Posts by fredmerlo

Quote: Originally Posted by rimshaker fredmerlo, Basically what your're saying is that the 6800 is the only video upgrade one can do on a 9300? That is correct a standard 6800 is as high as you can go with the...

I appologize for my delayed response, been busy with work and stuff. It IS actually a power issue, but no directly realted to the power supply but more to the BIOS itself. Basically on the 9300 the BIOS simply limits the amount of...

sonicwind, I got 9300 for a couple of reasons, #1 I was able to apply a 35% discount code on my config witha 6800, WUXGA, 1gb ram, 2ghz cpu, 60gb 72k rpm HD, which made the final price come to $2100, oh and I got a $150 mail in...

5150 joker, I was hoping that a return would be my last option, still got 30 day warranty on it. Basically that the reason why I decided to post my dilema, hoping to avoid the return

sonicwind, Actually the DELL BIOS reports the card as "Unknown Graphics Adapter", however it reports the Card BIOS version just fine, sound odd? Well thats because DELL flashes the 6800 U with a tweaked version of the BIOS....

Gantula, I got the 6800 U directly from dell, called the parts dept and asked for a quote and availability on the vid card. Quoted at $396, parts rep found a discount code and shaved $100 off the price. Ordered it on Wed, got it on my...

joseyu, Actually I tried using the XPS2 bios, however the flash utility checks if its running on an XPS2. Basically all I got was an error message saying I couldnt use the XPS2 BIOS on a 9300. Now if only someone had a spare XPS2...

sonicwind, Forgot to mention card heat sink came with both heat pipes and even after a 1:30 of gameplay runs at a relatively cool 65c

sonicwind, A power issue is a possiblity altho I think not probable. Normally when a video card is not getting enough power, the system simply tends to be unstable, hangs, blue screens, doesnt wanna boot etc. I've been running the...

Shoman24v, Actually the 6800 U is not available as an option on the 9300, the highest you can go when ordering from Dell is 6800. I simply ordered the 6800 U after I got my 9300, and swapped cards.