Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge, Part 2

yes, still plastic i'm afraid. But it definitely looks a lot better without all that finger grease.

 

Metal palm rests would improve the transfer of heat from the components below. This might not be good for user comfort. Plastic seems fine for me. The palm rests don't get a lot of stress in normal usage.

John

 

True...but they still seem kind of cheap to me even compared to the last generation D series. You can hit on them and they seem a bit hollowey, not the most solid. The metal where it is used on this laptop though do seem a bit think to me as well...but then again I haven't really pushed its build quality.

 

I dropped my E6400 on the floor. It was on a carpet with cement under it. The laptop was open, and hit the right corner point of the palmrest. The height was higher than a table, about the average person elbow when standing up. The laptop had no dents (nor scratches, but that is because of the carpet). This is one sturdy system!

 

I have GPU temp problem.
The GPU normal temp is 60-70C, but if I use IE with websites using flash it goes up very quickly and even get to 101C.

Windows 7 64bit
4GB
P9500
Nvidia NVS 160

Ideas?
Thanks in advance.

 

That's WAY too high. Check if the fan/vents are dust free (inside the laptop, not on the outside) If those are clean and you still get those temps i'd call Dell to get it fixed.

 

Can't believe I didn't think about it myself...
Althouhg it looked quite clean I blow some air on it and few dust clouds went out.
Much better now.
Thanks!

 

lol Good!
you might want to try removing the fan and see if it's all gone.

 

take off the heat pipe and remove the fan to clear the rest out.

 

I've got a few sets of E6400 recovery disks if anyone needs...CDs include :

Windows 7 pro 32-bit
Windows XP PRO SP3 32-bit
2 sets of windows drivers

I've got a few that are just XP PRO SP3 if anyone needs...figure $10 a set should be fair....i've sold a few already, so lmk if anyone else wants some.