Dell_Latitude_E6400_/_E6500

Hardware

14,1 inch display @ 1280x800 or 1440x900 (E6400)
15,4 inch display @ 1280x800 or 1440x900 or 1920x1200 (E6500)
Intel Core 2 Duo processors
Intel PM45 chipset (ICH9M)
Up to 8 GB DDR2-800 RAM  	
Intel GMA 4500MHD or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
03:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 11)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 4235

lsusb

Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0c45:63f8 Microdia
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:5801 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Hardware Status Overview

	Device	Working	Driver	Troubleshooting
Processor	Processor
Drives and Storage	Hard Drive
	Optical Drive
	Firewire
USB	USB
Graphics	Intel		xf86-video-i810	Works since 2.4.2-r2
	NVIDIA
Input Devices	Keyboard		keyboard
	Touchpad		synaptics	needs kernel patch! see below
	Trackstick		evdev
	Functions Keys
Networking	Ethernet		e1000e	WARNING: eeprom might get corrupted with 2.6.27 prerelease versions!
	WLAN: Intel		iwlagn	driver available since 2.6.27
	Modem
	Bluetooth		hci_usb
Sound	Sound		snd-hda-intel
Other	PC Card
	Smartcard Reader
	Fingerprint Readers
	Webcam		uvcvideo	works with 2.6.27 - detected by driver as Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_0.3M
	Hardware Sensors		i8k - partly
	Suspend to RAM
	Suspend to Disk

Touchpad

You need to patch all current kernel versions. Patch: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/7/133

Bluetooth

You need to switch the bluetooth-device with hid2hci (part of bluez-utils):

# hid2hci
Switching device 413c:8158 to HCI mode was successful

Support for Dell Wireless 370 is builtin for >=bluez-utils-3.32.

Dell Laptop guides

Dell specific laptop guides:

• Dell Function Keys
• Dell Hardware Sensors
• Dell BIOS Upgrade
• Dell Utility / System Restore / MediaDirect
• Dell Docking Station

Generic Laptop guides

Some generic laptop guides:

• ACPI
• Power Management