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Real Name: Adam Jensen
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I recently purchased a Dell Latitude E6420 from Dell Refurbished for $229.00; after tax and shipping it was $273.87.

Quad core i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
Nvidia NVS 4200M
4GB DDR3 1333MHz expandable to 8GB (upgrading soon).
140GB 7200RPM HD (upgrading soon).

It was listed as Cosmetic Grade B but it almost looks and feels like new. This thing was built like a tank which is perfect for my application - rather than carrying it around as a portable computer, I need a small, self-contained server.

I am trying the 390.48 driver from Nvidia's site and I am building a custom releng/11.1 system with 2018Q1 ports all from source. If that goes well (so far so good), after the hardware upgrades I will build it again then this machine will spend most of the rest of its life on a shelf.

Side note: # make -j8 buildworld on this thing was very impressive! I started building FreeBSD from source during the 2002-2003 era, probably on a single-core Pentium II or some other similar thing maybe running at a couple of hundred MHz. Back then, builds would take all night - like start it in the evening and it is still running in the morning. I didn't time this relatively modern machine but it seems like it finished in less than an hour. It finished so quickly that I spent a few moments looking for a failure.

Anyway, I am very impressed with this Dell machine and Dell Refurbished. I am not certain that my experience would be repeatable, I might have just gotten very lucky, but I might test that and buy another refurbished machine from them. Gee, I sound like a shill. I assure you, dear reader, that is not the case. As an engineer, I am just very pleased with the design and construction of this Latitude E6420. My other laptop, a Toshiba Satellite C855D, is a miserable little train-wreck of a computer. It seems like such a tragedy sometimes that resources were invested into manufacturing and distributing something that was so poorly designed.

Code:
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FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE #0 r321309: Fri Jul 21 02:08:28 UTC 2017
    root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
FreeBSD clang version 4.0.0 (tags/RELEASE_400/final 297347) (based on LLVM 4.0.0)
VT(vga): resolution 640x480
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz (2394.61-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x206a7  Family=0x6  Model=0x2a  Stepping=7
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x1fbae3ff<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX>
  AMD Features=0x28100800<SYSCALL,NX,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT>
  VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 4054216704 (3866 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   CBX3   >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s) x 2 hardware threads
random: unblocking device.
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #6 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #4 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #7 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #5 Launched!
Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1197305600 Hz quality 1000
random: entropy device external interface
kbd1 at kbdmux0
netmap: loaded module
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff80f5b220, 0) error 19
nexus0
vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
acpi0: <DELL CBX3   > on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 550
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu4: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu5: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu6: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu7: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0
atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O.
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x10> port 0x930,0x934 on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pcib0: _OSC returned error 0x4
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0x4000-0x407f mem 0xe4000000-0xe4ffffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff,0xe0000000-0xe1ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
vgapci0: Boot video device
hdac0: <NVIDIA GF119 HDA Controller> mem 0xe5080000-0xe5083fff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1
pci0: <simple comms> at device 22.0 (no driver attached)
uart2: <Intel AMT - KT Controller> port 0x50a0-0x50a7 mem 0xe6790000-0xe6790fff irq 17 at device 22.3 on pci0
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0x5040-0x505f mem 0xe6700000-0xe671ffff,0xe6780000-0xe6780fff irq 20 at device 25.0 on pci0
em0: Using an MSI interrupt
em0: Ethernet address: d4:be:d9:1f:1c:8d
em0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
ehci0: <Intel Cougar Point USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xe6770000-0xe67703ff irq 16 at device 26.0 on pci0
usbus0: EHCI version 1.0
usbus0 on ehci0
usbus0: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
hdac1: <Intel Cougar Point HDA Controller> mem 0xe6760000-0xe6763fff irq 22 at device 27.0 on pci0
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 28.1 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
iwn0: <Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300> mem 0xe6600000-0xe6601fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 28.2 on pci0
pcib4: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 19 at device 28.3 on pci0
pcib5: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 28.5 on pci0
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
sdhci_pci0: <Generic SD HCI> mem 0xe6520000-0xe65201ff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci4
sdhci_pci0: 1 slot(s) allocated
pci4: <mass storage> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
ehci1: <Intel Cougar Point USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xe6750000-0xe67503ff irq 17 at device 29.0 on pci0
usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
usbus1 on ehci1
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
ahci0: <Intel Cougar Point AHCI SATA controller> port 0x5090-0x5097,0x5080-0x5083,0x5070-0x5077,0x5060-0x5063,0x5020-0x503f mem 0xe6740000-0xe67407ff irq 18 at device 31.2 on pci0
ahci0: AHCI v1.30 with 6 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0
ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci0
ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci0
ahciem0: <AHCI enclosure management bridge> on ahci0
acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
battery1: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
battery2: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc1: cannot reserve I/O port range
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xce7ff on isa0
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
est2: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu2
est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3
est4: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu4
est5: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu5
est6: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu6
est7: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu7
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
nvme cam probe device init
ugen0.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus0
hdacc0: <NVIDIA (0x001c) HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
hdaa0: <NVIDIA (0x001c) Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x001c) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 5 on hdaa0
pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x001c) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 6 on hdaa0
hdacc1: <IDT 92HD90BXX HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1
hdaa1: <IDT 92HD90BXX Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
pcm2: <IDT 92HD90BXX (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> at nid 13,11 and 10,15 on hdaa1
pcm3: <IDT 92HD90BXX (Analog)> at nid 14 and 17 on hdaa1
uhub0: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ugen1.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus1
uhub1: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
ses0 at ahciem0 bus 0 scbus5 target 0 lun 0
cd0 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
ses0: <AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001> SEMB S-E-S 2.00 device
cd0: ses0: SEMB SES Device
<TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-U633J D800> Removable CD-ROM SCSI device
ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: Serial Number R7216GVC101QJE
cd0: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA 1.x, UDMA5, ATAPI 12bytes, ada0: <WDC WD1600BEKT-66F3T2 13.01A13> ATA8-ACS SATA 2.x device
ada0: Serial Number WD-WXM1A50Y8124
ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 152627MB (312581808 512 byte sectors)
PIO 8192bytes)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]...
uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
ugen0.2: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024> at usbus0
uhub2 on uhub0
uhub2: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus0
ugen1.2: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024> at usbus1
uhub3 on uhub1
uhub3: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus1
uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
uhub3: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
ugen0.3: <Dell Computer Corp DW375 Bluetooth Module> at usbus0
ugen1.3: <PixArt USB Optical Mouse> at usbus1
ugen0.4: <CN0CJ3P272487221AJWHA01 LaptopIntegratedWebcamFHD> at usbus0
ubt0 on uhub2
ubt0: <Dell Computer Corp DW375 Bluetooth Module, class 224/1, rev 2.00/5.17, addr 3> on usbus0
ugen1.4: <Broadcom Corp 5880> at usbus1
ums0 on uhub3
ums0: <PixArt USB Optical Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3> on usbus1
ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0
WARNING: attempt to domain_add(bluetooth) after domainfinalize()
WARNING: attempt to domain_add(netgraph) after domainfinalize()
em0: link state changed to UP
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