HOW-TO: Upgrade your 9300 with the Ultra o ... ... thanks... will probably need it once i make sure dell will be able to ship me the 7800... they said they ll g ...

skeetjlt · 10-28-2005, 12:52 AM

thanks... will probably need it once i make sure dell will be able to ship me the 7800... they said they ll get back to me in 2 days....

IRobertus · 10-29-2005, 12:45 PM

How much are you getting your 7800 for?

skeetjlt · 10-29-2005, 09:41 PM

they told me they dont know how much the 7800 will cost till it becomes available.... I ve already called them 3x and they keep saying that its out of stock and that they ll call me back once it becomes available... i read somewhere here that they could get it from dell canada for 420$ ....

mmzmaster · 10-29-2005, 11:08 PM

call nvidia lol... ask their manucfactures...

skeetjlt · 11-01-2005, 05:40 PM

i successfully ordered a 7800... it cost 479 $ plus shipping.....

crackhaed · 11-02-2005, 05:20 AM

If you do this mod, this means that you can't use AC power on airplanes anymore, right?

MarkTO · 11-02-2005, 06:25 AM

Would this work with an ATI equiped 9300?

Kamao · 11-02-2005, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkTO

Would this work with an ATI equiped 9300?

Yes it will.

jrbd90 · 11-07-2005, 10:31 AM

Dell Home has the 9 cell and power brick on sale.

I just order the 9 cell for $110 (- $75 concession that I had)

I still have to order the 7800GTX.....

I would be upgrading from a x300 128mb.
Should I keep the x300 to put back in someday or as an emergency spare?

Does anyone forsee any issues with the 7800GTX and 1440x900 WXGA screens?

freefallin14 · 11-07-2005, 01:10 PM

Wouldn't it make sense if i was going to get a M170 to just order a 9300 with the stock card and do this upgrade to the 7800 myself? Would save a bunch of $$$ Priced this out just now...

Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X300 64MB HyperMemory™
Hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive

$1700

Thats with the 9 cell battery. All I would need then would be the card and supplies. How hard would this be?

jrbd90 · 11-07-2005, 01:30 PM

You can get some off that with the current coupons, or wait for better ones.

http://www.dealcatcher.com/dell-home-coupons

freefallin14 · 11-07-2005, 01:58 PM

that listing was done using the $450 off coupon... I am in the group (I think there are a lot of us) trying to decide if i should wait for a 40% or just bite the bullet and use the $450 off. I have a feeling if the 40% comes out however, it will not apply to the XPS, which is the only real reason I am waiting. I can do the 9300 right now with this or a similar setup

, or wait for the 40% and get a xps.... decisions, decisions... I just know with my luck that if i go with the 9300, A 40% will come out 3 weeks from now and make the xps affordable for me and then I will be kicking myself

icy1007 · 11-07-2005, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirBA

i consider this but really $600 not worthy

so you rather spend a couple thousand and get a completely new laptop?

icy1007 · 11-07-2005, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skeetjlt

they told me they dont know how much the 7800 will cost till it becomes available.... I ve already called them 3x and they keep saying that its out of stock and that they ll call me back once it becomes available... i read somewhere here that they could get it from dell canada for 420$ ....

that would only be US $354. Thats really cheap.

skeetjlt · 11-07-2005, 04:40 PM

call mark... while you still can so that you can order the 7800... look at the sticky above

then get the power brick and the 9 cell from ebay... its a whole lot cheaper.... yes you can upgrade from an ati -----> 7800 (as long as its a 9300 inspiron)...... and yes, itll come out cheaper if you buy the 9300(basic) with coupons and mod it to an xps m170....

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10-28-2005, 12:52 AM	#31
skeetjlt padawan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 149 Credits: -308	thanks... will probably need it once i make sure dell will be able to ship me the 7800... they said they ll get back to me in 2 days....

10-29-2005, 09:41 PM	#33
skeetjlt padawan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 149 Credits: -308	they told me they dont know how much the 7800 will cost till it becomes available.... I ve already called them 3x and they keep saying that its out of stock and that they ll call me back once it becomes available... i read somewhere here that they could get it from dell canada for 420$ ....

11-01-2005, 05:40 PM	#35
skeetjlt padawan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 149 Credits: -308	i successfully ordered a 7800... it cost 479 $ plus shipping.....

11-02-2005, 06:25 AM	#37
MarkTO Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7 Credits: -348	Would this work with an ATI equiped 9300?

11-07-2005, 10:31 AM	#39
jrbd90 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 93 Credits: -306	Dell Home has the 9 cell and power brick on sale. I just order the 9 cell for $110 (- $75 concession that I had) I still have to order the 7800GTX..... I would be upgrading from a x300 128mb. Should I keep the x300 to put back in someday or as an emergency spare? Does anyone forsee any issues with the 7800GTX and 1440x900 WXGA screens?

11-07-2005, 01:10 PM	#40
freefallin14 Game: Blouses Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 22 Credits: -321	Wouldn't it make sense if i was going to get a M170 to just order a 9300 with the stock card and do this upgrade to the 7800 myself? Would save a bunch of $$$ Priced this out just now... Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm Video Card ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X300 64MB HyperMemory™ Hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive $1700 Thats with the 9 cell battery. All I would need then would be the card and supplies. How hard would this be?

11-07-2005, 01:30 PM	#41
jrbd90 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 93 Credits: -306	You can get some off that with the current coupons, or wait for better ones. http://www.dealcatcher.com/dell-home-coupons

11-07-2005, 01:58 PM	#42
freefallin14 Game: Blouses Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 22 Credits: -321	that listing was done using the $450 off coupon... I am in the group (I think there are a lot of us) trying to decide if i should wait for a 40% or just bite the bullet and use the $450 off. I have a feeling if the 40% comes out however, it will not apply to the XPS, which is the only real reason I am waiting. I can do the 9300 right now with this or a similar setup , or wait for the 40% and get a xps.... decisions, decisions... I just know with my luck that if i go with the 9300, A 40% will come out 3 weeks from now and make the xps affordable for me and then I will be kicking myself

11-07-2005, 04:40 PM	#45
skeetjlt padawan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 149 Credits: -308	call mark... while you still can so that you can order the 7800... look at the sticky above then get the power brick and the 9 cell from ebay... its a whole lot cheaper.... yes you can upgrade from an ati -----> 7800 (as long as its a 9300 inspiron)...... and yes, itll come out cheaper if you buy the 9300(basic) with coupons and mod it to an xps m170....