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post #361 of 382
2/6/07 at 11:30pm
Does the new unlocked nvidia BIOS help any?
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post #362 of 382
2/7/07 at 12:08am
The problem is the computer bios, not the videocard bios...I guess theres a slight chance of being able to fool the computer into thinking its another card but probably only within the os
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post #363 of 382
4/13/07 at 9:11pm
Any progress on this? =]
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post #364 of 382
4/13/07 at 9:21pm
I grew tired of hoping. Decided to go ahead and sell my 9300 and upgrade. Glad I did. I don't think there will ever be a solution for this.
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post #365 of 382
4/13/07 at 10:32pm
How much did you sell it for? Would someone really buy a Xps2 when there is alot of better laptops out there now? I feel like I'm trying to cheap someone...
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post #366 of 382
4/14/07 at 12:15am
Mine sold on ebay for 1150 That was about a month and a half ago. ou should get slightly more for an xps2. They were going for 1200 -1400 depending on the specs. Throw it up for fun with a reserve price. That's what I did. I really didn't expect someone to hit my reserve but it happened.
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post #367 of 382
4/18/07 at 6:07pm
I was also recently asking my PC guy if a core2 would go into my M170. He seems to think so. If that's the case, the 7950GTX upgrade make sense.
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post #368 of 382
4/18/07 at 10:05pm
ha ha ha, Core 2 in an M170. Not so.
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post #369 of 382
4/18/07 at 11:44pm
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Originally Posted by donjuancarlos
ha ha ha, Core 2 in an M170. Not so.
Humor me, and explain why not. The PC guy seemed to think the core2's and the centrino's used the same socket. If there's a BIOS issue, it should be similar issue to this video card issue. Is it vaguely possible that the BIOS issue we're now facing is part of the AML code?
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post #370 of 382
4/19/07 at 12:51am
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Originally Posted by zBeeble
Humor me, and explain why not. The PC guy seemed to think the core2's and the centrino's used the same socket. If there's a BIOS issue, it should be similar issue to this video card issue. Is it vaguely possible that the BIOS issue we're now facing is part of the AML code?
Hate to say this but my understanding is that they are not the same socket and therefore you will need a core duo motherboard like the 6400 or 9400 to allow the core 2 to work
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post #371 of 382
4/19/07 at 2:07am
Yah, the sockets are different.
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post #372 of 382
4/23/07 at 7:50pm
Just asking for opinion..should I wait around some more to see if this mod is ever going to work, or try to sell my xps m170, put some money with it, and buy a xps m1710?
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post #373 of 382
4/23/07 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by callison
Just asking for opinion..should I wait around some more to see if this mod is ever going to work, or try to sell my xps m170, put some money with it, and buy a xps m1710?

If you wait a month or two more the new Santa rosa platform laptops should be out
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post #374 of 382
5/26/07 at 12:09am
does anyone know if the 1710 motherboard will fit in the XPS gen2 chasis?
i see the board for sale on ebay (350)...plus a 7950 video card is about 350
plus whatever dual core CPU..cheaper than a new laptop
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post #375 of 382
5/26/07 at 12:12am
not this thread again ....
Nope, the mobo will not fit in the chassis
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post #376 of 382
5/27/07 at 8:16pm
i have hd playing on my xps gen 2 through a xbox 360 hd-dvd player, but the frame rate is a little choppy - maybe 20 fps...would i get more FPS by flashing the bios and overclocking my 7800gtx or upgrading my cpu from 2.0 -> 2.26 GHZ since its not overclockable...thanks!

Dan
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post #377 of 382
5/27/07 at 9:14pm
I would think a stock 7800gtx is more than capable of playing hd-dvd but I'm no expert. I think I ran one of those blu-ray tests before and it tried to tell me my 2.0 pm was not good enough...The p-m is always underrated though. When playing the video, check your cpu load. If its 100% constant, then you can benefit from a cpu upgrade. However, I couldnt recommend you going from 2.0 to 2.26. It wouldn't be worth the time or money. You would have to go and mod a 1.8 400 mhz p-m to be 2.4 ghz. Even this wouldn't be a tremendous performance increase but it will help.
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post #378 of 382
5/29/07 at 9:30am
so does anyone know if i can get by with over clocking the 7800 or if i need to upgrade to 2.26 GHZ ...or both?
thanks!

Dan
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post #379 of 382
5/29/07 at 1:11pm
well, I gave you my opinion but you might want to note that this thread has nothing to do with the 7800gtx...
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post #380 of 382
5/29/07 at 2:56pm
whoops sorry...jumping around on too many boards!
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