Precision M4. 80. Input lag at log in, Switchable graphics not functioning, GPU fan chirping when it starts up. New Issues see latest posts. LAPTOP RETURNED FROM DELL on 92. Had Loose screws inside laptop chassis that had to be totally taken apart to find before attempting to power on. Multiple Screws are now Stripped or missing, including ones that secure daughter cards to the mother board, and the motherboard to the chassis, and the ones that secure the keyboard. NEW display hinges stick and pop again See Video on last page. Display appears to have been replaced as an assembly with Lid, Bezel, screen and hinges. MOUSE AND TRACK POINT DO NOT FUNCTION IF USING DELL DRIVERS. Works in BiosUbuntu, and windows before installing Dell Drivers. This was listed as an issue when sent in, and was not addressed. IF ANY DELL REP is reading this thread Can I please get some assistance that is not just replacing parts with other used parts Others with this model were granted replacements. Why do I keep getting junk partsIve Even asked to just exchange it for an OLDER model like a used m. I get no help if i call the help line Which usually gets me round robinned until I get disconnected. I barely get help if using the online chat. The only thing thats been remotely helpful is this thread and personal assistance from Justin C from dell who monitored this and has basically ordered all servicing on this laptop for me. Display EPROM failure. No Dell Boot Logo, Cannot Access BIOS. Can Still Boot Windows and Ubuntu. If internal display is active, track pad gets disabled. Manifested after a stupid decision to heed DELL COMMAND UPDATE For Bios A1. Dell Dispatched a box to return the computer for diagnostics that is comically small physically smaller than said laptop in x,y dimensions Appears to be for an 8 1. Inch tablet or notebookRunning Failure Log So no one has to read 4 pages of me complaining every so often over the past 2 years DOA Original Hinges, AMD Fire. Eyetv Diversity Windows Drivers. Pro M5. 10. 0 stuttering, CPUGPU Fans that Chirped. Replaced Multiple Sets at least 3 of CPU and GPU fans for Rattling, Chirping, Failure to spin. Multiple Sets of display hinges Laptop is primarily docked and uses an external display for weeks at a time. There is no reason they should fail i have never had a hinge failure on any other laptop, and have had some for 1. Fire. Pro m. 51. 00 First Replacement, DOA, Exhibited Same Symptoms. Quadro K2. 10. 0m Replaced 2 Fire. The Dell Latitude D531 is a business notebook for the price conscious. As such, some trade offs are made in order to reduce the price. Essentially, you get a slightly. Latest trending topics being covered on ZDNet including Reviews, Tech Industry, Security, Hardware, Apple, and Windows. G34sW73EJcNuxv8s2Xo0CoP-u-A=/770x433/2010/08/03/f4e20bfc-bb79-11e2-8a8e-0291187978f3/32445398-2-440-overview-1.gif' alt='Dell D630 Audio Drivers. Download Full Version' title='Dell D630 Audio Drivers. Download Full Version' />Pros after a year stopped reporting temps, killed GPU fan control. Assume to be related to Bios A1. Dell D630 Audio Drivers. Download Full Version' title='Dell D630 Audio Drivers. Download Full Version' />Replaced with a Fire. Pro Again in June 2. Main. Boards it has now had two REPLACEMENT main boards. This is a complaint, here, not an out right failure. This M4. 80. 0 is also the SLOWEST computer to access my SSDs they have been in. Despite them being in Raid. It did it in about 2 seconds on my Lenovo T6. AND not true full speed support for the SATA3 drives, that this was purchased to replace. They open nearly instantly on my DELL E6. SSD from a few years ago. All Runran windows 7 Pro, All havehad office 2. Pro. One or Two of the BIOS versions I complain about on the first page or two were pulled from the driver page for this laptop, presumably due to the same errors I got being experienced by a lot of people. Original Post Follows I recently purchased a new M4. Games Para Ps1 more. Firepro m. 51. 00 GPU. So far i have been rather satisfied with the purchase as it does everything i need it to do. However there are some quirks that are preventing it from being 1. When I run the discrete only card, the windows 7 log in has lag such that unless i move the cursor the screen does not update you can type things in and no symbols display in the password box. If you move the mouse constantly when you type the does display in real time This does not happen with the integrated card. HOWEVER, the computer will not dynamically switch between the Intel and the AMD gpu amd Enduro power express as advirtized. When running in switchable graphics mode the global settings dropdowns are 1. CCC panel. If you set it manually per application basis it either does one of two things 1 most games seem to launch fine, though monitoring it with RTSS indicates its running on the intel HD GPU, and the performance decreases substantially in reflection of this. Chief Architect x. Solid. Works. 20. I have disabled the integrated GPU in bios and only run the AMD card as a work around. Is there a fix for this other than to ignore the Intel card Googling around brings me to a dell resource that states disabling switchable graphics in the BIOS is the only work around. All the programs work fine this way, but sometimes say in travel or during a lecture class i dont see a reason to keep the amd GPU powered up. Source for the work around www. ENWill this be fixed in a future bios or driver update Lastly the computer is dead silent most of the time, even the fans are rather quiet. However when the GPU fan kicks on after being off for a long time there is sometimes a noise i can only describe as electronic chirpingscraping before the fan whirrs to life this affects it not at boot, but randomly as you use it on battery and on AC power.