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E6520 Owner's Thread

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by pbdavey, Mar 29, 2011.

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  1. Rykoshet

    Rykoshet Notebook Deity

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    My E6520 is no good :(

    [​IMG]

    Had it since last July...

    Also, don't mind those temps, the CPU is usually idling at 58...
     
    Rykoshet, Mar 6, 2012
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  2. wasabah

    wasabah Notebook Consultant

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    Isn't 58 degrees quite hot? o_O

    The status of my E6520 changed to "shipped" today!! :)

    Btw, the battery of my E6400 was worthless after about 1 year of use.
    Since then, only lasts for about 5-10 minutes.

    Might be related to the fact that I seldom used it, almost always used the laptop
    with external power supply.
     
    wasabah, Mar 7, 2012
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  3. Rykoshet

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    I dunno....I've got a 5 year warranty!
     
    Rykoshet, Mar 7, 2012
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    Just spoke with Dell. They agreed that was an abnormally high wear rate so they are shipping me a new one - to arrive tomorrow. Yippee! Hopefully this battery will last much longer.
     
    ranranran, Mar 7, 2012
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    erblemoof Notebook Geek

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    New E6520 BIOS A12 out yesterday.

    Note the conflicting information on the above page:

    "Important Information" states it's necessary to upgrade A01 > A02 > [A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08] > A08 > A12.

    "Fixes & Enhancements" states A01 > A02 > [A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08, A09] > A09 > A12.

    However, I searched Dell's web and FTP sites and there is no A09 BIOS. I took a gamble and upgraded from A08 > A12 and it worked fine. Therefore "Important Information" is correct and "Fixes & Enhancements" is wrong.

    The upgrade was uncomfortably long, perhaps 15 minutes. The longest part was hanging at 100% after upgrading some Intel management code. After what seemed like an eternity it completed successfully.

    When I have time I'll see if my SuperTalent CoreStore MV SSD finally works and I'll post the results.
     
    erblemoof, Mar 8, 2012
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  6. ranranran

    ranranran Notebook Consultant

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    inquiring minds want to KNOW!! :) Checking the release notes below, I see no mention of SATA flash boot capability, though :sniff:.....

    Dell Release notes:
     
    ranranran, Mar 8, 2012
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  7. gbour

    gbour Notebook Enthusiast

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    In my case was a 3-4 minute process.
     
    gbour, Mar 8, 2012
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    MojoMan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where did you find the A08? I have the A07, found the A12, but cannot find the A08.

    Thanks.
     
    MojoMan, Mar 8, 2012
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    A08 BIOS.
     
    erblemoof, Mar 8, 2012
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  10. MojoMan

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    Thanks for your help.
     
    MojoMan, Mar 8, 2012
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