Next upgrade for a 9100? ... Ok, so I know that my chances of upgrading to the MR9800 are slim, so what would everyones' next suggestion for an upgrade be to im ...

smoothdogg00 · 11-24-2005, 02:23 PM

Ok, so I know that my chances of upgrading to the MR9800 are slim, so what would everyones' next suggestion for an upgrade be to improve gaming? A faster RPM hard drive? Possibly moving to a Northwood P4?

(System specs in my sig.)

mr_ocnitsa · 11-24-2005, 02:27 PM

The harddrive idea is good...Also get 2 gigs of RAM.

smoothdogg00 · 11-24-2005, 02:38 PM

Where did you get your 60GB 7200 RPM hard drive? Was it through dell? Or did you include it in the order? Dell isn't offering a lot of upgrade choices for this system.

Hunterzyph · 11-25-2005, 02:05 AM

2GB of RAM for 9100 = waste.
Hard Drive you can at least salvage for another system.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822146046

jhunter46 · 11-25-2005, 09:29 PM

I had to replace the motherboard in my 9100, afterwards I found out that my cpu was bad as well. I added a spare 1.6 p4 and it boots, but it gives me an error message saying my laptop supports ddr 400. I have 400 in there but the fsb on the cpu is throttling the ram down. Is there anyway to fix that or do I need to add a new cpu?

Corvus_Corax · 11-25-2005, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunterzyph

2GB of RAM for 9100 = waste.

Painter IX and Photoshop CS2 and I beg to differ with this one. :0)

As do some of the latest and greatest games, aka BF2, etc. :0)

Yoob@NBF · 11-27-2005, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corvus_Corax

Painter IX and Photoshop CS2 and I beg to differ with this one. :0)

As do some of the latest and greatest games, aka BF2, etc. :0)

Not as much as getting that MR9800. You might want to give Dell Spar eparts a shot with the MR9800 since its not old enough for dell to actually run out of the part.

Corvus_Corax · 11-27-2005, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DELL-Machina

Not as much as getting that MR9800. You might want to give Dell Spar eparts a shot with the MR9800 since its not old enough for dell to actually run out of the part.

I was referring to the '2gb of ram is a waste' comment. :0)

whackamac · 11-27-2005, 02:18 PM

i heard dell stopped selling the 9800 and is only carrying them for spare parts

Yoob@NBF · 11-27-2005, 09:35 PM

Its worth a shot since its likely the part wont be hovering ebay.

smoothdogg00 · 11-28-2005, 09:37 PM

I called Dell and they said they had the 9800 128MB for $260, but they were out of the 256MB, which WOULD be $398. HOW worth it is it to upgrade from the 128MB 9700 to the 128MB 9800 for that price? It seems kind of high to me...

KAROLOYDI · 11-28-2005, 10:06 PM

There is no mr9800 128mb. They are probably gonna sell you a desktop card.

jresurf · 12-06-2005, 01:18 PM

How many memory slots are there inside the XPS GEN 1?? Can you upgrade to 2GB of ram using 4 512 mem chips or do you have to use 2 1GB memory chips.
J

DanFortH · 12-06-2005, 01:57 PM

Only two memory slots. you need two 1024 sticks.

11-24-2005, 02:23 PM	#1
smoothdogg00 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 75 Credits: -119	Next upgrade for a 9100? Ok, so I know that my chances of upgrading to the MR9800 are slim, so what would everyones' next suggestion for an upgrade be to improve gaming? A faster RPM hard drive? Possibly moving to a Northwood P4? (System specs in my sig.) __________________ \|E1705\| \|T2500 2.0Ghz\|100GB 5400RPM\|2048 MB\|256MB nVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS\|Sound Blaster Audigy HD\|XP Professional\| \|7131 3DMarks\|430/1150\|

11-24-2005, 02:27 PM	#2
mr_ocnitsa Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 78 Credits: -321	The harddrive idea is good...Also get 2 gigs of RAM. __________________ xps m1210 Core2Duo T7200 nvidia 7400 4 GB RAM (3.25 showing) AV package

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smoothdogg00 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 75 Credits: -119	Where did you get your 60GB 7200 RPM hard drive? Was it through dell? Or did you include it in the order? Dell isn't offering a lot of upgrade choices for this system. __________________ \|E1705\| \|T2500 2.0Ghz\|100GB 5400RPM\|2048 MB\|256MB nVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS\|Sound Blaster Audigy HD\|XP Professional\| \|7131 3DMarks\|430/1150\|

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Hunterzyph Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 502 Credits: -205	2GB of RAM for 9100 = waste. Hard Drive you can at least salvage for another system. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822146046 __________________

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jhunter46 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 55 Credits: -327	9100 CPU problems I had to replace the motherboard in my 9100, afterwards I found out that my cpu was bad as well. I added a spare 1.6 p4 and it boots, but it gives me an error message saying my laptop supports ddr 400. I have 400 in there but the fsb on the cpu is throttling the ram down. Is there anyway to fix that or do I need to add a new cpu?

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11-27-2005, 02:18 PM	#9
whackamac Adios! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,792 Credits: 0	i heard dell stopped selling the 9800 and is only carrying them for spare parts

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11-28-2005, 09:37 PM	#11
smoothdogg00 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 75 Credits: -119	I called Dell and they said they had the 9800 128MB for $260, but they were out of the 256MB, which WOULD be $398. HOW worth it is it to upgrade from the 128MB 9700 to the 128MB 9800 for that price? It seems kind of high to me... __________________ \|E1705\| \|T2500 2.0Ghz\|100GB 5400RPM\|2048 MB\|256MB nVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS\|Sound Blaster Audigy HD\|XP Professional\| \|7131 3DMarks\|430/1150\|

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