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M7700 Noob in trainning

post #1 of 19
1/30/11 at 11:10pm
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I have just purchased a Alienware M7700 D9T off of craigslist for $100It was a steal everything was included with it except the ac adpater. i recentley bought a 120 gb hard drive and Im planning on buying a nividia Geforce go 7950 GTX 512 that i won on ebay for $210.00 should i upgrade it or leave it and if i do what problems will occur while trying it and The motherboard is also a V6.1 so im ok. please reply


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post #2 of 19
1/31/11 at 5:21am
I would get the system going first and making sure that everything works smoothly before considering the GPU swap. Good luck.

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post #3 of 19
2/1/11 at 11:38pm


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post #4 of 19
2/5/11 at 1:06pm
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Update

Ok i got my system and i turned it on and no video what is going on
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post #5 of 19
2/5/11 at 1:08pm
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Ok i got my system and i turned it on and no video what is going on
Not even on an external monitor?

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post #6 of 19
2/5/11 at 1:13pm
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nope
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post #7 of 19
2/5/11 at 1:53pm
Bad GPU or bad motherboard. Guess that card that you planned to get might be the solution. I would personally bake the current card first, hopefully it 'll get the comp going before investing on the new card.

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post #8 of 19
2/5/11 at 4:15pm
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Actually i already ordered the card when i first won it LOL
But dont i have to have the old card in order to install the drives or can i put the new one in and it will work
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post #9 of 19
2/5/11 at 5:39pm
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Actually i already ordered the card when i first won it LOL
But dont i have to have the old card in order to install the drives or can i put the new one in and it will work
We can only hope If it gives you display, then at least it can be saved

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post #10 of 19
2/6/11 at 12:09pm
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Ok i found out the problem two pegs that are connect to the motherboard that i screw the screws from the VGA card in are broken off should i buy a new motherboard or try to wedge in the VGA card with something or am i screwed
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post #11 of 19
2/6/11 at 6:04pm
Go for the chance of fixing/replacing the pegs. If that does not work, sell the comp in parts, cut your loss.

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post #12 of 19
2/10/11 at 1:04am
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Ok its fixed I JB weld the pegs in so now I got a new problem it cant find my Harddrive when will this end
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post #13 of 19
2/10/11 at 3:09pm
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Ok its fixed I JB weld the pegs in so now I got a new problem it cant find my Harddrive when will this end

Would love to see some pics of your JB weld project

Oh, and the bird hid the drive (actually happened to a member here)

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post #14 of 19
2/10/11 at 7:30pm
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wat do u mean by bird hid hardrive
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post #15 of 19
2/10/11 at 7:55pm
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wat do u mean by bird hid hardrive
A joke, magpie likes to steal

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post #16 of 19
2/10/11 at 8:29pm
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LOL i searched that up online And it found my hardrive but now it wont let me install windows it goes straight to the blue screen of death each time
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post #17 of 19
2/11/11 at 4:30am
Drivers? Bad drive?

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post #18 of 19
2/11/11 at 8:09pm
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the drive Is fresh from the line and I formatted it, doesn't even come up it just says unknown disk on the setup
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post #19 of 19
2/11/11 at 8:14pm
Hate to say it - but I personally think that the board is foobar

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