Posts by meatpimp

Different point of view here -- I Started out with a M1710. It was the best, overall, "gaming" laptop I've had. However, after about a year and a half of solid use, it started to fail all over. Dell "upgraded" me to...

Quote: Originally Posted by [mad]Gamer Ok, They replaced the cards today. Seems like they updated the bios to cool the card more. Never heard the fan that much on my previous card. It's a refurbished one...

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p Dell has been incosistant with the way they handled this whole mess Some have been treated very well, and given a very good replacements others have been treated like crap. and...

Well, the second replacement is supposed to be here tomorrow. Let's hope they got it right this time... over two months later.

8800M GTX SLI for the M1730 is part number XM888. Perma-backordered.

Quote: Originally Posted by Turmoil Wait wait wait... your first M17X was DOA? WTF?? Was it new or a refurb? Brand new, waited about 2 weeks for it. Got it out of the box and it wouldn't start up. After 3 or...

I have received email confirmation from someone inside Dell's Gaming Engineering department that the memory used in the 4870s IS GDDR3. That's not good.

OH MY GOD. Tomorrow enters the EIGHTH WEEK of Dell Hell. The first replacement M17x arrived DOA. The second one has been on order for over a week and they won't give me an eta. This is beyond ridiculous. AND I've been dealing with...

Sup DRT. Still no replacement laptop here... but there's football today. And beer.

UPDATE: This is a long, bad replacement story. Dell has really changed a lot in the past couple years. I DID finally talk to someone in Texas, but it took some pretty aggressive measures. I've still got an open order, but it's not...