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DELL Inspiron 6400 RAM, CPU, SSD and Windows
Hi people, simple and direct:
1- Does this laptop supports T5500, T5600, T7400 or T7600 CPUs with A17 Bios version?
2- I bought it used, not brand-new with Samsung memories DDR2-800, can I maintain or should I put DDR2-667 RAM? It runs smoothly with 4 GB, but I am forcing this laptop or it really supports 4 GB or even more?
3- I have a Toshiba Sata-1 120 GB HDD, I want a upgrade. It has 5.0V 1.0A, can I put a SSD with different V and A or not? Can I also put a SSD? Any SSD from any brand or a special one?
4- Can I put Windows 10 x86 on this laptop or should I stay with 8.1?
Thanks community for the chance to put my questions here. Cheers.
Marcgomes
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July 7th, 2019 09:00
Hi, thanks for the message. I use T2050 Yonah from Intel.
Marcgomes
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July 7th, 2019 09:00
I understand, but I like this laptop so much, I don't want and won't sell it.
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July 7th, 2019 09:00
The 6400 is actually a 13 yr old XP laptop that is not suitable for any kind of an upgrade. It is amazing that you are running windows 8.1. There are no windows 10 or 8.1 Dell drivers available. Probably best to stick with what you have working now.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-6400x/drivers
Dell users trust Crucial and they say 2 GB ram is the max--
https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/inspiron-6400
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July 7th, 2019 09:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @Marcgomes
DDR2-6400 "800 MHz" will be fine and so will 4GB total.
Most 256GB or 512GB SSD's will work.
There are many "Sellers" on eBay selling E6400's with W10 4GB memory.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-E6400-Latitude-Laptop-Computer-Dual-Core-4GB-320GB-WiFi-DVD-Windows-10/352305935880?hash=item520711f608:g:snYAAOSwS6Zavlzw:sc:UPSGround!33772!US!-1
If you like W8.1 then keep it.
I would not upgrade to W10 and for me I would go with W7. "Just my opinion I hate W8"
As far as the CPU I would have to test a few to make sure they work.
What CPU do you have installed know???
Best regards,
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Marcgomes
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July 7th, 2019 10:00
Wow, thanks, I am very happy!!!!
U2CAMEB4ME
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July 7th, 2019 10:00
@Marcgomes
That is one of the slowest CPU's for that model. "Only one slower the T1200"
I have hundreds of E6400's at work.
I will pull one off the shelf in the morning and test a few CPU's and let you know what I find then.
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July 8th, 2019 06:00
@Marcgomes
4GB DDR2-6400S
Intel T9900 C2D 1.600GHZ ~ 3.067GHz
What BIOS version do you have???
https://www.dell.com/support/home/gd/en/gdbsdt1/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=j0n6y&oscode=w764&productcode=latitude-e6400
Regards,
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Marcgomes
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July 8th, 2019 11:00
BIOS A17. Mine is Inspiron 6400, not Latitude E6400, but thanks for the help!!!!
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July 8th, 2019 12:00
My bad @Marcgomes
I just got home.
I am so used to seeing E6400
I will see if we have some "6400's" in the morning and let you know then.
Regards,
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Marcgomes
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July 8th, 2019 12:00
It's ok, thanks!
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July 9th, 2019 06:00
@Marcgomes
I can verify that 4GB does work.
I found only one 6400 and it was a Core Solo.
So I went to find some CPU's to try, and found that we only have i3, i5, and i7 processors.
Everything below that has been recycled.
We are saving more but there was only a few to choose from.
So the only reference then would be:
Intel Core Duo T2050 CPU upgrade:
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_Duo/T2050.html
Again I apologize for any confusion.
Regards,
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Marcgomes
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July 10th, 2019 12:00
Ok friend. About RAID, I am thinking about buy an adapter from microsd to SATA, can I add 10x microSDs to my Inspiron 6400 into RAID mode? Cheers and thanks again!
Marcgomes
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July 13th, 2019 15:00
T5500 and SSD installed, performance = super. Thanks for help!
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U2CAMEB4ME
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July 14th, 2019 08:00
@Philip_Yip
If you took time to read through the thread you would have noticed the OP had already installed 4GB of memory, installed a 120GB SSD and upgraded the CPU.
And I quote:
"It runs smoothly with 4 GB."
"T5500 and SSD installed, performance = super."
Best regards,
U2