New M6500 Discussion Thread

This happend to me after installing the newest driver. After reinstalling the old one its works like a charm now

 

Which version is the old driver and where I can get it to try it?

 

Yes, that worked for me, too. Thanks a lot.

 

Currently you can only download A06 from dell support.

The working one is A05, which you can get from dells FTP download.
Should be this one: ftp://ftp.dell.com/input/SYNAPTICS_JOG-SHUTTLE_A05_R255189.exe

 

A question, what is the slot{looks like it is for an SD Card] in the battery compartment area?

 

This slot is for a SIM card if you have WWAN card installed ... with this you can access internet and phone services within GSM/3G network ...

 

Sorry for quoting a signature:

Hi,

I noticed that you use PC1600 RAM. Does the M6500 really use 1600MHz or is it still on 1333 (if you don't know just check it with cpu-z)? What's the latency? Which brand do you use? I'm thinking about Kingston HyperX.

Thanks in advance.
Alex

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DELL i8000 -> i8600 -> M90 -> M6500 Orange Base: Ci7 920, QUADRO 3800M, 8GB 1333, 256GB SSD + 500GB HDD, Intel5300AGN, DW365, DW5620, USB3, E2E TrueLife RGB UWXGA, Blu-ray, 5yr ProSupport + 5yr CC, Win7 64 (+WinXP64/32)

 

Recently had to send my M6400 (qx9300) in for warranty as the baby spilled milk on it. I was surprised that Dell sent a M6500 with a 940xm as the replacement. I also expected it to be a refurbished unit but it's brand new.
Is this Dell's standard policy for complete care coverage or ymmv?

 

Just a Comment FWIW;

I changed the motherboard on my M6500, from a two memory slots to a 4 memory slot{had BIOS A02 on the 4 slot board] installed a i7 640m cpu. Received a error message before OS loaded, was some this like "CPU not supported". Load OS{with out issue] went online download BIOS A06 and installed and re-booted. Now no error message, this is good.

Next test will be will all four slots be seen with the 640M cpu.

Yes, I have read on this forum that it is not possible.

I will find out if BIOS A06 is different.

Regards

Joseph

 

I don't remember if I posted it in this thread before, but on the 8740w, an Arrandale will recognize 4 DIMM slots... but only up to 16 GB.