Precision M4400 Owner's Lounge

hey, awesome build bytre, congrats on the new machine - I am very curious if the battery slice can double as a coolslice. How much separation is there (if any) between the bottom of the notebook and the battery?

 

A couple millimeters, about as thick as the rubber feet on the bottom of the m4400. I haven't seen the cool slice so I don't know how that compares. The battery slice has to be removed before docking and has to be charged independently, which limits its usability. It would have been a lot better if the battery slice had a passthrough from the docking station.

The machine came with the A12 BIOS installed. I upgraded to A13, got my $40 4GB RAM and $100 500GB HD installed, norton security installed, and starting on my other apps.

 

em,guys,need some help-



why does it show PIII xeon???

 

Which processor do you have? It looks like its misinterpreting the cpu ID of the processor.

Download CPU-z from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php, free software which will give you more detailed information about your processor.

 

Hi
After a prolonged research between Studio XPS 16, Sony 390JB and M4400, I decided to go for M4400.
The specs are:
recision M4400, Intel Core 2 Duo T9550, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz 6M L2 Cache, Dual Core
:4.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 2 DIMM
:Internal Backlit English Keyboard for Mobile Precision
:512MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M
:250GB Hard Drive 9.5MM 7200RPM FFS
:Swipe Fingerprint Reader
:Black Wide Screen WUXGA RGB-LED LCD
:Windows XP PRO SP3 with Windows Vista Business LicenseEnglish
: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth 2.1 Minicard
:Internal MDC Modem
:8X DVD
:Integrated webcam with microphone
:Intel WiFi Link 5300 (802.11 a/g/n 3X3) 1/2 MiniCard
:15.4 inch Wide Screen WUXGA RGBLED LCD
: Integrated 0.3MP VGA web cam w/ microphone
: 3 yrs warranty

and I was able to keep my budget around 2k. Though Studio XPS 16 and Sony got blu ray drive around this price, i thought the performance would be far better in precision. Win-XP was another reason with Vista Business free upgrade.

Ordered, scheduled to be shipped before 04/21/2009.

Any thoughts.. suggestions??

 

It's the fan. I had the same issue. I opened up the bottom, pulled the fan out, dissassembled it and found a bit of glue on the central magnet. I cleaned it off, lubed the fan with some silicon spray and presto... Never heard that sound again.
BTW, I would only hear that sound when the fan would spin down. Because of this, I thought it was something else as well. Finally, it really does sound like a candy wrapper being crushed.

Hope this info helps.
Cheers!

 

Hi everyone,
I have figured that when my M4400's power is unplugged (running on battery) the system especially the graphics slows down enormously, I did all power configuration to high performance and it doesn't work at all.
How can I fix this issue?

 

Thanks. I thought HD or fan. I spoke with Dell, made some test. The HD test passed, but did it several times and one/two time when I started the test the noise came. They decided to change the HD. Although I don't like to waste anyone's money with unnecessary exchanges, it is too late. The technician is coming today, I cleaned up my HD (my money/time on the line)... So I guess I'd better let him change the HD and I'll talk about the fan so he can check it out, clean it up and I cover all sides. Your post is very helpful, and I enjoyed that you like my description!

 

That's basically my laptop sans the screen...is that a DVD burner you have in there? Not just a reader, right? I'd go for the burner if not.

 

yes it has got DVD burner