Wait, a guy that gets older laptops and shows people how they can use them today? This is incredible. I always get a tad bit annoyed when people portray brand new devices as the "only" option especially with phones, because a phone that is a few years old still works perfectly today and it's a shame that people get the idea that they need to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars every couple years on a new device.
Its not that the stuff won't work, its because people tend to think they need to have the latest and greatest of everything to show off to their friends, family, co-workers, etc.
I know why people buy them, I just wanted to say that it was a shame that people feel a need to spend so much just for those reasons. I also was saying that it's frustrating when TH-cam videos only mention the newest devices when talking about affordability and budget devices
Nice comments gentlemen. I know links in comments can be annoying, but I just related this to the discussion so much, I can't help it: th-cam.com/video/5pb53S5_rUE/w-d-xo.html
Fad following mentality put forth by the marketing company selling their shitty gimmick devices. Aka Fad technology aka The Fake Futurism Fad. Don't worry about dumbfucks, let them waste money for nothing.
I used to buy this model all the time for resale when I ran my repair business. Quick tip. This model for some reason lowers the clock speed of the processor when the battery is performing poorly. I've duplicated this error multiple times through multiple laptops and batteries. Replace the battery and you will see a huge speed improvement.
wondering if it is the same for my Latitude e5500 i did read online that it should go to 2.6ghz or something but i havent seen more than 2.0 ghz. i have a battery on the way we will see if it works
@@TheSimonarne it only throttles when it’s running on battery power only and chances are a new battery may not fix the issue entirely. Sometimes the boards will throttle regardless of battery health. ThrottleStop may be your best bet
It is old so it wants to update lnfo.help/_Latitude?SK All the time and takes forever. If you have that issue, turn automatic updates off and this is a fast computer out of the box.
the laptop could have been slow because dell use a propietary ac adapter that is identified by the laptop at startup. If the adapter type cannot be identified, the laptop will not run at full performance. you can easily verify this in bios at the battery section. I noticed this because the first time you started the laptop there was an error message saying the power adapter type is unknown
On this model, the internal hard drive just slides right out. I bought a few extra drive caddies and I plan to load up a few hard drives with different operating systems and it should be as easy to change operating systems as it is to change games on an old cartridge console. I am getting a reddish tint over my screen. Is this possibly a driver issue or is it for sure the screen needing to be replaced?
Wow that e6400 is extremly slow on Linux. My mother has been using an e6400 for over 5 years now. Prior to that it was used as a business device. With 4GB RAM and a 512GB SSD this laptop is still fine for office tasks, web browsing and even light photoediting. Top of the line business notebooks can last you for up to 10 ten years easily. I myself even used a d630 (top of the line as well) up to this summer. My new XPS15 might be faster when it comes to demanding tasks but doing every day tasks you barely notice any difference.
Watching this with my 2009 E6500 and it's still better than most brand-new $850 laptops at 2.8 GHz with 8GB ram.. Been using this machine daily going on over 11 years.
@@HayWhy_Pappy best $1000 I ever spent over *13 years ago*. The newer Latitude line wouldn’t even come close to touching the durability of the older E series. Yes, I have a new laptop now but I still use the Windows 7 E6500 for specific projects that were built on Windows 7 and require the E6500’s built-in DB9 serial connection. Saves me from having to deal with the expensive serial to USB adapters that I need.
I recently came across this channel. I know that this video is older, but I have enjoyed the videos about older laptops. I believe that older technology can be just as good or better than current technology. I thinking about maybe getting one of these Dell E6400 laptops. Would you still day that this laptop is a good choice for a older laptop to upgrade? Thanks.
Worked for my school district over the summer and had a few of these for our projector carts win 10 runs pretty good when I saw the title I got ptsd lols nice laptops I have a latitude 6430u
I recently bought a Dell M4400 for £45, upgraded the CPU to a Q9100 for £9 and bought a sata to msata adapter so could use a SSD I had lying around. So for £60 I got a really well built and still powerful laptop.
The error that you saw when you booted up the laptop isn't usually linked to dead batteries, it could be the charger, charger socket or mobo, it means that the laptop doesn't know what type of charger is plugged in, so it probably won't charge and performance may be slower than usual. First thing to try is another charger, then check if there's any debris in the charging socket on the laptop and replace of necessary. Also check bios settings for Fast Boot under POST Behaviour (I believe that's the option), it maybe set to "Thorough" or not set at all, depending on the model, which maybe why POST is slow on this
Hi, it is interesting, the idea of upgrading this laptop, I also have it. It was given to me by a neighbor in 2018 to repair due to a 1/3 of the screen being shaded. The cost made him want to buy a new laptop rather than patching up an old one. I know this video is already of age, but I am however, interested in knowing if you did the upgrades and what parts did you replace, Or point me towards whatever videos you have of the upgrading. Perhaps now in 2022 I can upgrade something to make it perform better. Thx.
As someone who likes thinkpads a lot… man, those Dells look sweeeeet! I can totally see why some folks prefer them over thinkpads. Totally understandable.
What type of power adapter are you using? When I first got my E6500 second-hand the only charger I had laying around was a 65 watt one. With it the machine was incredibly slow, since the BIOS was limiting the power consumption and thus reducing the performance to a crawl. After I got a 130W charger everything has been flying since. You should learn to read what the computer reports. It literally says connect XX watt adapter or greater for optimal performance, a.k.a no throttling. All of the upgrades that you are planning will be rendered completely useless and will have no effect on performance unless you change the power supply to an original Dell one with atleast 90W of power like the PA-3E(90W) or PA-4E(130W) families, which were original for the model and have a blue LED ring around the connector for the laptop. P.S You should've went with the 15 inch E6500, since you can have the option for a, let me say it this way, absolutely gorgeous and f*cking sweet UltraSharp 1920x1200 screen.
Btw - what are your thought on the new ridiculous Lenovo Tinkpad Retro 25 anniversary laptop? :) From now on whenever somebody will tell me something about Apple product prices, I will just show them specs of the 1900$ Thinkpad Retro...As Thinkpad fan myself, I find Retro to be like a spit in the face of the old-time IBM/Lenovo users and oldschool Thinkpad fans.
That is what I think as well. I rather continue using my T60. Also, be sure to check out Louis Rossmann's video about it. He says it all :D (plus, it is ridiculous, that they put a two year old GPU in it. They should have AT LEAST gone with the MX150, or even a 1050 non-TI )
I can't really say because I could not afford one :( . I thought they would make the hardware customizable like the T470, I was planning to buy the lowest tier version hoping it would be ~$1000. Since they ended up only offering a single config with less than impressive specs for nearly 2 grand, I had to pass on it.
Though I appreciate that Lenovo has some folks that were trying, I have to agree with basically all the comments here. I highly recommend the Louis Rossmann videos on the subject, he has done many. (language WARNING: to those with kids, etc, I don't watch his vids when my Nephews are over ;-) ) th-cam.com/video/AFWJP5yCujw/w-d-xo.html This rant is another: th-cam.com/video/Sq3jvp1xgOU/w-d-xo.html
Got one. Maxed much of the hardware... 64Gb SSD drive (main drive), replaced DVD drive with a HD caddy (with a "reasonable" 230Gb HDD) also have an external E-sata caddy for backup purposes... lots of larger drives from old PC builds, so all good...Memory upgrade to full (8gb). New bigger battery. Docking station (sadly not the USB3 version). Slightly overclocked (around 3-5% ish). I use it to do audio processing and music production. Hasn't had an catastrophic issue with just simply "not" since I brought it over 6 years ago. To be fair, it's the younger i5 version than the model shown .... Running Ubuntu Studio. 44.1khz 24 bit audio (via usb)... Threw around 21 tracks of audio and vst at it.... No issues. Am thinking of getting a bigger secondary HDD (maybe another SSD if I'm feeling cute) and upgrading to a 48khz or 96khz 24bit USB audio interface to improve audio quality. Would like to get a desktop ideally, but need portability currently so it's quick and easy to pack up.... Still a good computer, but you do have to pick your battles with it. Video editing, for example... Just painful. DTP - Photoshop style fun, great. Rendering 3D? Nope, unless you want to take five times longer to render than even a pretty modest desktop. General use, low system demand games, typing stuff, surfing net... Just fine. Quite like the keyboard also - but have been looking to get the backlit version...
What is a good laptop to look for on eBay for under $100? Just to install dahua smart pss software plus Netflix and also play videos on vlc 720p files.
I have a Dell Latitude E6400, and I upgraded the RAM and added an SSD after adding some thermal paste. It loads 720P 60 without any issues, and runs a lot faster now. It has the same processor, at 2.53GHz running Bodhi Linux. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it now, but the E6410 is much more usable.
I've owned the 6410, 6420, 6530 and so on. These days I am rocking a quad core 5491, a step up from my 7470, but I love Dell latitude and Precision laptops. Yeah they might look old school, but at least you've got the connectivity, upgrade path. I currently have 16 gigs of ddr4 2666 ram in my 5491. It's also technically faster (4.2 ghz in turbo boost) That's 200 more mhz over my XPS workstation that just turned two back in October. So there's lots of potential with these, especially on the used market. Plus these things are built like tanks. Especially the 64 and 6500 series. I loved my 6420 and 6530. TrI metal construction, heck you don't need a handgun for protection. just lug one of the around, ain't nobody wanting that thrown at their head! Thinkpads didn't have nothing on that vintage of latitudes that's for sure. Lastly nobody ever seems to mention this point but long before you could get recovery software for Thinkpads online, The dell recovery app has it! No need to carry disks around. Just pick up a cheap USB thumb drive, download the app and the way you go. Grab your drivers and easy does it. Granted I keep the Windows 7 recovery image in backup so I can skip that step, but it doesn't get much easier. Even HP's cloud recovery while slick I admit doesn't offer the ease or flexibility. Dell has recovery options going back to at least the 6420. To find the drivers for a t420 you've got to hunt all over Lenovos website and good luck getting your Windows installer. Better have a wallet for that. So that's why I choose dell. That and their pro support is fantastic. but if your a student needing a cheap laptop your not buying new and so having easy access to the tools you need is important.
These are great looking machines, and mostly a joy to assemble/disassemble! I've got a few M4500's so can confirm there are early generation i5/i7 models with this case design (bonus that many Precision models have Quadro (sp?) graphica). I watch very few channels, people, and subscribe to less than 10. After hearing your Linux comments I am subscribed, The fanboys are scary; it's obviously okay not liking Linux (though most have no clue what computers and o/s's are), but they seem to have no knowledge about privacy and security issues (or just don't care, which leads back to not getting so judgey/emotional about M$/Linux/technology). Thanks for well done presentation!
Best recommendation: Board swap to an nVidia model, then C2D P9700, 8 GB of RAM, Samsung EVO 850 Pro SSD, 1440x900 LED-backlit LCD, etc and it's darn usable. Wouldn't daily, but those are inexpensive upgrades to make these E6400s darn near perfect for general usage today!
that sluggishness could be the low amount of ram or maybe a trouble between the OS and the SSD? I've seen laptops of this category being this slow with basics tasks only when there is a thermal issue, when windows is too bloated (doesn't apply to you this time) or when the HDD is about to die
Bought a latitude e6530 for 150. Put in a ssd, 16gb ram, second hard drive where the cd drive was, and i7 3520qm and an new motherboard that includes nvs 5200m nvidia graphics. Plan to do a 1080p screen. SO far from deal hunting im only 285-300 in on the laptop and i have to say, this thing is stupid quick. Highly recommended the e series latitudes.
I've refurbished/upgraded on a Dell Latitude E6400 since December. It runs triple Windows: Vista, 7 - 32 bit and 7 - 64 bit. It takes time with some painting experiments. Now I'm on round 2. I'm using a Dell Latitude E6420 as my main "office/desktop" thingy and Linux is much better for it and what I want to do there. My other computers do some specific tasks and games.
This is really good laptop. I really like it. I remember when it was first released wanting one so bad because I saw all the commercials on TV with Dell advertising a 18 hour runtime. No idea of course that was with the extended battery option. Wonder if you can still get those. I got one of these in really good condition off of amazon a couple years back for $150 dollars. Worth every bit so I'm surprised you found it for $25, quite a steal.
I just purchased an e6410 on eBay for $40 shipping included with an i5 processor and 8gb ram with a 240 Gb SSD with win 10 and it looks as good as the one you got and it flies.I'm using it to watch this video and comment. The seller was having trouble with the graphics driver working on win 10 so I updated the bios and installed the drivers and wallah, his loss my gain;)
When you run a dell latitude e6400 with a 65 watt adapter instead of a 95 watt adapter the system lowers the cpu speed to 640mhz. If you unplug the machine the adpater it will run the cpu at normal speed. Open cpu-z if you want to see for your self.
Try h264ify. This Firefox extension forces TH-cam to stream h.264 instead of the CPU intensive VP9. The GMA4500HD can decode h.264 just fine. You wouldn't even need to upgrade the processor.
I got a brand new E6400 (A year ago) with T9600 2.8Ghz, 4Gb DDR2 ram, Windows 10 (The reason why I got it was because my previous laptop had a case out of paper thin plastic, and I accidentally turned and slammed it into a wall causing the screen to come off and the fan to come very loose.) It feels like its built like a tank compared to my other one and I am very very happy with it.
I bought one too for 30 with free shipping a E 5510 I also bought a E 5520 from a different seller retails new 1,800 from dell I only paid around 2 hundred all I had to do was replace the hard drive just like it came out of the box new condition I love them their bullet proof made to military specifications for shock.
I'd start by upgrading the CPU to at least a T7600 Core 2 Duo. The battery is probably not dead. For Dell laptops, the AC adapter uses a 3rd data pin and needs to be recognized as genuine for the battery to charge, the lack of an official charger also limits the CPU to its slowest multiplier (usually around 1ghz on Core 2 based CPU's) although booting into Linux might help to override that limit or you could also use Throttlestop in Windows.
Sergiy Botsman the core 2 duo t7600 is a socket m and the processor in this laptop is a socket p, plus the p8700 is good enough for web browsing. The 1gb of ram is most likely holding the system back and the fact that the charger he's using isn't recognized by the system, making it run slower than usual.
I have a core 2 duo laptop at 2ghz that can play this video at 720p60 while scrolling down the CNN website while it's loading, and the fan runs at low speed and good temps while I do it. It's those darn GMA graphics, I'm using a Quadro running a resolution of 1440x900 on Linux.
I don't get his extremly poor results either. Maybe the version of firefox and/or linux don't play well with the hardware? At least with windows 10 this computer is still very performant. My moms e6400 is completly fine with heavy webbrowsing. Even watching two youtube videos simultaneously works. It features about the same specs as your laptop. It's quadro is fine for playing old, less demanding games. But when your watching videos or browsing the internet you don't notice the more powerful GPU. My old Dell d630 with an Intel GMA is doing just as well in these areas. I think this TH-camr just bought the worst e6400 I have ever seen...
I heard the d630 could support 8gb of ram, my d620 can support 4gb with something limiting it to 3.2gb. I upgraded the GMA to the Quadro NVS 110M. What chipset is your Mom's PC?
It's the NVS 160m combined with the t8300 so pretty high and stuff back in the day... In theory the d630 supports 8gbs of RAM but the RAM would be more expensive then the entire notebook. ;D Funny thing is: I had to do exactly the opposite thing. I downgraded from the NVS Quadro in my d630 to the Intel GMA. The previous NVS 135m overheated up to the point where it finally stopped working. After reflowing the Nvidia GPU it worked for a few weeks until it failed entirely. Since that was a common problem with d630s I had to downgrade to the Intel GMA...
I have an hp620 laptop with a dual Core t4500 with those GMA graphics and it can play 720p without a sweat, there must be some kind of issue with his. Maybe the lack of ram?
If it was using thermal pads for the GPU's that might be the overheating issues since I tried using thermal pads and also got heat issues, I had to replace it with thermal paste, now the highest I see is 160F with 130F for light Internet browsing. Also if you haven't yet update the BIOS, those models had issues with inconsistent fan speed causing cracks in the solder since dell switched to lead free solder at the time of release for those laptops. GMA is fine with thermal pads though.
So you can get Dell E6400 dirt cheap on ebay. How does this compare with it's thinkpad contemporary T400? I would think E6400 is better buy than similar T400 given better ergonomic design, more connectors than T400, usb drives horizontal instead of vertical as in T400, back-lit keyboard, and battery pack that doesn't bulge out as much as T400. Upgrade to 4GB DDR2 memory (cheap), and you have a solid laptop still good for vast array of tasks. Much better than buying some junk consumer grade laptop for few hundred dollars at big box stores!
We have some of those laptops at my job and they're, without a doubt, the slowest laptops we have. SSDs and a RAM boost to 4GB did help but it was still sluggish enough to where you'd notice.
I have an old e6330 dell with an I3 3110M 8GB ram ssd 128gb with a 6 cell might be a 9 cell battery with windows 10. its fantastic battery lasts about 4 hours 5-6 on low power mode with windows 10
I have the Dell Latitude E6410, and an E6540. Really, really decent machines. I've owned the precision line too. But I enjoy the performance and look of them. I would say the design language is close or better then some of Apples (and it's highly upgradable!) But I want to give you a personal tip. Dont listen to your commentators so much. I find that TH-cam is one of the worst formats for feedback. Trust me, most of the commentators wouldn't say what they on here to your face. Very, very rude people and that's because there is no real personal responsibility involved.If someone gets banned, they just make a new account. Facebooks just a level higher. Maybe. But dont be so apologetic. You do a great job just how you are.
It IS the best mobile Core2Duo as the Name implies ;) But i have to say i prefer ivy Bridge platform in low Price used Laptops because of processing and especially graphics power
Using mine e6400 for 8years. 8gb RAM and a SSD helps a lot. Has already mentioned in the comments, you should change the battery and also use a 90w power supply for better performance. Bios update A34 is also available :)
I think a lot of people complain about you using Linux because they're more curious to see how Windows, which is more popular than Linux overall, would run on various hardware.
My E6400 has the integrated Nvidia GPU and it runs hotter than the sun, even with fresh paste. doesn't need shimming, they at least fixed it so it didn't. but, once you fix Windows to use unsigned 64-bit drivers and use i8kfancontrol, plus the fn-shift-15324 trick, it runs cool enough to play some light games (killing floor 1 runs fine at 1280x800 on it, last I tried in 2015.) So be glad it has the integrated chipset graphics and not the higher-end model with the blast furnace for a GPU.
Sure but the integrated graphics aren't that great for anything these days. Even 720p TH-cam. But the fun fact is that if you download a 1080p file with 5000-10000 bitrate, it works great!
If it was a previous office laptop, it was most likely sitting in a docking station hooked up to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse making the laptop itself no more than just the brains of the operation LOL. Our laptops in the Army National Guard were setup this way most of the time so the laptop keyboards and touchpads didn't get much use other than when we undocked them and took them to meetings or the field.
Amen to Lubuntu. Until I needed Fusion 360 this was my main os. LXDE is perfect for laptops with integrated graphics and low res screens. Have you tried out elementary? On a more powerful system I just prefer it to windows (other than using gcc over visual studio)
When you use the 65W PSU with a lot of these Latitudes it'll do that. Same with unofficial or just unrecognized adaptors. Generally speaking the 90W is the minimum you want to go with for these Latitudes, though the 120W or higher are generally better. I use the overkill 240W PSUs with my Precision M4700, which will work with these E6400s as well.
the 65w adapters are fine for all latitudes with intel graphics, but any with dedicated will complain if not using a 90w. I know this from experience as I had an intel E6420, then upgraded the mobo to an nvidia board, then it didn't like 65w adapters anymore.
TheRobster, thanks for the correction, I wasn’t aware - I only have one Intel GMA/HD-based machine. I’ve always gone for models w/ discrete GPUs as they tend to keep pace a bit longer.
No problem, although it seems as the power adapter problem only exists with the E series, as my D630 with the 135m and my D600 with radeon 9000 pro don't care what ac adapter is used, it just charges slower.
You'll never see any improvement in performance between the existing P8700 and a T9900 except in benchmarks. In everyday usage it will seem exactly the same. The slowdown on that specific laptop isn't the processor (unless it's thermally throttling). An additional gig of ram or so might help it, but I doubt it. For it to be running that slow with an SSD and something as light as Lubuntu tells me there is some other hardware issue present. That system as it stands should have no problems playing back 1080P-60 video without any upgrade at all. My pastor has a P8600 in his laptop and it has no issues playing back 1080P-60 videos either, and that is with a slow spinning rust hard drive and all of the OEM bloat still installed. It does have 2 gigs of ram though, but it's running Windows 10. . I have a laptop with the exact same chipset and only noticed minimal performance increase in day to day tasks after upgrading it from a T3400 to a T9900. My pastor has a P8600 in his laptop and it has no issues playing back 1080P-60 videos either. Just for the heck of it I took my daughters laptop with a T7500 (slower than the P8700), cut it back to 1 gig of ram, and it had no problems with 1080P-60 youtube videos. It has the GL40 chipset (slower than the GM45) and only used 550 megs of ram running Knoppix from a flash drive. That's telling me that there is something else wrong with that laptop. I would update the BIOS before I did anything else though. It has version A20 which is quite old compared to the latest A34 available for it.
Hmmm interesting. Do you think the CPU might be throttling? It is probably time to replace the thermal paste (which I will do during the upgrade video). Hopefully a thermal paste replacement, BIOS update, and more RAM makes a difference.
Enable the thermal sensors and run a cpu stress test to see if it's overheating or throttling. If you can't get them working in Lubuntu, install 32bit Windows 7 on it (you won't need to activate it) long enough to do it. I would do this BEFORE you change the TIM that way you have something to compare the results to. It was quite common back then for the cpu heatsink block to not fit as tightly on the processor as it needed to which caused a lot of them to run way too hot. Compaq, HP, Gateway, and even Dell were notorious for that. Quite often you needed to place a copper shim between the cpu die and the heatsink to get the necessary contact for proper cooling. Some would everheat to the point of desoldering some of the contacts between the sockets and chips and the motherboards requiring a complete teardown to reflow the solder. I've done more of those than I ever want to do.
I have a T60 with Linux on it and an SSD.. It works well. It does everything I need it to do. I think Linux works better than Windows on older computers. I also use Windows 10 on a newer computer and it runs well and I have no problems with it. Both OSs work well but it is a Microsoft world and a lot of stuff I have to use for school won't run on Linux.
Just as a note? This laptop is a LOT faster when you increase the RAM to its max levels and install an SSD. So while this might look sluggish in its current configuration, know that this thing FLIES when you have it maxed out! (Yes...I have one of these AND a Latitude E4300 that's ALSO maxed out AND they both run Linux!....OpenSuSE on both!)
Honestly Linux is better in terms of speed, usability and reliability than Windows. Windows only has the advantage of having more mainstreams applications on it. Personally as an Engineering student all I use is Linux with Gnome on it on my desktop and my laptop. No real need for me to use Windows these days.
true, but for me gaming on Linux is a nightmare, when there are issues its a nightmare, if something breaks its a nightmare :P besides you can't really game on linux
speaking about reliability, i can spend years with the same windows instalation without any problems, hell i usualy reinstall windows only when i get a faster hard drive or i buy a new computer, but with linux? last instalation lasted me less than 5 logins and after that it broke down and i wasnt able to login again, it wasnt even showing the login screen, when booting it would just get stuck and a black screen, and if you got to the terminal screen it would show a lot of errors... and its not the first time it happened, without messing with the system or anything like that, just sudden death of the OS, so for me windows is the most reliable
Mike Sather, I also never had any issues with my Arch Linux installation. I believe you are either using the root account or sudo command without knowing what you're doing since you almost can't do anything to make the system broken without root access. I'm not gonna shit talk about Windows cause we all know its full of bloatware since 8.
Yes, Linux was so better in regards to usability that this week it took me an hour to get my Nvidia GTX1060 working on Linux Mint and booting to GUI. Thankfully I had a laptop I could use for researching fixes as well as onboard Intel graphics that I could set as the primary boot GPU otherwise it would have taken even longer. Windows 10 automagically finds pretty much any hardware you plug in. When it comes to gaming Linux pretty much always benchmarks slower than Windows due to poor drivers. Windows is rock solid reliable and has been for many years since Windows 7.
I've had issues with Arch Linux in particular with RFID readers deciding to stop working periodically until they were unplugged and reconnected. And god forbid you want to try to set up internet connection sharing.
Note about the non original warning at the boot, if the laptop doesn't recognize the charger it will run on base energy-saving clock all time without boosting to full speed even if you cry and beg for it (the reason it felt sluggish and the problems with 720p) AND you won't be able to charge the battery. Check it while booted with cpupower on the terminal (IIRC that is the utility for that) Which is why I suggest doing a search before buying old dell laptops. AFAIK Thinkpads don't have this problem.
Same problem with my dell e6400. On a 130 Watt charger don't charge and the lowest clock setting. On a 65 Watt psu lowest clock setting will charge. On battery power clock setting normal. And I don't have a 90 watt psu.
Wait, a guy that gets older laptops and shows people how they can use them today? This is incredible. I always get a tad bit annoyed when people portray brand new devices as the "only" option especially with phones, because a phone that is a few years old still works perfectly today and it's a shame that people get the idea that they need to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars every couple years on a new device.
Its not that the stuff won't work, its because people tend to think they need to have the latest and greatest of everything to show off to their friends, family, co-workers, etc.
I know why people buy them, I just wanted to say that it was a shame that people feel a need to spend so much just for those reasons. I also was saying that it's frustrating when TH-cam videos only mention the newest devices when talking about affordability and budget devices
Nice comments gentlemen. I know links in comments can be annoying, but I just related this to the discussion so much, I can't help it: th-cam.com/video/5pb53S5_rUE/w-d-xo.html
Fad following mentality put forth by the marketing company selling their shitty gimmick devices. Aka Fad technology aka The Fake Futurism Fad. Don't worry about dumbfucks, let them waste money for nothing.
Yeah,its like windows vista and 8.1 (forgotten)
Windows 10 (HERE)
Old laptops (No one cares about )
I used to buy this model all the time for resale when I ran my repair business. Quick tip. This model for some reason lowers the clock speed of the processor when the battery is performing poorly. I've duplicated this error multiple times through multiple laptops and batteries. Replace the battery and you will see a huge speed improvement.
did you try to change power profiles?
wondering if it is the same for my Latitude e5500 i did read online that it should go to 2.6ghz or something but i havent seen more than 2.0 ghz. i have a battery on the way we will see if it works
what about if you remove the battery and just run off the power supply
Can confirm, the system board will throttle the CPU and there is no way to opt out of this feature without the help of programs like ThrottleStop
@@TheSimonarne it only throttles when it’s running on battery power only and chances are a new battery may not fix the issue entirely. Sometimes the boards will throttle regardless of battery health. ThrottleStop may be your best bet
It is old so it wants to update lnfo.help/_Latitude?SK All the time and takes forever. If you have that issue, turn automatic updates off and this is a fast computer out of the box.
the laptop could have been slow because dell use a propietary ac adapter that is identified by the laptop at startup. If the adapter type cannot be identified, the laptop will not run at full performance. you can easily verify this in bios at the battery section.
I noticed this because the first time you started the laptop there was an error message saying the power adapter type is unknown
costyytsoc I can second this. I had a E6400 for years and had this problem once. Bought a new ac adaptor and everything worked fine after that
Ohhhh... I have a dell latitude d630 and Linux Mint talked forever to boot up do you think that is because I use an HP power supply
On this model, the internal hard drive just slides right out. I bought a few extra drive caddies and I plan to load up a few hard drives with different operating systems and it should be as easy to change operating systems as it is to change games on an old cartridge console.
I am getting a reddish tint over my screen. Is this possibly a driver issue or is it for sure the screen needing to be replaced?
I still have my Dell Latitude e5410 from middle school and it still runs great with linux. Great little machine that is built like a tank.
Pretty much watching this video because i'm on the Latitude E6400 :p
Me too, dude. lol
im watching this video on the same e6400 at 1080 on windows7 in 2019, its a great web browsing machine.
As a thinkpad user, I love my track point, keyboard and overall durability. I dont give two shits about what it looks like.
Wow that e6400 is extremly slow on Linux. My mother has been using an e6400 for over 5 years now. Prior to that it was used as a business device.
With 4GB RAM and a 512GB SSD this laptop is still fine for office tasks, web browsing and even light photoediting. Top of the line business notebooks can last you for up to 10 ten years easily. I myself even used a d630 (top of the line as well) up to this summer. My new XPS15 might be faster when it comes to demanding tasks but doing every day tasks you barely notice any difference.
Plus if you travel with it or take it places no worries if it accidentally break and no one try to steal it.
Watching this with my 2009 E6500 and it's still better than most brand-new $850 laptops at 2.8 GHz with 8GB ram.. Been using this machine daily going on over 11 years.
Excuse me. 11 WHAT !!
@@HayWhy_Pappy best $1000 I ever spent over *13 years ago*. The newer Latitude line wouldn’t even come close to touching the durability of the older E series. Yes, I have a new laptop now but I still use the Windows 7 E6500 for specific projects that were built on Windows 7 and require the E6500’s built-in DB9 serial connection. Saves me from having to deal with the expensive serial to USB adapters that I need.
Were you using lubuntu from a usb stick or on the Dell's harddrive? I have lubuntu on a acer aspire cloudbook 11 and it's very snappy.
I recently came across this channel. I know that this video is older, but I have enjoyed the videos about older laptops. I believe that older technology can be just as good or better than current technology. I thinking about maybe getting one of these Dell E6400 laptops. Would you still day that this laptop is a good choice for a older laptop to upgrade? Thanks.
Worked for my school district over the summer and had a few of these for our projector carts win 10 runs pretty good when I saw the title I got ptsd lols nice laptops I have a latitude 6430u
Kudos for the Linux rant! It's where the smart money is , INCLUDING Windows money! You've earned another sub! Great video btw, really helped.
I recently bought a Dell M4400 for £45, upgraded the CPU to a Q9100 for £9 and bought a sata to msata adapter so could use a SSD I had lying around. So for £60 I got a really well built and still powerful laptop.
The error that you saw when you booted up the laptop isn't usually linked to dead batteries, it could be the charger, charger socket or mobo, it means that the laptop doesn't know what type of charger is plugged in, so it probably won't charge and performance may be slower than usual. First thing to try is another charger, then check if there's any debris in the charging socket on the laptop and replace of necessary. Also check bios settings for Fast Boot under POST Behaviour (I believe that's the option), it maybe set to "Thorough" or not set at all, depending on the model, which maybe why POST is slow on this
Hi, it is interesting, the idea of upgrading this laptop, I also have it. It was given to me by a neighbor in 2018 to repair due to a 1/3 of the screen being shaded. The cost made him want to buy a new laptop rather than patching up an old one. I know this video is already of age, but I am however, interested in knowing if you did the upgrades and what parts did you replace, Or point me towards whatever videos you have of the upgrading. Perhaps now in 2022 I can upgrade something to make it perform better. Thx.
As someone who likes thinkpads a lot… man, those Dells look sweeeeet! I can totally see why some folks prefer them over thinkpads. Totally understandable.
What type of power adapter are you using? When I first got my E6500 second-hand the only charger I had laying around was a 65 watt one. With it the machine was incredibly slow, since the BIOS was limiting the power consumption and thus reducing the performance to a crawl. After I got a 130W charger everything has been flying since.
You should learn to read what the computer reports. It literally says connect XX watt adapter or greater for optimal performance, a.k.a no throttling.
All of the upgrades that you are planning will be rendered completely useless and will have no effect on performance unless you change the power supply to an original Dell one with atleast 90W of power like the PA-3E(90W) or PA-4E(130W) families, which were original for the model and have a blue LED ring around the connector for the laptop.
P.S You should've went with the 15 inch E6500, since you can have the option for a, let me say it this way, absolutely gorgeous and f*cking sweet UltraSharp 1920x1200 screen.
Btw - what are your thought on the new ridiculous Lenovo Tinkpad Retro 25 anniversary laptop? :) From now on whenever somebody will tell me something about Apple product prices, I will just show them specs of the 1900$ Thinkpad Retro...As Thinkpad fan myself, I find Retro to be like a spit in the face of the old-time IBM/Lenovo users and oldschool Thinkpad fans.
That is what I think as well. I rather continue using my T60.
Also, be sure to check out Louis Rossmann's video about it. He says it all :D (plus, it is ridiculous, that they put a two year old GPU in it. They should have AT LEAST gone with the MX150, or even a 1050 non-TI )
I can't really say because I could not afford one :( . I thought they would make the hardware customizable like the T470, I was planning to buy the lowest tier version hoping it would be ~$1000. Since they ended up only offering a single config with less than impressive specs for nearly 2 grand, I had to pass on it.
Though I appreciate that Lenovo has some folks that were trying, I have to agree with basically all the comments here. I highly recommend the Louis Rossmann videos on the subject, he has done many. (language WARNING: to those with kids, etc, I don't watch his vids when my Nephews are over ;-) )
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Got one. Maxed much of the hardware... 64Gb SSD drive (main drive), replaced DVD drive with a HD caddy (with a "reasonable" 230Gb HDD) also have an external E-sata caddy for backup purposes... lots of larger drives from old PC builds, so all good...Memory upgrade to full (8gb). New bigger battery. Docking station (sadly not the USB3 version).
Slightly overclocked (around 3-5% ish).
I use it to do audio processing and music production.
Hasn't had an catastrophic issue with just simply "not" since I brought it over 6 years ago.
To be fair, it's the younger i5 version than the model shown .... Running Ubuntu Studio.
44.1khz 24 bit audio (via usb)... Threw around 21 tracks of audio and vst at it....
No issues.
Am thinking of getting a bigger secondary HDD (maybe another SSD if I'm feeling cute) and upgrading to a 48khz or 96khz 24bit USB audio interface to improve audio quality.
Would like to get a desktop ideally, but need portability currently so it's quick and easy to pack up....
Still a good computer, but you do have to pick your battles with it.
Video editing, for example...
Just painful.
DTP - Photoshop style fun, great.
Rendering 3D? Nope, unless you want to take five times longer to render than even a pretty modest desktop.
General use, low system demand games, typing stuff, surfing net... Just fine.
Quite like the keyboard also - but have been looking to get the backlit version...
What is a good laptop to look for on eBay for under $100? Just to install dahua smart pss software plus Netflix and also play videos on vlc 720p files.
I have a Dell Latitude E6400, and I upgraded the RAM and added an SSD after adding some thermal paste. It loads 720P 60 without any issues, and runs a lot faster now. It has the same processor, at 2.53GHz running Bodhi Linux. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it now, but the E6410 is much more usable.
I've got a Dell Latitude E5400 that I run Xubuntu on. Works great. Great Video.
I've owned the 6410, 6420, 6530 and so on. These days I am rocking a quad core 5491, a step up from my 7470, but I love Dell latitude and Precision laptops. Yeah they might look old school, but at least you've got the connectivity, upgrade path. I currently have 16 gigs of ddr4 2666 ram in my 5491. It's also technically faster (4.2 ghz in turbo boost) That's 200 more mhz over my XPS workstation that just turned two back in October. So there's lots of potential with these, especially on the used market. Plus these things are built like tanks. Especially the 64 and 6500 series. I loved my 6420 and 6530. TrI metal construction, heck you don't need a handgun for protection. just lug one of the around, ain't nobody wanting that thrown at their head! Thinkpads didn't have nothing on that vintage of latitudes that's for sure. Lastly nobody ever seems to mention this point but long before you could get recovery software for Thinkpads online, The dell recovery app has it! No need to carry disks around. Just pick up a cheap USB thumb drive, download the app and the way you go. Grab your drivers and easy does it. Granted I keep the Windows 7 recovery image in backup so I can skip that step, but it doesn't get much easier. Even HP's cloud recovery while slick I admit doesn't offer the ease or flexibility. Dell has recovery options going back to at least the 6420. To find the drivers for a t420 you've got to hunt all over Lenovos website and good luck getting your Windows installer. Better have a wallet for that. So that's why I choose dell. That and their pro support is fantastic. but if your a student needing a cheap laptop your not buying new and so having easy access to the tools you need is important.
These are great looking machines, and mostly a joy to assemble/disassemble! I've got a few M4500's so can confirm there are early generation i5/i7 models with this case design (bonus that many Precision models have Quadro (sp?) graphica). I watch very few channels, people, and subscribe to less than 10. After hearing your Linux comments I am subscribed, The fanboys are scary; it's obviously okay not liking Linux (though most have no clue what computers and o/s's are), but they seem to have no knowledge about privacy and security issues (or just don't care, which leads back to not getting so judgey/emotional about M$/Linux/technology). Thanks for well done presentation!
I have a Compaq precario c700 and it is a very outdated laptop. It also has a red line going up the top, it's 1-2 pixels wide.
Best recommendation: Board swap to an nVidia model, then C2D P9700, 8 GB of RAM, Samsung EVO 850 Pro SSD, 1440x900 LED-backlit LCD, etc and it's darn usable.
Wouldn't daily, but those are inexpensive upgrades to make these E6400s darn near perfect for general usage today!
that sluggishness could be the low amount of ram or maybe a trouble between the OS and the SSD? I've seen laptops of this category being this slow with basics tasks only when there is a thermal issue, when windows is too bloated (doesn't apply to you this time) or when the HDD is about to die
Bought a latitude e6530 for 150. Put in a ssd, 16gb ram, second hard drive where the cd drive was, and i7 3520qm and an new motherboard that includes nvs 5200m nvidia graphics. Plan to do a 1080p screen. SO far from deal hunting im only 285-300 in on the laptop and i have to say, this thing is stupid quick. Highly recommended the e series latitudes.
I've refurbished/upgraded on a Dell Latitude E6400 since December. It runs triple Windows: Vista, 7 - 32 bit and 7 - 64 bit. It takes time with some painting experiments. Now I'm on round 2. I'm using a Dell Latitude E6420 as my main "office/desktop" thingy and Linux is much better for it and what I want to do there. My other computers do some specific tasks and games.
This is really good laptop. I really like it. I remember when it was first released wanting one so bad because I saw all the commercials on TV with Dell advertising a 18 hour runtime. No idea of course that was with the extended battery option. Wonder if you can still get those. I got one of these in really good condition off of amazon a couple years back for $150 dollars. Worth every bit so I'm surprised you found it for $25, quite a steal.
I'm trying to buy a mobile workstation for CAD what the cheapest machine I can buy, I have an hp i7 but it's dying on me.
That's the problem with Linux bad graphic drivers most of the time..... Also could it be a bad HDD? Not swapping efficiently (pagefile).
When your t430 still had the i5 could you edit 1080p videos with it?
No, I would not suggest trying to edit with that processor. It was doable, but pretty slow
AA Computers and Technology alright thanks fam. How does the i7 you installed do?
I just purchased an e6410 on eBay for $40 shipping included with an i5 processor and 8gb ram with a 240 Gb SSD with win 10 and it looks as good as the one you got and it flies.I'm using it to watch this video and comment. The seller was having trouble with the graphics driver working on win 10 so I updated the bios and installed the drivers and wallah, his loss my gain;)
When you run a dell latitude e6400 with a 65 watt adapter instead of a 95 watt adapter the system lowers the cpu speed to 640mhz. If you unplug the machine the adpater it will run the cpu at normal speed. Open cpu-z if you want to see for your self.
Is this laptop good for gaming for using the steam link?
Try h264ify. This Firefox extension forces TH-cam to stream h.264 instead of the CPU intensive VP9. The GMA4500HD can decode h.264 just fine. You wouldn't even need to upgrade the processor.
Thanx bro! :) That's a huge performance boost for my surf systems as well.
Have you ever tried Linux Mint over Ubuntu? I’ve personally found it to run much better on all systems, especially ones of this age
I got a brand new E6400 (A year ago) with T9600 2.8Ghz, 4Gb DDR2 ram, Windows 10 (The reason why I got it was because my previous laptop had a case out of paper thin plastic, and I accidentally turned and slammed it into a wall causing the screen to come off and the fan to come very loose.) It feels like its built like a tank compared to my other one and I am very very happy with it.
pokeface119 is a core 2 duo and windows 10 still recommendable in 2017?
I bought one too for 30 with free shipping a E 5510 I also bought a E 5520 from a different seller retails new 1,800 from dell I only paid around 2 hundred all I had to do was replace the hard drive just like it came out of the box new condition I love them their bullet proof made to military specifications for shock.
Linux user here, not a single Windows machine in my house now. I love Linux, I love the way it works, and I don't do Windows anymore. :)
My school still has these! They are so slow.
I'm watching this on a DELL Latitude E4300.
At least I know it loads TH-cam😂
@@saskia4475 Here's the thing, it runs better now because I threw in a 1tb hdd, 8gb of ddr3 ram, and a 480 gb ssd.
@@DJTydalOfficial Damn this was ages ago, I've got an actual gaming pc now 😂
I'd start by upgrading the CPU to at least a T7600 Core 2 Duo.
The battery is probably not dead. For Dell laptops, the AC adapter uses a 3rd data pin and needs to be recognized as genuine for the battery to charge, the lack of an official charger also limits the CPU to its slowest multiplier (usually around 1ghz on Core 2 based CPU's) although booting into Linux might help to override that limit or you could also use Throttlestop in Windows.
Sergiy Botsman the core 2 duo t7600 is a socket m and the processor in this laptop is a socket p, plus the p8700 is good enough for web browsing. The 1gb of ram is most likely holding the system back and the fact that the charger he's using isn't recognized by the system, making it run slower than usual.
got one today at an estate sale for 12 bucks works great
I have a core 2 duo laptop at 2ghz that can play this video at 720p60 while scrolling down the CNN website while it's loading, and the fan runs at low speed and good temps while I do it. It's those darn GMA graphics, I'm using a Quadro running a resolution of 1440x900 on Linux.
I don't get his extremly poor results either. Maybe the version of firefox and/or linux don't play well with the hardware? At least with windows 10 this computer is still very performant.
My moms e6400 is completly fine with heavy webbrowsing. Even watching two youtube videos simultaneously works. It features about the same specs as your laptop. It's quadro is fine for playing old, less demanding games. But when your watching videos or browsing the internet you don't notice the more powerful GPU. My old Dell d630 with an Intel GMA is doing just as well in these areas.
I think this TH-camr just bought the worst e6400 I have ever seen...
I heard the d630 could support 8gb of ram, my d620 can support 4gb with something limiting it to 3.2gb. I upgraded the GMA to the Quadro NVS 110M. What chipset is your Mom's PC?
It's the NVS 160m combined with the t8300 so pretty high and stuff back in the day...
In theory the d630 supports 8gbs of RAM but the RAM would be more expensive then the entire notebook. ;D
Funny thing is: I had to do exactly the opposite thing. I downgraded from the NVS Quadro in my d630 to the Intel GMA. The previous NVS 135m overheated up to the point where it finally stopped working. After reflowing the Nvidia GPU it worked for a few weeks until it failed entirely. Since that was a common problem with d630s I had to downgrade to the Intel GMA...
I have an hp620 laptop with a dual Core t4500 with those GMA graphics and it can play 720p without a sweat, there must be some kind of issue with his. Maybe the lack of ram?
If it was using thermal pads for the GPU's that might be the overheating issues since I tried using thermal pads and also got heat issues, I had to replace it with thermal paste, now the highest I see is 160F with 130F for light Internet browsing. Also if you haven't yet update the BIOS, those models had issues with inconsistent fan speed causing cracks in the solder since dell switched to lead free solder at the time of release for those laptops. GMA is fine with thermal pads though.
So you can get Dell E6400 dirt cheap on ebay. How does this compare with it's thinkpad contemporary T400? I would think E6400 is better buy than similar T400 given better ergonomic design, more connectors than T400, usb drives horizontal instead of vertical as in T400, back-lit keyboard, and battery pack that doesn't bulge out as much as T400. Upgrade to 4GB DDR2 memory (cheap), and you have a solid laptop still good for vast array of tasks. Much better than buying some junk consumer grade laptop for few hundred dollars at big box stores!
Can you use a Egpu with one of these through m.2 wifi card or express card?
They don't have m.2 for sure. But maybe mini-pcie (similar to m.2) or expresscard.
We have some of those laptops at my job and they're, without a doubt, the slowest laptops we have. SSDs and a RAM boost to 4GB did help but it was still sluggish enough to where you'd notice.
why limit yoursef with a 4 gb ram? this laptop takes 8 gb
I have an old e6330 dell with an I3 3110M 8GB ram ssd 128gb with a 6 cell might be a 9 cell battery with windows 10. its fantastic battery lasts about 4 hours 5-6 on low power mode with windows 10
Check under the battery. That is where the Windows COA is. If it is Windows 7, use it to activate Windows 10.
Could I upgrade this to use for video editing?
I have the Dell Latitude E6410, and an E6540. Really, really decent machines. I've owned the precision line too. But I enjoy the performance and look of them. I would say the design language is close or better then some of Apples (and it's highly upgradable!) But I want to give you a personal tip. Dont listen to your commentators so much. I find that TH-cam is one of the worst formats for feedback. Trust me, most of the commentators wouldn't say what they on here to your face. Very, very rude people and that's because there is no real personal responsibility involved.If someone gets banned, they just make a new account. Facebooks just a level higher. Maybe. But dont be so apologetic. You do a great job just how you are.
Just ordered one, will throw lxde on it. 4GB + 253GB ssd.... Love these little work horses
this is my laptop in 2022
The P8600 is still fine for web browsing... I use it in my ThinkPad T400
Can you please make a tutorial on how to make a computer cluster with old desktops computers?
What the f I have a E6330 and it has an i7 3520m processor why does the E6400 still have a dual core, I guess the the number don't mean much ?
T9900 master race in the house! Possibly one of the best mobile Core2 Duos ever.
It IS the best mobile Core2Duo as the Name implies ;)
But i have to say i prefer ivy Bridge platform in low Price used Laptops because of processing and especially graphics power
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True. Ivy Bridge probably is the better choice, but it's also more expensive. Still, I've got that base covered with the OG Surface Pro.
Videos on how to remove matte film on thinkpads please? My t430u sucks at it :(
Jarence Javier If your talking about the “matte” lcd screen. Your only option would be to replace it with a new “glossy” lcd screen.
don't know why your laptop is 'slow'. core2duos should play 720p videos without a hitch. try to have the whole video buffer first maybe
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Why dont you try linux mint?? It is also a good option
Can you make video about Dell Latitude D630. I have one and on that dell is windows 10 and i making videos on Filmora.
Using mine e6400 for 8years. 8gb RAM and a SSD helps a lot. Has already mentioned in the comments, you should change the battery and also use a 90w power supply for better performance. Bios update A34 is also available :)
Nuno Costa the latest bios makes the e6400 I have runs to warm
I think a lot of people complain about you using Linux because they're more curious to see how Windows, which is more popular than Linux overall, would run on various hardware.
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My E6400 has the integrated Nvidia GPU and it runs hotter than the sun, even with fresh paste. doesn't need shimming, they at least fixed it so it didn't. but, once you fix Windows to use unsigned 64-bit drivers and use i8kfancontrol, plus the fn-shift-15324 trick, it runs cool enough to play some light games (killing floor 1 runs fine at 1280x800 on it, last I tried in 2015.)
So be glad it has the integrated chipset graphics and not the higher-end model with the blast furnace for a GPU.
Sure but the integrated graphics aren't that great for anything these days. Even 720p TH-cam. But the fun fact is that if you download a 1080p file with 5000-10000 bitrate, it works great!
If it was a previous office laptop, it was most likely sitting in a docking station hooked up to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse making the laptop itself no more than just the brains of the operation LOL. Our laptops in the Army National Guard were setup this way most of the time so the laptop keyboards and touchpads didn't get much use other than when we undocked them and took them to meetings or the field.
I hackintoshed one of these that I bought from a friend for $20. 2.8ghz, 4gb ram. Runs Leopard great, might install Mountain Lion eventually.
Amen to Lubuntu. Until I needed Fusion 360 this was my main os. LXDE is perfect for laptops with integrated graphics and low res screens. Have you tried out elementary? On a more powerful system I just prefer it to windows (other than using gcc over visual studio)
this is my schools laptops
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welcome to team Latitude
Wonder if you will make a video how to install Remix OS?
dell maks good bussiness laptops
I have one i got like 8 years ago still boots well and holy cr×p battery still living
+1 for Lubuntu, I run it on pretty much all my virtual machines because of how little resources it takes up.
I tried installing windows 7 on one of these, and with chrome I could watch 1080p TH-cam video. I had 3gb of ram.
I used a dell d630 and with linux wint and 3gb of ram it works fine for modern tasks
I have this laptop get a 90w official dell power plug and it should work and charge just fine.
4:28 Throttling due to power supply. Center pin broken?
Seems like it, maybe he's not using a genuine power adapter...
When you use the 65W PSU with a lot of these Latitudes it'll do that. Same with unofficial or just unrecognized adaptors. Generally speaking the 90W is the minimum you want to go with for these Latitudes, though the 120W or higher are generally better. I use the overkill 240W PSUs with my Precision M4700, which will work with these E6400s as well.
the 65w adapters are fine for all latitudes with intel graphics, but any with dedicated will complain if not using a 90w. I know this from experience as I had an intel E6420, then upgraded the mobo to an nvidia board, then it didn't like 65w adapters anymore.
TheRobster, thanks for the correction, I wasn’t aware - I only have one Intel GMA/HD-based machine. I’ve always gone for models w/ discrete GPUs as they tend to keep pace a bit longer.
No problem, although it seems as the power adapter problem only exists with the E series, as my D630 with the 135m and my D600 with radeon 9000 pro don't care what ac adapter is used, it just charges slower.
the keyboard i have on e6500 is same as this model and it feels awesome so much that i dont want to get newer laptops. This is an issue
You'll never see any improvement in performance between the existing P8700 and a T9900 except in benchmarks. In everyday usage it will seem exactly the same. The slowdown on that specific laptop isn't the processor (unless it's thermally throttling). An additional gig of ram or so might help it, but I doubt it. For it to be running that slow with an SSD and something as light as Lubuntu tells me there is some other hardware issue present. That system as it stands should have no problems playing back 1080P-60 video without any upgrade at all. My pastor has a P8600 in his laptop and it has no issues playing back 1080P-60 videos either, and that is with a slow spinning rust hard drive and all of the OEM bloat still installed. It does have 2 gigs of ram though, but it's running Windows 10. .
I have a laptop with the exact same chipset and only noticed minimal performance increase in day to day tasks after upgrading it from a T3400 to a T9900. My pastor has a P8600 in his laptop and it has no issues playing back 1080P-60 videos either. Just for the heck of it I took my daughters laptop with a T7500 (slower than the P8700), cut it back to 1 gig of ram, and it had no problems with 1080P-60 youtube videos. It has the GL40 chipset (slower than the GM45) and only used 550 megs of ram running Knoppix from a flash drive. That's telling me that there is something else wrong with that laptop.
I would update the BIOS before I did anything else though. It has version A20 which is quite old compared to the latest A34 available for it.
Hmmm interesting. Do you think the CPU might be throttling? It is probably time to replace the thermal paste (which I will do during the upgrade video). Hopefully a thermal paste replacement, BIOS update, and more RAM makes a difference.
Enable the thermal sensors and run a cpu stress test to see if it's overheating or throttling. If you can't get them working in Lubuntu, install 32bit Windows 7 on it (you won't need to activate it) long enough to do it. I would do this BEFORE you change the TIM that way you have something to compare the results to. It was quite common back then for the cpu heatsink block to not fit as tightly on the processor as it needed to which caused a lot of them to run way too hot. Compaq, HP, Gateway, and even Dell were notorious for that. Quite often you needed to place a copper shim between the cpu die and the heatsink to get the necessary contact for proper cooling. Some would everheat to the point of desoldering some of the contacts between the sockets and chips and the motherboards requiring a complete teardown to reflow the solder. I've done more of those than I ever want to do.
Was Scott the guy in this video?
I have a T60 with Linux on it and an SSD.. It works well. It does everything I need it to do. I think Linux works better than Windows on older computers. I also use Windows 10 on a newer computer and it runs well and I have no problems with it. Both OSs work well but it is a Microsoft world and a lot of stuff I have to use for school won't run on Linux.
Just as a note? This laptop is a LOT faster when you increase the RAM to its max levels and install an SSD. So while this might look sluggish in its current configuration, know that this thing FLIES when you have it maxed out! (Yes...I have one of these AND a Latitude E4300 that's ALSO maxed out AND they both run Linux!....OpenSuSE on both!)
The main limiting factor is definitely RAM. My C2D Pc does fairly well on 720p with 4gb RAM.
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This setup has a very Carey Holzman feel to it.
Honestly Linux is better in terms of speed, usability and reliability than Windows. Windows only has the advantage of having more mainstreams applications on it. Personally as an Engineering student all I use is Linux with Gnome on it on my desktop and my laptop. No real need for me to use Windows these days.
true, but for me gaming on Linux is a nightmare, when there are issues its a nightmare, if something breaks its a nightmare :P besides you can't really game on linux
speaking about reliability, i can spend years with the same windows instalation without any problems, hell i usualy reinstall windows only when i get a faster hard drive or i buy a new computer, but with linux? last instalation lasted me less than 5 logins and after that it broke down and i wasnt able to login again, it wasnt even showing the login screen, when booting it would just get stuck and a black screen, and if you got to the terminal screen it would show a lot of errors... and its not the first time it happened, without messing with the system or anything like that, just sudden death of the OS, so for me windows is the most reliable
Mike Sather, I also never had any issues with my Arch Linux installation. I believe you are either using the root account or sudo command without knowing what you're doing since you almost can't do anything to make the system broken without root access. I'm not gonna shit talk about Windows cause we all know its full of bloatware since 8.
Yes, Linux was so better in regards to usability that this week it took me an hour to get my Nvidia GTX1060 working on Linux Mint and booting to GUI. Thankfully I had a laptop I could use for researching fixes as well as onboard Intel graphics that I could set as the primary boot GPU otherwise it would have taken even longer. Windows 10 automagically finds pretty much any hardware you plug in.
When it comes to gaming Linux pretty much always benchmarks slower than Windows due to poor drivers.
Windows is rock solid reliable and has been for many years since Windows 7.
I've had issues with Arch Linux in particular with RFID readers deciding to stop working periodically until they were unplugged and reconnected. And god forbid you want to try to set up internet connection sharing.
You should check out the Latitude D630! They're great with the GMA GPU.
can you do a video about upgrading?
Note about the non original warning at the boot, if the laptop doesn't recognize the charger it will run on base energy-saving clock all time without boosting to full speed even if you cry and beg for it (the reason it felt sluggish and the problems with 720p) AND you won't be able to charge the battery. Check it while booted with cpupower on the terminal (IIRC that is the utility for that) Which is why I suggest doing a search before buying old dell laptops. AFAIK Thinkpads don't have this problem.
Same problem with my dell e6400. On a 130 Watt charger don't charge and the lowest clock setting. On a 65 Watt psu lowest clock setting will charge. On battery power clock setting normal. And I don't have a 90 watt psu.
i have that same laptop its a great laptop
are you going to put windows on it?
HuSerr he said he was thinking about it in the video
This young gentlemen seems to appear like a relative of Spock from the famous television series Track Wars.