E6430 Owners Thread

Regarding the responses to my question about the backlit keyboard - thank you very much. It appears that there is no ambient light sensor in the E6430, which seems a bit odd, given that the E6430 is marketed as being a "premium" model and at least one older model in this series (E6410) did have the sensor. However, it is not major shortcoming.

 

thank you for posting the pictures!

I have a few questions:

1. Does the e6430 come with 3 antenna wires for the wifi card, even if you do not get the 3x3 card?

I ask because there is a ships-fast config that ticks most of my boxes at about $200 less then I can build on my own. The exception is that it does not include the centrino 6300 3x3 wifi (just the base dell 1504). If I order the 6300 from new egg... I am just wondering if I will find 2 antenna wires or 3 inside the laptop.

2. Which battery is shown in the pictures? Is that the 6-cell or the 9-cell? I would prefer if the battery did not protrude out of the back of the laptop - also I am willing to exchange less battery time for less weight. However I do not know which, if any, would stay within the form factor of the laptop. It may be a moot point - as the ships fast I site above comes with the 9-cell.

thank you.

 

mine has 3 even if only 2 are connected

definetly not the 6 cells one, I think it-s the 9 one

Mine with the 6 cells battery last for 2.5-3 hours on linux(i think I have the nvidia always enabled...), never tried on windows

 

Thank you! So - does the 6-cell stick out of the back? or is it flush with the back of the laptop?


Thanks.

 

The 6-cell one is flush with the back of the laptop, the 9-cell one sticks out of the back...

 

Hello guys, could anyone please comment in more details on heat issues and battery time (on windows, in prediction that all drivers has been installed and web serfing usage profile is tested) ?

I`m considering this laptop for heavy everyday usage involving a lot of CPU load (GPU would be mostly idle though) and I would take top config with 3720QM processor.
At the same time, I need to be able to surf for at least 5 hours on 9-cell battery.

 

For me, heat is only an issue when both cpu and gpu are loaded. 5-6 hours websurfing is possible with the 9 cell battery. probably even a little bit more.

 

Hi oxygen, were you able to make the touchpad work on linux?My fedora sees it as a generic mouse so no scrolling, etc
thanks

 

sure. you just need the synaptics driver.

 

Uhm I have them! Do you have the trackpad+touchpad+fingerprint reader model?

what's your output of

Code:

[root@tyger ~]# lspci -k -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge PCI Express Root Port [8086:0151] (rev 09)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0166] (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
00:14.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1502] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1e14] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1e16] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1e1a] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller [8086:1e55] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation Mobile 82801 SATA RAID Controller [8086:282a] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0dfc] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:1534]
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0bea] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:1534]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [8086:0082] (rev 34)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN [8086:1321]
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
0c:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: O2 Micro, Inc. Device [1217:8221] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0534]
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
[root@tyger ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8197 Dell Computer Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6449 Microdia 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:5801 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor with fingerprint swipe sensor

[root@tyger ~]# xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse                      	id=15	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                            	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_E4HD           	id=13	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=14	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                        	id=16	[slave  keyboard (3)]

thanks