The previous company I worked ran X1 Carbons. We spent way too much time fixing them and dumped them. These were new machines too. I’d never buy an X1 Carbon.
Dells can be fussy about power supplies. Sometimes you need an actual Dell branded power supply to keep them happy. I think you got some systems that can be salvaged with some upgrades. Keep up the good work!
Bro dell's in general whines a lot, i got a Latitude just like the one on the video and first it gave me issues with overheating, then i solved that and Now it shuts itself off, i think is something with the Hard drive cable itself cuz every drive i put on it suffers from the same shit
You have a lot of potential. The voice over could be better and spoken in a better flow, but thats a thing that comes with experience. Keep going my friend
10:04 Hey, that model is one of my laptops! It is still shockingly useful in 2024, I did almost all of my python coding assignments on it. I also did some heavier tasks like GIS and gaming! Older games still work reasonably well on it! Browsing and RU-vid worked flawlessly as long as video playback was kept to 720P!
The Toshiba was not explaining that the battery was bad, it was stating that the RTC (Real Time Clock) was unable to stay consistent. Wether that be because the CMOS (in this cause RTC) battery isn't there, OR BECAUSE the battery is dying. RTC is CMOS in older computers
9:10 Fun fact, these laptops often had two HDDs RAIDed together to give increased performance on the extra storage. But the laptops are a nightmare to take apart to get to the mPCIe SSD because they have like 30 screws that keep differing in type
I have that Toshiba ultrabook (Japanese version R632, i5 3rd gen). I played with hackintosh, and that puppy can happily run MacOS Big Sur! And to my surprise, that puppy has an amazing battery life, and doing pretty decent for office task on-the-go.
So Dells have a so called One-Wire system which senses the power output of the charger and uses the power information of the charger (compared with what it expects) to determine if the charger in use is adequate. If the charger is inadequate then the laptop will throttle its power output and will not charge the battery. A lot of cheap 3rd party chargers, or generic chargers, do not have the one-wire signal pin for power detection, so as such the laptop will think you've plugged in an under-rated charger. Hence the slowdowns in Windows and the batteries not charging.
7:09 It could be because your WiFi network is 5 or 6GHz only, and the laptop only supports 2.4GHz, or vice versa. Many routers let you either combine 2.4GHz and 5GHz into one network, or show them as separate networks. That's the closest thing I can imagine to the cause of the problem.
Fun times with your new laptops. As for your audio may i suggest a wired lapel mic clip on your lapel. I think a 20' from Amazon is inexpensive yet great sounding for your needs.
Not a bad lot, I've seen way worse for more money! Also, the problem with the Dell laptop charger is that Dell use a special sensing signal for checking the power capability of the charger. Most 3rd party chargers omit this, hence the laptop cannot determine the AC adapter that is plugged in, and it gives a warning. In some cases, it won't charge any installed battery and also throttles the CPU to a low speed, as it assumes the charger is under-rated.
6:06 Worse, many laptops didn't even let you use any devices other than a few very particular cellular modems in these slots, because they were whitelisted in the BIOS.
to remove background noise you can edit the audio using audacity or something simillar. it can also set the level and tune the audio so your voice is clearer. lots of tutorial for audacity here on youtube.
Great video! The ones that are slow on Windows 11 probably dont have the drivers installedm Try installing all available windows updates. And the low RTC battery on the Toshiba means real time clock, thats a button cell. And the ones that didnt want to boot: Did you try adjusting the boot sequence in the Bios?
i actually buy a dell e6220 for about 50 bucks last year and i use it daily for university and programming, it works well it's fast and the experience its nice the only problem is the drivers the hd2500 hd3000 doesn´t work on w10 or w11. windows just install basic drivers
MY hubby uses a Dell Latitude E6430 n he really likes it. I wish Dell would release a new version w that same build and newer components. One w a ryzen 7 would be awesome and I would definitely buy it!
To be Honest if i was going to Buy a old Laptop i'd buy most any IBM / Lenovo thinkpad. as those are robbust hard to kill.. seen plenty of there Rubberised ones that have been throwen around and work just fine..
