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post #241 of 293
3/12/05 at 12:27am
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post #242 of 293
3/12/05 at 2:28am
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Originally Posted by yellowlt4
The Memory on the video card: Samsung K4D553235F (is this DDR1?)
DVDRW: NEC ND-6500A (It looks like the Newegg unit would fit)
Keyboard: Made in Thailand
PLL: can't locate it, someone point me in the right direction.
LCD:Samsung "Glare, Wide Angel"

I can't take pictures at this time but it doesn't look like the Ultra card will fit very easily based on the pictures from Tomshardware. The space where the second (left side) heatpipe goes is not open. There is a heatsink that runs from the chipset that goes over to this area. Without having the Ultra card its hard to tell if it could be modded but it is not direct swap.
PLL should be located beneath the video card on the mainboard, at least it was for the 9200 from what I've read. Should be an ICS chip. Here's a thread with more info on it: http://www.i9200forums.com/index.php?showtopic=371

And a picture of the ICS chip (non-OC'able for 9200):




If any of us (XPS 2/9300 owners) have this PLL chip on our mainboards, we are screwed as far as possibly overclocking our systems goes with a software program like soft fsb. The only alternative is to solder out the chip and replace it with an ICS chip that does allow OC'ing. So if you do check the PLL chip, lets pray its not this one.
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post #243 of 293
3/12/05 at 4:44am
i just ordered a 9300 lappy

Dell Inspiron(TM) 9300 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M 760/770 Notebook

Inspiron(TM) 9300 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor at 760

2.0 GHz, 2MB Cache, 533 MHz FSB

3 yrs NBD Standard Support Plan with FREE Theft Cover Upgrade

1024MB (1 X 1024MB) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM

60GB Ultra ATA 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive

Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive

Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915 Dual Band 802.11a/b/g 54Mbps MiniPCI Wireless Card

video card: 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) Go 6800

9-Cell 80Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery

17" UltraSharp(TM) Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife(TM): 1920x1200

Bluetooth module

For $3300 (Australian dollars)

Is there a way to not get windows home or pro on the dell laptops? If so does this reduce the price? Becuase I already have pro on my desktop computer...

Also are the exclusion clauses that would not cover specific instances of losing laptops under the 3 year theft and NBD support?
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post #244 of 293
3/12/05 at 5:36am
I just ordered one too.
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post #245 of 293
3/12/05 at 11:19am
Just to clarify, the i9300 uxga with go6800 does not have a native resolution of 1600x1200 as has been stated. The resolution is 1920x1200.


http://www1.us.dell.com/content/lear...n&~tab=details

The x300 does have the 1600x1200 resolution.
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post #246 of 293
3/12/05 at 12:17pm
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Originally Posted by sureloch
Just to clarify, the i9300 uxga with go6800 does not have a native resolution of 1600x1200 as has been stated. The resolution is 1920x1200.


http://www1.us.dell.com/content/lear...n&~tab=details

The x300 does have the 1600x1200 resolution.
The i9300 wuxga is 1920x1200 regardless of which video card you get.
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post #247 of 293
3/12/05 at 12:34pm
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Originally Posted by johare
The i9300 wuxga is 1920x1200 regardless of which video card you get.
The max resolution supported by the x300 is 1600x1200. The uxga is the same.

Dell x300 specs
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post #248 of 293
3/12/05 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by sureloch
The max resolution supported by the x300 is 1600x1200. The uxga is the same.

Dell x300 specs
Hmm, that would be really odd if they're shipping a system with a GPU that can't support its native screen resolution.

However, a quick trip to ATI's site MOBILITY RADEON X300 Specs shows:

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LCD-EE™ display engine allows for support of the latest high resolution and wide-screen notebook displays such as WUXGA (1920x1200) and QXGA (2048x1536).

165 MHz integrated TMDS transmitter, for support of DVI Digital Flat Panels at up to UXGA resolution (1600x1200)

LCD-EE™
LCD Enhancement Engine - a new and improved display architecture that improves scaling of desktop resolution to full panel sizes, improves video quality through compensation for LCD latency, and supports the latest high resolution and wide-screen notebook displays such as WUXGA (1920x1200) and QXGA (2048x1536)
1600x1200 is the max external DVI resolution, while the notebook screen is driven at its native 1920x1200.
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post #249 of 293
3/12/05 at 1:34pm
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Originally Posted by bloke
Hmm, that would be really odd if they're shipping a system with a GPU that can't support its native screen resolution.
However, a quick trip to ATI's site MOBILITY RADEON X300 Specs shows:
1600x1200 is the max external DVI resolution, while the notebook screen is driven at its native 1920x1200.
I believe the ATI chip uses it's LCD-EE technology to take the 1600x1200 max true resolution of the x300 and forces it to fit nicely in the 1920x1200 wuxga monitor. Bear in mind that the ATI chip is not outputting a true 1920x1200 resolution as the go6800 is.
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post #250 of 293
3/12/05 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by sureloch
I believe the ATI chip uses it's LCD-EE technology to take the 1600x1200 max true resolution of the x300 and forces it to fit nicely in the 1920x1200 wuxga monitor. Bear in mind that the ATI chip is not outputting a true 1920x1200 resolution as the go6800 is.
That sounds a bit scary that DELL would sell a laptop with a GPU that did not truely support its native resolution.
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post #251 of 293
3/12/05 at 2:12pm
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Originally Posted by 5150 Joker
PLL should be located beneath the video card on the mainboard, at least it was for the 9200 from what I've read. Should be an ICS chip. Here's a thread with more info on it: http://www.i9200forums.com/index.php?showtopic=371

And a picture of the ICS chip (non-OC'able for 9200):




If any of us (XPS 2/9300 owners) have this PLL chip on our mainboards, we are screwed as far as possibly overclocking our systems goes with a software program like soft fsb. The only alternative is to solder out the chip and replace it with an ICS chip that does allow OC'ing. So if you do check the PLL chip, lets pray its not this one.
Great if we can OC the i9300 PLL. With the 133fsb there will be less effect (per mhz increase) on the PCI bus components compared to the 100fsb of the i9200 I currently own.
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post #252 of 293
3/12/05 at 2:16pm
The DVI output res != Standard lcd panel res
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post #253 of 293
3/12/05 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by Shinji_U
I lived at Bedok... haa haa the beer here are awefully expensive...
Hey Shinji. I stay at Kembangan. Just ordered a 9300 last Friday! Yeah expensive beer, slow-updates and expensive hardware. There ain't anything faster than 400 MHz SODIMM rams available here, and each stick of 400MHz 512mb SODIMM costs almost USD120...

And the 9300 I ordered below - USD2100+

Inspiron 9300
Pentium 1.73Ghz
256Mb 6800 GO
Truelife WUXGA 17" LCD
512MB (2x256) DDR2 RAM (Intend to buy 2 sticks of 1GB from the net)
60Gb 7200rpm HDD
Wireless Intel 2915
Wireless 350 Bluetooth
9 Cell Battery
C/F Colour Kit
1 Yr Complete Cover
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post #254 of 293
3/12/05 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by operaman
Evil tempter Now I will want to oc the piss out of this and open it up and AS5 it. Why, why JETninja do you tempt me? Could I leave my 9100 alone? Nope. I had to open her up. Same with the 8500 and 8600's I got now. You are tempting me to overclock it and then do a heatmod at some point. Evil I tell ya...
Erm... I intend to OC my 9300 after I get it running stable, like in 2 days after I get it? Can someone take pictures of the process of taking it apart and the stuff they do and stuff required to enhance the cooling? I have been OC'ing desktops for >10 years, but have not gone round to OC'ing a laptop, cos till now, have not had one that was worthy of my attention. And we don't get the XPS here in Singapore, was tempted to order the XPS from US, but thought better against it...

I'm waiting like a kid for it to arrive!!!
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post #255 of 293
3/12/05 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by Shinji_U
Is it easy to open the chassis? I want to try opening it and applying the AS5... I don't want my notebook to burn...
Gee... Wanna do that together?
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post #256 of 293
3/12/05 at 5:41pm
A question to any of those lucky guys (or gals) who have their i9300 already. Is there any flexing/creaking of the chassis or keyboard, or is the notebook rock solid (hope so). Also on an unrelated note, I read somwhere that there were versions of the go 6800 with both 128 and 256 bit memory interfaces. I found nothing on NVIDIA's site to either prove or disprove this. Does anybody know if this is true and/or if the 6800 in the I9300 has a 256 bit interface?
Thanks
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post #257 of 293
3/12/05 at 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by jabb
A question to any of those lucky guys (or gals) who have their i9300 already. Is there any flexing/creaking of the chassis or keyboard, or is the notebook rock solid (hope so). Also on an unrelated note, I read somwhere that there were versions of the go 6800 with both 128 and 256 bit memory interfaces. I found nothing on NVIDIA's site to either prove or disprove this. Does anybody know if this is true and/or if the 6800 in the I9300 has a 256 bit interface?
Thanks
i think that i read that this is the 256bit version. i cant cite a source for this however. i will try to find it though.
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post #258 of 293
3/12/05 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by jabb
A question to any of those lucky guys (or gals) who have their i9300 already. Is there any flexing/creaking of the chassis or keyboard, or is the notebook rock solid (hope so). Also on an unrelated note, I read somwhere that there were versions of the go 6800 with both 128 and 256 bit memory interfaces. I found nothing on NVIDIA's site to either prove or disprove this. Does anybody know if this is true and/or if the 6800 in the I9300 has a 256 bit interface?
Thanks
I spent quite some time on the IT show with the 9300. The keyboard is exactly the same as the 6000. Works fine, no creaking and all. As for the screen, no flexing and no changes to the display while doing so. Pretty much solid enough for me, but it varies with people, I guess.

As for the 128 bit or 256 bit, I think benchmarks speaks more rather than the interface? Would you rather have a GPU that is ultra-fast, running on 64 bit, having a 10k score on 3dmark05 or a 256 bit, slow, with a score of 1000 on 3dmark05?
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post #259 of 293
3/12/05 at 7:21pm
Yes, the go6800 (all of them I believe) memory interface is 256 bit.
With 12 pipes that does help.
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post #260 of 293
3/12/05 at 7:45pm
There may have initially been a 128bit memory interface optionally available.
I don't know if any manufacturers actually used that design; possibly because the 256bit go 6800 competes much better with the ATI m28 (x800). These two cards are essentially equivalent in performance, though the go6800 runs at lower clock speeds: spec. go6800=300/300 vs. spec x800=400/400
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