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post #321 of 382
9/1/06 at 9:29pm
The heatsinks PHYSICALLY fit between the two cards, but the form factor of the two cards is different. There is a post hole on the upper right hand side of the two cards that is part of the actual PCB, this hole is about 1/4 inch different on each of the cards, not just the heatsink.

I received a 7800GTX, built for a E1705/9400 system by mistake two weeks ago, instead of the one for my modded 9300. I did transfer the heatsink from my 6800ULTRA to it, but as I stated, the PCB of the cards are different. No benefit to swapping out the heatsink.

by the way, the 7900GTX and the 7800GTX for the M1710/E1705/9400 have the exact same form factors. I hope this helps.
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post #322 of 382
9/2/06 at 12:41am

Pictures..Please!

Can anyone post pictures of both sides of a 7900GTX?

I'm discouraged if the only way to proceed is to desolder the post (and void my warranty).

Crap! There's always a roadblock to my dreams, and in this case it is a small itsie-bitsie metal post..bitch!!!

John Opcode, over & out
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post #323 of 382
9/2/06 at 3:32am
Johnny, I would think the pics of the 7800 at the beginning of this thread would suffice. The 7800 pictured is from a 9400 and has the same form factor as the 7900 GTX--minus a heatpipe. Yes, you do need to do something with the post. However, if you are semi-decent with solder, you can always solder the post back on, should a warranty situation arise.
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post #324 of 382
9/11/06 at 9:43am
something new ???
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post #325 of 382
9/11/06 at 10:43am

Sort Of...

I've got a few ideas ready to try..

I'm now searching to get a M170 motherboard and a 7900GTX before I 'brick' my main (warrantied) system.

Wish me luck!

Johnny Opcode, over & out!
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post #326 of 382
9/11/06 at 11:03am
Awesome. Good luck dude!
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post #327 of 382
9/11/06 at 12:58pm
I too will donate 50 via paypall if you can figure this out Opcode
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post #328 of 382
9/11/06 at 3:48pm
Johnny,

Why a 7900 GTX, why not try anything that fits in an M170 or 9300 but is not compatible with the current BIOS? You could use a 7900 GS. Heck, you might even be able to test it using an X1400 from a 9400. There's probably a lot more people willing to donate one of those babies to science. That way you can at least know if your experiment works.
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post #329 of 382
9/11/06 at 4:34pm

7900gs :)

That's a good idea, 7900GS are way cheaper than a 7900GTX.

I love it when people collaborate and exchange ideas like this!

Johnny Opcode, over & out..
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post #330 of 382
9/11/06 at 6:03pm
welll dont use the ati X1400 it wont work, the motherboard that uses the X1400 is different then the standard 9400 motherboard the x1400 is detachable but the two mobos are different
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post #331 of 382
9/18/06 at 8:12pm
...bump
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post #332 of 382
9/18/06 at 11:40pm
bump that
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post #333 of 382
9/19/06 at 3:57am
This took too long, I ended up just giving up on this and picked up a M1710 with the 7900 GTX But Core 2 Duo, makes it very worthwhile.
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post #334 of 382
9/19/06 at 6:20pm
Ugh.
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post #335 of 382
9/19/06 at 9:04pm
Sounds like the end to me...
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post #336 of 382
9/28/06 at 5:35am
Bump. Please get a 7900 GTX to work in my 9300! :P
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post #337 of 382
9/28/06 at 11:37am

Update..

I'm slowly acquiring parts for a secondary set-up. Picked up a gig of memory (cheap) and a hardrive/caddy (also cheap). I'm on the lookout for a motherboard/cpu (cheap of course) and that 7900GTX (won't be cheap!)

At this rate I might pull it off by XMAS.

Johnny Opcode, over & out.
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post #338 of 382
9/29/06 at 10:27am
Hey Johnny, I have a some spare Ram (2 X 512 @ 533)and a 2.5 hard drive caddy I can loan you to use if you would like. Just PM me.
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post #339 of 382
9/29/06 at 2:07pm

Thank-you,

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Originally Posted by newfiejudd
Hey Johnny, I have a some spare Ram (2 X 512 @ 533)and a 2.5 hard drive caddy I can loan you to use if you would like. Just PM me.

Thank-you that is very kind, but I feel it would be inappropriate to accept anything from members of the community. However, if Dell wants to set me up with a nice embedded development platform for this older XPS generation and bless this effort to extend the lifecycle (and useability) and of course absolve me from legal implications for 'hacking' their BIOS..wonderful!

Right now, I have a friend who's friend works in a Dell repair depot and is trying to get me one of those 'marginal' MB just for testing with.

Johnny Opcode, over & out!
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post #340 of 382
9/29/06 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by JohnnyOpcode
However, if Dell wants to set me up with a nice embedded development platform for this older XPS generation and bless this effort to extend the lifecycle (and useability) and of course absolve me from legal implications for 'hacking' their BIOS..wonderful!

Johnny Opcode, over & out!

Come on this would never work. Dell isn't worried about letting us get more usability out of their systems, they're interested in keeping us coming back for more and more computers.
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