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ptc-1699471-Visitor
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November 19, 2013
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Laptop question

  • November 19, 2013
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Hi all,

I inquired about specs for a laptop for ProE a while back and got some good responses.
Currently looking at a Dell Mobile Precision M6700.
Anyone have any experience with this machine, specifically with ProE? Benefits/drawbacks?

Thanks,
Stefan

Configuration includes:
Intel Core i7-3740QM (2.7GHz)
32g SDRAM
NVidia Quadro K5000M w/4 gb memory
512gb solid state HD


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cjohnstone1-Visitor
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November 20, 2013
So I'm sure I'll smack myself in the forehead later, but here goes:

I have a user working from home on a Dell Precision M4700 laptop with 16G, running Creo2 (M070) and accessing our Windchill 10.1 via our VPN. He is experiencing a number of intermittent crashes that he doesn't see when working on his office desktop. His graphics card checks out with the current software matrix. Any idea where else I should look to try and make it run more smoothly?

Thanks, all -
Chrystal
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rstewart-21-Visitor
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November 20, 2013
Dell has recently release the M6800. Faster, longer battery life, etc. The
key is to select a SSD (solid state drive) for the OS and applications. I
would install at least 16GB of RAM. A regular drive can be used for
backups, etc. Like the other members of the family, it's a brick. I have
the M6700 and I am very happy with the features and performance.



Regards,

Ray




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rstewart-21-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 21, 2013
Is it Pro/E that's crashing or the OS. Usually crashes point to faulty
drivers or bad memory. You can use memtest86 to test the memory. The
Windows built in memory test is not very good. I have had several modules
that failed. This resulted in the famous BSOD. Crashes were random and
infrequent. It depended on what was using the faulty memory. Heat could be
a problem if the processor and video chip heat sinks are not properly
attached. This would be a Dell warranty issue.



Good Luck.



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bbenitez1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 21, 2013
Good answer, Ray -

The first thing I'd do after exhausting the tests for the *usual suspects*
as Ray pointed out, is find out what's different at home that could possibly
affect connection. On my old laptop, if my wife turned the microwave on, it
would clip the VPN connection every time. I make this point since the
solution was to simply *wait* until VPN reconnected, Pro/WC reconnected, and
keep right on working. If I tried to do anything during that process of
reconnecting, game over.

The second test would be to bring the laptop into the office and run it via
VPN and see how often it crashes. It won't take long to eliminate the
differences until the guilty party is discovered.



Anthony



Anthony R. Benitez
Senior Mechanical Designer - Supervisor
Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin
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