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post #21 of 216
10/4/09 at 9:29pm
i think i remember something about that...
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post #22 of 216
10/4/09 at 9:36pm
there have been some good stories about Accidental damages to laptops lol
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post #23 of 216
10/4/09 at 10:17pm
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Originally Posted by CrysDark View Post
Wasn't there someone on here last year that had their wifes breast milk spill into the system and render it inoperable.
HTF!
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post #24 of 216
10/4/09 at 10:51pm
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Originally Posted by F@iNT View Post
HTF!
What is "HTF"?

Anyway, found:
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread213095.html
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post #25 of 216
10/5/09 at 1:42am
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Originally Posted by Versalius02 View Post
how the F
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post #26 of 216
10/5/09 at 2:32am
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Originally Posted by F@iNT View Post
how the F
Aaaahhhhh...
And then a light shown down upon me,
and I was enlightened.

Cheers
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post #27 of 216
10/5/09 at 2:48am
lol
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post #28 of 216
10/5/09 at 4:56am
Crazy abbreviations! Crazy incidents!
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post #29 of 216
10/5/09 at 9:35am
Hi, was just browsing to see if anyone else was having similar problems with their M1730...

I've had one for the past year and a half and to be honest, it's never given me one problem. It's got the T9300, two 8800m GTXs and I didn't bother with the Bluray option at time of purchase.

Then last week it bluescreens and since then it won't load the video drivers correctly and they show with bangs in Device Manager. Tried to reinstall various drivers from Dell, nVidia, laptopvideo2go, etc. but no luck. Reinstalled the OS from scratch and with the Dell drivers, nothing. Still got bangs. The fans aren't spinning, so something is screwed.

Called Dell and they spent several hours remotely connected to the system. OS was reloaded and they tried various drivers as well. Basically everything that I had already done, but the lady was nice about it, so I let her be. That evening, she decided to send an engineer to replace the video card(s).

Friday morning I get a call to say that the part isn't available. Today, it's the same. I checked the Dell site and you can't buy the m1730 with the 8800m GTX any longer. I also received an email saying that the part could be available in three weeks. If the part is no longer being manufactured, then the quality of the service parts is going to go downhill.

Now, this laptop is on it's second year of "Premium Support Next Business Day Onsite Support XPS, Adamo & Alienware." How long should I give them before I start asking for a replacement laptop? I don't want to be rude as I've worked that job, but I also paid to have a working laptop.
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post #30 of 216
10/5/09 at 10:49am
And I thought that they swore up and down it would be here by October 5th.
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post #31 of 216
10/5/09 at 3:37pm
Wow, breat milk... thats just... gnarly!
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post #32 of 216
10/6/09 at 1:47pm
Received another call this morning. Still no card available. I asked the tech how many people were waiting for this card and she replied 120.

120!

On Friday I'll start to make some fuss. If I know Dell (and I do), they would be happy to leave everyone wait.
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post #33 of 216
10/6/09 at 3:41pm
Er a rep told me last night there are over 200 waiting . My case manager wont`t talk to me and i have requested many callbacks . They told me there`s no time frame for these parts .I'm into my 6th week of waiting now .
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post #34 of 216
10/6/09 at 4:44pm
it has been about 2.5 months for me...
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post #35 of 216
10/6/09 at 7:09pm
Time to call the BBB, and excalate the matter
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post #36 of 216
10/6/09 at 8:15pm
Yep, something is amiss here woodstock. I read that a few more members are having their replacement on the way back to them.

cheers ...
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post #37 of 216
10/6/09 at 8:54pm
no, i got the computer back, they just swapped out my 8800 with a 8700, so i am waiting for a replacement 8800...
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post #38 of 216
10/6/09 at 8:57pm
and what happens if they don't get any 8800s ??
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post #39 of 216
10/6/09 at 9:10pm
no clue, im just about as frustrated as i ever have been with dell
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post #40 of 216
10/6/09 at 9:47pm
lol you should call Dell and tell them there are alot of 8800 and 9800 cards for sale on Ebay - and they should go buy you one
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