Dell :: No Longer Has A SINGLE Laptop That Supports Modular Bay Batteries
Jul 21, 2009
My Precision 4300 and Latitude D830 both had a modular bay that supported these batteries. They are extremely useful, as they're hot swappable and provide a boatload more power. I have 4 of them and can have power through any plane trip.
Looking at the models that Dell sells now, I can't seem to find any that would support modular batteries. It seems there is still a modular bay but no battery that would fit it.
Has Dell gone completely insane? That was the #1 feature that kept me with Dells all these years. Does anyone know anything about why they're not and if they will be supported again?
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Mar 9, 2013
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mSATA Device : [Not detected]
So does that mean my laptop supports mSATA (but it is empty) or this is just some error, and is there a way to check if my laptop has support for mSATA withou pulling it apart ?
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A04, 2012-08-13
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Most of the time the laptop will not boot up and I get the single blinking LED on Caps Lock and Num Loc. However, if I am persistent and keep trying the start button it will boot up. After it boots up every thing works fine. I can even do a restart and it will stop and boot back up. But if I do a shutdown then I will have to push the start button several times (it will come up with the single blinking LED on Caps Lock and Num Loc) before it will boot up again.
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Sep 2, 2009
i know it can take 2 drives inside but id still like to have a 2.5" modular bay for quick backups or for extra storage
and for those who question quick backup point i know i could do it through esata but i think its just tidier if i could do both
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Has anyone of you heard information about
when Dell may finally sell these drives?
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I'd like to ask if anyone knows how to boot from a 2nd hard drive installed in the modular bay.
I've searched prior to posting but I couldn't find a definite answer.
The manual says to choose the option in bios but there is no such option.
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I'm trying to understand the options available for a secondary hard drive on the Precision M4400. When configuring a new M4400, a 'Second Hard Drive' option is shown, but the only options are either a 120GB 5400rpm HD 'E-Module' or 64GB SSD 'E-Module'. It also says the following:
Quote:
"Modular secondary storage devices can be used in both the system as well as in an External E-Modular Bay. They do not come with an external E-Modular Bay".
Here are my questions:
1) What does the 'E-Module' after the 120GB HD and 64GB SSD mean?
2) What is the Exterenal E-Modular Bay mentioned? A docking station or similar?
3) Could these options also apply to a Latitude E6500, although not offered directly from Dell?
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ATI Catalyst Install Manager 3.0.754.0 (previously 3.0.741.0)
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HDMI Audio Driver 7.11.0.7700 (previously 5.00.7000.07)
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ftp://ftp.dell.com/video/R253974.exe
Dell posted this on their FTP today (1/25/2010)
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Jan 29, 2010
(I'm talking about original and genuine OEM batteries and not cheap generic batteries. )
I find it odd that brand new, genuine OEM Dell batteries bought off ebay cost 1/2 or 1/3 of the Dell website prices.
How is it possible to get an original OEM battery from Honk Kong with free shipping and still only pay 1/3 of the original price? I simply don't understand how the chinese suppliers can make a profit out of that. At the same time UK retailers on ebay sell their batteries for about 3/4 the price of a battery from dell.com. It's still a good deal, but not as good as the chinese batteries.
Take a look at these batteries for example:
6-cell for XPS M1330
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9-cell for XPS M1330
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I bought both of them for less than what a single 6-cell battery would have cost in my country and shipping from China only took 8 days! I've checked these batteries with Everest Utlimate edition and they show 0% wear and the battery life seems to be to spec.
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