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post #21 of 1001
10/27/05 at 2:15am
this should be a sticky!!! and with the 7800 being around 400+++ only ill be doing this mod pretty soon
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post #22 of 1001
10/27/05 at 4:42am
7800 400+++? I thought it would be more like 600+++

Sweet, the cheaper the better
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post #23 of 1001
10/27/05 at 4:53am
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Originally Posted by Sling
question, i have insurance on my computer, meaning if something goes wrong i will get my money back or the compnay will replace it, u guys still recommend me doing this cuz im really interested. ive never really worked inside a computer though, besides installing a pci video card on my desktop.
Depends on who it's through... they may void it if you modified it.

Shouldn't be much to it, if you already know the basics like don't try to force things, etc.
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post #24 of 1001
10/27/05 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by Sling
question, i have insurance on my computer, meaning if something goes wrong i will get my money back or the compnay will replace it, u guys still recommend me doing this cuz im really interested. ive never really worked inside a computer though, besides installing a pci video card on my desktop.
I'm sure they would void it if they can find out you did it. If something happens just put the other hardware back in. Hopefully they wouldn't notice a hacked BIOS installed

So does the 7800 actually need the more powerful XPS2 power supply? I know setting up the 9300 with the XPS2 BIOS makes it require the XPS2 powersupply. I wish we could get a hacked 9300 BIOS that would support the 7800 (If the card actually requires that power increase that is fine then).

Nice post, I am glad to know that I can upgrade to the 7800 eventually.
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post #25 of 1001
10/27/05 at 6:53pm
Thread Starter 
It needs the extra power, from both the battery and the power supply.
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post #26 of 1001
10/27/05 at 7:22pm
i just talked on the phone with the nice dell rep.. she said the 7800 gtx is out of stock and that she will contact the warehouse to request for it , and she ll get back to me in 2-3 days... man... hope the part number here in the forums is not for the desktop card.... but for whats it worth, she did say it was a laptop card... its just that elsewhere in these forums people have mistakenly ordered the 7800 desktop version... ill keep you posted and hopefuly i can make this 7800 work in my 9300
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post #27 of 1001
10/28/05 at 12:04am
wow... out of stock...
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post #28 of 1001
10/28/05 at 1:18am
m trying to boot the hacked bios but i cant seem to make hp usb disk storage to work... it keeps asking for dos system files..... anyway what do you guys think about using ultimate boot cd and then run the bios flash utility from there ? you think this ll work ?
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post #29 of 1001
10/28/05 at 1:44am
PM me I hae a bootable CD if you need it with both XPS2 and 9300 bios on it.

The Clown
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post #30 of 1001
10/28/05 at 2:14am
i consider this but really $600 not worthy
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post #31 of 1001
10/28/05 at 2:52am
thanks... will probably need it once i make sure dell will be able to ship me the 7800... they said they ll get back to me in 2 days....
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post #32 of 1001
10/29/05 at 2:45pm
Thread Starter 
How much are you getting your 7800 for?
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post #33 of 1001
10/30/05 at 12:41am
they told me they dont know how much the 7800 will cost till it becomes available.... I ve already called them 3x and they keep saying that its out of stock and that they ll call me back once it becomes available... i read somewhere here that they could get it from dell canada for 420$ ....
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post #34 of 1001
10/30/05 at 1:08am
call nvidia lol... ask their manucfactures...
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post #35 of 1001
11/1/05 at 8:40pm
i successfully ordered a 7800... it cost 479 $ plus shipping.....
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post #36 of 1001
11/2/05 at 8:20am
If you do this mod, this means that you can't use AC power on airplanes anymore, right?
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post #37 of 1001
11/2/05 at 9:25am
Would this work with an ATI equiped 9300?
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post #38 of 1001
11/2/05 at 9:52am
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Originally Posted by MarkTO
Would this work with an ATI equiped 9300?
Yes it will.
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post #39 of 1001
11/7/05 at 1:31pm
Dell Home has the 9 cell and power brick on sale.

I just order the 9 cell for $110 (- $75 concession that I had)

I still have to order the 7800GTX.....

I would be upgrading from a x300 128mb.
Should I keep the x300 to put back in someday or as an emergency spare?

Does anyone forsee any issues with the 7800GTX and 1440x900 WXGA screens?
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post #40 of 1001
11/7/05 at 4:10pm
Wouldn't it make sense if i was going to get a M170 to just order a 9300 with the stock card and do this upgrade to the 7800 myself? Would save a bunch of $$$ Priced this out just now...

Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X300 64MB HyperMemory™
Hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive

$1700

Thats with the 9 cell battery. All I would need then would be the card and supplies. How hard would this be?
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