Thank you for this video it was good to hear someone explaining the computer and how to take it apart, and not just bragging on what they have. Thank you very much I enjoyed watching your video it was very useful and helpful. Ken B.
I've had my Latitude E6400 atg for about that long too. Just recently learned that the CMOS battery is dead on the laptop. So, if I take out the battery, all the cmos data is gone. I'm being loaned a Latitude E6540 for school. The only thing I hate about this laptop was the 65 WH battery. Which I quickly remedied with a 97 wh battery on ebay for $30.99
This notebook has been suffering from heating issue from numerous people on the forums, a lot of throttling due to either poor cooling and/or poor airflow. On mine, if you put a general mode, it gets up to 70°c during basic task like internet and light application. The fan kicks early and is not consistent, therefore having a pulsing noise that's quite annoying. Playing light games will destroy the cpu, going near the 100°C mark, and then throttling to oblivion. People had tried to get a replacement from Dell, because they couldn't use heavy application during long period of time. Some tried to repaste the cpu to improve cooling and it works pretty well in addition to improving airflow by modify the undercover. There's also the idea to reduce the current on the cpu in the bios. Don't expect any bios update to improve the performance, i did and it didn't change a lot. The only way to keep the unit cool and quiet, is to put it in Quiet mode, where the cpu is limited and fan too. I have it for about 2 years, and don't recommand it. Avoid it if your intent is to really use the notebook heavily for work, or heavy task or games from times to times. Hopefully, the new generation from Dell is way better than this.
I think they really reduce cost, and didn't put a good enough cooling solution into this. The CPU alone gets hot, and it goes insane if the gpu is also under heavy load. Nowadays i believe there's at least two fan for each component in order to keep a gaming or profesionnal laptop. The general build quality is okay, although the power button is now broken after 2 year of use, and the screen is pretty mediocre, the blacks are grey, and there is a lot of screen bleeding at the bottom. It's my first experience with dell, what a bummer.
Nice overview. Is the CPU still socketed, or did Dell cop out and solder it? Thinking of getting a 6530 to upgrade my 6430 since I already have upgraded components but I’m looking for a 1080p screen and a the built-in numpad would be nice. Idk if it’s worth going all the way to Haswell with the 6540 or sticking with Ivy Bridge (I have an i7-3470qm in my 6430 right now, and it’s slot into the 6530). Thoughts?
larry ramsey Put the backlit in the description :) It's standard on the 6540s :) The rubberized does tend to wear after a while. Not as bad as plain jane plastic though.
larry ramsey Definitely. We have some E6510s at work still. They've been a decent machine, but no where near as good as the D series they replaced. These E6520 and newer series are a definite step in the right direction
Buffman - R.A.N.G.E. Darn it. That does limit the laptop. Really nice of you to reply. If I could get your thoughts, do you think 16 GB of DDR3 RAM is sufficient for a casual user who likes to open a lot of tabs in Chrome while working on word documents? Will 16 GB be good for the next 5 years? Didn't expect a reply. Thanks for taking the time.
Elbereth Gilthoniel I was able to play Rising Storm 2 smoothly (most of the time) and Insurgency Sandstorm with okay FPS (I’d say about 40ish) with 12GB of DDR3 RAM but I also had an RX580 8GB GPU. As for Chrome I don’t remember it giving me a lot of problems with 25 tabs open.
@@TheOtherFagola Hey. Thanks for the reply. I actually wound up buying an ASUS Desktop with a Core i5-8540 and 16 GB DDR4 RAM with a GT 1030 with 2GB DDR5 RAM and a 23" ASUS Monitor at 120 HZ for 650 USD. Buying on the sales rocks. I usually have around 30-40 tabs in Chrome Open at any time and can play RE2 Remake on Low Medium Settings with a 30 FPS at 1080 p. Pretty happy. Thanks again for the advice and have a great summer! P.S. Got all my stuff from Bestbuy. I subscribe to their newsletter and checkout their sales when they have them.
Elbereth Gilthoniel Any time, I wish I still had my PC, MB got fried and I still need a device that runs Windows 10 so I actually picked the same laptop as the one in the video with 16 GB of RAM on eBay. Hoping to pick up the new i9 10900K and a 2080ti some time in the near future so I can go back to PC gaming.
Thanks! Funny enough, I remember finding one of your videos a while back while looking for rossi ranch hand .44 velocities. Strange coincidence that I'd find the same channel looking for info on a computer!
@@BuffRANGE I know, but this was not my question. I asked just what you prefer. We both know that these machines people use them for totally different things.
@@Exclusive-Studio I have long preferred Dell machines. They have +/- but they've done me solid for last 15yrs+ of IT work. I've rarely handled anything Lenovo, so I can't really comment on them :D
Curious about the WAN card where you said a Kingston 60GB mini SSD (mSATA) would be recognized by the BIOS as a separate drive. I had the cover off mine yesterday to upgrade memory and there does not seem to be an receptacle to which to mount or insert the SSD. Am I missing something here? Does there need to be additional hardware to install the mini SSD?
DrizEmi That slot is in the upper corner of the laptop, to the far left of the wireless card. No additional hardware is needed besides a screw to retain the SSD.
Buffman Buffman, appreciate the reply.. I do know where the slot is (it's exactly where your TH-cam video points to), but looking at it, there is absolutely no female receiving area that accommodates the pins. If you wish I will remove my back cover and show you what I mean, but even playing your TH-cam over and over there is also no hardware that you can plug your SSD into. Am I crazy? Can you post a You Tube that actually shows you installing the mini SSD?
I have this laptop, and like many, the USB 3.0 ports on the right side, drop your USB drives out! causing corruption, Dell recommended i get a DELL USB drive.. which i had to scratch my head.. as to why.. but I did i got a new DELL 1TB drive usb 3.0 drive and yep you guessed it, it drops out as well.. I preferred my previous model, this model has done nothing but cause me issues.
Buffman No its a undervolt issue, as they drop out then come right back. I have read on Dells Forum this is a known issue, and usually the board has to be replaced.
michael perugini Thanks for the heads up. I only have about 6 of these in my stable so far, but have this issue yet. Althought 99% of my users are docked and don't use the side USB ports
Buffman Ya my drop out issue is DOCKED or Free , either way , i have even tried a powered USB hub, to attempt to stabilize it, but that dont work either, just a moment ago when i type the last comment the DELL portable dropped out and it was IDLE not doing anything.
Buffman - R.A.N.G.E. actually now i’m hesitated among dell E6540 core i5-4300m, HP folio 9470m and HP 840 G1 can you give me your opinion please? thank you
+Buffman I just bought one last night. I've had heating problem with the Core i7 laptop before; so this time, I ordered the i5 instead. The one I ordered doesn't come with a dedicated gpu.
Notebookcheck mentioned in their review that this laptop suffers a bit of cpu throttling under load. Have you experienced any of that? Does it run hot?
Oh yes, sorry, I was really looking a bit too fast, and I saw E5550 selling but the seller wrote E6550, my bad, sorry. I was looking on dell site really fast and was looking for E5550 but got confused seeing "6550" for sale. Btw, 5000 series has now already E5570..
Just for the archive- this was the last of the e6XXX series from Dell. If you want anything newer you have to move to either the e7XXX ultrabooks (with even less space for cooling) or the cheaper, lower quality e5XXX series. I guess there wasn't demand for heavy, old school desktop replacement business notebooks anymore.
+James Thacker the Z book is a mobile workstation. That would be comparable to the Precision mobile M series from Dell. The e6540 wouldn't handle much graphics design. What's your intended use?
Buffman For programming. I am a computer science major and I dont care about the graphics card. I notice on ebay these are cheaper than the HP. But the HP has a synaptics touchpad where as these have crappy ALPS ones which are horrible in Linux.
James Thacker Yeah these still have the ALPS. I'm not much of a touch pad user (prefer mice), but if you definitely need a reliable touchpad, that would sway me towards the HP.
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Thank you for this video it was good to hear someone explaining the computer and how to take it apart, and not just bragging on what they have. Thank you very much I enjoyed watching your video it was very useful and helpful.
Ken B.
A lot of great information. I love my E6540, I've had it since 2015
Me too man
Can you tell me is there any led light present in the keyboard of this laptop??
I've had my Latitude E6400 atg for about that long too. Just recently learned that the CMOS battery is dead on the laptop. So, if I take out the battery, all the cmos data is gone. I'm being loaned a Latitude E6540 for school. The only thing I hate about this laptop was the 65 WH battery. Which I quickly remedied with a 97 wh battery on ebay for $30.99
I also have one with ci7
@@corey7219 Hi... what is the battery life with your new battery? I just bought this machine on ebay. I love it, but battery life is 3 hours or less.
@@newyorkguy158 I like it, but it was previously used by another user, so the battery was degrading.
wow man, made my life...
nice one, subscribed...keep'em comin...
This notebook has been suffering from heating issue from numerous people on the forums, a lot of throttling due to either poor cooling and/or poor airflow. On mine, if you put a general mode, it gets up to 70°c during basic task like internet and light application. The fan kicks early and is not consistent, therefore having a pulsing noise that's quite annoying. Playing light games will destroy the cpu, going near the 100°C mark, and then throttling to oblivion. People had tried to get a replacement from Dell, because they couldn't use heavy application during long period of time. Some tried to repaste the cpu to improve cooling and it works pretty well in addition to improving airflow by modify the undercover. There's also the idea to reduce the current on the cpu in the bios. Don't expect any bios update to improve the performance, i did and it didn't change a lot. The only way to keep the unit cool and quiet, is to put it in Quiet mode, where the cpu is limited and fan too.
I have it for about 2 years, and don't recommand it. Avoid it if your intent is to really use the notebook heavily for work, or heavy task or games from times to times.
Hopefully, the new generation from Dell is way better than this.
Could be why they discontinued it. I haven't had good look with the E6X40 series with the AMD cards.
I think they really reduce cost, and didn't put a good enough cooling solution into this. The CPU alone gets hot, and it goes insane if the gpu is also under heavy load. Nowadays i believe there's at least two fan for each component in order to keep a gaming or profesionnal laptop.
The general build quality is okay, although the power button is now broken after 2 year of use, and the screen is pretty mediocre, the blacks are grey, and there is a lot of screen bleeding at the bottom.
It's my first experience with dell, what a bummer.
I've been impressed with the newer generations of the ultrabook series though.
Totally agree with you. Just a bad experience on this product specificly, but the brand has improved a lot it seems.
flo78italiaman is it worth only for work to buy it today?
Purchased this on October 2023, for 14000 rupees ( 170-180 $) in India. Superb neat condition. 16gb +256ssd+i 7 4810mq+ Radeon 2gb graphics
What a great review! I thank you.
Very good review, thank you
Great review, thanks!
Thank you.
Nice overview. Is the CPU still socketed, or did Dell cop out and solder it?
Thinking of getting a 6530 to upgrade my 6430 since I already have upgraded components but I’m looking for a 1080p screen and a the built-in numpad would be nice. Idk if it’s worth going all the way to Haswell with the 6540 or sticking with Ivy Bridge (I have an i7-3470qm in my 6430 right now, and it’s slot into the 6530). Thoughts?
Didn't mention the back lit keyboard, and the rubberized flat surface around the bottom of the keyboard. Two nice features.
larry ramsey Put the backlit in the description :) It's standard on the 6540s :) The rubberized does tend to wear after a while. Not as bad as plain jane plastic though.
I came from a 6510. Big improvement!
larry ramsey Definitely. We have some E6510s at work still. They've been a decent machine, but no where near as good as the D series they replaced. These E6520 and newer series are a definite step in the right direction
thanx bro
indeed
Never knew you did tech. We gonna shoot it anytime soon? Also we can we get a review of the Intel Xeon 8180?
I stopped doing tech a long time ago because It was just too time consuming for me to do all these different avenues. Guns and gun accessories :D
Can i play bf 1 on this laptop ?
About keyboard backlit. How to enable the illuminated keyboard and leave it lit? Thanks.
These models only usually stay on while typing and will usually shut off after inactivity.
I have the e6530 and it works GREAT... I do have the option to upgrade to the e6540 but I am not sure I want to... I really like mt 6530...
mSATA support in the WWAN slot is the only big deal if you already have the 1080p screen option on the e6530
Thanks for the review. To confirm a point you made, the Laptop can be upgraded to 32 GB of RAM?
I was mistaken. CPU will recognize 32GB, but Dell's BIOS will only initialize a max of 16GB :(
Buffman - R.A.N.G.E. Darn it. That does limit the laptop. Really nice of you to reply. If I could get your thoughts, do you think 16 GB of DDR3 RAM is sufficient for a casual user who likes to open a lot of tabs in Chrome while working on word documents? Will 16 GB be good for the next 5 years? Didn't expect a reply. Thanks for taking the time.
Elbereth Gilthoniel I was able to play Rising Storm 2 smoothly (most of the time) and Insurgency Sandstorm with okay FPS (I’d say about 40ish) with 12GB of DDR3 RAM but I also had an RX580 8GB GPU. As for Chrome I don’t remember it giving me a lot of problems with 25 tabs open.
@@TheOtherFagola Hey. Thanks for the reply. I actually wound up buying an ASUS Desktop with a Core i5-8540 and 16 GB DDR4 RAM with a GT 1030 with 2GB DDR5 RAM and a 23" ASUS Monitor at 120 HZ for 650 USD. Buying on the sales rocks. I usually have around 30-40 tabs in Chrome Open at any time and can play RE2 Remake on Low Medium Settings with a 30 FPS at 1080 p. Pretty happy. Thanks again for the advice and have a great summer!
P.S. Got all my stuff from Bestbuy. I subscribe to their newsletter and checkout their sales when they have them.
Elbereth Gilthoniel Any time, I wish I still had my PC, MB got fried and I still need a device that runs Windows 10 so I actually picked the same laptop as the one in the video with 16 GB of RAM on eBay. Hoping to pick up the new i9 10900K and a 2080ti some time in the near future so I can go back to PC gaming.
Good presentation, have you found the CPU or GPU slow down when doing intensive tasks games, video rendering etc)?
+Gyppor nope. Only when we had an old driver for the gfx card and it was sucking up CPU.
Thanks! Funny enough, I remember finding one of your videos a while back while looking for rossi ranch hand .44 velocities. Strange coincidence that I'd find the same channel looking for info on a computer!
+Gyppor yeah I used to put all car, gun, tech on one channel. I split them up, but really only do a majority of gun stuff now :)
What is the reason I play the game on the battery give me the best performance but when I put a charge on the device, it the machine becomes slow
What about performance with new games ?
I have model E6500 now . but my battery is not work and some times my system turn off.
its price ?
Mahmoud SN They vary in cost. This particular model at time of order was around $2000~
I bought this on ebay for 530 dollars was that a good deal in your opinion?
how is it
I have just ordered Dell E5540, which of course is a lot cheaper. Unfortunately for me, the 6000 looks much sturdier and elegant.
Metsada007 Chasis and component construction.I am working on the review for the E5540.
Buffman
Ok, thanks..
Metsada007 Dell Latitude 5000 Series, E5540 Review
Buffman
Thanks man :)
How this for 3d designing software like Auto CAD or solid works
Yeah this system would NOT be for 3D design. You'll choke it out even with the AMD card
What you prefer? Lenovo T440p or Dell E6540?
Well it's 2024 so neither? Both machines have been outclassed by newer tech.
@@BuffRANGE I know, but this was not my question. I asked just what you prefer. We both know that these machines people use them for totally different things.
@@Exclusive-Studio I have long preferred Dell machines. They have +/- but they've done me solid for last 15yrs+ of IT work. I've rarely handled anything Lenovo, so I can't really comment on them :D
I have this laptop but I am having a problem how to turn on built-in bluetooth
are you sure it has Bluetooth. I think these models did had the little adder card that was up front on the underside.
@@BuffRANGE may I ask if it has a builtin bluetooth?
@@adventureadventure5864 does not
Curious about the WAN card where you said a Kingston 60GB mini SSD (mSATA) would be recognized by the BIOS as a separate drive. I had the cover off mine yesterday to upgrade memory and there does not seem to be an receptacle to which to mount or insert the SSD. Am I missing something here? Does there need to be additional hardware to install the mini SSD?
DrizEmi That slot is in the upper corner of the laptop, to the far left of the wireless card. No additional hardware is needed besides a screw to retain the SSD.
Buffman Buffman, appreciate the reply.. I do know where the slot is (it's exactly where your TH-cam video points to), but looking at it, there is absolutely no female receiving area that accommodates the pins. If you wish I will remove my back cover and show you what I mean, but even playing your TH-cam over and over there is also no hardware that you can plug your SSD into. Am I crazy? Can you post a You Tube that actually shows you installing the mini SSD?
DrizEmi It will take me a few days, I should be able to come up with something..
Buffman Thanks. Just need to know if I need an extra part.
DrizEmi Check this video : plus.google.com/photos/101205609636820266025/albums/6106822546620997537
Which one the best computer a e6420 i7 or a e6530 i7?
6530 IMO
I have this laptop, and like many, the USB 3.0 ports on the right side, drop your USB drives out! causing corruption, Dell recommended i get a DELL USB drive.. which i had to scratch my head.. as to why.. but I did i got a new DELL 1TB drive usb 3.0 drive and yep you guessed it, it drops out as well.. I preferred my previous model, this model has done nothing but cause me issues.
michael perugini are they dropping out because of an overvolt issue where the machine shuts the USB ports off?
Buffman No its a undervolt issue, as they drop out then come right back. I have read on Dells Forum this is a known issue, and usually the board has to be replaced.
michael perugini Thanks for the heads up. I only have about 6 of these in my stable so far, but have this issue yet. Althought 99% of my users are docked and don't use the side USB ports
Buffman Ya my drop out issue is DOCKED or Free , either way , i have even tried a powered USB hub, to attempt to stabilize it, but that dont work either, just a moment ago when i type the last comment the DELL portable dropped out and it was IDLE not doing anything.
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does it come with a blue tooth hands free audio?
Depends on the wireless card purchased..
@@BuffRANGE those with come from the box
hey nvidia quadra k1100 in dell m3800 has less benchmark than gpu used it.so which is better to buy
startups dat is 2gb of ati
startups Take your pick. The Quadro is going to be better suited for drafting needs.
Buffman thanks
is 4k display worth it in dell m3800
startups Depends on what you're doing. General use, I'd say at this point, not enough stuff in 4K to justify it.
okay can u recommend me a laptop with quad i7 and good gpu in hp or dell
Does it get really hot under load?
No hotter than any other fullsize laptop I've used.
Why order a Dell E6540 with a i7 -4600m? That's a bad processor. I would order one with an i7-4800mq. It's much better.
Sometimes budget doesn’t allow one to go full out top end spec
which is better dell e 7440 or dell e 6540 ?
E7440 for mobility. E6540 if you need a workhorse.
Buffman - R.A.N.G.E.
actually now i’m hesitated among dell E6540 core i5-4300m, HP folio 9470m and HP 840 G1
can you give me your opinion please?
thank you
Hard to say, as I am primary use Dell
7440 has a 14 inch screen best option nowadays is 15.6 as the norm
do you have an problem with heat on this laptop?
+Andy N During heavy use it gets hot, but that's with the dedicated card, and core i7 :D
+Buffman I just bought one last night. I've had heating problem with the Core i7 laptop before; so this time, I ordered the i5 instead. The one I ordered doesn't come with a dedicated gpu.
I am moving from the core i5 with no dedicated gpu to this one, never had any heating issues with that, I hope this one won't give me that issue
Can video editing of hd possible in it.???
With the discrete AMD card light editing shouldn't be a problem.
@@BuffRANGE thanks boss👍
Can i use ddr4 ram on it?
And does it support 64bit Windows 10?
It takes DDR3L (low voltage). Yes virtually almost any computer built in the last 10+ yrs support Windows 10 64bit..
@@BuffRANGE thank you very much for your reply i am going to buy a refurbished one for around 400$ is it worth the money?
16gb ddr3
Core i7 4th gen
refurbished by who? Does it have SSD?
@@BuffRANGE no a 500gb hdd and he is a professional trustworthy man. Or you could say it a used one because he doesn't have a company.
$400 is a little spendy without an SSD. although you can upgrade that yourself at anytime. I'd say it's fair value if you have trust in the person.
does it get noisy and hot while heavily used ??
The Fan can hit 5K rpm which is pretty loud, but that's only really heavy load. These are no more loud than other business 15" laptops
Notebookcheck mentioned in their review that this laptop suffers a bit of cpu throttling under load. Have you experienced any of that? Does it run hot?
no it does'n.
Did you end up buying the laptop for work?
Kristian Correa yes
Buffman, do you still have this one or you went to 6550? If so, what do you think about it?
+CyLo To my knowledge there is no 6550 yet is there?
Yes, you can get it
+CyLo Are you sure you're not thinking the E5550? I don't see the E6550 available. Send me a link or something.
Oh yes, sorry, I was really looking a bit too fast, and I saw E5550 selling but the seller wrote E6550, my bad, sorry. I was looking on dell site really fast and was looking for E5550 but got confused seeing "6550" for sale. Btw, 5000 series has now already E5570..
Just for the archive- this was the last of the e6XXX series from Dell. If you want anything newer you have to move to either the e7XXX ultrabooks (with even less space for cooling) or the cheaper, lower quality e5XXX series. I guess there wasn't demand for heavy, old school desktop replacement business notebooks anymore.
This laptop open gta 5?
Probably. Need 8GB min and probably the AMD card to ensure highest fps.
Buffman - R.A.N.G.E. hm. What is this laptop screen card
These things get pretty darn warm. But yeah the E series are business laptops not gaming..
No it does'nt run overheat . Im use it with dedicated amd.
i bought this for 320$ new. i7 4800mq.
How, where?
Bump*
Can i play fortnite on it
Min requirements seem to indicate the HD4600 could play it, and if you have the discrete card it should. Not sure how good it will be.
Which is better this or the HP zbook 15?
+James Thacker the Z book is a mobile workstation. That would be comparable to the Precision mobile M series from Dell. The e6540 wouldn't handle much graphics design. What's your intended use?
Buffman For programming. I am a computer science major and I dont care about the graphics card. I notice on ebay these are cheaper than the HP. But the HP has a synaptics touchpad where as these have crappy ALPS ones which are horrible in Linux.
James Thacker Yeah these still have the ALPS. I'm not much of a touch pad user (prefer mice), but if you definitely need a reliable touchpad, that would sway me towards the HP.