Re: dell inspiron and cpx hardware qualities
mw, 2002-Oct-22 19:48 +0200:
> Hello again.
> One more question is about Dell Laptops.
> According to information from linux-laptop.net, they are in common ok for
> linux. I watch especially for insprons from 4000 and the cpx-series from 500
> onward, which seem to be 'recent' enough and well supported.
> But there's one report about a cpx 750 which showed many hardware failures.
> Dell changed some pieces ( like HD and mainboard - i don't refer to the
> batterie-callback action ) regarding to warranty.
> However, i look for a used one, so i can't claim warranties...
>
> Is there something well-known about any hardware lacks on dell's, especially
> the cpx-series ?
> And also, is it true that ibm-HD's are suspicious in this way ?
>
> I think it's quite a common task, and i should read up the archives.
> But i'm not very good in recherche, and are supposed to act soon.
> Perhaps someone could provide me at least a good link....
>
>
> --
> Michl.
Hey Michl,
I've had a cpx 750 J series for 2.5 years now. It's running woody,
2.4.19 kernel (custom), and it runs very nicely. I've had the mb
replaced 2 times, once for a keyboard problem where certain keys
stopped working (I'd tweak the case and they would work again) where I
the keyboard was replaced as well; and once for a suspected problem
with the battery contacts (but that was a false alarm). The HD has
had no problems, but it's load. I use noflushd to spin it down.
XFree86 4.1 with the ati driver is solid. USB works perfectly for
mouse and smartmedia reader. APM works nicely as well. I usually
suspend it when not in use and when I'm on the road. I've gone up to
3 months without rebooting and had over 30 days of uptime (the time
not suspended) during that timeframe. I've gone through a bunch of
batteries, but when I had 2 good 3600mAh batteries I could go 6-8
hours continued usage. The video isn't the best with only 8Mb of
video memory, don't expect to run gltron in it's full glory. However,
for production work, it's fine.
I hope this helps,
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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