New M6500 Discussion Thread

Hrm well if everybody made notebooks that lasted, we'd still all be on 286 machines.

I have seen machines that don't POST and reseatting the hard drive fixed the issue. This fix is quite rare, only fixed the issue for me 2 times.

I have also seen RAM that passes hours and hours Memtest/Prime95 but keep crashing video games, again rare but just something worth mentioning.

Have you also tested your AC adapter with a multimeter? Though take that with a grain of salt as multimeters do not test under load which maybe your issue.

 

True enough, but I don't expect it to last many many years, I just expect it to work for at least it's warranty period with as little hassle needed. I don't remember Dell having problems collecting, or using the money I paid them.

My problems are not with posting or crashing of games. I never said hard drives couldn't cause a computer to not post, in fact it's pretty easy by short circuiting the power cable by not plugging the hard drive completely. This causes the power supply system to send a signal for an emergency shut off. But I am not having posting issues. EDIT: I've seen it more then a couple times. People take em to people who don't know squat. I've found some Toshiba's have that issue more then others, perhaps it's how the hard drive assembly sits.

Ram can cause program crashes, but that isn't my problem. My problem is throttling in games. (I don't use any particularly GPU demanding tasks for work- mostly just hard drive IOP/ram/CPU intense).

Adapter could be the issue with the throttling, however if I am not mistaken Dell's BIOS would register that issue under the BIOS reports. I suppose I could see if Dell will ship me a new adapter with the system if they weren't going to originally.

 

O_O Wut? If I spent 1500-4000 on a notebook, I would certainly hope my notebook would last at least 2-3 years after the warranty expires. Though 2-3 years is the typical life of a cheapo notebook, more expensive notebooks should last longer. My Vostro 1500 is going on 3.5 years, chugging along just fine.

Well see if you can get a Dell technician to your business/home and check it out. I'm assuming you don't have any spare Precision AC adapters (probably need a monster brick to power that sucker).

 

Nope I don't expect it to last longer then 3 years, I would like it to and that's why the M6500 cost $2600 and why I paid for quality.

Nope I dont have an AC adapter to try it with..

Like I said I shouldn't have to be the one checking it, only reason I do is because I know Dell will try to screw me over on the next business day warranty and try to stick me with a Depot service. Anyways Dell so far is doing right, we'll just see if this replacement is free from the issues I've had with the system. They quoted me for 14 days, but the rep said 3 weeks max. However it could be as early as next day depending on factors.

 

Has anyone measured the input lag of the M6500 display as compared to a CRT? I notice some lag in Fallout New Vegas but I'm not sure if it's the display or the game (or something else).

 

Machine has vga out ... hook it up and see.

For giggles, I hooked my old 2001FP up via the port replicator and extended my desktop to it. Split a window down the middle of the two displays and moved it vertically.... the 2001FP's lag was was horrible comparatively.

 

Its the game. Fallout New Vegas always looks like it has input lag no matter the monitor.

 

New stable Nvidia whql driver at Nvidia website for us.

 

Anybody know if you can buy the quadro 5000m and retro fit it into a m6400?

 

I don't have a CRT handy at the moment.. but if I get a new one I'll have a look. =P

Yeah I think you're right lol. Still curious about what the input lag number is like though.