Caution! Read this before ordering as these refurb is only 90 day warranty! YMV:
https://www.dell.com/community/La...lt2dYwdcG-
7390 non 2in1 ports: One usb-c with Displayport and Power Delivery. One HDMI 1.4. Two usb-A 3.1. One RJ-45
7390 2in1 ports: Two TB3. One HDMI 1.4. Two usb-A 3.1. No RJ-45
Both comes with 90W adapter. 2in1 adapter is usb-c. Non 2in1 adapter is 7.4mm barrel type
Intel 8265 Wifi 5 2x2 replaceable card with BT 4.2
60Whr battery. You can set charge limits inside the bios by pressing F12 during boot up
2in1 Dell 7390 uses Dell PN557W pen (about $23 on ebay). Don't forget to install the driver for the pen.
Make sure to go to dell support site and manually download the latest controlvault driver for the fingerprint to work correctly. Windows update and dell command update did not install the latest driver on mine.
The WWAN slot can take a WWAN card or an additional M2 2242 SATA SSD. It cannot use the nvme type due to the M2 slot also keyed for the WWAN card.!
Do not trust dell battery health report inside the bios! Do powercfg /batteryreport in windows command prompt to get the real story on your battery! Then ask for a battery exchange if it's below the 90% design level!
Consider disabling Connected Standby (modern sleep) which is enabled in windows by default in the 2in1. This has the traditional S3 sleep disabled and uses up more battery. This can be modified with a simple registry setting change. This information can be googled and found easily HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power.
"PlatformAoAcOverride"=dword:00000000
Things to do/test when getting the laptop before the 30 days mark so you can RMA any issues:
* Update Drivers and bios: On the Dell site, under support for the laptop, there is an option for auto download and update drivers and bios.
- Turn off turboboost in bios (F12 when turning on laptop)
- Set battery charge to 80% or 85% in bios (F12 when turning on laptop)
- Run Dell Diagnostic test / Run the 40 min test which actually took like 10 mins
- Test RAM using memtest86 - this will take about 4-5 hours so set aside time
- Test/check hard drive with HD Sentinel or CrystalDiskInfo -- check to see how many TB written
- Install "SK hynix Drive Manager Easy Kit 2.6.0" or "Samsung Magician" for SSD check
--- For Sk hynix, download from Softpedia (retailers site is slow)
- Test battery Powershell based on your post ("Running `powercfg /batteryreport` from Windows Powershell")
--- Or check using HWMonitor
- Test battery by dropping to 20% and back 80%
- Check cosmetics
- Test audio and headphone jack
- Test camera and microphone
- Run CPU test with geekbench or CPU-Z
- Test fingerprint reader
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For a surf, email, single task (office apps) don't need a newer processor....except maybe battery life? If I get 3-4 hours out of light use it serves my needs and I think the price/build ratio makes it a good choice. I have been looking for a few weeks at newer processor laptops and I think it would cost me $75-$100 more for an entry level where the build would be much less substantial.
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Absolutely zero quality control or check of anything else....
On the 7390 Dell Fedex Refurb I received they had installed an adhesive PVC "Skin" [dellrefurbished.com] on the top to hide dings & scratches. If the one you got looks pretty new on the top but has dings elsewhere then check the edge of the top for the vinyl skin.
These 7390s are off lease laptops that had lots of previous use. But on current model Dells, Refurb can mean a customer return with virtually no previous use. In the case of the Dell 7320 Detachables (threads on SD) they are brand new never used in configurations that are overstocked, and come with 3 year in home PRO Warranties.
On the 7390 Dell Fedex Refurb I received they had installed an adhesive PVC "Skin" [dellrefurbished.com] on the top to hide dings & scratches. If the one you got looks pretty new on the top but has dings elsewhere then check the edge of the top for the vinyl skin.
These 7390s are off lease laptops that had lots of previous use. But on current model Dells, Refurb can mean a customer return with virtually no previous use. In the case of the Dell 7320 Detachables (threads on SD) they are brand new never used in configurations that are overstocked, and come with 3 year in home PRO Warranties.
Absolutely zero quality control or check of anything else aside from making sure the damn thing boots up and accepts the writing of the images onto the ssd.
At least they have been fairly responsive in sending out good batteries. I think we have all so far got replacement batteries with at least 50+Whr out of 60. So if your battery is anything less than 50Wh, it worth asking them for a replacement. Make sure to say your laptop doesn't last more than 90 min of usage on battery.
Given the datapoint, no matter the original capacity, I'm sure if you complain to them, they will comply with sending a new battery.
On the 7390 Dell Fedex Refurb I received they had installed an adhesive PVC "Skin" [dellrefurbished.com] on the top to hide dings & scratches. If the one you got looks pretty new on the top but has dings elsewhere then check the edge of the top for the vinyl skin.
These 7390s are off lease laptops that had lots of previous use. But on current model Dells, Refurb can mean a customer return with virtually no previous use. In the case of the Dell 7320 Detachables (threads on SD) they are brand new never used in configurations that are overstocked, and come with 3 year in home PRO Warranties.
When you make a lease with Dell, Dell financial services is the one that is purchasing the laptop from Dell, and at that point Dell the consumer facing company is no longer the owner of the laptop. Dell can account it as a sale and recognize profit. Dell financial services then handles all of the payment collection, buyout, repossession, and refurbishing. These leases are normally 3 years (laptop equipments are normally replaced on a 3 year schedule in the corporate world), that's why you see most of these refurbished models (on DellRefurbished or on eBay) being 3 year old models. This massive inflow of supply also causes the price to drop a lot, as opposed to 1 year or 2 year old models.
When consumers return a laptop to Dell within its return period, Dell as a retailer has to cancel out the sale and account a small loss in value. They like any other retailer (BestBuy, Walmart) then has to get rid of the product. There are a number of ways including selling it as "refurbished" or "open box". These are normally new models. If stock remains unsold for too long, retailers normally sell them to discount retailers or other parties down the food chain so they no longer have the liability of unsold stock. (For normal good like pens and notebooks in a Walmart for instance, they get sold to Big Lot etc)
Dell.com/Dell Outlet sells the new, open box models. Dell financial services sells the old, leased models.
That was not how it worked for me. Mine came with a smaller 3-Cell 42Wh battery and it showed 29Wh capacity (69% of 42Wh). Dell Refurbished Technical support told me their battery benchmark was a 90 minute runtime, not the capacity or original spec. I contacted them twice, they would not replace it. I had not read the warranty linked above at the time.
It was not worth the hassle for me to argue longer because new aftermarket 60Wh batteries for the 7390 are cheap. But, going forward it is good to know that at least one tech says they promise only 90 minutes run time, and that the posted Dell Refurbished Warranty promises more.
7330 2in 1 for $420 with a 3 years warranty's a heck of a deal.
That was not how it worked for me. Mine came with a smaller 3-Cell 42Wh battery and it showed 29Wh capacity (69% of 42Wh). Dell Refurbished Technical support told me their battery benchmark was a 90 minute runtime, not the capacity or original spec. I contacted them twice, they would not replace it. I had not read the warranty linked above at the time.
It was not worth the hassle for me to argue longer because new aftermarket 60Wh batteries for the 7390 are cheap. But, going forward it is good to know that at least one tech says they promise only 90 minutes run time, and that the posted Dell Refurbished Warranty promises more.
That was not how it worked for me. Mine came with a smaller 3-Cell 42Wh battery and it showed 29Wh capacity (69% of 42Wh). Dell Refurbished Technical support told me their battery benchmark was a 90 minute runtime, not the capacity or original spec. I contacted them twice, they would not replace it. I had not read the warranty linked above at the time.
It was not worth the hassle for me to argue longer because new aftermarket 60Wh batteries for the 7390 are cheap. But, going forward it is good to know that at least one tech says they promise only 90 minutes run time, and that the posted Dell Refurbished Warranty promises more.
Having said that, they sent me TWO bad sata m2 ssd for my non2in1 7390. After the 2nd time, i told them to stop wasting time and money and just give me a $20 refund. Which they did and it is a fair deal since i could use that $20 to buy a 256gb ssd.
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Used ddr4 are not much cheaper than new though. You can get a new 16gb 3200 on Newegg and will be able to use that on a lot of other newer laptops later.
Used ddr4 are not much cheaper than new though. You can get a new 16gb 3200 on Newegg and will be able to use that on a lot of other newer laptops later.
It is entirely possible I missed it, but it is also possible the power implementation is different. The 7390 has a barrel plug while the 2 in 1 is USB-C only. The 2 in 1 may not have the same chip as the 7390, which means it may not fail the same way the 7390's do.
I do measure a really hot inductor whenever it charges (with the computer on or off). I'm not too worried about that chip because it should have a rated tolerance of 125C. And if the computer is on, then fan does turn on whenever a plug in connected, even though CPU temp is pretty cool. I don't know what mechanism triggers the fan, even though I noticed no difference before and after connecting the plug in HWMonitor.
It is entirely possible I missed it, but it is also possible the power implementation is different. The 7390 has a barrel plug while the 2 in 1 is USB-C only. The 2 in 1 may not have the same chip as the 7390, which means it may not fail the same way the 7390's do.
I do measure a really hot inductor whenever it charges (with the computer on or off). I'm not too worried about that chip because it should have a rated tolerance of 125C. And if the computer is on, then fan does turn on whenever a plug in connected, even though CPU temp is pretty cool. I don't know what mechanism triggers the fan, even though I noticed no difference before and after connecting the plug in HWMonitor.
But yeah, i do notice also that these 7390 also do run a bit hotter than my lenovo i5 8th gen U laptops too.
doesn't really matter much as long as yr ssd doesn't have smart error or bad block. needs to run something like hd sentinels to check
The HUGE advantage of 5300 over 7390 is the fact that both the non 2in1 and 2in1 is the fact that both of these have two sodimm slots!
The other difference is that the 2in1 5300 has a barrel connector replacing one of the usb-c
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But yeah, i do notice also that these 7390 also do run a bit hotter than my lenovo i5 8th gen U laptops too.
The HUGE advantage of 5300 over 7390 is the fact that both the non 2in1 and 2in1 is the fact that both of these have two sodimm slots!
The other difference is that the 2in1 5300 has a barrel connector replacing one of the usb-c
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