Bought the top of the line Lacie 4 Big Quadra 4TB (~$1000) and after a month and a never ending list of problems cannot get eSata to work properly. See below for M6400 details.

Days of hours dealing with Dell and Lacie tech suppport. Lacie has shipped 2 units and they have the same problems when connected via eSata to my M6400. Problems such as unable to recognize 4TB which was eventually solved by connecting via USB, formatting GPT, etc. then switching over to eSata. Now eSata marks 2TB as bad sectors on disk error check which I did because of 1.3MB/s transfer!

Dell says contact Lacie. Lacie says its the M6400 and I agree with Lacie. No problems when using USB connection. Above problems are just a sample of the weird eSata problems which Lacie techs have not seen before.

Is there a specific eSata driver that can be uninstalled and reinstalled without messing with M6400 internal HD's (which are RAID 0, see below)?

Any M6400 Vista 64bit user running eSata above 2 TB (and no problems)?

Strong preference to sort out eSata on this $5000 (excluding monitor) M6400 but Lacie 4TB comes with eStata, 1394b, 1394, and USB cables.

So next on the speed list is 1394b. But the Lacie 1394 cable is the one that fits the M6400.

It looks like Dell made the older and slower 1394 available (which does not make sense). Does the M6400 have 1394b or 1394?

Can one have different connector ends on 1394b?

I'm hopeing the M6400 is 1394b but with an older style connector to make it backward compatible with 1394 devices. If so, where does one find a 1394b cable with a 1394b connector at one end and a 1394 at the other?

Last question for those with a 3008WFP. How do adjust the height? Do not answer this question unless you have one of these because the user manual is useless and DELL tech support cannot answer this (unbelievable) question on a $2000 monitor.

This expensive hardware was bought with the expectation that you get what you pay for and mainly to avoid (expensive) wasted time on tech problems. This system has cost me much more in wasted tech support time. Many Thanks to anyone who can assist.

Dell Precision M6400 Mobile Workstation (factory configured): QX9300 (Intel quad core, 12MB cache), 16GB (DDR3-1066), FX3700M (1GB), 17" WUXGA RGB-LED (Samsung, 1920x1200), 1TB RAID 0 (2x ST9500420ASG), 2MP Camera, Dual array microphones, Dell 410 Ultra Wide Band/Bluetooth, Intel 5300 a/g/n, CD-DVD (+/-RW GS20N), Backlit keyboard, Vista Ultimate 64-bit, Coolslice, E/Port Plus 210W Port Replicator, UltraSharp 3008WFP 30" Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand.