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post #1 of 6
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I would like to thank everyone on this board it has been great help. I have been researching a laptop upgrade for awhile so I could start playing games. The biggest thing for me was finding a unit that I could upgrade the video card. Of course the XPS is an option but in my opinion a little pricy. When I found the thread on updating a 9300 to work with a 6800U or 7800 video cards that was all she wrote I purchased a 9300 and paid 1100 shipped, bought a 9 cell battery, 130w brick, and 6800 Ultra from Howdogg74 (Thanks Man!) I had to move some stuff over from my Latitude D610 2ghz proc, 2gb mem, 1450 Wireless (Can't stand the Intel cards). Once I got that stuff in I lapped the processor and 6800U heatsinks and applied a thin layer of AS5. I couldn't lap the bridge because the heatsink was elevated and Dell used a thermal pad to bridge the gap. This is the same stuff that was on the 6800U memory chips. Once I got it together I flashed the bios with the hacked 9300 and then updated to the latest A05. I was able to initially clock my 6800U to 525x1200 and I plaid several hours of Mafia and it never went over 53 degrees. I tried a program that put my card under load and it got up to 85degrees but there were no artifacts, lockups or hangs. I am happy with 525 but I may try 1300 on the memory for grins.

I have a 1.8 SL7EN on the way to try and get 2.4. Decided to take a shot since I got it so cheap 130. People are getting 140-150 for them on ebay so hopefully I break even if the pin mod does not work.

Thanks again guys
post #2 of 6
Yeah, the people on this board are awesome... so many people respond and they actually give good answers.. thanks for the help guys.. hopefully after some experience with laptops I can be as helpful as the rest of you all..
post #3 of 6
the people here are great, its one of the reasons i decided on my 9300 also
post #4 of 6
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Originally Posted by red97vette
the people here are great, its one of the reasons i decided on my 9300 also
Same, plus I wouldn't have saved almost 50% on mine if it weren't for this board also.
post #5 of 6
Yup, I was going for an HP 17" before I discovered this forum. Now I'm addicted to it!
post #6 of 6
Nah... People here sux badly. Just Kidding. Im on the same boat, I research lappys all around. When I read about 9300 upgradeability I decide for the dell.

Thanks ppl.

PD You guys still sux.
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