Fix Your Stuff Community Store

The Dell Latitude E6400 was Dell's mainstream corporate 14.1" notebook introduced in August 2008.

40 Questions View all
Question Closed

Options

Case flexing causes power & WiFi problems

I got a retired Latitude E6400 from work around Christmas. At the time, I thought the only thing wrong with it was a dead hard drive. I had a used 120GB SSD available, so I thought it would be a no-brainer. I bought a docking station, 8GB of RAM, a Win 7 upgrade, and a new Dell battery for it.

Then I discovered that when I tried to actually use it off the docking station, any shift of position would cause the battery to temporarily disconnect and the system to shutdown. Worse, on the occasions where the battery stayed connected, the WiFi would lose connection.

It appears to be a case-flexing problem. My guess is it's because there are some screws missing from the underside of the unit. Does iFixit sell replacement case screws? Or should I try to buy them from Dell?

Answered! View the answer I have this problem too

Is this a good question?

Yes No
Score 0
Add a comment

1 Answer

Filter by:
Most Helpful Newest Oldest
Chosen Solution

Options

actually i think the smartest and fastest thing you could do is take one of the screws you still have to an electronic store or somewhere where they sell screws for electronics or even a computer repair shop and try to match them. External screws usually come in standard formats so shouldn't be so hard to find some

Was this answer helpful?

Yes No
Score 0
Add a comment
View Statistics:

Past 24 Hours: 0

Past 7 Days: 0

Past 30 Days: 0

All Time: 307