NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Alienware Notebook Forums › Alienware Area-51 and Aurora Notebooks › (regarding upgradeable graphics on the Area51m)
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

(regarding upgradeable graphics on the Area51m) - Page 11

post #201 of 500
4/7/05 at 1:09am
Man, and thats the reason why I sold mine in the first place cause I thought they weren't going to upgrade those. Oh well, I still love my 7700
Reply
Reply
post #202 of 500
4/7/05 at 2:38am
okay so are we going to have 2 send in our notebooks so that they can revise the mobo? as with the 9700?
Reply
Reply
post #203 of 500
4/7/05 at 2:59am
Best Alienware news ever...if it's true. And even if it is, they darn well better not be charging X800 prices...
Reply
Reply
post #204 of 500
4/7/05 at 9:10am
Quote:
Originally Posted by blazehenryson
okay so are we going to have 2 send in our notebooks so that they can revise the mobo? as with the 9700?
Good question. If I have to send it in, I'll pass at this point. My DT is no gaming rig and this is the only way I can kill the horde.
Reply
Reply
post #205 of 500
4/7/05 at 11:53am
Maybe the agent was way off. Have you guys tried calling again and asking another agent.

The agent may have been mis-informed or mis-understood.
Reply
Reply
post #206 of 500
4/7/05 at 1:00pm
I asked the guys about how I can upgrade it. He didn't say anything about a mobo revision. He did mention, that as long as I have a tech support guys on the phone, I can upgrade it myself. Now, I am assuming that this means that the 9800 will work with our current motherboards... hopefully thats the case.
Reply
Reply
post #207 of 500
4/7/05 at 1:19pm
OMG this is the best news I've heard in a long time from AW.
Reply
Reply
post #208 of 500
4/7/05 at 1:22pm
Indeed, this is some very good news! Just hope European customers won't have to wait for ever to get it too
Reply
Reply
post #209 of 500
4/7/05 at 1:34pm
I think we should not all be jumping with joy until we get an official answer.

This one rep may be wrong.

Who is going to call up and ask?

Wasn't there a post with the e-mail of some AW person concerned with the previous vid upgrade? I can't find it.
Reply
Reply
post #210 of 500
4/7/05 at 2:53pm
I think your talking about Juan... maybe he can give us a definite answer. JUAN? JUAN? Please let us know... thanks
Reply
Reply
post #211 of 500
4/7/05 at 3:10pm
Well, he may or may not know. They might not let him talk or something.

This was the guy I was talking about:

http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=32024
Reply
Reply
post #212 of 500
4/7/05 at 4:01pm
Yeah, i remember e-mailing him about 3 months ago... still no response. lol
Reply
Reply
post #213 of 500
4/10/05 at 3:32am
Just called alienware, spoke with a Jose. He said that there is both a 9800 and a 6800 upgrade option coming out very soon. He was kind enough to set it up that I will recieve a phone call as soon as that option will become available. Looks like they are going to give us one last shot to make sure we stay bad ass!

God I hope I got enough credit open on my acct to buy it!
Reply
Reply
post #214 of 500
4/10/05 at 4:42am
That is sweet. I'll have to tell my buddy who bought my 51m from me. You didn't get any prices did you?
Reply
Reply
post #215 of 500
4/10/05 at 12:07pm
This is great news and restores SOME of my faith in Alienware. I tried a 5700 -> 9700 upgrade with no success (lock ups, customer support was unable to resolve), so I had to eat the restocking fee, but I guess I'll try again if this turns out being true. The restocking thing was funny though, they promised a credit within 9 business days, after about 16 business days (I checked the tracking number to see when it arrived), I sent email and a few days later I got an email saying how pleased they were to inform me that a credit had been posted. Jeez, how difficult is this, and why should someone have to ping them with email to meet a simple deadline they had set (and not met, no emails to tell me they had recieved it, it was in processing, nothing). Anyway, hope this is true, and I don't have to eat another restocking fee.

Tom
Reply
Reply
post #216 of 500
4/10/05 at 12:34pm
Sorry Tate, went to bed at 2 am and then just got up like 5 min ago. I didn't get any prices because he wasn't sure. I would be we are atleast looking at 300+ dollars, probably more.

Now, Since I've had so many problems with AW getting my computer fixed, I think I'm going to ask and see if I can get some sort of significant discount with my upgrade. I also think I'm going to hold out for the 6800.
Reply
Reply
post #217 of 500
4/10/05 at 11:40pm
Oh i'l be calling tommrow to confirm this (since i need to call them anyways :-P)
Reply
Reply
post #218 of 500
4/11/05 at 12:00am
Quote:
Originally Posted by monkeyboy070
Sorry Tate, went to bed at 2 am and then just got up like 5 min ago. I didn't get any prices because he wasn't sure. I would be we are atleast looking at 300+ dollars, probably more.

Now, Since I've had so many problems with AW getting my computer fixed, I think I'm going to ask and see if I can get some sort of significant discount with my upgrade. I also think I'm going to hold out for the 6800.

Thats cool, some of the best news I've heard in a while. Hopefuly you get that discount for the new card cause that baby will scream if you get the 6800
Reply
Reply
post #219 of 500
4/11/05 at 12:28am
6800 eh? I guess now is as good a time as any to switch back to nvidia.
Reply
Reply
post #220 of 500
4/11/05 at 12:41am
Well wait and see what ATI does
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Alienware Notebook Forums › Alienware Area-51 and Aurora Notebooks › (regarding upgradeable graphics on the Area51m)