Dell E6400 Display Corruption

I usually run Ubuntu on my laptop since it boots so fast, but occasionally I'll need to do a lot of work in Outlook or use my IP phone so I dual boot Windows 7. I hadn't used Windows 7 on this machine in months so I thought something must be physically wrong because this started happening, but it wasn't happening in Ubuntu...

It took me forever to find this, but it turns out there is a bug with this particular Intel chipset and the Windows 7 drivers when you have VT for Direct I/O enabled in the BIOS. I must have turned this on at some point. Disabling it in the BIOS fixed the issue.

Thanks to http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/hardware/display-corruption-with-mobile-intel-gm45-chipset/ for the tip!

IT Assistant will not launch because a dependent component is not installed.

The Dell I.T. assistant has an issue with the newer java versions. The work around is to open Java from the control panel, go to the advanced tab, java plug-in, uncheck use next-generation java plug-in, restart browser.

Dell E6400 and BartPE - Intel 82567lm drivers

I could not get bartpe to recognize the Intel 82567lm NIC in the Dell E6400 using the Dell drivers. The latest driver from Intel does work, however.

Intel Driver

Extract the files, copy the contents of the WinXP_2K folder to your BartPE drivers folder (make a folder called intel and then drop the driver files in there).

Dell Latitude E6400 Unknown USB Device VID_413c PID_8149

If you have a Dell Latitude E6400 series with the Ultra Wide Band USB adapter and you can't find drivers for the Unknown USB device (VID_413 & PID_8149), try these drivers:

Dell Wireless 410 BT+UWB Minicard