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I doubt it - even if they did, they would likely not honour the warranty if you did it yourself. It's no small undertaking to replace a complete case for a laptop like this (I would suggest it would take even them around 4-5 hours to...
Jan, Now that you've got it working - save yourself some potential future pain and get rid of the existing thermal compound and put some AS5 on Don't start using it for gaming etc if you haven't put new grease on, or you'll torch your...
+1 on the Zalman, I use one on my 7700 and a friend uses one on his 9700, good results in both cases (any good result heat-wise from a 7700 is a GREAT result :P)
Ahh not sure if there's a CMOS reset jumper, Omagian might know, he's been inside his :P Quote: Ive got the 5.x i think ill have to double check 2night later on. If that's the case, you can't use a card faster than...
Quote: Originally Posted by Hammerhead From multiple posts I've read here, you need to load the RAID controller drivers on the 7700 whether you use RAID or not. There are two drivers, one RAID and one non-RAID. ...
Hi Triquee, Have you had a look at the Alienware support site? I'd imagine there are articles regarding reinstalling without using the RAID controller. At the least I'd suggest giving them a call and asking them to point you in the...
What purpose are you thinking the jumper would serve? In regards to video cards, there will not be any more released for this model, as it has been discontinued by the manufacturer. If you're lucky, you may get a 7800GTX 256mb or...
As per his OP, he only has one hard disk, so no need to worry about RAID. triquee, I'd suggest disabling the card reader in BIOS, detaching ALL peripherals and trying to run the BIOS update again. For a 7700 with one hard disk, the...
Quote: Originally Posted by Jan. Sorry again but i meant it as in when i took the laptop apart like 3 weeks ago to clean, the thermal paste had split only in tiny areas i was able to rejoin them together. Would there be...
Quote: Originally Posted by Evil Juggalo and a 1yr warranty.. Mate, can I seriously recommend... do yourself a favour and find some extra cash somewhere to get yourself the 3 year warranty. Not trying to...
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