Restoring DELL M6600 - Mobile Workstation

[@suhailkhaan]

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

[@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)

[@akshaykadam9168]

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

[@ИлиянВладов-ц9и]

🤍 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 ?

[@ИлиянВладов-ц9и]

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

[@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…

[@ddr553]

I owned M4400, M6600, M6700, M4800, M6800. all are awesome machines. still have all M6*00. dell used to sell these machines at 35%-50% off when new version came. so bought most of these new at almost half price with 5 years of support. love these machines. best laptops I ever had. M6800 > M6700 > M6600. there were improvements from M6600 to M6700 to M6800 besides processors. Minor upgrades like better fans, better hinges, usb 3 (M6700) , additional screws for spare hardware (M6700) to fan grill (M6800), support for under the keyboard memory sticks to reduce flex (M6700), Better heat sinks (M6700)... made huge difference.

[@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

[@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).

[@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 😁🙏🏽

[@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!

[@shahanv7]

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

[@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.

[@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*

[@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

[@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!

[@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!!

[@ИванГешторовичъ]

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

[@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.

[@Bestgamer_2000]

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

[@HarmonyHubMizoram]

I have an old dead MSI laptop which I kept for like a years now, the battery is dead, the screen is not working and I don't have a charger ( my other laptop's charger is not supported). I wanted to repair it but I don't have any knowledge when it comes to repair. It has nvidia gpu too. You know it could be turned out into something great. Hope one day I will. Besides, you're the goat at restoring those dead laptops and I really love your channel, won't miss a single video.

[@iazeemabbas]

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

[@jabezhane]

I got hold of a M6400 many years ago for very little money. Amazing machine and I still have it. Not that portable but you can move it. It was pretty well specced but the person who ordered it cheaped out and got it with just a 2Ghz dual core. I upped the RAM to 8GB, swapped in a 250GB SSD, loaded in a 500GB HDD for data storage, plugged in a backlit keyboard and installed the bluetooth module. Also plugged in a USB3 express card. All great. I also bought a 2GHz quad core CPU. I then looked up how to swap that out...and it was not fun, lot of cables to pull out, screen removal etc. I just left it. For a couple of years it sat there laughing at me, goading me to do it. I then thought I best had, so I spent an afternoon doing it. In the end I managed to get the new CPU in without having to remove the screen and pull everything out. It was tight but it all worked. My other half still uses it if she needs to go work in an office. It gets some looks! There is an orange metallic case option but I would not go that far...

[@focuse24]

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

[@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.

[@hareezasri1156]

A great place for my therapeutic session

[@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.

[@GEORGE-jf2vz]

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

[@TheSpotify95]

Nice upgrade! Although I haven't had one myself, I really like this laptop , due to the upgradability. I believe that ALL laptops should be built like this. This really is a beast of a laptop: upgradable CPU, upgradable GPU, two disk drive slots in addition to an optical drive (extremely rare - most laptops either give the option for one HDD and the DVD, or 2x HDD but no DVD - not both 2x HDD and DVD), and also four memory slots. Some desktop PCs don't even have 4x RAM slots! Also, you did the exact same things that I would have done: 32GB DDR3 RAM (if there's the option for 32GB, why not - most laptops will only take 16GB so this is better), a 500GB SSD for the OS (480GB is close enough) and a 2TB data drive. This is one of the best laptop upgrade videos I have seen - no compromises made here.

[@antonikrainski5721]

It has 3 disk slots - over 2nd ary disk bay there is mSATA slot. I kdnt figured out one more space that looks also like mSATA is even shorter

[@박메롱-k9z]

As you can see in the video, it becomes ridiculously large, thick, and heavy.

[@vlepiez]

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

[@bd5av8r1]

I bought an m6600 off eBay for 125. It was the base model. I upgraded everything in it to the highest performance stuff you can put in it. Fastest i7extreme, nvidia 5010, hd display. Blueray burner All SSD hd and 32 gig of DDR3 ram and such the only thing missing was the optional touch screen. It rocks, in fact it keeps up with a lot of newer systems.

[@manasyeraphael7039]

I still use this laptop today, love from indonesian

[@cortezaz]

To remove old glue use a cloth damped with red transmission fluid, safe for plastic and metal. You’ll be amazed how glue melts away due to transmission fluid high detergent content to remove gunk in transmissions. Then just clean the transmission fluid away with glass cleaner or soap and water. Works for me every time. Some people think I’m joking at first but once they try it they are amazed also.

[@fabiofontes]

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

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you bro :D

[@MostlyRCSlovakia]

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.

[@m.irfanaffandi]

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

[@cryptotooth]

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

[@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.

[@mymidschoollife8485]

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

[@alexandergonczi3732]

This would be an OP system with a docking station!

[@multiomer1997]

Its a monster!

[@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.

[@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 👍

[@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

[@priincechauhan]

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

[@terencejohnpartolan6209]

The upgrading is the most satisfying part of this video

[@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.

[@theguire]

I rebuilt a 6800 several years ago exactly like your upgrade - right down to the CPU. Well, I was a little sloppy on the cleaning. I didn't have the patience. I do want to upgrade the GPU. My only complaint is the weight. I am a software engineer and have found these to be capable workhorses. Thanks for the video. Brought back memories and it is nice to see I am not the only resurrecting these monsters.

[@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

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Very satisfying cleaning process! I have an M6800 which is pretty much the most powerful old-school laptop you can buy where classic meets modern. It's the best laptop I've ever owned and is quite frankly overkill for what I use a computer for nowadays.

[@jaysheelbhatt5772]

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

[@verxisblack9610]

Just came from a restoration video where the guy washed the motherboard in a bucket of water. Andrew you are the best, thanks

[@somumahapatra3437]

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

[@redeyedninja7414]

😂

[@qlimaxbass5022]

I will do that :)

[@sussendrensivakumar3284]

You have really saved our lifes,sir,Your repairs and loving restorations always serves my ideas,We will always be within your heart,and we are always your loving supporters,and you are our God Of Tech Restorers,and our savior,we will always be deep within your heart,and our loving teacher!!!!!!!!

[@azkapramatya8385]

love your restoration vid!!! keep going!

[@emlyndewar]

I remember we had issues with nearly all of our 4800’s at work. Pick them up and they’d shut down. One of the only times Dell’s “did you update to the latest BIOS?" questions ever fixed anything. These precision models were great if you didn’t move around too frequently.

[@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

[@woogaloo]

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

[@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.

[@janquieldapper]

This Dell laptop still awesome! I have my Dell XPS 14 from 2013, my machine have an Intel i5, 8GB ram (1 module), 500Gb SSD and a GT630m (1 Gb) its a great machine!

[@shubhamvarshney7239]

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

[@mdfarhanahmad9084]

Kha se ? India me ?

[@shubhamvarshney7239]

@@mdfarhanahmad9084 ghar se

[@Voidsworn]

I had this years ago. Upgraded the GPU, RAM, CPU, and SSD. It was plenty serviceable for many games and such. If I ever ditch my desktop, I would likely go for some workstation grade laptop again.

[@JammyCrazy]

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?

[@parson7260]

I have this same exact laptop only with 16gb ram and a 2gb 300x gpu.....it's a monster for its age. I actually landed this workstation for free....just needed a hard drive and a new battery. I got a new 250gb ssd and a new battery for $80. It litterly looks like brand new. I'm thinking about selling it here soon.

[@nemesistech]

Impressive 😀👍

[@kyfeam]

had one of these in mint condition after replacing/upgrading everything.. it was a beast back in the day.. sold it for a decent profit..

[@vedantsaraf8348]

love this video best Restoration Ever :)

[@josephl3602]

The Dell Precision M6600 is truly a beautiful piece of work. I picked up one for $130 US back in 2018. It came with a Core i7 2820QM @ 2.4Ghz x 4, 8Gb A-Tech DDR3 RAM, Nvidia Quadro 4000M w/2Gb VRAM, 500Gb 7200 RPM HDD, a wireless b,g,n 2.5ghz wireless card and a separate BT3.0 card all on Windows 7 Pro. I upgraded it to a Core i7 2960XM @ 2.7Ghz x 4, Nvidia GTX680M MXM out of a Dell Alienware laptop w/4Gb GDDR5 VRAM with Nvidia drivers and a custom config file, a 240Gb Kingston Black SSD SATA & a 750Gb 7200 RPM HDD storage drive, 16Gb DDR3 Corsair Vengeance RAM and an Intel b,g,n 2.5Ghz/5Ghz wifi card with BT built in (can't remember the model but can find it if someone wants to know) all on Windows 10 Pro activated and driver's fully working. Had to get the 240w power brick to keep all of that going smoothly. It was a true beast for what it was and was able to play quite a few games on medium settings with no real issues, including Far Cry Primal.

[@josephl3602]

Forgot, I used Cooler Master, Master Gel Maker Nano thermal paste and lapped the heatsink for the cpu and gpu. Kept things running around 70°C, unless it would go into turbo and clock up to 3.1Ghz, at which point it would be closer to 85°C. Not much I could really do to change that. All in all, it is still a great machine that I break out every so often just to keep it working.

[@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 😗

[@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..

[@tilexusit9307]

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

[@TM86880]

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

[@hariharaans]

🔥

[@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.

[@jvrammstein]

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

[@elroydamien8408]

It makes me happy to see yesteryears' wonderful machines get a life compatible with today's standards.

[@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).

[@JankoczgamesStudio]

Bought this laptop some time back too. Thought I have got a good purchase, I found out the motherboard and GPU is cooked, so I got a new motherboard, some ram, SSD, new GPU and now I'm looking at 350$ of hardware which is more than I paid for my car. So when you buy this for upgrading, you might upgrade the whole machine...

[@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

[@ruxcooking]

Just got my own monster. Thanks for showing me this beast. My m6600 came with just 2gb of ram and missing some more parts so I'm using it with a linux live usb while I gather the rest of the parts.

[@jjaze9831]

"Next game is Tom rider" XD

[@ned1621]

I have the M6800 the daddy of them all with the highest end i7 of the time. These machines were so soilidly built and with an SSD are really fast. To think you have room for 3 drives is brilliant. So well built and designed and are really solid, they do not make them like this anymore that's for sure, so I must tear it down and do some maintenance on it. The fans rarely come on, I have 32gb Ram in it and a 4gb nvidia quadro in it I think. these machines don't break. Thanks for the great video my man!

[@VinylToVideo]

I just bought two of these machines refurbished on sale and in the rare red color (well, the M6700.. I think yours is three years newer than the M6600 in the video and mine in the middle) and plan to use them for years. They have 16 GB of RAM but will upgrade them to 32 later if I feel the need (and when it's cheaper to do so, lol), and of course grabbed them both with 512 gig SSDs. Don't know about the GPU but will upgrade if I have to (listing made them sound like graphics were just integrated, so possible removed.. either that or they listed nothing because of the possibility of there being several GPU combinations). Overnight the price went up $80 if I were to order another two so I think I did well. It's pretty funny to think that I am interested in buying a 10 year old computer. In fact it may even be an older machine than my current one, though it does have a better processor and the SSD and of course will be fresh. Imagine though in 2010 wanting to buy a machine from 2000! But it will do everything I want it to and probably even play relatively modern games (which I don't really use them for). For more than double the money of what I paid for two, I could get a brand new machine with identical specs (of course, 12th gen i7 vs 2nd gen, DDR5 RAM vs DDR3, decent GPU vs ?.. is the high price of new worth it? Don't know, though in another 10 years the newer machine would be better to have I suppose).

[@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

[@christianvscastro]

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

[@mohammednayim]

"The laptop has some crotches" 😂

[@rajindrakissoon8980]

That's a good one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rg1346]

shut up

[@Warbob11]

Atm i'm going to be upgrading my Mom's HP ProBook 4540s laptop from a i3 3rd gen to a i7 of the same gen already did the RAM & SSD 2 years ago. Just to prolong the life of it so she isn't worrying about stuff in the future.

[@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

[@will0499]

He deserves this system to last for years after its manufacture date he cleaned it so well!!!!

[@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

[@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"

[@dhilanrocky1995]

brush cleaning is so much satisfying to watch when it revealed green board under that layer of dust.

[@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

[@dominsu]

I have a similar but more budget oriented laptop, the XPS L702X. It's from 2011 as well, with the same processor (i7 2670QM), 8GB DDR3, a 900p display, and a 3 GB GT 555M GPU. It's never let me down, I use it practically every day, and despite having a dedicated gaming PC, I can't stop using it - I would be lying if I said I didn't have a sentimental attachment to it.

[@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 :)

[@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

[@nandn1429]

Have to say today's video was pretty bad

[@foxhermit621]

More like garbage

[@BrianAndersonTT]

Mx600/x700 some of the most reliable and best performing laptops ever made. The glory days of Dell workstations.

[@gonzalotapia1250]

11:05 just change that thermal pads!!!

[@Cabeza492]

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

[@emili8927]

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

[@hailfall361]

I didn't know you could reuse them thermal pads, usually when I open up a laptop... those pads are usually disintegrated and fibers from the inside like frayed out and I almost always need to replace them with a new one. This is a very well made video and tutorial for newly started people like me to learn.

[@majo6952]

i have exactly the same laptop, found at the dumpster, but mine is the older core 2 duo version and it had the orange case, i upgreate it with a quad core cpu, i have also 8 gb ram and a ssd in it, the quaddro card is only the 512 mb version but get the job done i run some games on it with no problem, i am very happy with it the laptop is build like a tank :)

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I agree the build quality is like a tank, I I think this case won't corrode even after a millennium :D