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expired Posted by iconian | Staff • Feb 18, 2025
Feb 18, 2025 6:26 PM
Dell Coupon: 48% Off Refurbished Dell Latitude 5420 Laptops (Various Specs)
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5420s have had a lot of problems. Not just the refurbished ones.
Quite a bit of problems with them shutting down randomly - absolutely no notice. Very difficult to figure out the cause. It can be everything ranging from not upgrading Bios, drivers, to problems caused by faulty RAM, to issues with Intel's new "sleep" regime. Can also be caused by Windows 11, which still has a lot of problems and compatibility issues. W11 was released without being fully developed.
For some reason, which isn't clear, the Latitude 5420 has a lot of problems. I've seen IT folks who oversee hundreds to thousands of computers say that they regularly deal with the random shutdown issues - they send them back under warranty and replace them with something else.
Others on slickdeal have mentioned that the 5XXX laptops released by Dell during the pandemic, are known for these problems.
I swear I'd not buy another one, but I bought a 5420 recently through their site and only had to replace the battery since it was trashed. The rest of the machine runs great
I bought a 7xx 2 in 1 3 years back, it was good.
In general, people comment are favord towarda 7xxx than 5xxx, i am not sure which models (i13 series or specific 5xx series). You have 15 days, if legit reason, no restock fee i think. Good price for good machine unless you get a lemon.
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I suppose I will run every single stress test I can think of. Never actually transferred a Dell Warranty.
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I'm not a dell fanboy, but I use Latitude Precision and Optiplex machines at work and they're built to last.
Do you have any recommendation - what DELL laptop model with i7 onboard have more stable build?
I use Latitudes e7470 at home (i7 6600u) , but time to upgrade coming
If you buy from dellrefurbished, I'd say get the 1 year warranty, and be prepared to deal with problems. Absolutely run a battery report first thing, and if the battery capacity is at less than 80% of original, call them to replace. That's one more way they don't do what they should to refurbish computers - I suspect they just send them out with barely a glance, and hope for the best (knowing people lack knowledge, and many don't follow-up). I'd avoid computers that can only charge with USB-C (some also have a barrel adapter charger option built in, although may ship only with the USB-C adapter).
Of course, back up your data frequently.
Someone else has suggested buying Dell Precisions, but I'm not sure. I personally would stay away from the 3xxx Precisions, and maybe 5xxx or 7xxx are better than Latitudes, but that depends on the specific model (do research) and what specific components are included on a given computer. Precisions are more expensive, too.
I'd also suggest upgrading (free) to W11 right away as that upgrade can cause difficult-to-troubleshoot issues with Latitudes (there's a reason why dellrefurbished doesn't do it themselves). You also need to upgrade drivers and Bios. If you upgrade right away, within the warranty, and run into problems you can't solve (like random shutdowns with no warning), return the computer. W11 still has a lot of incompatibilities. Also, I only buy computers with the "Pro" version of W10.
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I swear I'd not buy another one, but I bought a 5420 recently through their site and only had to replace the battery since it was trashed. The rest of the machine runs great
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But lately never seen anything cheap except for 5xxx.
Also, haven't seen anything cheap for past year for 12" or 13" laptops.
Anyone know why?
Dell discontinued good models. Started using cheap pandemic parts, solder the usbc charge ports. Dell was just churning out like defective Ford F150 and dealing with warranty claim later as the lockdown demand was high
The 12 inch and 13 inch with intel 6th , 8th run like a dream on Win10
Never was a fan fragile 74xx and 54xx with Intel 10th & 11th gen. The older thick 5490 was thinkpad tough with zero issues.
In that era you had better luck with Thinkpad/Elitebook running win10, even acer/gateway was more reliable
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