Precision M4400 Owner's Lounge

Try removing the Intel drivers?

I'm not running them here.

 

Today I notified that there is a new file at the Dell M4400 driver page. It is under System Management stuff called Dell Version Controll Catalog. The file DellSDPCatalogPC.cab contains one packed XML file. The Description says that it is "Latest PDK/SDP catalog for DUPs for respin". I try to google some more info on that but without success.

So what is this good for?

 

Hi. I am new to the M4400 Owner's Lounge. I have a new M4400 and no matter which screen saver I use I get an all WHITE screen about 50% of the time when it goes into screen saver mode. Anyone had this problem? Thanks in advance.

 

You know, that pops up now and then for me, never did figure out what it was though.

I just assumed it was a Windows 7 RC driver thing with the nVidia pre-release.

 

I don't have that issue and didn't under Vista either (I'm currently running 7 x64) with the 186.03 beta drivers. You can try upgrading your drivers to these: just go to nvidia.com and under drivers follow the options and it will present you with Nvidia's most up-to-date drivers available. That would be the first thing I'd try doing.

 

Hi there, first post...

M4400, T9600, 4GB, 250GB 7200RPM, Win XP SP3

Having problems with Resuming from Hibernation or Stand-by. Every once in a while, the machine either does not resume at all and does a full reboot, or it resumes, starts working normally then freezes after about 15 sec. (trackpad/keyboard totally unresponsive except screen brightness and keyboard lighting keys which still work). Only way out is to do a hard reboot.

Tried re-installing all the drivers, update BIOS to A14, rolled back the Creative Webcam driver to version 1.6.3.309, but the problem still happens intermittently. Dell is vaguely aware of the problem but has no fix for it and blames Windows - what else is new...

Your help is much appreciated.

 

Check all of your logs after you reboot, see if you spot anything out of the ordinary that is causing it to hang.

Probably a rogue process of some sort, maybe even an unstable browser add-on.

 

Hello everybody!

I ordered my second M4400 today (first, with RGBLED, was returned) with the following specs.

Precision M4400 : Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.8GHz,1066MHz,6MB)
Base Option : 512MB Discrete nVidia FX770M Graphics Card
Display : 15.4in Widescreen WUXGA (1920X1200) with Dual CCFL
Camera : Integrated 0.3 MegaPixel Camera and Microphone for 2CCFL LCD Panel
LCD Back Cover : 2CCFL
Memory : 4096MB (2x2048) 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel
Disco duro : 250GB SATA (7200RPM) disco duro (sensor de caída libre)
Palmrest : UPEK Swipe Fingerprint Reader Biometric
Unidad óptica : 8X DVD+/-RW
Power Supply And Power Cord : Worldwide 130W AC Adapter with European Power Cord
Battery : Primary 6-cell 56 W/HR LI-ION
Wireless : EMEA Intel Pro Wireless 5300 (802.11a/g/ Draft-n 3x3)
Wireless : EMEA Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth 2.1 MiniCard
Keyboard : Internal Spanish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard
Operating System : Spanish Windows Vista Business SP1
Custom Hard Drive Partition - 60GB Primary/Rest Logical 1 S
Basic Warranty - Next Business Day - Minimum Warranty
Resource DVD : Mobile Precision M4400 Diagnostics and Drivers

Regards!!

 

hi my friends.. i'm looking for my new note.. and i'm on m4400 workstation.. i saw it last year.. and it was (and it's yet..) a good workstation.. but.. do you think that will be a refresh for the platform in the next months?? with a gpu refresh (40nm gddr3), new cpu (maybe i7??), bluray drive options, and maybe a little refresh for the chassis?

thanks a lot

 

This look more like furure generation and I am not sure that it will come soon. Dell doesn't build professional laptops very often and you can measure the time between previous line and current M4400. Personally don't believe that Dell will use BluRay in his Work laptops soon since it is more multimedial part.