Considering a C610 purchase

Question

Hi!  I am considering purchasing a Latitude C610 for general use.  I will be doing word processing work and internet surfing as well as DVD watching.  I would like to know opinions on how this machine works for these purposes.  It only has 128mb ram, how high can I upgrade? Thanks for your help.

Landsman · Answer

C610 RAM can be upgraded to 1GB:

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=11290&mfr=Dell&model=Latitude+C610&Sys=11290-Dell-Latitude+C610&distributor=0&submit1=Search

Consider purchasing a C810 - it will be a better choice,I presume - max. RAM up only to 512MB but there are few more secrets inside this beauty(stability,upgradeability,performance etc.)

landsman & Dell Latitude C810
1.2MHz Mobile Intel® Pentium® III Processor
512MB PC133 SDRAM(2X Kingston KTD-INSP8100/256)
60GB Hitachi Travelstar(HTS726060M9AT00) 7200rpm fixed HDD
60GB Hitachi Travelstar(HTS726060M9AT00) 7200rpm HDD in Modular Bay
HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4241N DVD-RW in Fixed Bay
nVidia Quadro4 700 GoGL 64MB Video Card
15" UXGA LCD
C/Dock II Expansion Station
C/Dock II Modular Bay Devices:
Standard 3.5" Floppy Drive
Toshiba SD-C2502 DVD-ROM
External monitor:
Dell 2001FP 20" UXGA
Windows XP Pro SP2

Ed C · Answer

I disagree with landsman. I have both a C610 and a i8200 (Same as a Latitude 810/840) and like the C610 better. I my opinion the C610 is one of the best notebooks ever sold by Dell.

juanitamwilliam · Answer

Thanks for your advice.  My budget is very limited.  The one that I am considering is $350.  Is that a good price?

Landsman · Answer

I appreciate EdC opinion.Everybody loves(and must love) own machine. Only one thing - I8200 is same as C840 but is not same as C810. Different CPU-s,you see. C610/810,I8100 are utilizing Mobile Intel® Pentium® III Processor-M with Tualatin kernel-the best kernel ever made I quess. C840,I8200 are utilizing Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor-M with Northwood kernel.   And:under Windows2K/XP you can compensate RAM and get more performance with optimizing OS,moving static pagefile to primary partition of second hard drive(there is possible add sec. HDD to these machines-you can´t do it on newer laptops).    Before buying C610/810 download Diagnostic Utilities - DellDiags( CD110210.exe),create floppy and run it.

Ed C · Answer

Excuse me but a i8000, i8100, i8200 , C800, C810 and C840 are based on the exact same case. Same size and basically the same weight. I have both models and I use the C610 much more then my i8xxx model. It is lighter, thinner and much easier to carry around.

The big difference between a C810/i8100 and a C840/i8200 is of course the CPU (P3 and P4 respectively) and that a C810/i8100 does NOT have on motherboard Ethernet. You still need to have a MiniPCI card for Ethernet and IF I rember correctly it also needs a combo MiniPCI card to have both Ethernet and modem. The i8200/C840 has the built in Ethernet and a spot/slot for a modem daugther card. With a C610 the Ethernet card is built in and there is a spot for a modem daughter card leaving the MiniPCI slot empty. Also the C810/i8100 can only have 512MB of RAM where as the C610 can have 1GB of RAM. In my opinion if the OP was looking for a model in the i8xxx/C8xx style a i8200 wouild be a better choice. But he is NOT looking for one of those.

juanitamwilliam · Answer

I appreciate your thoughts on these models.  I chose to purchase the C610 because it has a CDRW/DVD combo, ethernet, Windows XP (most of the 810's I saw had W2K).  I will probably upgrade the memory sometime.  I feel much better purchasing a system that you have used.  Thanks for taking the time to respond, I appreciate you sharing your experience and expertise.  I paid $350 for it, good price I hope :smileywink:

Landsman · Answer

Good. There is16MB ATI Mobility RADEON M6P Video Card inside C610.It is upgradeable to 32MB GeForce2 Go (NV11) Video Card(Dell P/N  1G544  1M264  1M265  2K080  4D597  6J800) with driver for nVidia GeForce2 GO 44.82.CPU is upgradeable to 1.2GHz(Dell P/N 0F804 6T051).   Enjoy your machine.

irakli_n · Answer

Hello everybody,

Could anyone tell, which CPU - 478 or 479 pin will work in c610 motherboard?

Regarding geforce2 go - (1G544 1M264 1M265 2K080 4D597 6J800) will ANY of those graphics card work in ANY c610 motherboard or there is a limitation?

Regarding display panel what is part numbers for display panel supporting highest resolution for c610?

Thanks for your help

Landsman · Answer

The Mobile Intel Pentium III Processor-M is packaged in a 478-pin Micro-FCPGA package.

Mobile Intel® Pentium® III Processor - M Datasheet
ftp://download.intel.com/design/mobile/datashts/29834006.pdf - Page 60

Mobile Intel Pentium III Processor and Mobile Intel Pentium III Processor - M Specification Update
ftp://download.intel.com/design/mobile/SPECUPDT/24530652.pdf - Page 14

32MB GeForce2 Go (NV11) Video Card(Dell P/N 1G544 1M264 1M265 2K080 4D597 6J800) - same chip,different manufacturers.

0K986 14.1" SXGA+ LCD Service Kit (Includes Panel, Cable and Inverter)
0K985 14.1" SXGA+ LCD Service Kit (Includes Panel, Cable and Inverter) - SHARP
0K989 14.1" UXGA LCD Service Kit (Includes Panel, Cable and Inverter) - SHARP
0K988 14.1" UXGA LCD Service Kit (Includes Panel, Cable and Inverter) - HITACHI

irakli_n · Answer

One question: is just motherboard with RAM, CPU, power adapter and external keyboard/monitor enough to determine if above combination works?

I Got c610 motherboard, put RAM, cpu, connected to external keyboard and display. After I press power on, light comes on, then nothing happens, CPU fan don't even start spinning and there is nothing on the screen. There is no beeps, lights on LEDs simply go off. I'm trying to figure out, what could be a problem.

Regarding CPU: do you confirm, that BOTH 478 and 479 pin CPUs will work in c610? Will 1.26Ghz CPU work also?

Regarding display panel: Do all of listed display panels support 1450*1024 resolution? Which one is the most reliable (least complains from users).
Also the provided part numbers are for display panel only or display panel + plastics + svga cables?

Thanks for your help.

Message Edited by irakli_n on 02-28-2006 05:01 PM

Message Edited by irakli_n on 02-28-2006 05:02 PM

How2do · Answer

FYI: Comparing C610 and I8200 Message Edited by How2do on 03-17-2006 04:25 PM

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