Posts by straddy

I fixed mine too... BUT IT WAS NEITHER THE VID CARD NOR MOBO directly. When I replaced both, nothing happened. But I left the computer plugged in for a while and it finally booted up. I just tested the old mobo and vid card and now they...

Quote: Originally Posted by meatmog The motherboard part no CG571 seems to be widely available from manufacturer and reseller. I share your concern that Dell have not modified the design to incorporate either penryn...

Hey reeseboy, I'm in the same boat as you are. Except my screen is entirely blank. The LED light situation is similar (my power light stays and the BT light blinks). I'm trying to figure out if it is the mobo or vid card. Just ordered...

Any news on this issue? Seems like the M2010 line has motherboard problems all over. Mine is apparently affected too. Are there any problems with other components after replacing the mobo?

Quote: Originally Posted by johnnobts i have an XPS M1330 with integrated GFX. Want to buy a new mobo with the NVIDIA GPU. Will I need to buy a different heatsink than the one currently installed on my notebook? ...

Hi, I just installed a Penryn T8300 CPU, taking out the original T7250 on my M1330 (which came with a 65W adapter), but it seems the framerate for the NVidia 8400M has dropped. Is this because of the ac adapter? The BIOS did give me an...

Ok, well since nobody replied, I might as well follow up with what I discovered in case someone else wants to swap processors. The M1210s ended with MEROM processors (at the newest) which means they were socket M. The new M1330 line...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I think ideally I would like to swap the CPUs between the two computers. Does anyone know if that is possible? http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...st.2436.0.html shows how the T7600...

Quote: Originally Posted by woodstock swap the cpu's i think the gpu problem is not as widespread as everyone thinks, i personally dont worry too much about it. Is there a manual somewhere on how to swap the...

Hi all, I have an xps m1210 fully loaded core2duo T7600 2.3 ghz, 4MB L2 Cache, ???mhz fsb, geforce 7400 go no bluetooth, wifi a/b and an xps m1330 core2duo T7250 2.0 ghz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800 mhz fsb, geforce 8400 gs bluetooth,...