I bought a Dell Precision M4600 refurbished from a seller on NewEgg. I got it Saturday, spent time over the weekend loading up my work software, connecting peripherals, figuring out what I needed to tweak in the BIOS to connect more than one extra monitor, and was generally very pleased.
I took the battery out since this will be plugged in most of the time. I disabled the laptop monitor since I work on an external keyboard and keep the laptop on a riser using it as a CPU only.
All seemed to be going quite well while working on Monday night. I got done working and was relaxing, streaming some Hulu through Chrome, and really nothing else was running.
Suddenly, it shut off with a small pop. I have it running through a battery backup, but none of the monitors I have plugged into the backup went off. I was able to turn it back on without a problem, and it's been running fine since then.
I checked the AP Power Chute software, but the battery backup detected no power events.
It was late, so I left it running and went to bed. It was still on this morning. After checking online, I thought it might be the power supply. I went ahead and contacted the seller on NewEgg to see if I could get another one.
In the meantime, I restarted it so I could check the BIOS. The power log showed an ASF2 force off at the time of the shut down.
I checked online, and the theories on what causes this are many and varied. One of these was a possible registry problem, but I ran CCleaner's registry repair utility, and it detected no problems.
I would really rather avoid returning this if possible. My old laptop is still available, so I would just have to endure going back to its extreme slowness until I got something else. My husband votes for returning the laptop. I have a 90-day warranty through NewEgg and bought a 1-year warranty as well through them. In addition, I bought it through American Express so I have their purchase protection. The seller on NewEgg has emailed saying they could send a new power supply or I could choose to return the computer on their dime.
Right now, I'm trying to replicate the event, again streaming Hulu with a few tabs open on Chrome, and so far so good.
So what could be causing this? Any ideas? Should I just bite it and send the thing back? I kept the box, only had it for a few days after all.
I took the battery out since this will be plugged in most of the time. I disabled the laptop monitor since I work on an external keyboard and keep the laptop on a riser using it as a CPU only.
All seemed to be going quite well while working on Monday night. I got done working and was relaxing, streaming some Hulu through Chrome, and really nothing else was running.
Suddenly, it shut off with a small pop. I have it running through a battery backup, but none of the monitors I have plugged into the backup went off. I was able to turn it back on without a problem, and it's been running fine since then.
I checked the AP Power Chute software, but the battery backup detected no power events.
It was late, so I left it running and went to bed. It was still on this morning. After checking online, I thought it might be the power supply. I went ahead and contacted the seller on NewEgg to see if I could get another one.
In the meantime, I restarted it so I could check the BIOS. The power log showed an ASF2 force off at the time of the shut down.
I checked online, and the theories on what causes this are many and varied. One of these was a possible registry problem, but I ran CCleaner's registry repair utility, and it detected no problems.
I would really rather avoid returning this if possible. My old laptop is still available, so I would just have to endure going back to its extreme slowness until I got something else. My husband votes for returning the laptop. I have a 90-day warranty through NewEgg and bought a 1-year warranty as well through them. In addition, I bought it through American Express so I have their purchase protection. The seller on NewEgg has emailed saying they could send a new power supply or I could choose to return the computer on their dime.
Right now, I'm trying to replicate the event, again streaming Hulu with a few tabs open on Chrome, and so far so good.
So what could be causing this? Any ideas? Should I just bite it and send the thing back? I kept the box, only had it for a few days after all.
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· Download the following Python scripts from http://en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/dtcmedia/m/mediagallery/20011473
o [fw_inventory.py]
o [fwupdate.py]
o [fw_poll.py]
1.6.2 Performing a firmware update on your system
Perform the following steps to remotely update the firmware:
1. Get Firmware Information Installed on your System
2. Begin the update process.
3. Monitor the update process.
1.6.2.1 Get firmware information installed on your system
Run the following script to collect a firmware inventory on your system:
fw_inventory.py
./fw_inventory.py --help
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Usage: fw_inventory.py [options]
Options:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose Prints information verbosely
-f FWUPDATE, --firmware component=FWUPDATE prints component information(nic, bios, idrac_fw, drivers_pack, power_supply, raid, lifecycle_controller, diagnostics)
1. The fw_inventory.py script prompts you for the following information:
Enter iDRAC IP Address: [iDRAC IP] Enter User Name: [USER NAME]
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Enter User Password: [PASSWORD]