Latitude E6510 Owner's Lounge

Hi,

I use my E6510 almost three moths and I'm very, very satisfied. It was good choice.

I've extended memory to 8GB and now system work like a charm. There is one thing I want to change. I want to put more powerful CPU into my machine. I found used processor core i7-820QM for nearly 200$. Can I put such CPU into my dell and will it work with the motherboard? Is it reasonable price for this processor?

Beside it I've noticed minor problem with display. During watching movie or moving windows I can observe some artifacts showing up about one, maybe one and a half inch from the top of the screen across the entire screen width. I'm not a player or a film fan, but I would like to ask what may be causing such fault? Graphic card (nvidia) or may be some wires?

Gregory

 

Sounds like the video it self, so you have the same problem when you play a DVD, or a youtube video in standard definition, how about 1080p youtube video?

 

I didn't check DVD but there is similar problem while watching youtube FullHD, especially during dynamic scenes.

Edit:

I've check DVD too. The problem is the same with DVD

 

Does any one know if I can put a 2nd hard drive in e6510? I saw a caddy for 2nd hard drive for e6510 on ebay for 15$ but not sure if any one has tried.

Also what kind of adapter I need to attach the laptop to monitor? I have a 22" monitor which is connected to a very old desktop. Does the wire from the monitor fit to the laptop or do I need top buy some kind of adapter that connects the vga port to display port?

 

The E6510 has a standard 15-pin D-shell VGA connector which will work with most external displays. It also has a DisplayPort, and you can get adapters that convert that to DVI or HDMI.

 

To add, such adapter to inexpensive, and is part of the design of Display Port, so no image quality reduction, or downsides (other then the limitations of DVI and HDMI standard)

 

I have a similar question re: external monitors.

I just picked up a beautiful 23" with VGA and HDMI inputs. Obviously I can do VGA to VGA, but is the *best* option going to be doing Displayport to HDMI? People at Bestbuy, etc. have barely heard of Displayport and were not helpful. I also just noticed I have firewire......

Anyway, I'm guessing the best option is to use Displayport? Since my monitor doesn't have speakers, I'm guessing I'll just have to split out the audio from my headphone jack?

Thanks!

Michael

 

People at BestBuy, and etc.. are less knowledgeable than you.. you think a knowledgeable person would work at minimum wage? Come on... All they say is what you want to hear, and look for their end of year bonus.
Even Geek Squad guys knows less then you, they follow a manual and charge you high price. You MIGHT be lucky and find a knowledgeable University student, as his first summer job kind of thing... but you have to be lucky.

Display Port is a connector that replaces DVI. VGA is already dissapering.. In 2014, Intel and AMD (and soon to follow Nvidia) will remove support. Why? Because, no one uses CRT monitors (you know the old big bulky ones), and LCD and projectors are all digital. VGA is analogue. So basically what happens, is that your computer graphic card converts the digital signal to VGA, then your monitor or projector takes that analogue signal and convert is back to digital. Converting signal from digital to analogue reduce image quality big time, and you do it twice. In addition, the VGA cable take all sort of interferences, while digital (DVI, HDMI, and Display Port) doesn't. So what happens, is that when you use VGA, you reduce image quality big time.

In term of what is the best from the worst to the best:
VGA < HDMI - DVI < Display Port.
HDMI does support higher resolutions then DVI, and is smaller, but DVI support longer wire, and like Display Port, assures that color is always accurate from point A to B, while HDMI, designed for TV, doesn't. So we can say it's on par.

The really cool thing about Display Port, is that it can be converted down to HDMI, or DVI with a simple and inexpensive adapter, AND the wires are really cheap. This is mainly due to the lack of the super high royalty fees that HDMI has. Other advantages of Display Port:
-> Longer wire support than HDMI and DVI
-> Display Port 1.2 support daisy chaining up to 6 monitors (4 at 1920x1200), from 1 plug from your computer (not supported anywhere yet)
-> Clip system to hold the plug well, (unlike HDMI)
-> Cost less to implement and wires are cheaper
-> Support higher resolutions and up to 14-bit color per channel (red, green and blue are channels).

I would get a Display Port to HDMI adapter. Stay digital.

 

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful reply! Sounds like Displayport to HDMI is the way to go, then.

Alternately, I could return the monitor I bought and find one with a Displayport input. But I don't think that will matter much?

Any advice on price/quality/source for a displayport-to-HDMI?

Final question, only since you're so knowledgeable about this: Running Wii into my monitor: I thought that since VGA was analog and so was RCA/Component, that there would be no converter needed to jack a Wii into my monitor's VGA input. Am I wrong about this?

Thanks again!


Michael

 

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