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Likely these are off-lease business laptops. Not TC'ing, just know what you're getting into.
I also don't understand the 'outdated' concept. An 8th gen i7 will do literally any task that 99.9999999% of computer users do today and for the next 5 years. And 32GB of RAM is a ridiculous amount for even a brand-new laptop. What are people doing with their computers that the above isn't enough? My only concern with this refurbished machine would be battery life.
Instead of buying a 2 year old used car for $12k you should instead buy a $36k new car because it's better.
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To get there, on computer start up (during POST, i.e. before Windows starts booting), mash the F12 to get into the boot options menu, and then select the Diagnostics option. That should start up the Dell ePSA Pre-boot System Assessment. Once the assessment is run, swap to the "Configuration" tab if you are not already there, and then scroll down to the battery section. There you will see the number of "ChargeCycles" listed.
To get there, on computer start up (during POST, i.e. before Windows starts booting), mash the F12 to get into the boot options menu, and then select the Diagnostics option. That should start up the Dell ePSA Pre-boot System Assessment. Once the assessment is run, swap to the "Configuration" tab if you are not already there, and then scroll down to the battery section. There you will see the number of "ChargeCycles" listed.
a computer repairman said not to keep the battery on constant charge when it is off. he showed a bulging Dell battery and thought the reason was constant charging. he thinks it's fine to run the charger when the pc is on however.
any thoughts on that? thanks.
a computer repairman said not to keep the battery on constant charge when it is off. he showed a bulging Dell battery and thought the reason was constant charging. he thinks it's fine to run the charger when the pc is on however.
any thoughts on that? thanks.
EDIT: I just took a look at my daily driver machine--an Inspiron 55xx that I got in November 2019. I use it primarily plugged into AC both at home and at work (bught an extra power brick so I do not have to carry that around). Anyway,I made the BIOS setting I mentioned above since the start, and now >3 years later with heavy daily use, the battery health is still listed as excellent. When I do use the machine unplugged, which is admittedly only very occasionally, the battery seems to last fine. So if do use your laptop while primarily plugged into AC, my experience is that making this BIOS setting can really help extend your battery's functional life.
EDIT: I just took a look at my daily driver machine--an Inspiron 55xx that I got in November 2019. I use it primarily plugged into AC both at home and at work (bught an extra power brick so I do not have to carry that around). Anyway,I made the BIOS setting I mentioned above since the start, and now >3 years later with heavy daily use, the battery health is still listed as excellent. When I do use the machine unplugged, which is admittedly only very occasionally, the battery seems to last fine. So if do use your laptop while primarily plugged into AC, my experience is that making this BIOS setting can really help extend your battery's functional life.
thankful for slickdeals running these cheap Dell refurbished deals, the Lattitudes seem to have a stellar reputation.
any thoughts on that? thanks.
In either case, I highly doubt it had anything to do with the battery swelling, which is more likely an outright manufacturing defect. Even run-down, badly maintained batteries don't usually spontaneously swell or leak.
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Also, are the fans on yours insanely loud? I have a bad feeling it's just the nature of these. There's the option to turn power to Quiet in the BIOS as well as turn off TurboBoost, but it's unclear to me how much performance you're losing by doing this.
To get there, on computer start up (during POST, i.e. before Windows starts booting), mash the F12 to get into the boot options menu, and then select the Diagnostics option. That should start up the Dell ePSA Pre-boot System Assessment. Once the assessment is run, swap to the "Configuration" tab if you are not already there, and then scroll down to the battery section. There you will see the number of "ChargeCycles" listed.
I followed your steps and my ChargeCycles says 4, so they must've given me a new battery. Thanks!
The heavily used laptop had TPM disabled for some reason. Found out when trying to install 11. Reset the BIOS.
They came with Samsung hard drives. They're both set up RAID (which seems to be default for these), so Samsung Magician can't see the drives and run a performance test on them. I'm hesitant to try to flip it to AHCI and screw it up and have to reinstall Windows again. I also see multiple threads with no consensus on whether AHCI or RAID is faster. There's users who claim to see significantly better performance with both modes. I'm more concerned about the one with the heavy use and bad battery. I don't have an external NVME reader, but I'm wondering if it's worth it buying one to pull it out and test it on another system.
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