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post #21 of 29
11/3/06 at 6:58pm
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Originally Posted by Pugsly0014
I have tried this, and ended up buying a M170 motherboard to make it work. There are more parts then just the connectors that are missing.
There are some resistors, etc. Someone would really have to compair the two boards (9300, M170) to see what thoes parts are.
Hey Pugsly0014. I was thinking of what you wound up doing while reading this thread. I remember taking some BIG scans of the 9300 mainboard back then for comparing.
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post #22 of 29
11/6/06 at 6:47pm
hey pugsly how much did that m170 mainboard cost? where did you get it?
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post #23 of 29
11/6/06 at 6:52pm
just buy an m170 motherboard for... $225-300 on ebay and sell yours for $100-200 on ebay. Keep an eye out for a good deal then its just a matter of calling Dell spare parts for the fan and speaker leds probably around $40 and get some extra spare screws and black bumpers while youre there and maybe get the black lcd bezel but unless the back panel is $50 or less i'd get it on ebay. Or buy an m1710 black bezel that'd be sweet and i think it'll work.

soldering on the connectors i think is imposible because of needed IC chips on the mobo.

-steve
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post #24 of 29
11/6/06 at 6:53pm
I will have to look for my pictures I took, I had them on my web server at one point.

I believe the XPS M170 board, the M170 Fans, and the M170 Speakers cost me about a total of $420.

Here is my original post.

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread135911.html
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post #25 of 29
11/6/06 at 8:02pm
Thread Starter 
OMG talk about a blast from the past .

Holy threads from the dead Batman
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post #26 of 29
11/6/06 at 9:30pm
hehe isn't it.
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post #27 of 29
11/6/06 at 10:00pm
yeah, I compared my father's inspiron 9300 notebook internals with my XPS gen 2 motherboard, and the inspiron doesn't have the LED connectors. But for those looking for an XPS Gen 2/M170 motherboard, I might be selling mine soon, provided that my M170->M1710 Quadro edition mod works.
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post #28 of 29
11/7/06 at 10:47pm
Hey Bal, how are things? Here's the low-down on your issue.

This was a hot topic around a year ago, and those that remember it involved locating the points where the plugs were missing. Now, one of the people that attempted said it didn't work and upon closer inspection said there were resistors missing also. Someone with an XPS Gen2 or m170 would need to locate these resistors and identify them so proper equipment could be obtained.

The person that did get LED's working inside their machine ran them off of one of their rear USB ports for Power and Control.

And I remember pulling mine apart back then to help locate stuff, those soldering points are rediculously small. I would find it hard for even the steadiest hand to do it alone. A super-fine tip and some type of guide plate would be needed to get it just right if you plan to convert the motherboard.

As for the BIOS, you'll notice that the Dell Recovery/Diagnostics console in the 9300/Gen2/m170 doesn't have a diagnostic that checks response from the LED's, it just flashes them in different colors and asked if you saw it. This would lead me to assume that the LED controls in the BIOS are not self-sensing.
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post #29 of 29
11/7/06 at 11:50pm
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Originally Posted by JaxChris
Hey Bal, how are things? Here's the low-down on your issue.

This was a hot topic around a year ago, and those that remember it involved locating the points where the plugs were missing. Now, one of the people that attempted said it didn't work and upon closer inspection said there were resistors missing also. Someone with an XPS Gen2 or m170 would need to locate these resistors and identify them so proper equipment could be obtained.

The person that did get LED's working inside their machine ran them off of one of their rear USB ports for Power and Control.

And I remember pulling mine apart back then to help locate stuff, those soldering points are rediculously small. I would find it hard for even the steadiest hand to do it alone. A super-fine tip and some type of guide plate would be needed to get it just right if you plan to convert the motherboard.

As for the BIOS, you'll notice that the Dell Recovery/Diagnostics console in the 9300/Gen2/m170 doesn't have a diagnostic that checks response from the LED's, it just flashes them in different colors and asked if you saw it. This would lead me to assume that the LED controls in the BIOS are not self-sensing.

thanks bro but I actually wasn't the one who got this revived, I remember all about the modded one and the fact that there weren't componets on the MB to do it
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