All passed the test except the battery was flagged as marginal. I noticed the battery was not getting charged much even with the charger plugged in. So looked for a substitute charger on eBay and it was not expensive, so ordered it.
Guess what, the laptop is running fast like it was when brand new. Researching more on this, I found out the Intel processor automatically cuts down speed when power supply is inadequate. The processor speed with the new charger is 3 times faster than with the old charger!
Hope this might help some others.
My battery setting is half way between Battery saver versus highest performance.
Just a coincidence that “they” finished downloading your hard drive contents at the same time. ;-)
“Intel processor automatically cuts down speed when power supply is inadequate”
Also when it starts to overheat (failed fan, high ambient temp etc..)
Super thin Laptops are heavily throttled because of heat, also they disabled a lot of predictive execution because EMF can be hacked.
Thin sucks.
Be careful about using defrag on Solid State drives. It can do unkind things to them.
This is how the computer repairer/upgrader earns his well-deserved pay for this knowledge. Been at it for years, my FRiend.
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Someone at Dell computer should be in prison over that little trick. You are the victim of a company that wants to make sure that you buy their power supply and nobody else’s..
There is absolutely no reason that computer manufacturers need to have hundreds of different power ports within the US.
Mine is plugged into the wall. Just ran a speed test which shows it’s zipping along at super sonic speed of 13 mbps... Sadly, that’s about normal speed. Vyve doesn’t care but has their hand out for payment every month.
I have a weird problem with my 9 year old Mac Mini. I came fairly close to just buying a new one, but found a solution. The machine frequently refuses to wake up after extended periods of sleep. Mouse movements and keyboard strikes fail to wake it. However, if I tap the power button it will wake. I then have to wait for it to go back to sleep before the mouse and keyboard work. It probably needs a new battery, but I am not putting any money into a 9 year old machine..
Us dinosaurs that still use a computer are becoming instinct. Google says join the cloud (whatever that is).
I would pay good money for a computer - half of whose hard-drive was dedicated to self-diagnostic software and repair/maintenance software.
During the course of a work-day, the computer would report, e.g.,
"I've noticed that I'm taking up to 15 seconds to open (launch) Windows Explorer. I also notice that double-clicking on a Microsoft Word file takes about 20 seconds to open. A mere six months ago, these times were 9 seconds and 11 seconds, respectively. There are three main possible reasons for this; I have investigated all three and determined that the actual reason is because your deflector phalanx needs to be reconfigured to emit anti-tachyons. If you would like me to do this for you, click on "OK." I'll then need approx. 15 minutes to reconfigure your deflector phalanx - during which time you won't be able to work. The only drawback is that your Outlook software will slow down by about 5%. Shall I do it?
Regards,
If it is an XPS 17 there is a problem. Bad design. Even with a 100 percent working power adapter it cannot give enough juice for the top end cup and gpu. As a result, it throttles the cpu is you are doing gpu intensive stuff.
Dells fix is a motherboard swap that permantly slows the cpu.
This is their top end laptop. Not good.
From an add I saw on TV at 3:30 in the A.M., I ordered a supply of qubits...
Loaded them onto an old DOS computer and it now runs very very fast...
The only problem is that all the news and info it receives is from 2054...
And it is worse than today’s news...
I had all sorts of problems that were the falt of an overworked router. I have too many devices wanting connection
I bought a new matrix system that so far has eliminated the problems.
My problem now is getting my wife’s HP color printer back on the net so I can use it.
I have concluded that precipitating the problem is a new neighbor that has added all kinds of wireless devices that show up as available on the list
Anyway......... the matrix wireless system solved a host of different problems. At the suggestion of my geek son I bought it on Prime day and saved $100
It’s like getting a low-cost upgrade to the PC, itself!
Cost of upgrade from $43 ram memory to $60 for 500gb SSD or total $250 for 8gb ram and 1tb SSD and $10 external enclosure (may need 2).
Pop in and out. Shows how to mirror the hard drive.
External $10 enclosure: https://tinyurl.com/y4pyvxm9
Dell Latitude E6420 Upgrading to a New SSD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NQjieKCtf8
Price of SSD $60 for 500gb and $110 for 1tb
SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-77E500B/AM)
https://tinyurl.com/k6s2yp9s
To find details on your model.
On screen in setup - F2 at power up.
The memory configuration tested for this model is DDR3 1333MHz DIMM (2 DIMM slots)
Min 2GB to Max 8GB memory
Crucial memory - $43 for 8gb ram
https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/dell/latitude-e6420
iFixit - Photos of the inside of the laptop:
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Dell_Latitude_E6420