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post #941 of 1001
12/14/07 at 9:20pm
Does anyone know where I can find that heatsink? I can't find it on ebay.
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post #942 of 1001
12/24/07 at 12:21pm
Woohoo, managed to bag a mint 6800 Ultra for $5.

Ugh, guess i need to buy the 9cell and 130W now.....still, cheap as chips upgrade
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post #943 of 1001
12/29/07 at 4:33am
Hello all,

I just found this thread after a friend gave me a Inspiron 9300 that had a bad motherboard. After replacing that and finding this thread, I wanted to remove the X300 and replace it with a 6800 that I found on eBay. I followed the instructions on this site. However I didn't have a 9 cell battery or a 130 watt powersupply, as they have not yet arrived in the mail. But regardless I proceeded with the booting from the XPS boot cd. I flashed the bios, rebooted the system and it rebooted just fine. However as I expected, I got an error message about not having a 130watt powersupply.

At this point I decided to open up the case and swap out the video cards. When I did this, reconnected the parts back together and rebooted, I did not get anything on the screen. The screen was absolutely black. The lights on the laptop lit up and started blinking like the system was booting, but absolutely nothing on the screen.

Did I do something wrong or is this card possibly bad? Anyway to tell if it's bad for sure??

Brad
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post #944 of 1001
12/30/07 at 3:42pm
It sounds like you might have bricked something in your system :\

With the hefty power requirements of the card, trying to run it without the required power supply might have fried the board.

I'm not too sure though. Does this happen with both the cards now? Or just the 6800?
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post #945 of 1001
12/30/07 at 4:07pm
The system itself is fine because if i stick the x300 radeon back in, i get the screen / dell logo and it halts at the message telling me that I need the 130watt power supply. I'm optimistic the system is fine, but I think something might be wrong with the video card...?
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post #946 of 1001
1/1/08 at 3:27pm
has your power supply showed up yet? im interested to see how it turned out =D
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post #947 of 1001
1/2/08 at 6:25am
Sounds a bit fishy bawalker. I'd try some nvflash commands on the card to see if it was still somewhat operational. Also, I'm assuming you are talking about the 6800 ultra and not the regular 6800 (vanilla). When you put the ultra in, it should show the same message about needing the 130W power brick.
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post #948 of 1001
1/2/08 at 8:52pm
hmmmm... I assume you got the XPS BIOS right now on your Inspiron 9300 ? Wouldn't X300 be incompatible with XPS BIOS ? That might be the reason you can't swap cards back with XPS bios installed ...
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post #949 of 1001
1/2/08 at 9:12pm
The power supply hasn't showed up yet (tomorrow) but the battery arrived today. When booting I have the X300 still in and it boots absolutely fine with that. Fully operational showing the A01 XPS Gen2 bios during boot. However when I swapped out the X300 for the 6800, the screen never comes on, the power light lights up and just stays there. I'm thinking a dead card. Unless someone knows how to run nvflash commands...
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post #950 of 1001
1/2/08 at 10:31pm
I gave up on getting 7800GTX lol

1. Expensive
2. None left in eBay? Rarely any left.
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post #951 of 1001
1/2/08 at 11:08pm
Great guide, I am doing the 7800 GTX upgrade to my I9300 shortly. After I find someone to buy my 6800.
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post #952 of 1001
1/3/08 at 1:06am
I've got a question, my I9300 came with a 80 WH Battery, 7200 mAh and I am uncertain if that is the 9cell battery this upgrade needs, so I'm stuck. There is a number "TYPE U4873" but I just am unsure if this is the right battery. Nowhere does it say 9cell, but I'm guessing it is. Anyone tell me what I've got?

EDIT: I think I figured it out. 9 cell is the 80WH 7200 and I am set with that, now all I need is the adapter and the 7800! And to sell this 6800.
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post #953 of 1001
1/3/08 at 1:30am
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Originally Posted by mmzmaster View Post
I gave up on getting 7800GTX lol

1. Expensive
2. None left in eBay? Rarely any left.
As soon as I build desk gaming rig I will be selling my 7800GTX. I n about a year ... lol
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post #954 of 1001
1/13/08 at 9:10pm
Hey all, I got my 9300 working FLAWLESSLY! It turns out the 6800 appearantly was a bad card because I found a used 7800GTX on ebay for under $300 and snagged it. I stuck it in, and instant working system.

Does anyone know why the regular GeForce Drivers from the nVidia site won't support the GF Go 7800GTX card??? The latest drivers available I found are the 84.xx series. Dells drivers are even older. Where can I get the most optimzed drivers or would an INF mod work??
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post #955 of 1001
1/13/08 at 10:54pm
goto laptopvideo2go.com and you can get drivers there. the 156.55 drivers don't even need a modded inf file to work and they gave me the best performance on my m170.
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post #956 of 1001
1/14/08 at 4:10pm
Got the 7800 for $250, like new as far as i can see, and the adapter for $32. I love how I am about 3+ years late to this upgrading your I9300 spree. At least it's not costing me $600+.. I mean I can play crysis on my vanilla 6800 on med-high perfectly smooth, this will be great once overclocked.
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post #957 of 1001
1/14/08 at 4:15pm
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Originally Posted by bawalker View Post
Hey all, I got my 9300 working FLAWLESSLY! It turns out the 6800 appearantly was a bad card because I found a used 7800GTX on ebay for under $300 and snagged it. I stuck it in, and instant working system.

Does anyone know why the regular GeForce Drivers from the nVidia site won't support the GF Go 7800GTX card??? The latest drivers available I found are the 84.xx series. Dells drivers are even older. Where can I get the most optimzed drivers or would an INF mod work??
I would never use those dell drivers, hell no. www.laptopvideo2go.com is THE place as far as I am concerned.
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post #958 of 1001
1/14/08 at 8:39pm
Not sure if anyone reads this board still in this day in age, but I am playing crysis on high and 1024x768 res, running excellent. I am expecting my 130 watt adapter tomorrow, but I DO have the battery and it works. I really didn't think it was supposed to work (7800 gtx) without the power adapter. But it works, boots into windows and it's all great. Like I said crysis is great. The only issue I have is my CPU won't go to it's pinmodded speed of 2.13 when plugged in to the lower adapter, only when it's not. Which tells me obviously that is the only reason I will need the adapter. Man I love this new upgrade.
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post #959 of 1001
1/14/08 at 8:48pm
If your not using the 130W power brick, then your not utilizing the full potential of the 7800GTX.

Running the 7800GTX in low power consumption will run Crysis at 1024x768 on high fairly easily, you'll notice a performance increase when you get the better brick.

Do you still have that 6800 for sale?
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post #960 of 1001
1/14/08 at 10:09pm
Hmm, that's excellent then. I can't wait to get my new brick tomorrow. If it's already this nice on a 90 watt, I'm happy. I do have the 6800 for sale, it's an amazing card, videos on youtube of crysis on it on med-high. Unfortunately I doubt anyone here would be interested since I am really looking to get the most I can for it, and an ebay buyer would get me that, but on here I've noticed prices are much lower. So basically, I'm trying to sell it for 235 minimum. Thanks for the info Skillz.
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