Dell Latitude D531 overview, memory upgrade, bios update, installing drivers and hardware test
https://www.dell.com/downloads/us/products/latit/d531_spec.pdf
Most of the video was taken Thursday when it arrived in the mail except the last part of the video. Also stupid UPS damaged the box. The pictures on ebay don't do it any justice, it looked like it was in ol condition, but in person it looks almost new, except for a few scuffs i was able to wipe off. The best LCD option is 15" 1440x900 glossy lcd, but you can probably get a higher res lcd from a Dell Latitude D820, but don't quote me on that, last time i tried a glossy lcd on a laptop that came with a matte lcd, it didn't work right.
Specs:
RAM: 2x2gb PC2-5300s DDR2 RAM
CPU: 2ghz AMD Turion™ 64 X2 TL-60
Graphics: ATI Radeon™ X1270*
Chipset: AMD™ M690T
LCD: 15.4" WXGA+ TrueLife™ (1440x900) 250 nits
Factory operating system choices: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate, Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business, Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic,
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP2, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home SP2, FreeDOS
Operating systems supported: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, Linux.
Whoever bought this laptop opted for all the best features. But no bluetooth, but i don't care about that.
*Graphics memory up to 896MB of system memory for systems with 2GB of system memory, depending on system
memory size and other factors. With the full 4gb and the memory set to 256mb in the bios the total video memory is "700mb" but it's actually around 256
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