Latitude E7240 and E7440

I have upgraded mine to 16GB with this kit; Crucial 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 1600 MT/s CL11 SODIMM 204 Pin 1.35V/1.5V Memory Module Kit: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories it works fine, all 16GB has been detected.

I've got a 7mm 500gb hard drive on order, hopefully the ribbon cable crosses the 2.5" bay won't pose an issue.

 

You already installed it? Does it fit correctly?
It's curious that they install expensive 5mm HDD while a standard 7mm fits well...

 

Again, how is the keyboard?

I'm also worried about the single fan, does the machine get too hot? Is it noisy? I.e is the fan constantly on?

Thanks

 

Got my 7440 today. Very light! Build quality seems flimsy compared to my xps 14 ivy. Keyboard has lots of flex. Im assuming because it is so light it is like this. Anyone running ubuntu 13.10 or linuxmint 16? I can't get livecd to boot for either, including ubuntu secure remix 64. I get a black screen! If I turn off secure boot and uefi and enable legacy room, it boots to a frozen gray background desktop with a wifi logo in corner. I've seen mentions of others running ubuntu, not sure why I am having issues. If my xps 14 had haswell and 1080p it would blow this away as far as sturdiness! (And ubuntu/lm works no issues). So far not impressed (aside from weight).

-- update - got ubuntu and linuxmint to install. The trick was go to to bios, disable secure boot, enable legacy rom. When you go to boot menu to boot of USB stick (I used Ubuntu Secure Remix 64, run boot repair, install) make sure to pick the UEFI USB boot option. If you don't have legacy rom enabled and boot of UEFI usb, it will hang during kernel load. I had to manually partition a swap and / volume), reboot off usb secure remix again, and run boot repair again.

At that point I booted off LinuxMint 16 usb, deleted the 2 partitions I had made, recreated in the installer (there is a bug, make sure to set mount point before format, or installer crashes). Then reboot again off usb secure remix, run boot-repair again, and you are in business -whew-. Not sure why it so much less pain on the xp14.

Now linux is working great, and I feel better about the machine. The haswell i7 is snapper than the ivy i7, and the matte FHD screen looks really nice. The biggest downside is the keyboard flex, and it puckers up in the middle (common on some ultrabooks I guess) but typing on it seems to work fine. I upgraded it to 16gb crucial memory no issues (1.35v PC-1600) as well.

When I upgraded the memory, I was a little baffled - the msata drive is in an adapter in the 2.5" drive bay, and the msata slot is empty - why would they do that? I didn't try to relocate it and see if it still boots yet.

 

Mine also has the keyboard flex, but aside that, the keyboard is a pleasure to work with. I opened it up and tightened all the screws which helped a bit but not much. The keyboard is secured with 3 screws on top end, but it has a 4th tab with holes near the middle part with most of the flex which seems to indicate that it needs another screw there, but the hole underneath doesn't have any threads to hold the screw... Honestly the flex doesn't bother me at all when typing (and I type a lot), but maybe in future I'll just remove the keyboard and place a few double-side scotch tapes or spacers underneath to hold it down. Mine comes with a 512GB Samsung SSD and it's also placed in the 2.5" bay with the mSATA slot empty. I don't need additional storage now but interested to know if we can just remove the SSD from the 2.5" bay and put it in the mSATA slot and boot with no issues... Btw I upgraded my ram from 8GB to 16GB using this with no issues: Micron MT16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 8GB 2RX8 PC3L-12800S

 

Its disappointing to hear that keyboard flex is present on a latitude...

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yeah, the build quality of an XPS with the dock connector, haswell, and 1080p screen on e7440 would be utopia for me. The dock is nice on the e7440, which my xps doesn't have. I've already gotten used to the keyboard, it doesn't really throw off typing at all really more of a visual thing. I might try the double sided foam tape thing. On an older MSI GT-685r that had the issue, I used some cardboard and double sided tape below the keyboard which helped a lot. Oh and this sucker is light! It seems at least a full pound lighter than my xps14 (I'll weight them now I am curious).

On powertop I've only gotten power consumption down to 14w, I've gotten down to 9.8w on the xps, so I have more tweaking to do. It seems like haswell should be drawing much less power. (I have second to lowest brightness).

 

Has anyone definitively solved the docked display blanking issue yet? If so, how did you solve it? I've heard people say using a DisplayPort cable works, but what if the monitor doesn't support it? Has anyone successfully used DP-DVI adapters? If so, were they active or passive? If someone could link the exact adapter they used that work that'd be even better. We're experiencing this issue and I have 15 more laptops to deploy so I want to get it resolved before I roll them out.

 

I have installed the 7mm drive in the 2.5" bay, it's a snug fit but there is no difficulty in getting the lid secured or any problems with the ribbon cable. A 9.5mm drive is definitely too big to fit in there, in case anybody is curious. I now have a Crucial M4 mSATA drive to store Windows and applications, and the 500GB drive for storing films and other media. For me, this laptop is the perfect blend of performance, weight and size. At 1.7kg with the 47w battery and the additional hard drive, it's only 50g heavier than the Lenovo x201s that it replaces, but it has a vastly superior display, faster processor, more RAM and storage, and a backlit keyboard. I was also pleased to not have any problems with getting my dual monitor setup working this time - the i3 E7440 I got didn't seem to support 1600 x 1200 without creating a custom resolution, but the i5 one worked out of the box.

I am using the Dell BizLink active DisplayPort to DVI adapter to get my 30" display running at it's native resolution. I am not experiencing the blanking issue with this adapter, however I am experiencing it with the Dell 2007FP that I have connected via DVI. I have a passive DisplayPort to DVI adapter that I can use for the 2007FP, so I should be able to confirm whether this resolves the issue.

 

Hi!

Does that mean the laptop came with the SSD, and you installed the HDD manually? In that case where did you get the lid/bracket for the HDD?

Thanks!