Precision M6400 Owner's Lounge *Part 2*

Very true and in five years people will find the prices we're paying incredibly stupid. But I could get hit by a bus manana, so I like to give myself as much leeway as possible and 500(or so) bucks for a cool new gadget is OK for me. I've gotten at least a grands worth of gee whiz moments with my $408 64GB Samsung SSD. Will never go back, no way no how.

 

Will the 130W E-Port plus docking station work with the M6400, or do I have to get the pricier 210W E-Port plus? I understand they're the exact same dock, just one comes with a bigger power supply for the M6400, right?

I'm looking at this and the M6400 isn't listed, but I assume that's just because the 130W power supply isn't offically approved for the M6400.

In short, what's the cheapest way to go to get dual monitors from a dock? Will the standard E-Port do dual monitors?

Thanks in advance!

Sorry, search isn't helping.

 

You can definitely use this replicator with your existing PSU - but the 130W is probably not enough on its own... You can either buy a spare 210 slim PSU from DELL, or buy the replicator with the 210W PSU direct. I did the former for a replcator bought via ebay.

Cheers, Paul.

 

Excellent! Thanks for the quick reply!

 

SDHC card - will it work with M6400? I have a 10 month old (purch. Jan09) M6400 that even with WinXPSP3 update that includes the High Capacity SD card hotfix, have trouble8*** reading ANY SD card regardless of size (4-16gb) or type (SD or SHDC). I'd like to be ble to use the 16gb Kingston SDHC card with tthis machine, is there a hardware or driver upgrade I can get to enable this?

Cheers,
Dennis

***Get 'The semaphore timeout period has expired (121)' errors after few seconds of read or file copy operations.

 

i have now an m6400 cove , i want to clear the keyboard...how i can remove it ??

 

You can get the manuals from the http://support.dell.com website, or directly here for the M6400

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/wsm6400/

here you can select your language (yor nickname seems familiar to me...)
and get the service manual or read it online (html version).
Among other things there is a step by step guide to get access to the different parts..


Ciao

 

Read the manual
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/wsm6400/en/index.htm

Specifically
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/wsm6400/en/sm/keyboard.htm#wp1179980

Cheers, Paul.

 

I'm also interested in knowing whether it will fit in the M6400.
PM me if you find the answer.
You can also post here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=347870

 

thanks...some question..

- The bluetooth card can be switch off only by bios ?

- Near the wireless on/off there is a button with a wireless logo draw...for what ?

- I have install all

chipset diriver
webcamand microphone driver
video card driver
card reader driver
smart card driver
gigabit lan driver
wireless lan driver
jogshuttle driver

but i can't find Broadcom USH driver...what i can do ?