Posts by frnchpplesuck51

yea, im interested as well...

thanks, thats what i was looking for. I should have paid more attention when getting it. I saw the price and was like score. well see how this goes. Thanks for the help. Sean

i tried to get them to send me the motherboard, but because they dont know what exactly fried, it might have screw up the proc and other things too. therefore to they want to test it after they replaced it. Thanks for the info about...

The BIOS has been flashed to the latest A05 with the xps 2 bios. The computer will not post with the 7800 installed. the 7800 is out of an e1705, it doesnt have the cutout for the power wire. i mashed that down but its still not...

um.. doesnt help much since i dont have one... any input on the thermal pad would be appreciated though. Im thinking im just going to send it out all cleaned up with a letter to whom it may concern telling them everything thats ****ed...

Quote: Originally Posted by frnchpplesuck51 i have a 9300..., i did break off the support, it still didnt work, no video to the screen. I have a 9 cell and the cracked bios, with a 130 power supply. the plugs all fit...

well i may be interested, but the thing had a thermal pad on it. They are going to have to take the CPU out to put it in the new motherboard so they are going to see it... I have also updated the BIOS to the xps bios, they wont just...

so, i had a bad motherboard and i have to send my comp into dell to replace. I have as5 the cpu??? is this going to be a problem with the warranty?? Any ideas of what to do if it is, i guess i could look for a thermal pad to put on it...

Quote: Originally Posted by NightRaverX No you bought the right 7800GTX (they only make one for dell) you need to cut off one of the keyboard supports to fix a 7800GTX in a e1705 if you see the hole is like half an inch...

well... i ****ed up and bought the wrong card apparently... the 7800 gtx for the E1705 or the m1710 is different than the one that we need? it doesnt fit properly... Im not doing so well here eh, a bad cpu and the wrong graphics...