is adding the integrated fingerprint reader yourself possible?

Hey, I'm sure there are plenty of things that everyone else is better at than I am.

 

Surrre.. btw, what do you use your precision for? I use mine for video production..

Anyways, I meant to tell you about that missing part but if its built on the Latitude, it should fit the same way. I'll was going to call Dell, but I realized this is only a manual for replacing a reader that's already there :/

That means there's wires there prepared already for one, but if mine was not ordered with a reader it shouldn't have the wires there, correct? It would be pretty sketchy of me to call them and ask if they leave wires for upgrades I'm not supposed to make!

 

Software development mainly. Some graphical work (Photoshop...) and editing photos also. When I started developing software as a child, after some BASIC I began developing 3D game worlds, for that reason I have always been interested not only in programming but also in graphical work. It often comes in pretty handy to be able to do both.

Why don't you simply ask Dell if there are wires before you order?
If you buy the M4400 without WWAN, the antennas will be there so you can upgrade later. I think it could be the same with the fingerprint reader, this is not a cheap consumer laptop so Dell doesn't cut out pieces wherever they can to save some pennies.

 

Wow, I completely forgot to mention that I love Flash, maybe it's not exactly graphical art, but I got hooked up with XGen and I'm hoping to bust out one of those flash p2p multiplayers this year. I always wanted to learn PH in more depth and this is a good opportunity.

About the wires, good idea, I'll ask them.

edit: what someone said above just hit me, this would void my warranty huh..

 

Sorry, what do you mean by "PH"? Photoshop? PHP maybe?

No idea.

 

That matrix is old and irrelevant. If I remember correctly, it said that the display and processor were both not "user-replaceable". Actually, Dell let me replace my display by myself when I complained about dead pixels. The guy even told me that they consider the display a "field servicable part". As for the processor, the E6400 is not sold with a X9100, so obviously I put it in. There is a HUGE difference between what Dell may sanction (you can do it without voiding warranty) and what actually is possible.

And I think that the fingerprint reader isn't even mentioned there because...well...there's a whole array of things not mentioned there. Bottom line, you can definitely do it. I would say that there is maybe a 95% chance your warranty will not be void - especially since you can just pop the old part back in if you ever send it in to service.

 

dell is normally a lot more lenient with their business units, regarding what is user serviceable or not, because they assume you have an IT department....

my warranty is actually the "ProSupport for IT" warranty, which came standard on mine.

for a casual user the fingerprint reader serves its job. for me its mostly so when i log on with people around, whom im going to show a presentation etc, i dont have to bother trying to type in my password in front of them.

for business purposes etc, you should lock it down pretty tight though, its annoying when business details get nicked.