Dell Latitude e6400

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cemt

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Hi

Dell experts:

Someone gave me an old Dell Latitude e6400. I managed to reload the Windows Vista Business it came with, all drivers loaded.

But today like a bright spark, saw a Bios update just released, so I downloaded it and Flashed my Bios. Now it doest boot up, comes on, then the NUMLOCK key blinks, no bios, screen is blank.

Please can someone assist as I really like this machine.

Dell e6400, Core 2 Duo, 2gb ram, 160gb, onboard 3G.

Thanks!
 
Thanks, I will check it out. Hope it works...

Shellyb1 said:
Windows Vista....eeeeeek :sick:
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yep! i know the feeling, but it has a license already so rather use it... cant beat win7 but i dont have a license...

anyone have luck bringing a bricked dell back to life?:confused:
 
Well, next time you brick a loptop, you know for sure: don't throw it away. :)
 
Dude, Linux will run like a dream on the machine... Even a 64bit version...

Vista :wtf: I admire your patience...
 
Maverick Jester said:
Dude, Linux will run like a dream on the machine... Even a 64bit version...

Vista :wtf: I admire your patience...
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Giving Vista a 1 week trial run, if it stinks i will upgrade to win7.

As long as Adobe CS4 is stable then i'm happy

we use vista at work and its a pain sometimes...
 
cemt said:
As long as Adobe CS4 is stable then i'm happy
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Keep that way, even downgrade to XP. It gives you more usable memory for applications.
Besides, talking about Win7 is easy when pirating, these guys expect you to do the same, but not everybody is using pirated software.
 
cemt said:
yippi ka yay !

I Flashed the bios to a lower firmware, and it worked! Thanks Sajunky!

Revived a bricked Laptop, owe you a beer! :D
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Hey cemt,

I've got the a Dell Latitude E6400 with bios issues too. The bios update stuffed it all up. I've tried following the instructions from mydigitallife, but I could get it to work.

Can you provide a bit more details of what you did? BIOS Version, filename.hdr, usb port, etc.

I've tried bios versions A15, A21, A27, A32, A33. Extracted the HDR files, renamed, but on different types of USB drives formatred to FAT. Tried it in all the USB ports.

Cheers.
 
JT9 said:
I've tried bios versions A15, A21, A27, A32, A33. Extracted the HDR files, renamed, but on different types of USB drives formatred to FAT. Tried it in all the USB ports.
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Try the smallest capacity stick you have. Also check if stick is formatted as a large floppy or hard drive. If formatted on the system with active UEFI BIOS, stick will be formatted with GPT partition, otherwise standard one. I don't know what are requirements for your BIOS, perhaps you should try all 3 variants.

When using third-party utilities, use FAT16, not FAT12 option.
 
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Yeah I've used 512MB, 1GB sticks. Formatting from different systems. I wonder what I'm missing...
 
This is long time, still trying, sad. Find somebody to help you, it should be possible. Try from the place you bought from. There are two Dell shops in JHB, the closest in Edenvale area (from the Dell Website). Maybe someone on the forum will recommend repair shop. It shoudn't be expensive job, assuming boot block is intact.
 
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sajunky said:
This is long time, still trying, sad. Find somebody to help you, it should be possible. Try from the place you bought from. There are two Dell shops in JHB, the closest in Edenvale area (from the Dell Website). Maybe someone on the forum will recommend repair shop. It shoudn't be expensive job, assuming boot block is intact.
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Good suggestions, I'll ring around some local repair shops, but I would have thought that the knowledge base of the internet community is more than that possessed by a local repair person. This Dell E6400 was only bought for $100, two days before I bricked it, so it probably won't be econmically feasible. Selling for parts might recover some money.
 
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