Precision 7510/7520 Owners Thread

[Aaron44126]

2 hours ago, Chalybion said:

In my experience, the laptop's internal screen does not support V-sync, but V-sync should work via DP or HDMI connection to an external screen.

 

Vsync doesn't require specific support from the panel to operate. (An adaptive refresh rate functionality like Gsync or Freesync does, though.)

[Nrml Man]

Great!Thank you guys very much for answers.So i maybe would buy p2000,it's price is lower than t1000's.I did work with p2000 on precision 7530,it's perfomance was enough for me,but 7530's cpu is hot,7510 has nice temperatures.And something else - do you feel some delay (input lag) with switchable graphics in games?

[Aaron44126]

I have done quite a bit of gaming with Optimus (switchable graphics) turned on and I have never noticed any issue with latency. In any case, you should be able to try it with your current card and see how it feels for you.

[Nrml Man]

Thanks again.So this is a reason for thinking about t1000 or 1650.Have one more question - can you explain me why xeon e3-1535m (has 4 cores/8 threads with 2.9-3.8hz) works with normal temperatures (i saw 70-71 C maximum),but i5-9400h on same process size 14nm and socket,has also 4 cores/8 threads with a similar perfomance,but works hot and a temperature jumps every second,from normal to peak with difference 15-20 degrees.Xeon's temps increase smoothly,without any jump.Both notebooks are clean,with new thermal interface.

[triturbo]

Not sure if anyone got this, but after disassembly (and reassembly) the touchpad and the point stick stopped working, the keyboard was fine. They connect with the same ribbon cable, so it most likely wasn’t it. What turned out to be was this setting in the BIOS. After hitting “Apply” everything was fine. 
 

[Daviboy]

Hey everyone, I just picked up a Dell Precision 7510, upgrading from my Precision M4600 (great machine, but getting harder to work with).

 

Current specs:

• Xeon E3-1535M v5

• 32GB DDR4

• Quadro M2200

• Linux Mint primary / Windows 11 secondary

 

I plan to swap in an E3-1575M v5 board. That CPU includes 128MB eDRAM (Crystalwell) and the Intel P580 iGPU. I prefer running Optimus for battery life, so that makes more sense to me than moving to a 1535M v6 board from a 7520 (assuming interchangeability holds).

 

I’ve seen people upgrade these to 1440p 240Hz panels and even RTX-era MXM GPUs. I’m curious about the process and any complications you ran into.

 

Specifically:

• How did the MXM GPU behave?

• Any POST errors or BIOS limitations?

• Does discrete mode work properly?

• Do you need an external display for initial setup?

 

Your Windows experience is useful to me as well — I’ll be running Linux primarily, but I want to understand platform limitations.

 

My goal is to modify and upgrade this machine as far as it reasonably goes. I’ll be using it for college and as a mobile gaming system.

[SuperMG]

3 hours ago, Daviboy said:

Hey everyone, I just picked up a Dell Precision 7510, upgrading from my Precision M4600 (great machine, but getting harder to work with).

 

Current specs:

• Xeon E3-1535M v5

• 32GB DDR4

• Quadro M2200

• Linux Mint primary / Windows 11 secondary

 

I plan to swap in an E3-1575M v5 board. That CPU includes 128MB eDRAM (Crystalwell) and the Intel P580 iGPU. I prefer running Optimus for battery life, so that makes more sense to me than moving to a 1535M v6 board from a 7520 (assuming interchangeability holds).

 

I’ve seen people upgrade these to 1440p 240Hz panels and even RTX-era MXM GPUs. I’m curious about the process and any complications you ran into.

 

Specifically:

• How did the MXM GPU behave?

• Any POST errors or BIOS limitations?

• Does discrete mode work properly?

• Do you need an external display for initial setup?

 

Your Windows experience is useful to me as well — I’ll be running Linux primarily, but I want to understand platform limitations.

 

My goal is to modify and upgrade this machine as far as it reasonably goes. I’ll be using it for college and as a mobile gaming system.

Hello. I got the i7 7820HQ Precision 7720 FHD version (same as 7710 but 7th gen core I) and I managed to use an RTX 4070 MXM-A with the backlight mod cable. No problem, drivers are plug and play with nvcleanstall. No ACPI problems, No thermal problems, just needed to modify the heatsink.

 

You need to get a better heatsink for your eDP 7510 because it'll be weak for any RTX 4060/4070.

 

These cards are compatible with 1440p displays and 4k too as long as they are eDP and compatible with your laptop.

 

Yes I run the RTX MXM in discrete mode, on eDP.

 

You can ask cicichen on ebay for a custom one.