Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge, Part 2

No ... It's not a gaming machine. I program on it. If you play games, buy a laptop designed for games.


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Ah, OK. It's just that I only know of one E6400 owner who can play games properly (GoodBytes), everyone else including my dad who also owns one cannot.

I also can use it perfectly fine for anything non-gaming. When I start up any game which uses 3D, the GPU reaches 90º in an instant.

Thanks.

 

I used to run an Nvidia E6400 as my main machine. I also saw the GPU hit 90-100 every time I did something graphically intensive. At the same time, my brother plays SC2 regularly on an Nvidia E6400 and he doesn't have any issues.

I'm not saying that his temps are any better, but rather that I don't think they hinder normal operation of the machine in most cases.

 

I originally planned to upgrade my E6400 this year, but with the new SSD I have just bought I am not so sure anymore. I have installed Windows 7 on the new SSD and my E6400 is now super fast!

If I do replace my E6400 this year, it might be with a desktop computer with a sound-insulated case so I get a truly silent computer instead of a new laptop.

I had a lot of problems with the Intel Matrix Storage Manager in the SATA ACHI/IRRT mode when my E6400 was new in 2008/2009 and in the end I used SATA ATA/IDE mode when I installed Windows XP to avoid poblems.

With my new SSD I used SATA AHCI mode to get best performance in Windows 7. So far I haven't seen any of the problems that I used to get with the DVD drive or eSATA drives when I tried to use SATA AHCI/IRRT in 2008/2009 ("iaStor did not respond within the timeout period event 9"). Maybe the bugs in the Intel SATA drivers and/or the DVD drive firmware were actually fixed eventually.

 

The bugs are only present in XP. The OS pre-dates SATA. We have huge problems getting XP working on new hardware at work these days.


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Now,i see when my dell e6400 turn on 5mins, cpu fans alwways on.Before it off when underload.My BIOS is A30.
What' happen?

Before:

After:

 

Dust buildup maybe? Or did you recently update the BIOS?

 

Most probably you need to clean your vents.

You can also try and upgrade the BIOS to A32

 

rokape: If the fan was off before when chipset temp was 54 C, I would say that something was wrong before. At 54 C chipset temp, the fan normally runs at the highest available speed, 4800 RPM or possibly 4000 RPM.

The second picture looks normal. If the temp drops a little bit more (e.g. chipset temp below 45 C), the fan should turn off.

Are you really sure the fan was off before? The CPU fan status is missing in your first screenshot.

 

Hi I would like to replace ODD of DELL E6400 with an SSD inserted into a drive caddy (exactly I'll insert SSD as primary into hdd slot and the previous 256 hdd as secondary into the caddy).

What are at the moment the best options on the market ? Any experience ?

Thanks