Restoring DELL M6600 - Mobile Workstation 

Me: you cant restore this laptop Him: hold my isopropyl alcohol

Andrew's wife : Where's my frickin make-up brush for gods sake

I have the successor to this model as my daily driver - the M6700. It's currently rocking a Core i7 3940XM, 32GB RAM, GTX 980M, 256GB Samsung mSATA Drive, 2x 1TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD, and the somewhat rare touch screen module. It's a beast of a machine, these era of Precision laptops are an example in proper build quality - a lot of manufacturers of modern day trashtops could learn a thing or two from these machines/

A recycling fan like myself watching a video like this, utmost satisfaction.

I love when you do upgrades and game testing such as this one😍😂 your the best

🤍 This is the most beautiful machine I've ever seen. Totally upgradable, a big machine which is not created from plastic but from metal and it's so stable and nice machine even in 2020. If anyone sells a machine like this, I would buy it immediately. This is antiquity! 🤍

Watching your videos made me upgrade my laptop too, I don’t know how, but I have managed to upgrade my laptop and runs super fast now, didn’t know I was capable of it. Thank you 😁🙏🏽

This is the cleanest, most satisfying restoration I've seen, thoroughly enjoyed it ❤️

I absolutely love this computer! I originally bought a used M4600 in pretty good condition but a) wanted bigger and better graphics options, b) a bigger screen and c) the thermal performance of an i7-2820QM in a 15" laptop wasn't so good, especially since it would frequently overly heat my legs during heavy use. I then fixed up a very broken M6600 and now it's in amazing cosmetic condition, I can now use MXM B cards (mine has that same M6100), my CPU barely reaches 75 degrees at max load, and I may someday have a larger screen; unfortunately, my replacement was used and the 40 pin connector lost the solder pads to ground the connector, so it caused a short. I may be able to do so with the wonderfully placed 30 pin connector and daughter board but it gets really expensive and I couldn't guarantee it would work. Overall, the upgradability and usability of the M6600 is fantastic and I think this is my new favorite video of yours. Although it is basically the same computer, I'd highly recommend looking at the M6700, which is the Ivy Bridge version of this laptop. It has all the same great features and full support for Socket G2 chips, as well as better graphics card cooling. And if you are even more daring, there is a very elusive variant of the Precision M4000 and M6000 series that comes in cherry red, absolutely gorgeous. Very hard to get your hands on, though, almost easier to just buy the cherry color scheme parts and build it into a M6700.

Andrew: laptop with 32gb RAM Me: 4gb ram :)))))))))))))))))) that's pretty good

I had a m4800 4k screen It was amazing just sold it yesterday. Its a shame everything has to get smaller. What a well built very serviceable laptop series!

I always wanted one. Such an amazing machine. Great job restoring it.

Wow! I had a Dell Precision M4400, I used it for learning Manjaro until the screen broke. It had the 1920 by 1200 "TruLife" display and it actually had a tiny hair in it, probably explains why it broke. Great video!

A great place for my therapeutic session

So impressive! That thing looks brand new now and the M6600 was (and sorta still is) a BEAST!

I've had this laptop since 2011. It is a tank and still useful. A while back I upgraded to the Firepro m6100, which came with this guy's laptop, and it is good enough to play games like Valorant.

As usual, great work on the laptop❤. Love the way you restore it and upgrade. Amazing Man 👌

It is very relaxing to watch you restore old laptops my friend !

The best bit is when he cleans the cooling frun and hitsink. It's just epic.

I just brought this exact model from a guy for $100. It was in poor condition, but I've started to upgrade. It has the quad core i7 already. This is definitely a phenomenal machine. I did the interior/exterior cleaning as well, but your cleaning was extraordinary. Very good job!!

Your every video improves my knowledge beyond the limits. Keep it up. why people dislike IDK

Very nice job. I hate to see such good hardware go to waste when it is still perfectly useable for many things. Glad I stumbled on this video great channel Andrew!

The upgrading is the most satisfying part of this video

The best laptop I ever owned, used one as my main machine for almost a decade and only cost £600 from Dell's outlet store because there was a tiny scratch on the bottom lol. When I got it it had an dual core i5, 8GB DDR3, a 750GB HDD, a 600p display and a 2GB FirePro M8900 (based on the Radeon HD6850m). By the time I had to move on from it it had a quad core i7, 32GB DDR3, three 500GB SSDs and a 2TB HDD, a 1080p IPS screen and a 2GB M6100 (HD7870 equivalent).

Good video. Glad to see someone cares about the older equipment.

Wife: Is that a new make-up brush for me? awhh so sweet!! Me: It's for the laptop.

I really love the Dell Precision laptops. Yeah they're big and heavy but 17" monitor, illuminated keyboard, and high quality easily upgradeable chassis. Top notch.

Gotta love older dells. For years I've been using a Latitude E6400 that I upgraded and now I decided to switch to E6520. Also planing to max it out, too bad these M6600 are super rare here, definitely will keep my eye for them.

love your restoration vid!!! keep going!

This would be an OP system with a docking station!

I love pro dell laptops. My latitude d830 will always be my favourite driver. What a bulletproof workhorse.

Amazing work Andrew! With this level of detail no reason to purchase a new laptop!

i really love your videos ! keep up the awesome work.

Amazing, love your restoration video !! love from NEPAL

This guy did a LOT OF WORK on this laptop, I subscribed just because of the work Lol. One day I wil watch it again and see how he disassembled & reassembled the parts..

After watching all of his videos now i know how to disassemble a laptop and clean it hahahh, Great vids btw so satisfying to watch..

Wow! I was bored from watching PS upgrading lol. I was waiting for your Laptop upgrade video✌

I still use this laptop today, love from indonesian

I also have a DELL Precision M6600 with i7 2820QM, 12 GB RAM, 128GB mSATA + 750GB HDD +320GB HDD, AMD Firepro m6100 GPU. It plays Dota 2, Rocket league etc. on maxed-out settings. I have a pretty decent experience with Dell precision at very reasonable and low cost. I skinned the top with a carbon fiber vinyl. This video was pure joy for me. Thank you Andrew for the awesome video.

I owned M4400, M6600, M6700, M4800, M6800. all are awesome machines. still have all M6*00. dell used to sell these machines at 35%-50% off when new version came. so bought most of these new at almost half price with 5 years of support. love these machines. best laptops I ever had. M6800 > M6700 > M6600. there were improvements from M6600 to M6700 to M6800 besides processors. Minor upgrades like better fans, better hinges, usb 3 (M6700) , additional screws for spare hardware (M6700) to fan grill (M6800), support for under the keyboard memory sticks to reduce flex (M6700), Better heat sinks (M6700)... made huge difference.

Super video Andrew, as always! Thanks for this 31:25 Minutes! :)

I have one of these M6600! They're absolutely massive and great performers. Mine had a broken HDD and the SSD was missing, so I chucked in 2x 2,5" SSD's and one mSATA SSD. Runs like a champ. The GPU is also the same on mine, but I was thinking of a getting a used GTX 970M, that should fit in there nicely. However, I am not sure about the drivers or if it will even be recognised by the laptop itself. Perhaps modding the Nvidia driver.ini by swapping hardware ID's might do the trick.

I had this years ago. Upgraded the GPU, RAM, CPU, and SSD. It was plenty serviceable for many games and such. If I ever ditch my desktop, I would likely go for some workstation grade laptop again.

I remember we had issues with nearly all of our 4800’s at work. Pick them up and they’d shut down. One of the only times Dell’s “did you update to the latest BIOS?" questions ever fixed anything. These precision models were great if you didn’t move around too frequently.

Impressive 😀👍

love this video best Restoration Ever :)

I stumbled across your channel recently and I have been binge-watching like crazy. Love your channel! Good job, lots of fun!

I drill holes on case along the heatpipe and where heat builds up such as gpu, chipset, cpu. It works well. Easy to vacuum out also to remove dust.

Almost had one of these with the 2nd gen i7 Xtreme. Would've been $25 from a friend. But the motherboard died as he was testing it. Still makes me sad to this day

When you watch the video and talk: *Man, i really need this pc* Also me remembering that he will not sell: *aw shit, here go again* Very nice video, I love your Restoration videos!

I got hold of a M6400 many years ago for very little money. Amazing machine and I still have it. Not that portable but you can move it. It was pretty well specced but the person who ordered it cheaped out and got it with just a 2Ghz dual core. I upped the RAM to 8GB, swapped in a 250GB SSD, loaded in a 500GB HDD for data storage, plugged in a backlit keyboard and installed the bluetooth module. Also plugged in a USB3 express card. All great. I also bought a 2GHz quad core CPU. I then looked up how to swap that out...and it was not fun, lot of cables to pull out, screen removal etc. I just left it. For a couple of years it sat there laughing at me, goading me to do it. I then thought I best had, so I spent an afternoon doing it. In the end I managed to get the new CPU in without having to remove the screen and pull everything out. It was tight but it all worked. My other half still uses it if she needs to go work in an office. It gets some looks! There is an orange metallic case option but I would not go that far...

Well my birthday is in the next 4 days and since ion have any friends i know what i'mma be doing for all of my bday lol. Watching you your vids and imagining i could do the same to my potato laptop lol(i live in a 3rd world country where they don't deliver stuff to, plus i'm gonna just turn 16 so ion have a credit card to even think to buy some of those things). Thank God your channel exist. God bless you sir and anybody that watches your videos. Stay safe everybody lol

I am waiting when you will restore my dell Inspiron 2200 😂😂

Hey Andrew! I really enjoyed this video. Could you add Valorant to your benchmark list for laptops and computers?

This is a rare setup these days, congrats man you do a great work

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You should transform another laptop to a desktop but you should add a egpu into the desktop case.

He deserves this system to last for years after its manufacture date he cleaned it so well!!!!

It's amazing to watch you work. That Dell looks awesome!

I wonder what you do with those 🤔 Or do you restore laptops and you have a shop I guess.

You should change music. *it* *makes* *me* *feel* *dizzy* *a* *bit*

I rebuilt a 6800 several years ago exactly like your upgrade - right down to the CPU. Well, I was a little sloppy on the cleaning. I didn't have the patience. I do want to upgrade the GPU. My only complaint is the weight. I am a software engineer and have found these to be capable workhorses. Thanks for the video. Brought back memories and it is nice to see I am not the only resurrecting these monsters.

This is the exact laptop i have, so this video serves as a perfect tutorial to help me upgrade this laptop!

i lovet

"Next game is Tom rider" XD

had one of these in mint condition after replacing/upgrading everything.. it was a beast back in the day.. sold it for a decent profit..

why watching these laptop cleaning videos is so satisfying

amazing!! brother you are just 2 amazing!! love from INDIA

aaa come on ... I can't believe you didn't change the thermalpadads ...

I have this laptop and I put gtx 680m from an Alienware laptop to it. Use it for older games and it works nice. Got i7 with 4 cores and 16GB RAM. Such a good machine. Nice video, well done.

What a great machine....blows new ones out of the water. I own a M6800 and two M4800's which are still going strong.

Me realizing I'm early: it is what it isssss

This is the first time I've heard that I've heard of a SSD that failed

So satisfying, the laptop looks new!

I bought an m6600 off eBay for 125. It was the base model. I upgraded everything in it to the highest performance stuff you can put in it. Fastest i7extreme, nvidia 5010, hd display. Blueray burner All SSD hd and 32 gig of DDR3 ram and such the only thing missing was the optional touch screen. It rocks, in fact it keeps up with a lot of newer systems.

Is a gaming laptop this dell After restoration by Andrew

Can you turn my Asus tuf into beast gaming pc

I love your videos. So satisfying to watch you clean the dirty parts and put stuff back together.

why is it so relaxing watching these?

"The laptop has some crotches" 😂

me using 10+ years old toshiba laptop today....

I didn't know you could reuse them thermal pads, usually when I open up a laptop... those pads are usually disintegrated and fibers from the inside like frayed out and I almost always need to replace them with a new one. This is a very well made video and tutorial for newly started people like me to learn.

Andrew is so awesome in his abilities

I wonder the reaction of the person that would someday buy this and get it repair Repairer; TF?! Why is there tape in here?

Hello

Omg i have this laptop and its rlly good compared to my previous computer thank you for doing this 😊

Hey Andrew. U r a gr8 man i have seen every video of yours. I m a big fan. I have a gr8 interest in computers. U taught very well. I have also upgraded my system after watching your videos. Thank you Man

4 views 9 likes wth :(

him: max upgrades me: must be a 2080 super and i9 -9750H him: i7 2670QM 32GB DDR3 Ram, FirePro M6100 2GB GDDR5, 480GB SSD and 2TB HDD.

Amazing as always and always coming back for more of your content 😁

That laptop looks incredible, very upgradable

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11:05 just change that thermal pads!!!

I really love your very clean setup! always watching your videos Here @Philippines

Just came from a restoration video where the guy washed the motherboard in a bucket of water. Andrew you are the best, thanks

I cringed when he reused the old thermal pads

Have to say today's video was pretty bad

I have an old dead MSI laptop which I kept for like a years now, the battery is dead, the screen is not working and I don't have a charger ( my other laptop's charger is not supported). I wanted to repair it but I don't have any knowledge when it comes to repair. It has nvidia gpu too. You know it could be turned out into something great. Hope one day I will. Besides, you're the goat at restoring those dead laptops and I really love your channel, won't miss a single video.

wow a laptop , with an upgradeable cpu and gpu ♡♡♡ wish laptops like those still existed :) ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

the old dell precision line up was so good, tower or mobile they came packed full of useful connectivity and were were very customizable, now it absolutely isn't the case...