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post #61 of 1001
11/13/05 at 2:32am
Yes it is the right one. I dont think Dell made 2 kinds. Whoever started the rumor that you needed a heatsink should refund me the $13.00 I spend for paper weight.....LOL

The Clown
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post #62 of 1001
11/13/05 at 4:35am
sell it on ebay to some kid who thinks he needs it
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post #63 of 1001
11/13/05 at 1:08pm
Nooo we really need teh 9 Cell battery
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post #64 of 1001
11/13/05 at 2:03pm
Yes you do!
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post #65 of 1001
11/13/05 at 2:12pm
I sympathize with the thin-wallet thing, but if you're seriously not upgrading your laptop for two years, you should defintely think about doing this mod (if it really works 100% every time and is as easy as all of this discussion makes it sound)...you'll jump from ~4500 3dmark05 points w/an overclocked 6800 to over 7000 with an overclocked 7800, and the jump in performance that this corresponds to in games cannot be overstated...it would really keep you going over the next two years, that's for sure!

Can anybody comment on using the 1.6GHz processor w/7800? Is that CPU powerful enough so that games wouldn't be CPU-limited anyway, though? Just asking, as it's something to consider...you might want to do the CPU pin-mod that fat clown has done as well, and that's going to cost more $$ (though not much from what I've heard)...
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post #66 of 1001
11/13/05 at 5:51pm
I think I'll just spend the extra 200-300 dollars and buy the higher end of the Pentium M processor and just pop that in. But prolly next year this time. If I can currently play my games with what I have here, by upgrading my video I should be more then happy currently. Laptops scare me on overheating, I had a 600m before this 9300, and I sold the 600m to buy a 9300. Only to have the buyer get pissed about something frying on it and going after me. So I'm just going to try my hardest to avoid overheating. My BF2 clan matches can go for hours, especially in the CAL league now.
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post #67 of 1001
11/14/05 at 2:19am

im dumb

how long does the battery last for with a 7800gtx in and can it work at max with out being plugged in?
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post #68 of 1001
11/14/05 at 2:34am
It slows down to 250/650 0n battery. but I still get 4500 3dmark05.

The Clown
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post #69 of 1001
11/14/05 at 11:50am
It's a good thing that I'm doing these upgrades while they have these cards in, and that I found this website at the right time, a little late, but not too late. I ordered my 7800 for 417.34 w/shipping and tax. The card should be shipped out in 4 days and I'll recieve prolly within the week. I have to now shop on Ebay for the 2 parts the battary and the power adaptor. What should I so with the old Battary and Adaptor, can I sell them on Ebay?

Ok so I install the gaphics Cards, then sawp in the new Battary and new power cord then run the boot disk? Meaning the first thing I should do is install the card then run the bootdisk?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-Inspiron-60...QQcmdZViewItem
THis is the wrong one right? because it says 9 cell.
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post #70 of 1001
11/14/05 at 12:30pm
Flash the Bios first with the Bootcd, then flash it again with the XPS2A04 bios then replace the card.

The Clown
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post #71 of 1001
11/14/05 at 12:31pm
By the way, that battery is a 6 cell, 53Whr, the 9 Cell is 80Whr. Make sure its 9 cell before bidding.

The Clown
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post #72 of 1001
11/14/05 at 3:28pm
is the warranty voided by making this upgrade?
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post #73 of 1001
11/14/05 at 3:39pm
Depends, on how you go by doing this. If you openly tell them what's going on and that you want to upgrade and give them your service code 2 things will prolly happen. 1) You don't get the 7800 GTX 2) They'll keep record and yeah you'll lose your warranty.

I just told them that I purchased a broken XPS gen 2 on Ebay and needed parts to repair with and gave them a second address and bought the stuff under my mother's name. So I got all the parts to my second address with no problems. I can't wait to start playing with my 7800, do you think as far as current games are concearned will I notice much of a differnce in the games?
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post #74 of 1001
11/14/05 at 4:48pm
^that's a really good excuse to get them to send you a 7800.. hmm
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post #75 of 1001
11/17/05 at 2:23pm
bump..... (m having a hard time looking for this post... somebody ought to sticky this since the 7800 are arriving in droves)
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post #76 of 1001
11/17/05 at 2:49pm
Great guide
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post #77 of 1001
11/17/05 at 4:45pm
I just had a complete success. I installed a P M 735 pinmod to 2.26, 2 gigs of ram and my new 7800 Ultra. I bought the northbridge heatsink but I didn't end up needing it as it was a new one already installed. I just bought my 9300 about 2 weeks ago so it was a newer one.
Thanks a lot for the information, great guides.
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post #78 of 1001
11/17/05 at 4:58pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueAqua
I just had a complete success. I installed a P M 735 pinmod to 2.26, 2 gigs of ram and my new 7800 Ultra. I bought the northbridge heatsink but I didn't end up needing it as it was a new one already installed. I just bought my 9300 about 2 weeks ago so it was a newer one.
Thanks a lot for the information, great guides.
BENCHMARKS PLEASE!!!!!!
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post #79 of 1001
11/17/05 at 6:47pm
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Originally Posted by skeetjlt
1- Boot off Cd
2- choose option 1
3- choose option 1
4- Choose option 2
5- Change directory to X:\freedos\3rdparty

Both files are in 3RDPARTY DIR. You can revert to the

9300 bios any time as well.

---i got the bootcd from clown (thanks again!!)..
Hey, That link you provided doesnt work. When I click on the free button, it tells me a bunch of crap, but never lets me download the file.

I must be a major noob sometimes. I got my USB drive bootable and all of that. When I got to flash my bios with the IXPS2A01.Hacked.exe file, it tells me the file is missing. Or, it tries to read it from the CD drive. So I burned it to see if it would work. It spins up the cd then says bad file name, or whatever. What the hell am I missing? I would love to get the boot cd Iso, but that site sux. I got my 7800 sitting here in a box just waiting to be plugged in.. grr. Any help?

Thanks
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post #80 of 1001
11/17/05 at 9:54pm
never mind got it all up and working gonna flash to the A04 BIOS, then ill post some bench marks!
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