Dell Latitude E6400 XFR Administrator Guide

www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Dell™ Business Client E-Family
Re-Image How-To Guide

Notes
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
____________________
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.
is strictly forbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dell Precision, and Latitude are trademarks of Dell
Inc.; Intel, vPro, ProSet, and AMT are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other
countries; Microsoft, Windows,Windows XP,MS-DOS and Windows Vista are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming
the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and
trade names other than its own.
December 2008 Rev. A00

Contents
1Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 E-Family New Features and
Image Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 Latest Drivers / Applications and
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5 Installation Sequence Overview . . . . . . . 13
6BIOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7 Recommended Drivers / Applications,
Installation Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Microsoft QFEs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intel Mobile Chipset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PCMCIA / Smartcard Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intel Storage - Intel Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . 17

4Contents
Graphics and Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Integrated Wired Network Controller . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dell ControlPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
DCP System Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
DCP Connection Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DCP Security Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Wireless Network Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Bluetooth (Wireless PAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Broadband Wireless Wide Area Network Controller. . 27
Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Modem (Not applicable to Dell Precision M6400) . . . 28
Intel vPro or AMT (Applicable ONLY to
vPro Configurations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Touch Screen Digitizer (E6400 ATG only) . . . . . . . . 29
8 Windows Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Dell e-Docks (E-Family Docking Stations) . . . . . 33
Webcam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Dell Business Client E-Family Re-Image How-To Guide 5
Overview
The purpose of this document is to detail the required steps for re-imaging
Dell E-Family notebooks with Microsoft®operating systems. Dell Mobile
Precision Workstations™ also support Red Hat®Linux 5.1. This document is
specific to Microsoft operating systems.
Dell E-Family systems ship with MS Windows XP®SP3 or Vista®SP1. These
images include the Dell recommended software stack and settings including
drivers and applications which were tested and validated with the system.
Drivers and applications must be installed on Dell E-Family systems in a
prescribed order to ensure optimal performance. Failure to install drivers and
applications as detailed in this document may result in undesirable
performance.
Dell provides Drivers and Applications that are not included in Microsoft
operating systems. These drivers are required to enable the new technologies
and features of Dell E-Family products. Reinstalled images should be built
starting from a clean OS load and following the steps in this guide. Dell does
not recommend starting from an image built for D-Family products or other
computer systems.
This "How-To" guide applies to the following-Family systems:
• Dell Latitude™
– E4200
– E4300
– E5400
– E5500
– E6400
– E6400 ATG
– E6500
• Dell Precision Mobile WorkStations
– M2400
– M4400
– M6400

6Dell Business Client E-Family Re-Image How-To Guide

Dell Business Client E-Family Re-Image How-To Guide 7
Supported Operating Systems
The following Microsoft operating systems have been validated for use on
Dell E-Family notebook computers. These operating systems and their
service packs are the latest and most updated releases from Microsoft.
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack-3 - 32-Bit
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack-3 - 64-Bit
• Vista Service Pack-1 - 32-Bit
• Vista Service Pack-1 - 64-Bit

8Dell Business Client E-Family Re-Image How-To Guide

Dell Business Client E-Family Re-Image How-To Guide 9
E-Family New Features and Image
Impact
Dell E-Family systems feature new hardware technologies that require a new
software stack, drivers and / or applications. These products are not
compatible with previous images built or installed on non E-Family or
previous Dell products.
Among these new hardware and technologies are:
•Intel
®
ICH-9M Chipset
• Intel IRRT (Intel Rapid Recovery Technology)
•eSATA
• Intel AMT (Intel Active Management Technology)
• Graphics controller (Intel and nVidia
®
)
•DisplayPort
• Network LoM (Intel and Broadcom
®
)
• Wireless LAN
• Wireless WAN
• Bluetooth
®
/ UWB
• Broadcom Unified Security Hub (USH)
• Contactless smartcard / RFID
•Webcam
•DellControlPoint
– System Manager
– Connection Manager
–SecurityManager
•PrivacyScreen
• Touch Screen Digitizer (Only 6400 ATG)

10 Dell Business Client E-Family Re-Image How-To Guide