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post #101 of 115
7/2/04 at 7:48pm
Today I spoke with Ronald Acuna who is a supervisor in AW's customer service department. He informed me, after double checking with technical support, that the ATI 9700 will only be available in new systems and not offered as an upgrade due to incompatability with previous versions of the a51m2 motherboards.
So, my 'upgradable video' lappy can not get any better than the Nvidia 5700... THIS SUCKS!!
I look forward to selling this machine when PCIe comes out and I can assure you that I will NEVER buy another Alienware system again. This is how I feel right now... takin it up the A$$.
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post #102 of 115
7/2/04 at 8:11pm
Again??? I can't take this...one day they say yes then the next no...WTF! I thought David the product manager said they are working on it??????????????????
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post #103 of 115
7/2/04 at 8:15pm
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Originally Posted by notebook_gamer
Again??? I can't take this...one day they say yes then the next no...WTF! I thought David the product manager said they are working on it??????????????????
Yea, they are working on something alright (bending us over)
I just wish they would publish something vs. giving us all the runaround. TELL US THE TRUTH AW!!!
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post #104 of 115
7/2/04 at 8:48pm
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post #105 of 115
7/2/04 at 8:56pm
I read what he said but one paragraph stands out to me...

"I do want to comment that Alienware is maintaining an open line of communication with the GPU manufacturers, Intel, and its manufacturing partners to try and introduce further upgrades on the current platform. This however has not yet been determined and we cannot guarantee further upgrades at this moment."
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post #106 of 115
7/3/04 at 8:16pm
Has anyone asked if it is possible to have the motherboard switched out so that the 9700 will work. I find it very disheartening to know that with all the money we have spent on these for the purpose of upgrading that they can do nothing to accommodate us.
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post #107 of 115
7/3/04 at 8:29pm
I asked this question and was told that this was not an option currently...
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post #108 of 115
7/3/04 at 8:31pm
which motherbourd is needed to work with the 9700
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post #109 of 115
7/3/04 at 8:39pm
...the latest rev which the Tech would not tell me what that is...all I know is that I have rev 2.0 and right now that is a no go with the 9700...
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post #110 of 115
7/3/04 at 8:47pm
as do I which it was up graded to when I sent mine in back in Jan. I have a feeling that anything can be done for a price. I just payed this lappy off perhaps I should ebay it and get the newer one
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post #111 of 115
7/3/04 at 8:58pm
...you read my mind...eBay it is unless I can at least get a 9700 and be happy for another year to two...


PS: The ultimate keeper would be a pci-e motherboard upgrade but read my sig as to hopes of that!
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post #112 of 115
7/4/04 at 12:24am
Im sending my laptop back on Monday, and it will get the motherboard replaced with the newer one (or so I'd think).
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post #113 of 115
7/4/04 at 12:27am
Your sig is hilarious!
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post #114 of 115
7/4/04 at 4:13pm
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Originally Posted by geek24
Im sending my laptop back on Monday, and it will get the motherboard replaced with the newer one (or so I'd think).
Are you sending it back for that sole purpose
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post #115 of 115
7/4/04 at 4:27pm
No, im sending it back because the motherboard's AGP slots r screwed. And yes, my sig is pretty funny
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