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December 6th, 2015 10:00
Dell Latitude E6410 button "Latitude ON"? --What does button do?
Small button next to the power on button. Exactly how does the button function? Not asking about "Latitude ON" itself, but the purpose of the button (Enable/Disable?).
I spent 45 minutes on phone with the little Indian snots because CHAT window function will not open without your "SERVICE TAG" or the "EXPRESS SERVICE CODE" on the bottom of the laptop (or any other Dell product). And you cannot get any customer service from a person on the phone without that either. So I gave them one of my many Dell service tags (from a Dell printer or a Dell monitor or a Dell Dimension desktop or a Dell Inspiron laptop or my 1998 Dell Latitude laptop). Of course, they refused to believe in that last service code--not enough digits.
Anyway, no one at Dell support would tell me anything about the button on an E6410 because I am not the owner and I don't have the service tag or express service code to give them. And after a long time on hold (as the little girl requested I do), my phone got cut off.
I guess tomorrow I will have to call Dell executive offices in Round Rock Texas and ask why there is no documentation on line or in user manual about that mystery button and what it does. Plenty of pages of "Latitude ON" purpose, but nothing about the button with the same symbol.
See Yahoo Answers question about this at: answers.yahoo.com/.../index;ap=4&ans_success=1


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December 6th, 2015 10:00
The ON module was a quick-boot flash memory module that loaded a limited OS for quick use in browsing the web, etc. If that module is present in the system (it wasn't a common option, so it likely is not), pressing it will bring up a quick-load operating system to allow you to check your email, browse the web, etc. without having to wait for the system to load Windows.
The documentation for the function of the ON module is here:
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(it applies to most of the E-series Dells from the time yours was produced).
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December 6th, 2015 19:00
I had read that PDF, and it did not mention the button or what it did until #25. I had given up by #21. Would have been nice to supply instructions on how to use the button instead of just a bunch of FAQs about ON Flash.
So your answer is that the button enables or starts the ON function (if it exists in the laptop)?