Posts by zzpulp

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The video cards from the 9300 (Nvidia 6800 go vanilla and ATI X300) should work in the 9400. However, if you get a dual pipe GPU from the XPS2 and try to put it in the second heatpipe does not fit by default. One option is to bend the...

I typically install a bunch of different drivers when working over at LV2G and here but I have been using the 185.68 on my M1710 and the 182.xx cuda driver on my M6300. The drivers I liked for my M1710 were the 94.22, 169.04, and 175.32...

I will make this list more readable later. This is just a template to get me started.  An important note is that users with integrated graphics cannot upgrade their integrated video card with any of the discrete video cards listed...

The BIOS version does not have anything to do with reformatting. The BIOS version is displayed when the machine first boots (during POST). Anyway, yes, you can just try to see if the new card works and if not, upgrade the BIOS to the...

My M6300 motherboard crapped out (well it was crap from day one but I put it off) and so I'm back to using my M1710. Its been a solid machine for me. Both it and my XPS2 had minimal problems. Hopefully, this will be the case with my...

The XPS2 was renamed to the M170. The M1710 is essentially the "XPS3" though and has completely different parts. Personally, I would not spend that much on this computer anymore. I'd just try to save up for a used computer...

Steve he's talking about a modded bios. Anyway, no you do not need the BIOS as you already have the XPS2. All that guide is for is letting 9300 owners install these XPS2 cards in their machines. Since you already have an XPS2 it would...

You can use a 64-bit OS because of the processor. However, you cannot address more than 3.25 - 3.5 GB of RAM bc the chipset is limited to 32-bit. There are a few other advantages of 64-bit OS'es (ex. register size) at this point but...

It has a higher capacity which more often than not means higher platter density = faster. Anyway, you are pretty limited with PATA hard drives. One option is to remove your optical drive and replace it with a secondary hard drive sata...