Precision 7510 Owner's Thread

Of course you could "upgrade" a non-Thunderbolt system to a Thunderbolt system. The question is how many part replacements are needed. At a minimum, the lower chassis and the I/O board would have to be replaced. Possibly the motherboard as well? Replacing the lower chassis would require removing *everything* to get it into the new chassis.

No one (posting here) has tried to do this yet. It would be easier just to get a new machine with Thunderbolt, transfer your drive over, and then sell off the old one.

 

Haha... So I used a movie title to keep them apart, and then I find out I STILL have them mixed up, lol... Oh well

 

So here's the good news: although I was slightly too late in "reporting" mydissatisfaction with the UHD IGZO display, DELL makes no problem of a return and refund. Don't have the option to just have the screen replaced.

So now I'm facing a re-order, while still not knowing for sure which - or even if there is ANY - FHD display is free of the lack-of-brightness and screen door effect issues...

Is it just a lottery after all???

 

I completely agree, and it really comes down to what's classified as an upgrade vs. excessive. I suppose if you were stubborn and absolutely did not want to go the route of selling/rebuying, this would be your only option... just isn't the optimal one IMO.

I just wish upgrading/modifying laptops was a more accessible venture. Just saying "you can't" won't result in any progress towards that.

 

So here's my HWinfo64 information... (download http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php )

General information
Monitor Name: Sharp LQ156D1
Monitor Name (Manuf): LQ156D1 [DELL P/N: 43N80]
Monitor Hardware ID: Monitor\SHP1430

Hopefully some people with bright / "screen-door effect - free" FHD displays can post their info, and what they ordered for their 7510.

 

I am one of those with the FHD panel with the screen door effect. There are two FHD options, one is 45% NTSC and the other 72%. I ordered the upgraded 72% NTSC gamut FHD display (non-touch).

As dougrz pointed out much earlier in this thread, our Dell p/n is F7HH2, HW ID is LGD049B and model is LP156WF6-SPB4 (or 5, unsure) which you can see specifications on here: http://www.panelook.com/LP156WF6-SPB4_LG Display_15.6_LCM_overview_26557.html

You can also read a notebookcheck review of a laptop with the same screen here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-N552VX-FY103T-Notebook-Review.161311.0.html

I have yet to see any mention of an upgraded FHD display without screen door effect.

 

No they didn't provide me any details, but I see your point that perhaps is it technically feasible.

 

Thanks for the roundup! So the 45% NTSC is the only one with any reasonable chance of being screendoor-free? Can anyone with that display confirm/share experience?

I would have cared about gamut and UHD until very recently, but now it's all very low on the priority list...

 

USB-C Thunderbolt 3. I understand the desire to have TB3. I ordered my 7510 early November 2015 and then canceled the order after I realized that the TB3 was not available. I finally received my computer in April. Since I had waited quite some time to do a workstation refresh I wanted all the latest technology. I was especially interested in faster backup times that thought would be possible with high speed TB3. So now that I’ve been using the TB15 dock for a few weeks I can say it has not improved my computing experience in any way and in some ways has degraded the experience (e.g., the TB3 dock recognizes device a little slower than my ePort dock, occasionally my music only plays through the internal speakers). My trusty Kensington super quiet wired mouse won’t work with the dock. Since the TB3 dock is new I assume they are still working out the kinks. The TB3 dock doesn’t have an esata port which I use for nightly incremental backups. I could use the TB3 for backup if I switch to the slightly slower write speeds of USB3.1gen1, but in the meantime I still use my ePort together with the TB3 dock. I receive a warning (I know, which can be blocked) every time I boot up telling me that the TB dock doesn’t provide enough power. There are other minor annoyances as well (e.g., sometimes the wired Ethernet is not found). I could switch back to using only the ePort and have no loss of functionality, but since I already bought it, I might has well use it.

Turns out that the limiting factor for faster backups is not necessarily the connector speed. Even with a TB3 external drive enclosure, the vendor indicated I wouldn’t see much improvement in throughput using a single drive (I use hard drives for backing up). Need RAID if you really want to go fast. Turns out that moving to the internal SSD drive improved my back up times significantly.

With all that said, I would still order TB3 with any new computer I purchase since I’m sure at some point it will be useful to me.

 

I think you made the right choice. USB-C TB3 is still fairly new and we're technically early adopters of the tech, but it seems clear that it's the connector of the future, at least the USB-C is. Who know if Intel will introduce TB4 anytime soon.

You're not the first to report issues with the TB3 dock, so I'd assume it's just part of that whole early adopter thing. Hopefully they can work things out in time.

I'm particularly excited for external GPU docks and hope the 7510 will eventually support them.