M6800 Owners' Thread

Hi all

Can someone help me out here. What's the difference between the GPU heatsink for K5100M and FirePro M6100 in the M6800? It will help me out greatly in my effort to fit a 980m to the M6800. I noticed that the M6100 heatsink might be a better fit than the K5100M heatsink. I just need confirmation.

Can someone with a M6800 and FirePro M6100 please tell me what is the part code/number from the system spec for the GPU heatsink? For those who don't know you need to just go online to the link below and enter your service tag number and select system configuration and all the parts will show up.

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us.../product/precision-m6800-workstation/warranty

 

For completeness, here are all the part numbers for graphics bits.

WG3YY ASSEMBLY, CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, N15E-Q3
K6D33 ASSEMBLY, HEATSINK, VIDEO GRAPHICS ADAPTER, NVIDIA, M6800
TJJ0R FAN, VIDEO GRAPHICS ADAPTER, 5V, M6800
PJK33 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 17.3FHD, WLED, LVDS, AG, Z, LEGEND

 

The top two are Nvidia related parts. The bottom two are pretty much for everyone.

Do you have the ones for the ATI/AMD FirePro M6100?

 

Hi, I have M6800 with AMD M6100, and here the Dell PN of heatsink:
9184J ASSEMBLY, HEATSINK, VIDEO GRAPHICS ADAPTER, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, M6800

I had repaste the GPU, and I saw the AMD heatsink core isn't flat like NVIDIA. Sorry for no image but it's look like M6700 heatsink (http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...00-some-useful-info-for-the-upgraders.696662/) be careful if you try put NVIDIA card + AMD headsink!


BTW, there a 2 version of AMD M6100, the first one is come with 768 stream proccessors 1075 MHz, 1375 MHz for memory, by DELL. The second, from HP zbook 17 G2, with 896 stream proccessor 1100MHz, 1500 MHz for memory. My old GPU card is damaged, and replace a new one in 1 month ago, but this is the 1st edition, not 2nd edition, so sad Did anyone try OC M6100? Thanks in advance!

 

Every attempt at overclocking resulted in at least 10% worse performance.

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Ok now I'm confused.

It seems that the Dell AMD heatsink did work for Kepler cards in the M6700 as per landsome's post. However, there was no mention of whether the x-bracket on the Kepler cards were changed to Dell's x-bracket to match the screws on the Dell heatsink. Or were the original x-bracket retained on the cards and instead the screws on the Dell heatsink were swopped with those that came with the cards. Either way will work, just that the latter will be a tad more complicated as the screws need to be tensioned individually and at different tightness.

As for phusy's link, the thread starter eventually used a Dell Nvidia heatsink plus the Clevo x-bracket and replaced the Dell heatsink screws with those that came with the 680m. However, it was noted that an AMD heatsink will work with a Nvidia Kepler card but not the other way round. He then discovered that the screws need to be tensioned individually and at different tightness. This is to prevent the card from bending and to make sure all the thermal pads for the critical components are in contact with the heatsink. However, further down the thread some members simply replaced the x-bracket on their 680m with the x-bracket from their Dell Quadro cards by way of a heat gun/hair dryer. The beauty of swopping the x-brackets is that the Dell heatsink screws can be retained and they will not need individual tensioning and at different tightness.

The reason I'm asking all these questions are:

• If the AMD heatsink is used for my 980m attempt, nothing needs to be cut. I just need to make sure the thermal pads are covering the critical components and in contact with the heatsink.
• If the Nvidia heatsink is used for 980m attempt, a small part of the copper shim needs to be trimmed. Again I need to be careful about the thermal pads.
  
• If the x-bracket from my Dell K3100M can be used on the 980m, that means I can use Dell heatsink's screws and I do not have to worry much about individual tensioning of the screws. However, I still need to do some checks to be careful.
• The member who sold me the 980m is advising not to swop the x-brackets and to proceed with the Clevo x-bracket and replace the screws on the Dell heatsink with the Clevo ones. He mentions that those who swop the x-brackets killed their 980m upon powering up their AW systems. He mentioned that they have caused the x-bracket to short out the small transistors on the card.

At the end of the day, all I'm trying to figure out is finding the easiest way to get the 980m working on the M6800. Something that everyone here can do without having to resort to using a dremel if possible.

 

For a single try i would just check if there is proper die contact and try if cards works at all without stressing it. You can always turn on machine open with palmrest taken off and use usb fan to blow onto original heatsink. Vrms and critical components wont stress or even get hot during driver instalation.

Just make sure you have something on gpu die, either a notebook heatsink or some old chipset heatsink.

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I'm looking to buy a second mains adapter. I had bought one made by Delta, but when I did a comparison test with my original Dell one, the Delta caused much more interference on a nearby radio. I sent the Delta back, thinking it was a fake. From further reading it seems some people have Delta / Flextronics branded adapters supplied from Dell. Am I right in thinking this? In which case was I wrong to send the Delta back, or should I fork out £141 odd for a Dell one. What I mean is could I still receive a Delta / Flextronics unit from Dell when I could get the same from eBay.

Thanks

 

Is anyone here with 4G/LTE modem (Europe version)? Or does it exist at all?

 

There is such ^^. In my M6800 installed Sierra AirPrime MC7304
with modified factory VID/PID (can't remember what they were) to DELL VID 413C / PID 81A8
In Device Manager looks like "Dell Wireless 5808 Gobi(TM) 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Card", and accordingly, without any tweaks, these installers will work
Dell Wireless 5808e LTE Mobile Broadband Driver and GNSS (GPS) Driver
Dell Wireless 5809/5808/5570 Connection Manager Application

So now MC7304 became like a native, plus works with European (at least Russian Megafon) 4G bands: 800/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz

How to change VID/PID can be found in this Russian forum http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=17:45949