Dont know where this was copied from but my bios under advance tab dont have iRST. I have read this earlier before I bought the Vostro. However after looking at the actual bios options following my purchase, found that its not the same. Also under device boot priority, there is no msata option for me to escalate up as first boot device.









This post has been edited by hart932: May 27 2014, 11:08 AM

1. I upgraded to crucial DDR3L 8GB, bought from low yat (startec) for Rm223
2. Win7 alright
3. Got connection problem with WIFI, will only look into that later due to item 4
4. Wanted to install win7 on Samsung 840 evo 120GB SSD but couldn't boot into USB disk and USB CD ROM, waiting for a solution. May try to clone the original HDD to SSD t see if it works.

Will post the result later, didn't expect so many problem for the upgrade.

better censored your service tag...

if you can't boot from msata, you can try to boot from hdd with hdd boot partition to read the os from msata

This post has been edited by Alexdino: Apr 14 2014, 09:30 PM

I think the msata i got might not be very compatible with this vostro. Or else POST won't hang for longer than usual. The compatibility is an issue here cause occasionally the nb wont recognize the msata. If the OS is installed there, the nb will require a hard reboot should it not recognized the msata. I dont have time at the moment to test if this vostro 5470 version can boot from ssd. I have one 7mm ssd 128gb in my nettop which I could swap over for the testing. Busy on my work matters for now... Will appreciate if others have time to try booting from ssd.

5460 definitely no problem booting from ssd. 5470 might not, since dell official configuration doesnt have ssd in the selection only msata.. previous 5460 got ssd setup for official purchase.

Great news!!!

I finally managed to boot to the USB cd-rom and successfully installed win7 pro onto the SSD after trying on different bios setting and also different USB ports to connect the USB cd-rom.

Below is the procedure for your reference:

1. connect your usb drive/cd-rom to the usb port next to hdmi port (make you have bootable usb/cd-rom with windows installation file)
2. power up and press F2 to enter BIOS setting
3. clear all the password for admin and system
4. load default setup
5. press F10 to save and exit bios
6. you should boot into the installation process after restart (remember to set the boot sequence in bios: usb storage -> cd-rom -> hdd)

The system is extremely fast (take about 10s to reach windows welcome screen) and very responsive in windows.

Good luck!

U are using vostro 5460 or 5470?

vostro 5470. bios updated to latest version A07.

This post has been edited by chongski: Apr 15 2014, 02:10 PM

What ssd brand/model are you using with yr 5470?

samsung 840 evo 120gb

dell 5460/5470 with intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 for your network card .. DUAL BAND

anyone change their wifi card?

i replace my laptop to this card...so far so good...but sold my laptop..now left network card
interested to buy...

I am planning to buy similar laptop from dell which is 5470...my main concern would be the 3cell build in battery...can anyone give some advise?

Concerned about short battery runtimes or exposure to heat?
The 3-cell battery can easily squeeze out ~4 hours of usage I think, which is pretty impressive
As for non-removable battery, it should be fine as long as you don't expose it to too much heat i.e. provide proper ventilation~
Though it might be difficult to avoid the heat in the variant with the GT740M GPU

Is this suitable for some med gaming anyway?...as for the heat i think could be solved with cooler...my concern is when i need more juice when its only 3 cell... pampered with 9 cell batt....and you cant purchase one battery on ur own

Slim notebooks are never good for gaming, regardless of how efficient the cooling is advertised But seems like most people nowadays don't really care haha, most are more concerned about the slimness and outlook

A cooler won't help much with heat dissipation unfortunately, not when the heat is trapped inside, and the Vostro doesn't have too much air vents underneath ... Air conditioning might help though

I don't think there's much you can do to prevent battery degradation except to try and reduce exposure to heat lo

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Apr 27 2014, 01:18 AM

Just encountered a problem when trying to copy files from external hdds. I have 2 units of usb3.0 hdd that I plugged in the notebook. Both of the external hdd was recognized by 5470. Then i copied files from one external hdd to the other external hdd. The copy speed increases to 90+mb/s for about 30sec then both usb3.0 hdd got disconnected & disappear from file explorer. I had to reboot nb in order to get them recognised again. But the same thing happens when copying files across both ext hdd. It looks like a usb 3.0 power issue that the usb ports are unable to supply the full 900mA power per usb port when the file copying gets faster.

Question is how do you limit the copy speed of usb3.0 hdd so that it won't suck up 900mA? I don't think we can increase the usb port power delivery. I repeated similar test with 2 units of usb 2.0 ext hdd & there is no problem. Repeating similar test with one usb 2.0 & another usb 3.0 hdd gave no problem as the file copying speed was about 19+mb/s.

With more & more ext hdd sold in the market comes as usb3.0, I think the pc manufacturers should make it a compulsory std for all usb ports to be 3.0 compliant.

Few weeks ago I got myself a usb3.0, 4 port hub & faced power issue as well. The external power supply only provided 5V 2.1A & couldn't even power 3 units of usb3.0 peripheral plugged in the hub. That's when I learned usb3.0 requires up to 900mA per port. I had a hard time finding a 5V 4A power supply unit.

dont buy this model if they provide you the intel wifi card,, too hassle getting connections.

Lucky mine with the intel wifi card gave no problem. Could be a Intel QC problem with the card since not all batches of the card provides poor reception.