M6600 Owners Thread

Pretty sure you can put in 32GB of 1600 MHz memory and it will work at that speed. The M6600 specs sheet says otherwise because 8GB 1600 MHz modules were not available when the M6600 was released.

 

Would make sense

 

I have a Dell M6600 and I'm facing some weird occasional Shutdowns.
My specs:
i7 2760qm.
16 Gb of RAM 1600 Mhz.
Cleve GTX 680m modified inf, optimus disabled, latest drivers.
DELL 240w PSU
OS - Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.


Stock clocks of the gpu are: 719 Core, 900 Ram.
With those clocks I get a shutdown in GTA 5 at the moment when I see loading game screen.
I start the game, choose "carrier mode", after 15 seconds of loading - shutdown.
After shutdown I need to disconnect charger cable from laptop and connect it again.
Without doing these steps - laptop doesn't react on "power button".

Dell M6600 supports NVidia K5000M.
GTX 680m and K5000M are similar cards - the only difference are clocks.
When I down clocked the GPU to K5000M clocks - I was able to load game without shutdowns. I played around 5 minutes and game was running without any problems.

I can run Diablo 3 without shutdowns on stock clocks.

My son loves Lego PC Games.
Currently he's playing Lego Batman 3. This game is not pretty demanding.
The laptop shutdowns when running this game after 10-15 minutes.
On Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 ) and down clocked all the way down to 523\600 memory - laptop shutdowns anyway.
Only when I select HD Ready ( 1366x768 ) resolution - laptop runs it without any problems.

I saw a lot of people having gtx 680m in Dell M6600, running even overclocked.

I think that the only problem is in my power supply.
Can you suggest anything?

 

There is only version of the CPU heatsink for Dell M6600 - with 2 heatpipes. I upgraded my m6600 from 2540m to i7 2760qm.
Same heatsink. No thermal issues. Just use good thermal compound. I used Noctua NT-H1.

 

First thing I'd do is check temps. I had a fan go in mine and replaced it for $10 from ebay. Run a program like open hardware monitor and record the temps while running a game and compare it to when the system is idle.

 

Today I've ben running GTA 5 with no problems at stock clocks. ( 719 / 900 ).
The only difference is that I haven't removed the battery.
I use MSI Afterburner for temps monitoring.
The CPU Temp - 65c Max.
GPU - 69c Max.

The only thing I noticed - sometimes for 1 second screen becomes dimmed and fps drops to like 15, and the it restores back. It happens rarely. It looks like laptop switches from PSU to battery for 1 second, and then switches to PSU back again.

 

Well then I'd agree with you, its highly probable its a power supply issue. They do go bad sometimes after some years.

If you have access to Ebay where you are, used real power supplies are cheap.

Example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-DEL...025376?hash=item2efb255ca0:g:1VkAAOSwUKxYdlmB

If you do buy one, make sure to get a real Dell one. The generic name chinese made ones are of questionable quality many times. You could harm your system that way.

 

Cheers for the tip guys. Managed to get it from i5 upto 2720QM repasted the CPU so temperature is better too.

I don't suppose anyone might know where to get the replacement for the rubber feet on the M6600? Mine seems to have wore off (it seems to be mounted by a two holes plastic).

I've seen this (looks similar, can't tell if it might fit), so not sure if it might work:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rubber-Fe...hash=item2a0ab30bfc:m:mTHLfprQK4Ahzizy5efQb3Q

 

Tell me, to what maximum temperature should bask graphics card AMD m6100. I 83 ° C, while quadro 3000m was 62 ° C ???

 

Does anyone tried k3100m on precision m6600 yet?

 

Im having a problem with my M6600, can't seem to find an anwser anywhere.

On the lowest brightness settings screen flickers. Even in bios.
I have Win 10 installed. C-State disabled, updated drivers. BIOS A15 revision.
Has anyone had a similar problem and knows the solution?