Dell 130w Type C 3 Prong Ac Adapter

Preamble

I want one, but which one?

Or how about the M6600, which is between 30-60 % cheaper and only marginally slower..?

Or the M6500, slower still, but even cheaper, and there are some are quad core models, although many M6500 are only dual core…

PDFs

Dell-Precision-M6700-Spec-Sheet-tab
M6600, PDF: precision-m6600-specsheet

Considerations

Screen

The M6700 offers the IPS screen, whereas the M6800 does not

Everybody seems to miss the point that the M6700 has 101% advantage in screen terms. Can't compete with that RGB IPS panel.

Source Dell Precision M6700 vs M6800

17.3″ FHD(1920×1080): Dell UltraSharp™ with PremierColor technology, IPS, wide view, anti-glare, LED-backlit, 100% Adobe RGB Color Gamut, Premium Panel Guarantee
All display options include Dell PremierColor display calibration software

Source: Re:m6700 vs.6800 Tech specs…

Is there a touch screen? See NEW GENUINE DELL PRECISION M6800 RED FHD COMPLETE TOUCH SCREEN PMR84 7PKW5. See also Dell Precision M6800 Display Upgrade? (increase max res?)

ASSEMBLY, LCD, FHD, TS+NORM, RED, M6800 Feb Block 2014

Chip set

The M6800 has a newer chipset than the M6700

As was said, the M6800 has a newer chipset in it. This will make upgrading the video card much easier. As I understand it, the M6700 isnt compatible with any cards newer than Kepler (the K series Quadros) so it wont use the M3000M, but the M6800 will. Also the M6800 has a newer cpu (haswell vs ivy bridge). The haswell has the AVX 2 extensions built into the CPU which the ivy bridge has only AVX. This is useful in apps that do a lot of compute as it helps accelerate the computational rate. There are other advantages too, but these are the main ones that I can think of.

Source: Dell Precision M6700 vs M6800

Memory configuration vs speed

M6700 Quad i7 can take 32 GB, four slots

M6700 i5 and Dual can take 16GB, two slots

1866 MHz memory is not available in 8GB. In fact 8GB memory does not appear to be available from Crucial.

Source: Memory options for Precision M6700 (dual core/i5 version)

Speed (MHz)	Configuration Options (DIMMS)	Maximum Amount (GB)
1600	1GB, 2GB, 4GB or 8GB	32
1866	2GB or 4GB	16

Type	DDR3
Speed	1600 MHz and 1866 MHz (faster UI)
Connectors:
Intel Core i5 and i7 Dual Core processors	two DIMM slots
Intel Core i7 Quad Core and i7 Quad Extreme processors	four DIMM slots
Capacity	1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB
Minimum Memory	2 GB
Maximum Memory
Intel Core i5 and i7 Dual Core processors	16 GB
Intel Core i7 Quad Core and i7 Quad Extreme processors	32 GB

Memory

~~HyperX Fury Black 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM Memory, £32.48~~ – Not SO-DIMM
UK Vaseky DDR3 RAM Memory 8GB Laptop 1600MHz SO-DIMM PC-3 12800 204Pin, £21.99 +£4.69

2x 16,8,4 GB Lot Memory Ram 4 Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M6800 4C CPU, £59.99 +£0 for 2 x 8 GB

Power supply

In summary, the official PSUs are 130 and 180 W.

NOTE: Don't fall for the 90 W adapters that are intended for ASUS M6700N, as these are insufficient. However, 90 W may suffice, see M6600 Owner's Review – Warning – Large pics – Personal Opinions, or the Additional Power Supply Notes section below.

Official

130 W Dell 130-Watt 3-Prong AC Adapter with 6 ft Power Cord, $89.99 (Manufacturer Part 2TXJ7, Dell Part 331-5817).
180 W Dell 3-Prong AC Adapter – 180-Watt with 6 ft Power Cord, $119.99 (Manufacturer Part TW1P0, Dell Part 331-7957)

The 130 W supply may also be referred to as PA4-E (see the details of Dell PR03X E Port Replicator Docking Station E6400 E6410 E6420 E6430 E6430s listed below, under the sectionAccessories – Dock – E-Port/PR03X).

eBay

Under spec 90 W, Genuine AJP Brand For Dell Precision M6700 90W Laptop Adapter Power Supply, £14.95 (19.5 V, 4.62 A)
DELL 130W AC/DC Adapter DA130PE1-00 19.5V DP/N 0WRHKW (Ref:Dm1), £14.99+£3.50
DELL 130W AC/DC Adapter DA130PE1-00 19.5V DP/N 0WRHKW (Ref:Dm2), £14.99+£3.50
On spec 180 W, Genuine Dell Precision M4600 M4700 M6600 M6700 AC Adapter Power Supply Charger, £29.99
210 W ?
Over spec 230 W (required for dock), Dell Precision M6600 M6700 AC Adapter Power Supply Charger 230W 11.8A, £39.99+£0

Genuine GA240PE1-00 Dell 240W 19.5V 12.3A AC Adapter Power Charger, £40 + £3

240 W (required for dock), Dell Power Supply 240W/19.5V/12.3A, M6300, M6400, M6500,M6600,M6700,M6800, £97.81+£0

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Dell Laptop Power Adapter 240w (GA240PE1-00 FWCRC USED), £35+£6

Way over spec 330 W, Power Supply Original Dell Precision M6600 M6700 330w 19.5v 16.9a, £86.55 + £14.95

Supply specifics:

130 W 19.5V => 6.67 A
180 W 19.5 V => 9.23 A

From Genuine Dell Precision M4600 M4700 M6600 M6700 AC Adapter Power Supply Charger:

Genuine Dell part. OUTPUT Power Rating: 19.5V 9.23A (180W)
Connector tip: 7.4mm x 5.0mm

Accessories

Dock

See A guide to Docking Stations and Port Replicators on Dell Latitude and Precision Notebooks

The Docks are a bit confusing to understand as there are a number of configurations, they are all similarly named, and to add to the confusion, each model has a ridiculous variety of names to which they are referred by. From the Dell guide listed above:

E-Port
E-Port Plus
E-Legacy Expansion Port
E-Port II
E-Port Plus II

Plus some display combos:

E-Stand
E-Flat Panel
E-View

There are also some that are not featured on the link above:

Dell E-Port Plus Advanced Port Replicator with USB 3.0 – 3x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0, 2 x DVI – Seems equivalent to the E-Port Plus II
Dell E-Port Replicator Docking Station with USB 3.0 – – 3x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x DVI – Seems equivalent to the E-Port II

E-Stand & E-Port

DELL Precision M6500/M6600/M6700 Monitor E-Stand E-Port Replicator Dock – Y99, £7.99

This appears to be a E-Port Plus II combined with a E-Stand.

E-Port/PR03X

Also, Dell Precision M6800 Docking Station Port Replicator I (USB 2.0), £9.99

DELL PR03X PRO3X E-PORT SIMPLE PORT REPLICATOR DOCKING STATION DOCK USB 2.0

Dell M/N: Simple E-Port Replicator PR03X, PRO3X, K07A

Dell P/N: 0PW380, 0T308D, 0CP103, 430-3113, 0XX066, 0F159G, 07K99K, 08RNJ7, 06PPXT, 0T4HD7, J577C, FJFGD, 452-10865, 452-10767, K07A001, 452-10769 (Euro), 0H600C

Dell Box P/N: 0H600C

Onboard Ports:

5x USB 2.0,

1x Network (RJ-45),

3x Display Out (1x VGA, 1x DVI, 1x Display Port)**

1x eSATA/USB2.0 Port,

1x Audio Out (Speakers/Headphones),

1x Audio In (Microphone/Line In),

1x E/Port Monitor Stand Connector.

**** Supports dual monitors, VGA with DVI or DisplayPort (DVI & DisplayPort cannot be used together)

Power Supply NOT included. Requires 130W power adapter such as PA-4E or PA-13 (please search our store for Dell 130W 19.5v 6.7a Adapter)

Compatible with the following laptop(s):

Dell Latitude E4200, E4300, E4310, E5400, E5410 , E5420, E5430, E5440, E5500, E5510, E5520, E5530, E5540, E6220, E6230, E6320, E6330, E6400, E6400 ATG,E6410, E6410 ATG, E6420, E6420 ATG E6430, E6430 ATG, E6430s, E6440, E6500, E6510, E6520, E6530, E6540, XT3

Precision M2400, M4400, M4500

Note: The below laptops are compatible with this docking station but require an additional accessory /higher specification power supply or BOTH in order to function.

Requires Docking Spacer (Dell SKU: 452-BBDB): Latitude E5250, E5270, E5270, E5450, E5470, E5550, E5570, E7240, E7250, E7270, E7440, E7450, E7470, Precision 3510, M3510
Requires "Rugged adapter for E-Port" (Dell P/N: 452-10895): Latitude E6400 XFR, E6420 XFR
Requires 210W 7.4mm x 5.00mm Tip PSU: Precision M4600, M4700, M4800, M6400, M6500, M6600,
Requires 210W 7.4mm x 5.00mm Tip PSU & Docking Spacer: Precision 7510, 7520
Requires 240W 7.4mm x 5.00mm Tip PSU: Precision M6700, M6800
Requires 240W 7.4mm x 5.00mm Tip PSU & Docking Spacer: Precision M7710 / 7710, M7720 / 7720

Some conflicting information about the PA-4E supply (see the first line of the description) from Dell PR03X E Port Replicator Docking Station E6400 E6410 E6420 E6430 E6430s, £7.99

This dock is supplied without the PA4-E power adapter. Your normal laptop charger should be adequate however some machines may require the 130w PA4-E charger.

Ports:

5x USB 2.0

1x eSATA / USB2.0

1x Network (RJ-45)

1x DisplayPort

1x Display Out (DVI)

1x Display Out (VGA)

1x Line In (Microphone)

1x Line Out (Headphones / Speakers)

1x Parallel (Printer) Port

1x Serial

1x Keyboard (PS/2)

1x Mouse (PS/2)

We would always advise that you double check the ports underneath your laptop, if you are still unsure please contact us

Laptop(s): Dell Latitude E4200, E4300, E4310, E4320, E5250, E5400, E5410, E5420, E5430, E5440, E5470, E5500, E5510, E5520, E5530, E5540, E6220, E6230, E6320, E6330, E6400 (ATG, XFR), E6410 (ATG), E6420 (ATG, XFR), E6430 (ATG), E6430s, E6440, E6500, E6510, E6540, E6520, E6530, E7240, E7250, E7440, E7450, ST, XT3 / Dell Precision M2400, M4400, M4500, M4600, M4700, M6400, M6500, M6600, M6700

Please note the following information: * The Latitude E6400 XFR and E6420 XFR require the use of a "Rugged adapter for E-Port" (Dell P/N: 452-10895) for the dock to be fully compatible.

** The Latitude 12 5000 (E5250), Latitude 12 7000 (E7240, E7250), Latitude 14 7000 (E7440, E7450) require the use of a "Dell Docking Spacer for E7x40" (Dell SKU: 452-BBDB) for the dock to be fully compatible. This is often offered as a free add-in if the laptop was ordered directly from Dell.

Dell Latitude PR03X E Port Replicator Docking Station

Also, this PRO3X has USB 3.0, but one only DVI, and comes with 130 W power supply, Dell E-Series E-Port II Port Replicator Docking Station PRO3X + PSU USB 3.0 DP, £29.99

and Dell Docking station Port Replicator USB 3.0 with Dell 130W PSU, £19.99+£4.99

E-Port Plus II/PR02X

The PR02X (AKA E-Port Plus II) see E-Port+II: Visual Guide to your Dock (PDF link), this has five USB ports, two of which are USB 3.0, as well as dual DVI outputs. The PR03X does not have dual DVI outputs.

Dell Laptop Docking Station PR02X E-Port Port Replicator USB 3.0 & Dell 130W AC, £.19.99

Dell Docking Station PR02X & Dell 130W AC

SPECIFICATIONS

Dell M/N: Advanced E-Port Plus II Replicator PR02X, PRO2X

Dell P/N: 0035RXK, 0Y72NH, 0PKDGR, 30F5J, 012TFY, 0XX67W, 0N1J67, 0KKRN4

Onboard Ports:
3x USB 2.0,
2x USB 3.0,
1x eSATA / USB2.0,
1x Network (RJ-45),
2x DisplayPort (Dual-Mode),
2x Display Out (DVI),
1x Display Out (VGA),
1x Line In (Microphone),
1x Line Out, Headphones / Speakers),
1x E/Dock Monitor Stand Connector,
1x Parallel (Printer) Port,
1x Serial,
1x Keyboard (PS/2),
1x Mouse (PS/2)

Compatible with the following
Dell Latitude E4200, E4300, E4310, E5400, E5410 , E5420, E5430, E5440, E5500, E5510, E5520, E5530, E5540, E6220, E6230, E6320, E6330, E6400, E6400 ATG,E6410, E6410 ATG, E6420, E6420 ATG, E6430, E6430 ATG, E6430s, E6440, E6500, E6510, E6520, E6530, E6540,
Precision M2400, M4400, M4500, M4600

Apparently, according to the Dell compatibility chart, the M6600 is not compatible with E-Port II nor E-Port Plus II:

Dock compatibility - Dell Precision MXX00 — Dock compatibility – Dell Precision MXX00

Source: A guide to Docking Stations and Port Replicators on Dell Latitude and Precision Notebooks

This incompatibility may be explained by Dell Precision M6600 with internal display + 2 external:

Here is the reason from Dell support: The M6600 machine has two graphics cards in it. The Nvidia high power unit, and a low power Nvidia. Optimus being enabled allows both of them to operate. This allows the Nvidia to power your external monitors and Intel to power the LCD. If Optimus gets turned off, it won't power more than two.

and

M6600s with the AMD card don't have the same options as the Nvidia systems, in terms of BIOS settings. I think the below document should help clear a few things up:

http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN133302/EN

"To allow support for three or more monitor outputs, "active" DisplayPort adapters (dongles) or monitors with direct DisplayPort connectivity must be used."

Pretty sure you're going to need an active adapter in order to have a 2nd DVI monitor. See below option:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=470-AANW

Additional power supply notes

From M6600 Owner's Review – Warning – Large pics – Personal Opinions

Power Adapters

At this point in the review I think it is appropriate to have a moment where I am completely quiet. If you listen carefully during this silence, off in the background someone is complaining about how "Oh my God! The power brick on the M6600 is massive! Its bigger than my lunchbox! I need another backpack just to carry it!". And now for that silence (crickets……..wind………whining about power packs……..birds chirping). Ah, I feel better.

So. How big is this power adapter? To be honest, it depends.

Its all relative. Most people will have used a laptop before they buy an M6600. Unless they are coming from another high end laptop, they will probably be used to a smaller power adapter. One of the main reasons why people's first reaction to the M6600 power pack is to say its a large power pack is that to them, it is. They are used to smaller power adapters. I was used to the 130 watt adapter from the M6300 and a very large adapter from an XPS 1730 when I first saw the 240 watt thinline. Coming from the pack that shipped with the 1730, the thinline was almost svelte.

So, lets look at some power adapters. The M6600 would usually be powered by the 240 watt thinline adapter. If you purchase the dock, you might also have the 210 watt standard. Here is a pic comparing a few adapters.

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And here we have a view from the side

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As you can see, some power adapters are bigger than others.

But, here is the thing – you can use ANY of these power adapters with the M6600.

So what happens when you plug in a smaller power adapter? Well, to answer that, lets first see what happens on battery power. If we disable Optimus (since not everyone has it) and fire up our good friend Prime95 and let it load some of the processors, HWInfo64 says that we are pulling around 72 watts of power from the battery with the 2920XM quad core (which is also a worst case scenario). The 2920XM will stay at 3.2Ghz on battery under this scenario. If we stop running Prime95, the power draw on the battery falls back to around 27 watts.

Now, lets plug in a 90 watt adapter. With the machine at idle, the battery will either not charge at all or charge at 2.8 watts. If I run Prime95, the clocks on the processor actually run slower than on battery. Looking at the Kill A Watt that the adapter is plugged into, we are pulling between 45 and 77 watts or 0.65 amps. The machine is working to protect the 90 watt adapter from overheating while stopping the drain on the battery. So what does this mean? It means that in a pinch, you can grab one of a bazillion 90 watt adapters from the D or E series Latitudes and use it with the M6600. Will it be a pleasant experience? Yes – you got to give your big presentation! No – rendering video is slow!

Moving on to the 130 watt adapter. The results are pretty much the same as the 90 watt adapter with one key difference – the battery will always be charging. Not very fast, but at least we are seeing a charge. The Kill A Watt shows that we are pulling up to 85 watts. Once again the M6600 is being very conservative with power drawn. Note – this was the older style 130 watt adapter. I will retest with a newer thin 130 watt to see if there is a difference.

All of the power adapters pull 76-78 watts of power from the wall when charging the battery with the machine turned off. Surprisingly, the M6600 will not allow a 65 watt adapter to charge the battery with the machine turned off. It looks like the 90 watt thin is the minimum adapter you can use.

But wait!! What if you you do have Optimus enabled?

This gets kinda cool. If you have Optimus enabled, you can run with the 90 watt power adapter while very slowly charging the battery, with the screen in max brightness while surfing the web on wireless – and only pull 25 watts from the wall. This is with the machine set to Windows default power mode of "Balanced". Remove the battery at you can get down to 20 watts. Turn down the brightness with a full battery and flip into the "Extended Battery Life" power setting and you are now pulling a whopping 15 watts of power from the plug. 15 watts. The 240 watt adapter adds 2 watts of power pulled.

If you really did want to travel light, you could carry either the 90 watt or 130 watt with you. You would be trading off a lot of processing power for that little bit of weight savings.
The 210 and 240 are both covered below.

AC Power Usage

Using a Kill A Watt power meter, I measured how much AC power the M6600 uses.

The 240 watt slim power adapter shows usage of 0 watts and 0.03 amps when not plugged into a system.

With the M6600 off and a 97whr battery installed, the machine pulls 84 watts of electricity to charge the battery.

With the machine booted and sitting at idle, HWinfo64 shows a charge rate of 61 watts to the battery while the Kill a Watt shows power draw of 130 watts from the wall.

With the battery fully charged, the M6600 typically pulls around 75 watts of power with Optimus disabled to ensure that the Quadro 4000M is on. You can get this down to 26 watts (likely less) with Optimus enabled.

The max power pulled by the M6600 was 190 watts during extreme testing.

Graphics cards

The M6600 has two different video card configurations. From this post from the thread, M6600 Owners Thread

I am looking to buy a M6600. I'm not sure if i should select the NVIDIA® Quadro® 3000M with 2GB GDDR5 ($300.00 more expensive) or the AMD® FirePro® M8900 Mobility Pro Graphics with 2GB GDDR5.

Purchases

A colleague purchased this: Dell Precision M6800 Laptop, Intel Core i7-4800M 2.70Ghz, 16Gb Ram, 750Gb HD, £274.99+£9.99

Intel Core i7-4800m 2.70Ghz

16Gb Ram

750Gb Hard Drive

4 x USB, HDMI, Webcam

No Operating system installed

Laptop Boots to Bios

2 small dents on the lid of the laptop

Comes with NO Charger

Other missed chances

M6800
- Dell M6800 i7-4900MQ 2.8GHz Quad Core 16GB RAM 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD Nvidia Quadro, £~~299~~ £324+£14.99 – but "only" 2.8 GHz
  - Dell M6800 i7-4900MQ 2.8GHz Quad Core 16GB RAM 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD Nvidia Quadro, £456+£14.99 – relisted
- DELL PRECISION M6800 LAPTOP WORKSTATION 500GB HDD 8GB RAM, USED, GOOD, WORKING, £149+£10 – No sound, i5 not i7 – auction
- Dell precision M6800 16gb Ram, Corei7, 512GB SSD, AMD FirePro M6100, £395+£12
  - Dell precision M6800 16gb Ram, Corei7, 512GB SSD, AMD FirePro M6100, £101+£15 – auction (relisted)
M6700
- Dell Precision M6700 Laptop, Intel Core i7-3540M 2.9Ghz, 8Gb Ram, 500GB, £180+£9 – 2.9 GHz!!!
- Dell Precision M6700 Laptop, Intel Core i7-3520M 3.0Ghz, 8Gb Ram, 1Tb HD, £160+£10
- Dell Precision M6700 Intel Core i7 3540M 3Ghz 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD 17.3″ Win 10, £219 (now £239+£0) – 3 GHz!!
- Dell Precision M6700 Intel Core i7 4800M 3Ghz 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD 17.3″ Win 10, £220 + £11 (is it really 3 GHz? Check processor spec below (4800M(Q) is 2.7 GHz)
- Dell Precision M6700 Intel Core i7 3540M 3Ghz 8GB RAM, 250GB HDD 17.3″ Win 10, £239.99+£0 – 3 GHz!!!
- Dell Precision M6700 17.3″ i5-3320M 2.60GHz 16GB 1TB 120GB SSD HD 7870M, £299.99 – only i5 😦
M6600
- Dell Precision M6600 128GB SSD 750GB HD 32GB RAM Core i7-2760QM, £200+£27 – 32 GB RAM!!!
  - Dell Precision M6600 128GB SSD 750GB HD 32GB RAM Core i7-2760QM, £225.01+£27 – relisted
- DELL Precisio M6600 Laptop Intel Core i7 -2860QM @2.50GHz -16GB RAM 16GB Ref DP2, £140+£10
- DELL Precision M6600 Laptop Intel Core i7 -2860QM @2.50GHz, 16GB RAM (Ref DP1), £132+£10
- DELL Precision M6600 Laptop Intel Core i7 -2860QM @2.50GHz, 16GB RAM (Ref DP1), £165+£10
- Dell Precision M6600 Laptop i7 17″ 20gb – 750gb, £230
- Dell Precision M6600 17″ Laptop Intel i7-2920XM, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD 500GB HDD, £275+£7.59 (2x8GB)

Touchscreen:

Dell Precision M6600 Mobile Workstation Win-10,Touch Screen, Quad core I7, 16GB, £450

Determining processor speed

Even if the processor speed is not expicity stated in the description, if the processor ID is provided then it can be determined from the Base Frequency given in the specifications:

Intel® Core™ i7-2760QM Processor – 2.4 GHz
Intel® Core™ i7-2920XM Processor Extreme Edition – 2.5 GHz
Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM Processor – 2.7 GHz
Intel® Core™ i7-4800MQ Processor – 2.7 GHz 6MB (M6800)
Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ Processor – 2.8 GHz 6 MB (M6800)
Intel® Core™ i7-4900MQ Processor – 2.8 GHz 8 MB (M6800)
Intel® Core™ i7-4910MQ Processor – 2.9 GHz 8 MB (M6800)
Intel® Core™ i7-4930MX Processor Extreme Edition – 3.0 GHz 8 MB (M6800)
Intel® Core™ i7-4940MX Processor Extreme Edition – 3.1 GHz 8 MB (M6800)
Intel® Core™ i7-3520M Processor – 2.9 GHz
Intel® Core™ i7-3540M Processor – 3.0 GHz
and so on…

Updating the processor

A great video guide: Dell Precision M6800 i7 Quad Core CPU Upgrade

Processor options for the M6800, from Wikipedia – Latitude E Series based (2008-2014),

Intel Core i5 (4200M, 4300M),
i7 (4600M, 4700MQ, 4800MQ, 4810MQ, 4900MQ, 4910MQ, 4930MX, 4940MX)

From Optimizing Dell Precision M6800 for Multi-CAD Power Users

My ideal choice here is Intel Core i7-4940MX (Quad Core Extreme 3.10GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo, 8MB 57W, w/HD Graphics 4600). This to me is just perfect, but so is having the extra cash to purchase this expensive CPU ($1096). I would scale this down to include any of the 4 core 8 thread i7 processors: the 4910MQ , 4810MQ, the 4860HQ, who have similar base frequencies (2.8-3.1 GHz), but go down in price to $378 (4810MQ). My value choice would be right in the middle with the 4910MQ ($568) for the extra 2MB of extra L3 cache.

Installing Windows 7

In order to get Ethernet running, you need to install Intel's Ethernet-Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-7. This is because the base install of Win 7 SP 1 does not come with drivers, and the Ethernet drivers listed on the Dell drivers M6800 page will not install due to the following error:

The procedure entry point AddDllDirectory could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll,

Similar to this error:

M6800 install error - Kernel32 — M6800 install error – Kernel32

Note: the (original) image above is taken from the (not particularly helpful) thread Could not locate dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll. Equally unhelpful were adddlldirectory could not be located kernel32.dll error and E6440 – entry point error when installing drivers

The Intel Ethernet driver for Windows 7 does not give the above error. Once the Intel Ethernet driver is installed then the updates will continue as expected, and you can get the system to a state where it will install the Dell drivers without error. IIRC, I found this driver by simply googling "Intel I2xx/825xx 10/100/1000 Ethernet Network Drivers", which led me to Downloads for Intel® 82567 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, then the Intel Network Adapter driver for Windows 7 was the third one in the list.

The Dell drivers that (initially) failed to install were

Intel I2xx/825xx 10/100/1000 Ethernet Network Drivers, versions:
- 20.2.0.0, A12 (Network_Driver_RYMJ1_WN32_20.2.0.0,_A12)
- 19.5.0.0, A11 (Network_Driver_JGGHH_W32_19.5.0.0_A11)
- 18.5.0.0, A04 (Network_Driver_KDTDM_WN_18.5.0.0_A04)

Once the system is up to date then it is possible to download the complete (?) set of drivers, as a cabinet file, from the Dell driver page, here Dell Command | Deploy Precision M6800 Windows 7 Driver Pack, driver: M6800-win7-A11-XVHPF.cab.

To access the drivers within the cabinet file:

cd to the folder containing the .cab file
expand with expand M6800-win7-A11-XVHPF.cab -F:* . Source: extract-cab-file-using-command-line
Then in Device Manager right click on all of the devices which have the yellow exclamation mark
select "Update driver…" and point it to look in the newly created expanded folder.

Drivers links

Intel I2xx/825xx 10/100/1000 Ethernet Network Drivers
- I217/I218/I219:
  - Win7/8.1: v12.13.17.4
- I210:
  - Win7: v12.13.27.0
  - Win8.1: v12.14.7.0
- 82579:
  - Win7/8.1: v12.10.29.0
Dell Command | Deploy Precision M6800 Windows 7 Driver Pack
Dell M6800 drivers

Linux install

Wi-Fi driver on Ubuntu 18.04: How can I install Broadcom Wireless Adapter BCM4352 802.11ac PCID [14e4:43b1] (rev 03) on fresh install of Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn)?

Note on dual boot

Where can I find the boot.ini file on Windows 7?

Dell 130w Type C 3 Prong Ac Adapter

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