Restoring DELL M6600 - Mobile Workstation

Hi everyone, thank you for 31:25 of your time. In this video I Repair, Restore and Upgrade the Dell M6600 Workstation Laptop. Yep, this is an older laptop but I'm very impressed by the performances, especially from Gaming performances. Current specs: i7 2670QM ( 4 cores 8 threads ) RAM 32GB DDR3, GPU AMD FirePro M6100 2GB GDDR5, 480GB SSD and 2TB HDD.
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[@akshaykadam9168]

Andrew's wife : Where's my frickin make-up brush for gods sake

[@NhanNguyen-ip8wf]

Me: you cant restore this laptop Him: hold my isopropyl alcohol

[@lovenishteemul6313]

*96% isopropyl alcohol

[@AnhViet-hz9yq]

🇻🇳

[@vuhung4200]

bruhh

[@Homemade103]

Be carefull

[@tedarmavan]

mind you, this old behemoth is still far better than new cheap celeron rubbish…

[@skyediann3399]

I have the successor to this model as my daily driver - the M6700. It's currently rocking a Core i7 3940XM, 32GB RAM, GTX 980M, 256GB Samsung mSATA Drive, 2x 1TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD, and the somewhat rare touch screen module. It's a beast of a machine, these era of Precision laptops are an example in proper build quality - a lot of manufacturers of modern day trashtops could learn a thing or two from these machines/

[@wowitsshit9734]

If you want to sell that to me, and are in the UK, I'll buy it, it's exactly what I want as it's totally windows XP MAXXED! (will dual boot win10 or linux also)

[@suhailkhaan]

A recycling fan like myself watching a video like this, utmost satisfaction.

[@genethebean7597]

I absolutely love this computer! I originally bought a used M4600 in pretty good condition but a) wanted bigger and better graphics options, b) a bigger screen and c) the thermal performance of an i7-2820QM in a 15" laptop wasn't so good, especially since it would frequently overly heat my legs during heavy use. I then fixed up a very broken M6600 and now it's in amazing cosmetic condition, I can now use MXM B cards (mine has that same M6100), my CPU barely reaches 75 degrees at max load, and I may someday have a larger screen; unfortunately, my replacement was used and the 40 pin connector lost the solder pads to ground the connector, so it caused a short. I may be able to do so with the wonderfully placed 30 pin connector and daughter board but it gets really expensive and I couldn't guarantee it would work. Overall, the upgradability and usability of the M6600 is fantastic and I think this is my new favorite video of yours. Although it is basically the same computer, I'd highly recommend looking at the M6700, which is the Ivy Bridge version of this laptop. It has all the same great features and full support for Socket G2 chips, as well as better graphics card cooling. And if you are even more daring, there is a very elusive variant of the Precision M4000 and M6000 series that comes in cherry red, absolutely gorgeous. Very hard to get your hands on, though, almost easier to just buy the cherry color scheme parts and build it into a M6700.

[@nucleargaming4036]

Use laptop coolers

[@genethebean7597]

@@nucleargaming4036 Nah, for this purpose the temps don't seem to impact performance, and the CPU temps barely hit 90 with a max load on both the GPU and CPU. The main issue is that there is a lot of heat soakage in the bottom panel from both fin assemblies, causing the bottom cover to heat up to extremely high temperatures in the center-rear. If it were on a desk all day long, however, this wouldn't be so much of an issue. Plus, I don't think most laptop coolers would be able to contain this chonk.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you :) btw M6700 and M6800 are better, the booth have upgradable CPU and other parts. The temps may goes higher but this is not problem to these beasts

[@haseenabadshah5381]

69 likes lmao

[@user-lt7xj1ys7q]

🤍 This is the most beautiful machine I've ever seen. Totally upgradable, a big machine which is not created from plastic but from metal and it's so stable and nice machine even in 2020. If anyone sells a machine like this, I would buy it immediately. This is antiquity! 🤍

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Nowadays is hard to find quality laptop, btw this one is about 4KG, pretty heavy, very great quality build, even the charger is quality, the charger is bit large, literally brick size and mass :D Btw the better models are M6700 and M6800. Also the quality laptops are Alienware, also made by dell, my dream is Alienware M17x R4, its an older model but is totally awesome

[@davesoraytc9889]

True. I hope can buy this laptop. This thing is worth every penny

[@thosepixelstho]

if i had to buy this laptop without a GPU, RAM and battery, i totally would. i could totally survive with a spare GT240M i have (also MXM), 8 gigs of RAM (i have a kit of 4 x 2 GB sticks of DDR3 by Samsung, totally respectable), and without a battery, because of covid-19 ;p again, massive respects to Dell, who made this machine so damn good

[@jeancharles425]

How much would you buy it ?

[@user-lt7xj1ys7q]

@@jeancharles425 I don't know .. give me a price if you have such a laptop

[@rajindrakissoon8980]

I love when you do upgrades and game testing such as this one😍😂 your the best

[@luckyxanim]

you're

[@reggieustun9620]

Christoper Anak Paulinus shut up

[@mdsadi9316]

True really satisfying.

[@misterchof48]

@@luckyxanim what do we have here, a grammar nazi

[@haseenabadshah5381]

You're*

[@user-rb7mg7ve7d]

Andrew: laptop with 32gb RAM Me: 4gb ram :)))))))))))))))))) that's pretty good

[@Deadmoney6]

Um, 32GB of DDR3 is the price of 2 and a 1/2 Big Mac meals with large fries

[@lucasmunoz9995]

@@Deadmoney6 in your country

[@ibizateahouse0000]

@@Deadmoney6 where???

[@Deadmoney6]

miromiミロミ Any online retailer

[@Callagwhan]

Use AliExpress, cheap

[@shahanv7]

This is the cleanest, most satisfying restoration I've seen, thoroughly enjoyed it ❤️

[@Chenakum]

Watching your videos made me upgrade my laptop too, I don’t know how, but I have managed to upgrade my laptop and runs super fast now, didn’t know I was capable of it. Thank you 😁🙏🏽

[@irfanaffandi.s]

Wife: Is that a new make-up brush for me? awhh so sweet!! Me: It's for the laptop.

[@ronalddavis]

a shaving brush should work although a little rougher

[@ItzBeleking]

@@ronalddavis naa you need softer brushes because you can accidentally clip off one of the capacitors if you are a little too rough

[@brutus3631]

@@ItzBeleking a watercolor brush would be great then

[@iazeemabbas]

I always wanted one. Such an amazing machine. Great job restoring it.

[@focuse24]

As usual, great work on the laptop❤. Love the way you restore it and upgrade. Amazing Man 👌

[@Chesternut007]

I had a m4800 4k screen It was amazing just sold it yesterday. Its a shame everything has to get smaller. What a well built very serviceable laptop series!

[@vlepiez]

It is very relaxing to watch you restore old laptops my friend !

[@GEORGE-jf2vz]

Good video. Glad to see someone cares about the older equipment.

[@Bestgamer_2000]

Your every video improves my knowledge beyond the limits. Keep it up. why people dislike IDK

[@jaysheelbhatt5772]

i really love your videos ! keep up the awesome work.

[@lastdayz9877]

I just brought this exact model from a guy for $100. It was in poor condition, but I've started to upgrade. It has the quad core i7 already. This is definitely a phenomenal machine. I did the interior/exterior cleaning as well, but your cleaning was extraordinary. Very good job!!

[@moldingpro7208]

I stumbled across your channel recently and I have been binge-watching like crazy. Love your channel! Good job, lots of fun!

[@hareezasri1156]

A great place for my therapeutic session

[@satysin630]

Very nice job. I hate to see such good hardware go to waste when it is still perfectly useable for many things. Glad I stumbled on this video great channel Andrew!

[@emili8927]

Amazing as always and always coming back for more of your content 😁

[@woogaloo]

So impressive! That thing looks brand new now and the M6600 was (and sorta still is) a BEAST!

[@jackf1684]

Wow! I had a Dell Precision M4400, I used it for learning Manjaro until the screen broke. It had the 1920 by 1200 "TruLife" display and it actually had a tiny hair in it, probably explains why it broke. Great video!

[@fabiofontes]

Super video Andrew, as always! Thanks for this 31:25 Minutes! :)

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you bro :D

[@fyfoh]

I've had this laptop since 2011. It is a tank and still useful. A while back I upgraded to the Firepro m6100, which came with this guy's laptop, and it is good enough to play games like Valorant.

[@TM86880]

Amazing work Andrew! With this level of detail no reason to purchase a new laptop!

[@azkapramatya8385]

love your restoration vid!!! keep going!

[@bimalghale3871]

Amazing, love your restoration video !! love from NEPAL

[@Cabeza492]

Greetings from Argentina. There was a very kick-ass heavy metal band here, called Nepal.

[@bimalghale3871]

@@Cabeza492 Really Didn't know that there was a band named NEPAL Thanks for the information 👍

[@llynellyn]

The best laptop I ever owned, used one as my main machine for almost a decade and only cost £600 from Dell's outlet store because there was a tiny scratch on the bottom lol. When I got it it had an dual core i5, 8GB DDR3, a 750GB HDD, a 600p display and a 2GB FirePro M8900 (based on the Radeon HD6850m). By the time I had to move on from it it had a quad core i7, 32GB DDR3, three 500GB SSDs and a 2TB HDD, a 1080p IPS screen and a 2GB M6100 (HD7870 equivalent).

[@mazharkhan9595]

I also have a DELL Precision M6600 with i7 2820QM, 12 GB RAM, 128GB mSATA + 750GB HDD +320GB HDD, AMD Firepro m6100 GPU. It plays Dota 2, Rocket league etc. on maxed-out settings. I have a pretty decent experience with Dell precision at very reasonable and low cost. I skinned the top with a carbon fiber vinyl. This video was pure joy for me. Thank you Andrew for the awesome video.

[@priincechauhan]

Wow! I was bored from watching PS upgrading lol. I was waiting for your Laptop upgrade video✌

[@alexandergonczi3732]

This would be an OP system with a docking station!

[@multiomer1997]

Its a monster!

[@okkami676]

It's amazing to watch you work. That Dell looks awesome!

[@christianvscastro]

I really love your very clean setup! always watching your videos Here @Philippines

[@vedantsaraf8348]

love this video best Restoration Ever :)

[@MrAlucard990]

I have one of these M6600! They're absolutely massive and great performers. Mine had a broken HDD and the SSD was missing, so I chucked in 2x 2,5" SSD's and one mSATA SSD. Runs like a champ. The GPU is also the same on mine, but I was thinking of a getting a used GTX 970M, that should fit in there nicely. However, I am not sure about the drivers or if it will even be recognised by the laptop itself. Perhaps modding the Nvidia driver.ini by swapping hardware ID's might do the trick.

[@dgamezonu2693]

I love your videos. So satisfying to watch you clean the dirty parts and put stuff back together.

[@ampatinjoshuaaxel2452]

After watching all of his videos now i know how to disassemble a laptop and clean it hahahh, Great vids btw so satisfying to watch..

[@CreativeDZN]

When you watch the video and talk: *Man, i really need this pc* Also me remembering that he will not sell: *aw shit, here go again* Very nice video, I love your Restoration videos!

[@dansclassics]

CreativeDZN Do people like to do these up? I thought it might have just been him; we have 2 of these at work; one is faulty; but the other one is fine; it didn’t go out on jobs much because of the weight.

[@mwiingahamilenga918]

dansclassics you can sell it to me

[@dansclassics]

Mwiinga Hamilenga I thought from the video that there wouldn’t be any available, but there are; I also checked it the other day and it’s fine using its screen, but the HDMI port is dead; this is a heavy unit which is in Sydney; has the original psu and battery; we do conventions etc but this one didn’t go out much as people were put off by the weight; it has the high resolution touchscreen in it; this model has several choices in it with the screen.

[@nemesistech]

Impressive 😀👍

[@madvinegar]

Always a pleasure and so relaxing watching your videos.

[@Art-qs8gp]

Great job, Andrew! Congrats from Brazil =)

[@manasyeraphael7039]

I still use this laptop today, love from indonesian

[@somumahapatra3437]

I am waiting when you will restore my dell Inspiron 2200 😂😂

[@redeyedninja7414]

😂

[@qlimaxbass5022]

I will do that :)

[@shielamaeagravio2012]

I really like your vids,hoping to own even this kind of old laptop for school. Here watching again while eating keep up the good work !

[@agent_447]

Last of it's kind was the m6800. I got mine last year for $450, without a drive, cause I had my own ssds. I did pay another $80 and got from 16 to 32 gigs of RAM. 4810 qm and Quadro k3100 may not sound much on paper, but man this thing runs 3-4 vms no problem, while I am testing other stuff on the host os. It weighs A LOT. But it's built like an actual tank. Has 2 msata slots. 2 mini pcie for wifi and/or mmc card. A physical wifi kill switch, gigabyte lan port, display port, dedicated microphone Jack. And the speakers are unbelievablely loud with actual bass you can actually enjoy. No wonder these things were around $3500 or more when they were new. It took me 2 months to find one but man am I happy to own this absolute unite of a mobile workstation that still doesn't have any competition. I wish dell kept this kind of built quality alive as a separate niche.

[@woohoo2491]

Almost had one of these with the 2nd gen i7 Xtreme. Would've been $25 from a friend. But the motherboard died as he was testing it. Still makes me sad to this day

[@jhomasthefferson172]

Hey Andrew! I really enjoyed this video. Could you add Valorant to your benchmark list for laptops and computers?

[@himnishjain377]

Jhomas Thefferson Its a good idea but pretty much every pc can run valorant at at least 30fps plus.

[@khoasilicon]

So satisfying, the laptop looks new!

[@cryptotooth]

I love pro dell laptops. My latitude d830 will always be my favourite driver. What a bulletproof workhorse.

[@hariharaans]

🔥

[@shubhamvarshney7239]

amazing!! brother you are just 2 amazing!! love from INDIA

[@mdfarhanahmad9084]

Kha se ? India me ?

[@shubhamvarshney7239]

@@mdfarhanahmad9084 ghar se

[@parshantsharma5795]

Hey Andrew. U r a gr8 man i have seen every video of yours. I m a big fan. I have a gr8 interest in computers. U taught very well. I have also upgraded my system after watching your videos. Thank you Man

[@MrOhighway]

I really love the Dell Precision laptops. Yeah they're big and heavy but 17" monitor, illuminated keyboard, and high quality easily upgradeable chassis. Top notch.

[@hitlerff6227]

i lovet

[@pratichalke9]

I wonder what you do with those 🤔 Or do you restore laptops and you have a shop I guess.

[@xumoyunnazarov5437]

Yeah, that is amazing!!! Do you collect those ones. That is interesting. Can you give us answer???🤔🤔🤔

[@darkraft100]

If you colect them then you lose some money...

[@muulee2254]

@@darkraft100 yea thru pretty sure he sell most of them

[@pratichalke9]

So he have a collection of all those restored laptops, Amazing

[@vyshnavvijil257]

Omg i have this laptop and its rlly good compared to my previous computer thank you for doing this 😊

[@PaulieVideos]

Gotta love older dells. For years I've been using a Latitude E6400 that I upgraded and now I decided to switch to E6520. Also planing to max it out, too bad these M6600 are super rare here, definitely will keep my eye for them.

[@aleksanderslepowronski7046]

You should change music. *it* *makes* *me* *feel* *dizzy* *a* *bit*

[@aircol]

Yea i slept while watching 😂

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Hey bro, I will do, if you have some suggestions feel free to share

[@phorcyst957]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew I think some lofi might work well with your calming video. Also can you check out the ibm ThinkPad t42, cus i have a broken one and would love to see how to upgrade it.

[@manitoy269]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew dismember-casket garden😘

[@unlimited-3298]

What song is playing?

[@Ace-hj8mj]

You should transform another laptop to a desktop but you should add a egpu into the desktop case.

[@shinkishimoto7607]

At that point just build one 😗

[@terencejohnpartolan6209]

The upgrading is the most satisfying part of this video

[@heracles4889]

This is a rare setup these days, congrats man you do a great work

[@jjaze9831]

"Next game is Tom rider" XD

[@tilexusit9307]

Me realizing I'm early: it is what it isssss

[@boondaguh]

Your approach is excellent! Great work!

[@LefterisStampoulidis]

Congratulations 👏👏 1st of all you make this looks simple & 2nd you are one of the best in making videos!!!!! I have just subscribed 😉

[@jvrammstein]

aaa come on ... I can't believe you didn't change the thermalpadads ...

[@rasenabbas9998]

Can you turn my Asus tuf into beast gaming pc

[@yosua631]

Lol singham in here

[@pnnytx]

sacrifice one nvme slot and boom, enjoy your external gpu

[@ssmmoke]

Instant sub. Really loving your videos. Keep up the good work. 👍🏽

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youu bro :D

[@ComputersHowtos]

I have this laptop and I put gtx 680m from an Alienware laptop to it. Use it for older games and it works nice. Got i7 with 4 cores and 16GB RAM. Such a good machine. Nice video, well done.

[@mohammednayim]

"The laptop has some crotches" 😂

[@rajindrakissoon8980]

That's a good one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rg1346]

shut up

[@zactos06]

me using 10+ years old toshiba laptop today....

[@odinhutson4229]

I can somewhat relate im using a hp 8770w

[@henrysgarage3399]

Oh damn I can’t believe KZbin wasn’t giving me notifications, I love this channel

[@antisocial2027]

Well my birthday is in the next 4 days and since ion have any friends i know what i'mma be doing for all of my bday lol. Watching you your vids and imagining i could do the same to my potato laptop lol(i live in a 3rd world country where they don't deliver stuff to, plus i'm gonna just turn 16 so ion have a credit card to even think to buy some of those things). Thank God your channel exist. God bless you sir and anybody that watches your videos. Stay safe everybody lol

[@GaryBeltz]

This is the first time I've heard that I've heard of a SSD that failed

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Yes, SSD fails, all SSD's 2.5" or M.2 on Windows or Mac. The SSD have life span, also it depends how the SSD is used, conditions, stress. But compared to HDD, the SSD fail very rare.

[@SamSung-gf3rt]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew some ssd just need to be power cycled 3 times and they work again. Check KZbin, someone showed with Samsung ssd the procedure.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

@@SamSung-gf3rt Hi bro, that may work in some cases but not in this case, in this case one of the memory is burned plus the board is damaged and the controllers are down, theoretically this can be repaired but it doesn't not worth

[@ravencreeper9143]

Is a gaming laptop this dell After restoration by Andrew

[@sarveshmusicalzone1907]

Rip English

[@ravencreeper9143]

@@sarveshmusicalzone1907 I speck Italian NO english

[@ravencreeper9143]

@@sarveshmusicalzone1907 XD

[@sarveshmusicalzone1907]

@@ravencreeper9143 ok sorry, I didn't know about that

[@adabujiki]

This guy did a LOT OF WORK on this laptop, I subscribed just because of the work Lol. One day I wil watch it again and see how he disassembled & reassembled the parts..

[@ButtMonkey985]

This is the exact laptop i have, so this video serves as a perfect tutorial to help me upgrade this laptop!

[@faiden5399]

I wonder the reaction of the person that would someday buy this and get it repair Repairer; TF?! Why is there tape in here?

[@kb-elmo]

Even in factory assembled laptops tape is often used to hold cables in place. Nothing uncommon to see when reparing laptops.

[@italixgaming915]

@@kb-elmo Yes I already saw pieces of tape inside of laptops I just bought and was the first to open. By the way this is something I recommend to anyone who buys a laptop: open it and check if the components are those that are supposed to be (sometimes they tell you that RAM is on dual channel and you discover a single channel config) and how you can upgrade it (sometimes there are free slots for extra SSDs).

[@qrtoryx1765]

Hello

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Hi bro

[@laithkhawaldeh2619]

They are pretty educational already.I have learned alot from your channel.thank you bro ... amazing work

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you bro :D

[@majidalikhan5978]

Bro! Your videos are the most satisfying videos on KZbin. You are magician 🙌

[@techquire]

4 views 9 likes wth :(

[@llynellyn]

The like counter is dynamic so it can continue to rise in real time as you sit on a page, the view counter is not so it is fixed to whatever the count was when you loaded the page.

[@techquire]

@@llynellyn Thanks for explaining

[@ubeydemoslem1706]

5

[@Snowmirage6453]

Great work! your attention to detail is impressive.

[@megasoid]

What a great machine....blows new ones out of the water. I own a M6800 and two M4800's which are still going strong.

[@lyzex520]

him: max upgrades me: must be a 2080 super and i9 -9750H him: i7 2670QM 32GB DDR3 Ram, FirePro M6100 2GB GDDR5, 480GB SSD and 2TB HDD.

[@albertcaytuiro3770]

@Xcalibur prob proccessor could be improved more. But graphics is harder to find With base fan u can support something more but could be more an office laptop than othen thing

[@kama99ify]

​@Xcalibur Not only that but the motherboard socket allows max up to i7-3940XM, and the GPU socket MXM-B (v3.0) has an RTX 2080 available, but for the price, and the bottleneck, I dont think its worth it. Interestingly enough the cooling is made to manage much worse temperatures as this laptop is rated for a FirePro GPU and they are well known for their food cooking abilities :)

[@nandn1429]

Have to say today's video was pretty bad

[@foxhermit621]

More like garbage

[@mikeryman76]

I built one of these for my wife 8 months ago. It is a very good pc, and quite literally outperforms 2 friends 5 month old alienware laptops. It rocks with win 10, 16gb ram and 4gb video card. Can NOT go wrong with an m6600

[@felixfigueroa2803]

Hello, what video card have you installed?

[@mikeryman76]

Ebay has them just copy and paste this name. It is what I used. HP Dell M6600 M6700 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA N14E-Q3-A2 Quadro K4000M Video Card

[@miba8303]

amazed ) incredible performance ! Glad I found you .

[@nils_pltr]

I cringed when he reused the old thermal pads

[@vitorbatistateixeira758]

Me when he applied excessive thermal paste on the CPU

[@vitorbatistateixeira758]

But this guy is awesome just by being able to reassemble this thing. I couldn't 😂😂😂

[@KM-kl2wu]

@@vitorbatistateixeira758 his thermal paste application was good since its a direct die. Spread method on direct die was alot better than dot since it covered the whole die perfectly and the added dot on the middle to reduce the air bubbles after putting the heatsink together. The only problem he did was reusing the old thermal pads

[@TarkezZ]

Exactly. He used the same thermal pads :triggersounds:

[@javier.villatoro]

And call them "rubber pads"

[@gonzalotapia1250]

11:05 just change that thermal pads!!!

[@Cabeza492]

Read the comments dude... he explains why did reuse the old ones.

[@mustaphaamraoui9568]

I love this video and glad I discovered your channel!

[@mdrumt]

Love the restore and upgrade 🤤

[@Josh.Davidson]

Amazing job Andrew, cool laptop

[@Tech-gv6qk]

Man this is soo satisfying to watch.

[@tonyexcel5813]

Always waiting your video, in fact you are one of the neatest technicians I have ever seen, I saw with great comfort and amazement. GOOD JOB👍🔥🔥🔥

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you :D

[@tonyexcel5813]

Cat and Andrew you're welcome sir :D

[@mymidschoollife8485]

The best bit is when he cleans the cooling frun and hitsink. It's just epic.