New M6500 Discussion Thread

I uninstalled the Dell audio driver and mine has been flawless since then. I've seen quite a few posts in this thread on this topic and (someone correct me if I am wrong) the concensus is: do not install the Dell audio drivers.

 

Yes, that sounds about right. I haven't looked at the Covet in quite some time; I personally can't stand the blood orange color. I agree with you in that the Covet coming only with top of the line equipment makes sense, from their perspective. The thing is, the silver can come with everything the Covet has... except for the screen and the color. As stated, I'm not a fan of the color, and I prefer my screens matte.

An E2E screen is basically just a sheet of glossy plastic that's placed over a regular screen. You know how a regular screen has the LCD panel, and a plastic or metal bezel (frame) around it? Instead of having just that, now lay a single, solid piece of glossy plastic right over that whole assembly, covering both the bezel and the screen. That piece of plastic is the E2E screen. It makes things easier to clean, since it's now just one smooth surface (no transition between the LCD screen itself and the bezel), but it adds glossiness and can result in reflective issues.

 

Here is something funny. New M6500 ordered with 4GB 4DIMM, boot for first time and only shows 2GB. I wonder why?

 

Does yours have a quad core processor? From my understanding, only the Quad core i7's come with 4 ram slots.

 

It's an i5, but if what you are saying is true why would Dell not specify this? Also why do they let you order 4 DIMM memory options on all configurations? My build sheet says 4GB 4 DIMM as well.

 

Your photo looks familiar.
I ordered my M6500 with an 820QM, so should have gotten 4 DIMM slots, but I only got 2. This turned out to be a mistake by Dell, since according to them only Clarksfield CPUs get 4 DIMMs.
So in your case it's correct according to Dell that you only have 2 slots. What is not ok is that you didn't get your full 4GB anyway.

 

Umm...I am pretty sure it's metal since it gets cold like metal on a cold day. I had the the Alienware M15x before and although the external casing was metal, the inside was plastic. The whole reason reason I got the M6500 is because it is fully metal. It doesn't look metal like the M15x external casing but it is full metal except for keyboard, screen (duh!) and some fittings.

 

Thanks! I wonder why nobody else is irritated by this. It always gives me a fright because after I force shut it down, it takes longer to scan memory when it starts up again like something is failing. *LOL*

 

I'm not sure if the side panels of the lower casing are metal too.
However, if that's the reason why you bought an M6500 I wouldn't want to meet you with it when we have a dispute.

 

Press <Space> to skip the mem check

As this is so seldom and only when I startup the machine, not when it is running, and even resume (I use hibernate all the time) works after that hard power off/on was necessary and because I don't know how to reproduce this hang when a Dell technician would come along, I just do not see enough reason to waste my time with bothering about this issue which costs me 15 seconds or so every few weaks.