMT FEATURES
Optical Drive Bezel
4 GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
Genuine Windows 7 Professional
Thermal Heatsink with Fan 35W
Bluetooth Cable
Integrated Webcam with digital microphone
14.0 inch HD (1600x900) Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel
Nvidia NVS 4200M 512MB DDR3 Discrete Graphics
64BIT Operating System
Processor: Intel Core i5-2540M (2.60GHz, 3MB Cache)
Keyboard
8X DVD ROM Drive
90W AC Adapter
6 Cell Primary Battery
500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

It would have been nice to find one with a back lit keyboard but this will work. My biggest concern was the 1600 x 900 screen, processor, and 500 gb hd.

 

So it was you who bought the laptop I was about to buy! LOL no worries I got myself one too, but mine came out to $695 after taxes. It arrives on the 25th. We'll see how I like it and how the build quality is.

 

Considering to buy this!

Can anyone confirm how it works with the newest release of Ubuntu? That's my only possible gripe - linux support.

ALso, are you able to add a second storage media (SSD)?

Pretty pissed off about all these 20% coupons you guys have, I have to pay roughly $180 for a brand new one in Norway. :\

 

The new version of Ubuntu works well - 11.04 I think. you just need to disable Optimus in the bios if you want to use the Nvidia 4200m card.

Ubuntu on Dell Latitude E6420 | Ubuntu

 

UGH, If my car didn't decide that it wasn't long for this world, I'd be using part of my refund to finally upgrade from ye olde D630. Such good machines the E6420's are.

 

I'm thinking about buying one of these. I normally just buy my Latitudes from eBay, but this time I want to buy direct from Dell. How do you guys get around buying a brand new latitude and not own a business? Don't they ask for your tax ID?