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post #281 of 1003
12/30/05 at 6:09pm
Man, you guys are tempting me, and I just GOT my 9300 last week. LOL BTW: I am new to this forum and was really glad to find this. I bought a 9300 based on the info I read here. Thing is, I got the 6800 Go not realizing how "easy" it would be to do the 9300 ---> "XPS Gen 2 conversion". Now with this new "cheap" way to get the 7800GTX, it's very tempting. (though I need the 9-cell battery and the 130 watt PS still).
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post #282 of 1003
1/1/06 at 9:38pm
can someone tell me about the heat situation and battery life after intstalling a 7800, i hate the fact that my 6 cell battery would be rendered useless, but dell gave me a 9 cell for free so w/e :P
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post #283 of 1003
1/2/06 at 4:49am
Heat is slightly more than with the 6800go. Nothing to worry about. The thing won't overheat on you. Just use the 9 cell. I would save the 6 cell incase you sell it and decide to sell the 7800gtx seperately.
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post #284 of 1003
1/2/06 at 4:23pm
Danm... I got everything ordered up... but My 130 watt adapter is on back order!!! Looks like im going to be stuck with a really bad graphics card for a few weeks.
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post #285 of 1003
1/2/06 at 4:26pm
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Originally Posted by fishmando
Danm... I got everything ordered up... but My 130 watt adapter is on back order!!! Looks like im going to be stuck with a really bad graphics card for a few weeks.
Worse than my X300 64MB?
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post #286 of 1003
1/2/06 at 4:28pm
Another success story, with help from a friend in the US I got my 7800 shipped to Sweden
Installed and applied AS5 to both CPU and GPU and everything is up and running smoothly.
A question though, I would like to check my CPU and GPU temps to make sure I didn't goof up when I applied the AS5 but can't find temps. I tried using both Motherboard monitor and Aida32 but none of them will give me what I need. What are you guys using?
Thanks in advance and I have to agree with 99% of the users; this site rocks! =)
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post #287 of 1003
1/2/06 at 4:29pm
I9KFanGUI or NHC
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post #288 of 1003
1/2/06 at 4:47pm
Thanks
NHC gives me CPU but not GPU (only ATI cards?)
CPU at 32 degrees celsius (WoW minimized)

Help with GPU temp much appreciated
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post #289 of 1003
1/2/06 at 4:52pm
twoos, do ypu have to pay tax on stuff you buy from abroad? Are eBay sellers willing to put a sticker on the box saying that it's a gift, this would save me from paying 25% of the products value in tax.
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post #290 of 1003
1/2/06 at 5:00pm
Lord, my card was shipped to my friend and he sent it to me, no tax or cutsom fee to Sweden atleast
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post #291 of 1003
1/2/06 at 5:51pm
Thats a nice thing of Sweden to do. The best country in the world, or so they say, Norway has taxes on everything. I don't even have a job and therefore don't pay income tax, but i allready hate it. 25% of 350 bucks is quite chunk of money for me. I just hope I can slip through customs without paying a fortune
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post #292 of 1003
1/2/06 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by Lord^
I just hope I can slip through customs without paying a fortune
Visit a friend in sweden and slip it back through customs .

twoos, your video card driver (hope you're using a custom one, much better performance ) should give you a temp read out in the advanced display settings. Be aware that it'll report temps ~5C too high, so if it reads 55C you're really only at 50C
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post #293 of 1003
1/2/06 at 7:49pm
Yet another successful mod.. 440/1200 and stable, haven't done any benches yet aside from ATITool.. no artifacts for 30 mins. (460/1200 had artifacts)
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post #294 of 1003
1/2/06 at 8:59pm
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Originally Posted by fishmando
Danm... I got everything ordered up... but My 130 watt adapter is on back order!!! Looks like im going to be stuck with a really bad graphics card for a few weeks.
Hey man, I have a 130W PS I didn't use with mine. If you're interested in it, PM me.

Guru
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post #295 of 1003
1/3/06 at 10:19am
BTW: Are many getting the S-ATA hard drives? I have had mine for less than 2 weeks, and got the old school P-ATA interface. I assume that when the 7800GTX upgrade is done, no way to convert to SATA while in there at the same time? Dell should allow the ethernet to be upgradable to 1000, as well. (I know it's attached to the board, and can't be (easily?) done.
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post #296 of 1003
1/3/06 at 1:08pm
I am about to install 7800gtx and flash the bios.

I have a 9 cell battery but not the 130 watt power adaptor.

Can I do this safely or do I need to wait until my adaptor comes in?
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post #297 of 1003
1/3/06 at 1:52pm
DTOG - you are correct, there is no way to upgrade the onboard to Gigabit.

hulk2006 - you need to wait on your ac adapter.
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post #298 of 1003
1/3/06 at 3:52pm
Simplyphp: How did you get an SATA port and any way to get mine upgraded to SATA? Since I just got this laptop, I am wondering why I got got stuck with the legacy PATA port? (Hence, why I was thinking this might be user upgradable) At least techie user upgradable?
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post #299 of 1003
1/3/06 at 3:58pm
AFAIK there's no real difference as of right now in the laptop world, so you should be OK.
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post #300 of 1003
1/3/06 at 8:17pm

Just completed successful upgrade!

Thanks for all your collective help.
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