I've upgraded my precision m2400 about 2 weeks ago and noticed that the battery life has gone down significantly even when adjusting the power options / screen lighting / keyboard backlight and wifi.
Wasn't windows 7 suppose to improve battery life on laptops? The battery life has gone down by about an hour with variation on different power option settings. Anyone know how to fix this or anyone else having this problem? I'm using it with a 9cell battery.
3 questions about the Dell Precision M2400...
1. Popularity
I wonder why there are so few threads about the M2400 on notebookreview.com! There are way more threads about the similar 14" Latitude D6400 or the 15" Precision M440! Why is this?
2. Quality
If you have a M2400, are you satisfied with it? Do you have problems? What would you improve?
3. Price
I'm from Canada and it seems there are less coupons for Dell Canada than for Dell US. The default M2240 is currently listed as (1670$ - 251$) = 1419$CAN, which is 1,133.40$US.
What would you do to get a better price?
Wait for a chistmas discount?
Call a rep and try to get a better price (how much can I save doing this?).
I plan to buy a Laptop within some days. It comes down to M2400 or M4400, as the T500 has no LED screen here in Europe and T400 no digital screen connection. I'm product designer but will attend business school next year, so I will do a lot of office stuff and traveling. The only difference in these systems is the GPU, I wonder how do they compare? Rhino should work fine on both I guess? Anyone able to compare those systems?
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View 7 Replies View RelatedImage you're using your notebook for things like 3D CAD, photo and video editing and of course for travelling. For my purpose I think the M2400 with its 14,1" monitor should fit perfectly. The perfect combination between mobility and performance.
Now I have to decide between 2 processors. As you know the P8600 isn't available and even Dell couldn't tell me if it will be available in the next weeks.
As you know the M2400 can only be ordered with the following processors:P8600 (2,4 GHz, 25W, 3MB Cache)T9400 (2,53 GHz, 35W, 6MB Cache)
So which one would you choose and why? The price difference is about 100$ (71,4 EUR).
I just received a WD 1TB hard drive and a Icy Dock enclosure. I close my M2400, plug the HD, reboot, and I don't see the HD.
I don't think I can see the hard drive in the bios either, but I don't know the bios a lot, maybe I'm not looking at the correct place.
My bios has "IRRT" for the "Sata Operation" section, I run Windows XP that has been installed with the sata drivers slipped on the installation disk.
does anybody know some news abou the new models of precision line from dell? i checked that the last two series were announced after one year and the 4400 was releases in august 2008...
i'd like to buy a m4400 but i don't if it worth is to wait...
Why is a lot of people on ebay selling the m2400 with a quadro fx 380
Dell dont have the 380 on their homepage and i cant find it on nvidias homepage eiter
I'm considering to buy an e6400 or M2400.
I use my laptop about 10-14 hours daily (job and home/university), so it’s very important for me that the laptop will be cool and quiet. The tasks which I do are: programming (C++, PHP...) with Eclipse and other IDEs, UML programs, databases, surfing a lot... I don't use CAD or similar, only a bit a photoshop.
I got the same price for e6400 with P9500 and for m2400 with T9400.
I know that one difference between P9500 and T9400 is the power consumption. There are more differences? What is better for my tasks? T9400 are more powerful?
it is only 51mb.
Specviewperf is probably a better openGL benchmark,particularly for the common openGL software used,but is a rather unreasonable download size compared to this,which does a short openGL test as well as cpu rendering tests.
So if some owners of any of the Precisions can post a score here,it will probably be helpful to prospective owners as to what sort of comparative performance between models and specs there is.
here is mine,specs ...
I bought a M2400 some days ago. I like it for most of the features: eSata, nice docking station, nice LED screen, backlite keyboard, etc.
But I can't live with the noisy fan that is on way too often when the laptop is docked.
I mean, I'm not using some CPU intentive programs here, I'm browsing the web and listening to music and the fan turns on!
Can't believe I scanned through the whole owners threads for the M4400, E6500, M2400, E6400. Can't believe I still have questions, but they are listed below:
Background: I'm a pro photographer and am looking for a road machine that has a decent, accurate display. Won't be used at home, won't be used for games. I have looked closely at the MBP (older matte and new glossy) and could live with the screens but the smug gets to be excessive and it would be demeaning to live in bootcamp or lose the touchpad by loading just windows (no interest in switching to OS X). I have also looked at the sony sr & z 13" and could live with either if I gave up and went size over power and durability.
I have not seen any of the LCD choices for the Latitude or Precision in person unfortunately and have no place to view them, which leads me to this post. What got me here is that I have read that the macbook pro shares LCD panels with the WXGA+ LED screen of the M4400 and E6500. Now there are other choices namely the WUXGAs and possibly problems with the WXGA+ displays on both the 14 and 15 inch dells, or maybe with specific samsung or LG models of either though it isn't really clear which one is superior.
Question 1) Truelife = Glossy? AG= anti glare? Ultrasharp = high res?
2) Is the main functional difference between the latitude and precision the video card choices and possibly a display option for the 15"?
3): I would prefer to go with the smaller 14 inch model but looking at the comments on this forum and the review on notebookcheck.net left me thinking the 14 inch LED screen was not up to the level of the 15inch model. Am I wrong on this?
4) The M4400 thread refers to several tables with Contrast, gamut and brightness data for the 4400 --- does anyone have a link to this data for the M2400, E6400 and/or E6500?
My other questions refer to the M4400 and E6500:
5)Is the Canadian website's ultrasharp UWXGA CCFL display the same as the 2 CCFL display mentioned in the M4400 thread? Anyone know if the RGB LED display is available in Canada?
6) Is the UXWGA CCFL monitor the same on the E6500 as the M4400? Is the UXWGA RGB LED monitor available on the E6500?
7) From the specs banded about is the following true:
WUXGA CCFL -- 75% of ARGB gamut, 350 cd brightness 1:400 contrast MATTE finish
WUXGA RGL LED -- 100% of ARGB gamut 300 CD 1:500 contrast GLOSSY finish
WXGA+ LED 45% of ARGB (or similar) 300CD 1:500 contrast MATTE Finish
8) Is the WXGA+ LED display really equivalent to the MBP lcd quality? Are there still problems?
9) How tiny is the text, icons, etc on the WUXGA screen? At home I have a 22" CRT running at nearly the same resolution and I am worried that I'll have to use the "special" features of windows to read.
10) There was brief allusion to problems profiling the RGB LED screen on the M4400 thread -- I've got the older xrite DTP 94 colorimeter-- will there be problems?
11) For those with the LED RGB WUXGA display --> are there banding problems from the wider gamut and (presumably) still 6-bit display?
12) Finally given all the above I didn't seem to find a consensus on the best fit for a monitor for my purposes. The choices being A) E6400/M2400 with WXGA+ LED, B) E6500/M4400 with WXGA+ LED, C) E6500/M4400 with WUXGA CCFL, and finally D) M4400(E6500?) with WUXGA RGB LED.
has anyone manage to get a 5530 WWAN + GPS card working in a m2400?
I can get the mobile broadband working but i cant get it to turn on the GPS, tried most drivers.... and Controlpoint...
I have come to grips with the fact that my E6400 (see specs below) has idle temps of around 42 for both CPUs and around 62 for the GPU (while docked).
While these are not dangerous, and while the slow fan speed is very quiet and therefore doesn't bother me, I refuse to accept defeat so easily.
So, I am thinking of replacing the thermal paste and possibly the thermal pad on my E6400. There is at least one person here at the Latitude/Precision sub-forum who did that, with amazing results
I received my Precision M4400 with Win 7 Pro x64 pre-installed, and using it for audio recording and playing everything works great. However, since Win7x64 drivers do not exist for some of my audio devices,
I decided to put in a new HD (same as the original, only larger) double-booting XPx86 and Win7x64. So I installed XP on one partition of the new HD and Win7x64 from the CD that shipped with the M4400. Big problem...
Neither XPx86 nor the re-installed Win7x64 are able to deliver anything but crackles and pops and noise only slightly resembling music. Forget about recording...
I noticed there was no Notebook System Software download for Win7 for my E6400 and just wanted to confirm that that is correct?
According to this post from October:
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Also, can I forgo the Control Point software and just use the OS Hardware manager? Any of the varied DCP downloads absolutely required?
i signed up at ieee.org as a student and got the win7 free download (after paying $15 for the annual membership).
NOW... i have the 1537 w.fingerprint scanner. wondering if there's any issues with any drivers out there for hardware i should be aware of.
who else has switched to Win7? worth it over vista? heard it is but i don't want to lose my saved info and fingerprint login ability.
I tried to install the 64-bit version on Win7 64-bit just now, but got this error:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Windows requires a digitally signed driver
A recently installed program tried to install an unsigned driver. This version of Windows requires all drivers to have a valid digital signature. The driver is unavailable and the program that uses this driver might not work correctly.
Uninstall the program or device that uses this driver and check the publisher's support website to get a digitally signed driver.
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Driver: I8k Fan I/O x64
Service: FanIO driver
Publisher: Christian Diefer
Location: C:WindowsSystem32d...fanio.sys .....
Does the Win7 upgrade kit support a fresh install or just upgrading the current Vista installation?
Does anyone know if I can activate a Win7 64 bit using a Win7 32 bit activation key?
I currently have 3gb of Corsair Ram(2gb+1gb) on a M1330, 2.2ghz, 120gb hdd, with Win 7.
I know Vista only recognized 3.2gb RAM with video ram/system resources eating some ram. Does Win 7 recognize the full 4gb?
I am trying to maximize performance for photo editing and would like to know if I should bother upping the memory to 4gb. I heard putting in same RAM chips(2gbx2gb) will allow dual-channel performance. Is the speed difference using dual-channel noticeable?
I want to put a different driver on the laptop for my 8600m gt card. I'm running Win7 x64.
I want overclocking ability, which is easy enough to find, but I'd also like to retain functions like sleep.
I just noticed that my dvdrw is not working.
In My Computer it shows: BD-ROM
In Device Manager it shows: UNSBGH QBWHEN8X2305 (Drive Name)
The Actual Drive: TS-U633A
Has anyone experienced this problem? I try updating the firmware from U633A-U633C but it wont update and detect the "actual drive".
I have 8gb RAM on my laptop and so far no problems installing all the programs and drivers. Win7 did detect the drivers needed and accurately targeted Dell's website for the appropriate drivers... card reader and such. Programs loaded so far:
Office 2007, Acrobat Reader 8, Adobe CS4 (both 32/64), Panorama Factory, Roxio Creator 2010 Pro, Slingbox, Quicktime. Will load more but it took me almost all day to do these ones. Future programs includes Canon's Zoom Browser and other web browsers
Every now and then my PC goes through the bootup process but as Win7 (x64) starts loading, it says Please Wait...
and then the screen starts flashing continuously... wont take me to the login screen.
only way Dell reckons to resolve it, is to go in Safe mode and go back a Restore point.
Just received my XPS 14 with Windows 8 pre-installed. I would like to use Windows 7 on the laptop instead. I was able to install Windows 7 just fine but I am not able to get SRT working on there. I have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology application installed but the Accelerate button is not showing up for me.
When installed Windows 7 with SRT enabled in the BIOS and loaded the driver so that both drives (mSATA and SATA) are seen. I installed the OS on the non-SSD SATA drive and left the mSATA alone. After installing Windows 7, I loaded the drivers and application software for RST but the Accelerate button still doesn't show up. Both drives shows up in RST application. how to get the Accelerate button to show up so that I may use the mSATA SSD drive for caching?
This one has a newer CCC and display driver than the last. Download is up at: ftp://ftp.dell.com/video/R258233.exe
Display driver is only slightly newer. 8.683.2.1 is the version number. Originally released for "Studio Laptop - 1458" with Radeon 5430 and 5450 graphics. Supports:
[ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1]
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450" = ati2mtag_M72, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_95C4&SUBSYS_025A1028
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"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 " = ati2mtag_M72, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_95C4&SUBSYS_029F1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650" = ati2mtag_M76, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9591&SUBSYS_02561028
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"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670" = ati2mtag_M76, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9593&SUBSYS_02721028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_041E1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_02CF1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_04031028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_02F21028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_02AA1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_04061028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_02AA1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_04061028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_02CF1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_04151028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_04161028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_04341028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9552&SUBSYS_04351028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_02E81028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_04041028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_04141028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_02BE1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_02EA1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_02BD1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_04131028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_04171028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9480&SUBSYS_02EA1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9480&SUBSYS_02EB1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9488&SUBSYS_02721028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9488&SUBSYS_02FE1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 " = ati2mtag_M9x, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9488&SUBSYS_04191028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450" = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_04041028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 " = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_04141028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 Series" = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_04341028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470" = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_02BD1028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 " = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_04131028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 " = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_04551028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 " = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_04561028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 " = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_04571028
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 " = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68E0&SUBSYS_014C1028
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"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 " = ati2mtag_Manhattan, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_68C1&SUBSYS_04471028
[Fixed Bugs]
(1)DF352283: [H902]Resolution changes to 1024x768 when close lid then open with DVD playing.
(2)DF362121: [H902]ST EMI test failed.
(3)DF365998: [H902]HDMI Audio can't switch automatically when connecting HDMI monitor.
Wondering if anyone has some recommendations on what drivers to use with this configuration. I have the Dell 5530 Broadband modem and the broadcom swipe sensor without drivers.
I can't seem to get the Vista x64 versions to install.
Is dell control point recommended or not? I have the beta versions of the nVidia drivers and they seem OK. Are there any other Dell drivers that are recommended that work in Win7 x64 or should I just wait for Dell to put some up on the support site?
Has anyone been able to get i8kfan installed on a M6400 with win7 64 bit?..
I get a error just saying fanio driver has failed to install. I only just got this machine and it is hotter than my M1730....
I am having problems getting 3 drivers loaded on an E4300 in windows 7. The chipset drivers says "This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software"
Base System Driver
Broadcom USH
Unknown device
How's it treating you?
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