Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge, Part 2

ok I think I got it now, I was right clicking desktop to access the control panel, it seems I had to use the geforce icon in the notifications area to access it, I have done the EULA agreement and am now at device settings
heading back to your thread on this subject ty :thumbsup:

 

You know your laptop can handle glorious 64-bit of awesomeness

Anyway. Can you give me the full path where you see the nTunes files (I just want to check my code of Nv GPU Pro, I think I did a mistake)

 

Yeah np,

C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune

and I would really like to have 64 bit, but I only have the stock windows 7 installation disc, I was even considering installing xp 64 bit but I think it would be a bit too out of date.

 

XP 64 is a disaster. Avoid at all cost. Trust me. It was Microsoft first try at 64-bit, and while it's something, it's best to use something that has been polished. Not to mention that XP has 0 security (completely inadequate) for 2005 world, and we are in 2014. I would gladly recommend Vista 64-bit over XP64 (and actually the laptop, if you pick the Nvidia GPU, that you have), does a pretty darn good job at running it. I mean it's obviously not Windows 7, but hey fun fact.

The point of Vista was to trash XP which is based on NT3, which dates back 1993, and bring Windows to the modern area of computing, and drop support for many legacy technologies for support of new ones. Not to mention, massively improved security. Microsoft acknowledge that security was a problem in 2001 with XP, hence why they scrambled SP1 and SP2, all focused in putting plaster on a wall is more plaster than wall, and all cracked, and why they added some level of a firewall in SP2 (which by the way isn't good). Back in 2001, Microsoft decided to restart from scratch pretty much, and 6 years later we have an OS, hated by many, but was actually because it was ahead of its time in computational requirements to operate on (needed the latest technology. A new computer, at the time, didn't mean it actually used the latest technologies). It was a key point onto why the laptop you had in your hands was on the pricey side for the specs.

If you have Windows 7 full (I mean not the upgrade one) 32-bit disc, you can find the ISO (legally) for the 64-bit Windows 7 of the same edition that you have, and you can use your product key. The product key only check Windows version and edition, but not if if it's 32 or 64-bit. Just something to look into.

Anyway,
Last small favor, can you open the registry (start > type: regedit > hit Enter), navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
And give me a screenshot of what you see?

Thanks.

 

Strangely enough my disc doesn't require a product key since it is a dell oem windows 7 copy, I would really love to get my hands on a 64 bit version of this exact type. If I'm not mistaken I think vista supports multiple installs using the same product key, but I don't think I can get it from Microsoft since in windows 7 and 8 they have a new policy of 1 install per product key, aside from the version I have on this disc which has allowed me 2 installations so far with no product key prompt. Im not going to spend 180 bucks for 64 bit though but Its definitely on my to find list.

 

oh sorry about the delay heres the screenshot of the directory you requested

 

E6400 screen hinges repair

Lately my old but still strong E6400's screen became more wobbly by the day until the hinges had no resistance at all, requiring placing something behind the screen to keep it from just laying flat. So I opened up the laptop and was able to repair the hinges without having to order some new ones. If someone has the same problem, here is the procedure that I used to make my hinges stiff again:

- Place it bottom up with the battery facing you.
- Of course remove the battery and power cord first
- Open the base and also remove the two gray covers to the sides
- Starting from their connectors, lift all the cables running into the hinges on both sides from their canals. Memorize/take a photo of the layout of the cables. The big screen connector can be lifted easily.
- Unscrew the hinges and lift the main unit off the screen (don't forget the screen lock button)
- Remove the plastic cover off the screen (push it outwards). May be tricky near the hinges.
- Remove the screws at the hinges and the lower screen screws
- Carefully pull out the cables from the hinges (to the side) and remove the hinges
- Test which one has no resistance. On the bad hinges, take off the black part. Inside the silver part, there is a black shaft. The problem is (at least on my unit on both hinges!) that the shaft has moved too far into the silver part.
- Now use your creativity to find a way to apply force to the shaft from the other side, so the black-cog-like-part comes out more.
- If you pushed it out far enough, you will notice the other part of the hinge will be very hard to spin when you put it on the shaft.
- Now put everything back together and enjoy your now stiff like new screen.

Please only do this if you have experience in this kind of thing. It is also possible your hinges might have a different problem.

 

Has anyone upgraded their E6400 to Windows 10? Please share your experience. I personally like the new shiny, if I ignore my CPU stting at 40-50% all the time (Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host being the culprit).

I am trying to get RMClock to work with W10, but am unable to find a signed driver for 'RTCore64'. Can someone help?

 

If the Windows 10 search doesn't stop after a while (allow 24 hours for all the housekeeping) then your favourite search engine can point you towards some possible causes - this is an old problem not unique to Windows 10.

For a signed RTCore64 try looking in RMClock x64 Drivers.zip near the bottom of the first post in the Undervolting Guide.

John

 

OK, so the throttling situation is getting ridiculous. I am on Windows 10. I have cleaned the CPU fan inlet (bottom) and outlet (side) vents which has helped a bit but I still see severe throttling.

Screenshot:


This problem is especially noticeable on viewing x264 videos both in MPC-HC (with Hardware Acceleration; CPU utilization 5%) and on YouTube (CPU utilization 20-50%), which is about the most intensive thing I do with the laptop. It starts throttling at around 35C, and CPU temp reaches 38C-42C max when fully throttled.

I am using RMClock with the recommended settings (0.925V stable for all multipliers; Performance on Demand profile). What can I do next?