expiredroykirk1 posted Aug 07, 2024 02:20 AM
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expiredroykirk1 posted Aug 07, 2024 02:20 AM
Dell Latitude 5420 14" Laptop (Refurbished): i7-1185G7, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD
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Unfortunately it kept crashing itself due to the thermal sensor reading "unsafely high temperatures", especially when plugged into the charger. Dell diagnostics ran fine, I contacted support, and after some effort learned I had a 100 day warranty on the refurb.
Currently waiting to hear a replacement has been sent my way as I still need the thing, I've already sent back my original unit. Whole process has delayed me getting a functional laptop by a few weeks already. Just fyi to anyone considering riding the Dell refurb train. Call "Dell Financial Services"/"Dell Refurbished" to initiate a claim. Live chat on their site was for new products and said mine was out of warranty.
*Update: Dell received my return, and apparently had no replacement units, so they just refunded me. Probably not going to bother rolling the dice again.
These are generally good machines, and the are quite generous with their replacement policy. If you call and they don't have the same one in stock, if you ask nicely they often will give you a similar machine with as-good, or better specs.
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I'll exchange it.
Additionally, the battery only charged to 86% of the new capacity. I ran it down and fully recharged it to see if that would reset everything. Nope. Only 82% charge now - with claims of just under 6 hrs of battery with the screen brightness turned down. The weight is 2.6 lbs, so a little heavier than my last 13.3 laptop. It definitely feels more substantial.
I installed Linux Mint 22 (an Ubuntu 24.04 variant) and everything "just worked". Didn't have to hunt down any drivers. However, I haven't tested the fingerprint reader. I'm not a fan of people cutting off my finger to gain access to a system anyway. I wouldn't use it if it worked. As with all laptops here, the storage is fully encrypted and tied to a challenge/response + pin yubikey. That worked with a little setup too. Nothing unexpected. All the Fn key controls work without any need to do anything too. To a MS-Windows user, that probably isn't anything people deal with. On Linux with lots of different languages and keyboards, sometimes getting the Fn keys to work takes a bit of trial and error. Not this time.
The SSD power on time was just under 10 months. Guess that's fine. The SSD was some Chinese maker I'd never heard of before. Probably a Dell provider.
No regrets so far. Beautiful system (for my needs) at a great price. Though I didn't want a touchscreen and don't use it, they aren't as bad as I remember. 1920x1080p resolution is a little less than I'd like - I use 1200p normally - but I'm still happy for what it is. No dead pixels, if that is even a thing anymore.
For any nerds:
$ inxi -bz System: Kernel: 6.8.0-40-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/0 Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 5320 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 0Y7GXY v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.36.0 date: 03/22/2024 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.8 Wh (33.4%) condition: 53.3/61.8 Wh (86.3%) volts: 14.9 min: 15.2 CPU: Info: quad core 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1145G7 [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 731 min/max: 400/4400 Graphics: Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 tty: 115x37 resolution: 1920x1080 API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1 note: console (EGL sourced) renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2), llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi Device-2: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet driver: ax88179_178a type: USB Drives: Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 8.72 GiB (1.8%) Info: Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.35 GiB used: 1 GiB (6.5%) Processes: 261 Uptime: 21h 44m Init: systemd target: graphical (5) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.34Additionally, the battery only charged to 86% of the new capacity. I ran it down and fully recharged it to see if that would reset everything. Nope. Only 82% charge now - with claims of just under 6 hrs of battery with the screen brightness turned down. The weight is 2.6 lbs, so a little heavier than my last 13.3 laptop. It definitely feels more substantial.
I installed Linux Mint 22 (an Ubuntu 24.04 variant) and everything "just worked". Didn't have to hunt down any drivers. However, I haven't tested the fingerprint reader. I'm not a fan of people cutting off my finger to gain access to a system anyway. I wouldn't use it if it worked. As with all laptops here, the storage is fully encrypted and tied to a challenge/response + pin yubikey. That worked with a little setup too. Nothing unexpected. All the Fn key controls work without any need to do anything too. To a MS-Windows user, that probably isn't anything people deal with. On Linux with lots of different languages and keyboards, sometimes getting the Fn keys to work takes a bit of trial and error. Not this time.
The SSD power on time was just under 10 months. Guess that's fine. The SSD was some Chinese maker I'd never heard of before. Probably a Dell provider.
No regrets so far. Beautiful system (for my needs) at a great price. Though I didn't want a touchscreen and don't use it, they aren't as bad as I remember. 1920x1080p resolution is a little less than I'd like - I use 1200p normally - but I'm still happy for what it is. No dead pixels, if that is even a thing anymore.
Dell Latitude 5420Dell Latitude 5420 Notebook, Gray (Skin Applied), 14-in FHD (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i7 Quad (i7-1185G7) 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Professional
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At this price I am looking for another one may be a touch screen, 7410 touch is what i am looking at? any recommendations my budget is from 300-400.
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