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Precision M4400 Owner's Lounge *Part 2*

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by BatBoy, Oct 14, 2009.

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  1. HarryLemon

    HarryLemon Newbie

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    Hello,
    I tried to connect my Precision M4400 to my LG Plasma TV for the last days.
    I use a display port male to hdmi female adapter with an hdmi cable.

    The weird thing is it works with another hdmi cable on another tv,
    but on my tv I cant identify the TV on my laptop.
    The same cable and adapter that worked on antoher soniq tv dont work on my tv. Hdmi works fine in general though.

    I really need help here. Would a cable HDMI to Display port help?
    If yes I dont understand the differnce and I dont see why it worksm on another Soniq TV...
     
  2. -Jay-20-

    -Jay-20- Newbie

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    My M4400 suddendly stopped posting this week. When I turn it on the screen stays blank and I get the following 'led code':

    Num lock flashing
    Caps Lock ON
    Scroll Lock ON

    The service manual indicates that it might be the CPU and recommends to reseat the CPU. However, I just reseated the CPU and placed AS5, however the problem still presists... I'm afraid that either the CPU or mainboard is not working anymore...

    Does anybody have any other tips that I could try before contacting Dell next week?
     
  3. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    try reseating the ram as well, if not contact dell.
     
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    -Jay-20- Newbie

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    Thanks a lot! I just reseated the RAM, cleared CMOS and it posts again! However, I am getting a BSOD+reboot when booting windows. Trying to reinstall Windows 7 now. Checkdisk finds no issues on the HDD... Weird... Hope the RAM is not fried...
     
  5. iieeann

    iieeann Notebook Evangelist

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    Don't worry, as long as the HDD is still alive everything can be solved. For once I killed my CPU by wrong doing with throttlestop, contacted Dell with extra BS and the next day they come replace not only CPU, but also Motherboard, RAM plus Heatsink. The whole important organs of the M4400 become new. Dell takes good care of their business class products.
     
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    I pinpointed the BSOD to the fact that the CMOS reset had changed HDD mode back to IRRT from AHCI. Changing it back and reinstalling seems to have completely fixed the problem now :).
     
  7. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    i strongly suggest you run a complete dell diagnostic on it (not the quick text, the complete one).

    it takes several hours so maybe do it overnight. I think only the first few tests (for the LCD and speakers) need user input.

    If something is screwy its best to catch it before you end up out of warranty
     
  8. wolfej

    wolfej Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a dead hard drive in my M4400 w/T9400(?) 2.53GHz and it has the backlit keyboard that i love. Only 2GB mem right now, but may increase. Fan is making a little bit of noise so I'm going in and replacing and will be doing anything else I can think of like lapping heatsink and adding a thermal paste. It has thee nVidia 770m GPU which runs my AutoCAD just fine.

    My question is for any recommendations or advice.

    If I scrap this one - What other laptop out in the marketplace should I be looking at (doesn't have to be be Dell). I like the idea of a M4600 rigged out like I want or the age old question "Should I wait because something very new is about to be released. Is the new nVidia cards still the best on the PWS?

    Should I put a SSD drive in my M4400 and maybe add a 2nd 500GB 700 rpm Hitachi drive in the 2nd bay. Raise memory from 2GB to 4GB. Replace fan (oem or better one????). Upgrade processor while I'm in there to T9900 (3.06) or 2.26 Q9100 Quad processor (if it will fit!!??) or any other suggestions.

    Have'nt checked in awhile, but is there any pin mods or voltage mods to think about while I'm upgrading. I'm very open to suggestions????????
     
  9. -Jay-20-

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    Ran the diagnostic, no issues detected.. Weird... Oh well..

    @my neighbour above: I recently upgraded my M4400 to QX9300 (undervolted to 1.075 V and OC'ed to 2.8Ghz), 8GB, SSD+HDD and I think it's still good for a year, maybe two! I can't bare to get rid of the RGB-led screen...
     
  10. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    well the M4600 does have the IPS display and eyefinity. i think with all those upgrades you are looking at some serious $$$.

    And many people seem to be going down the minipcie ssd route, as it is much cheaper. You can get a 80GB minipcie SSD, and a 750gb hdd, stick it in an m4600/w520 and have the best of both worlds by using the ssd as your boot drive and the hdd as your media drive. so even getting an SSD for the m4400 might not be worth it as when you sell/retire your m4400 you'd probably want a minipcie one instead.

    however 2gb ram is a bit dire, its definitely worth upgrading that to 4gb
     
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