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post #21 of 35
10/18/06 at 3:35pm
man this thread is confusing, so does the 6800 ultra work on a 9400 or not? also do i need to upgrade the psu and battery and bios?
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post #22 of 35
10/18/06 at 4:06pm
yes with mod....plz dont bring these old threads back to life...its disturbing
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post #23 of 35
10/18/06 at 11:30pm
lol so i do or dont need a new psu and battery?
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post #24 of 35
10/19/06 at 2:34am
The 9400 bios detects the 6800 ultra and all you need to physically do is remove the a post near the right of the keyboard and bend the heatpipe...You can use a 6 cell battery but it will not last long with 6800u's power requirements...You can also use 90w power supply although you have to set the powermizer settings to balanced....it would be best to at least get the 130 W adapter if you want to do this but its all up to how cheap you are
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post #25 of 35
10/19/06 at 3:05am
hahaha thanx mate ur a legend !!!

ive got a 130W i just like the way the 90W looks, will 90W psu and 6 cell cause my graphics too loose speed at all?
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post #26 of 35
10/19/06 at 4:14am
Running at the balanced setting in powermizer will unfortunately reduce the full potential of your graphics card
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post #27 of 35
10/19/06 at 4:16am
uve convinced me to stick to the 130W psu thanx
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post #28 of 35
10/19/06 at 11:38am
np, hope it works out for you...
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post #29 of 35
10/19/06 at 10:26pm
IT WORKED!!!

i had an integrated graphics card in my motherboard... then i swapped it with a motherboard which accepts a dedicated memory graphics card....

then put a 6800 ultra in there.... not a process i wanna go through much, bending stuff inside such an expensive laptop....

one thing now is its saying i got no service number.... and dell told me to get asset, where do i get that?
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post #30 of 35
10/24/06 at 3:27pm
should i do any volt mods or anything or just leave it?
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post #31 of 35
10/24/06 at 3:58pm
hmm...depends on the max temperature of your card now
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post #32 of 35
10/24/06 at 11:33pm
it goes pretty high, about 85
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post #33 of 35
10/25/06 at 12:23am
The 6800u uses 1.38v stock which leaves quite a bit of room for overclocking...if you aren't comfortable with the highest stable clocks you get with 1.38v then sure you COULD increase the voltage...Start with upping the clock speed though...I'm running 500/1200 @ stock volt...haven't seen how high I could get with this voltage stable but so many ppl have whored out the 6800u so why should I?

Edit: The threshold of these cards is 101 but I'd prefer my card staying under 90 (low 90's max no matter what) so whatever you choose to do then try to make sure you're within that range I guess...Of course now my card doesn't even reach 65 hardly and thats under heavy stress...
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post #34 of 35
12/7/06 at 1:15pm
Guys - I just bought a 6800 ultra for my 9400. Apart from desoldering the post is it an easy swap in and out(from an X1400)? Is it just a mini PCI-E slot?
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post #35 of 35
12/7/06 at 5:53pm
thats all I had to do when i put a 6800 ultra.. oh and u may need to snap the little plastic bit in top left hand corner for the heat sink to fit in, u'll see what i mean when u try put it in
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