HOW-TO: Upgrade your 9300 with the Ultra o ... ... Quote:Originally Posted by zzpulpIn terms of all 7800GTX pr ...

atwood7fan · 09-29-2007, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zzpulp

In terms of all 7800GTX prices I guess around $350 isn't bad. I think a few come up for around $275-$300 from time to time though. If you compare it to other cards on the market though, its a ludicrous price.

Oh and plus $50 shipping. Pssh, no freaking way. I'd rather use an ATI x300.

breakeRR · 10-02-2007, 03:38 PM

Hey guys! Just wanted to ask you if there is a way to buy original parts directly from dell?

I found a thread here that has links in it to the Dell parts Direct or something but you have to be a member(tech ?) to login ?

I just wanted to buy some parts to mod my 9300 ....Something from XPS 2 I guess

. THere are some parts (cases , covers .... ) on Ebay but ZI thought maybe there is some other place

.

zzpulp · 10-02-2007, 05:54 PM

Depends on which parts. I would rarely buy a processor, GPU, or the like from Dell considering the price. If you want the new parts to be under warranty though, I suppose you will have to. I'd probably just keep my old parts (if I was timid) so that I could replace them to redeem my warranty.

breakeRR · 10-02-2007, 09:15 PM

Well , right now I am looking for GPU but I don't know the price for that from Dell.... In the long run I might need parts like base, LCD cover maybe some small parts and some of them are not always present on Ebay ....

I thought they would have some more parts on their website under Service ..

Well it looks like I will have to give them a call....

melshaw · 10-02-2007, 09:27 PM

Better place to get the cases supplies. Dell charges alot more than you think. Alot more. I wanted the Pentium M 780 chip for my 9300. Dell wanted 900. I got it for 225 on ebay.

http://www.parts-people.com/

ccrrkp · 10-03-2007, 07:08 PM

Bare with me im a big time noob. I see this has been talked about for a couple years but ive just stumbled on this mod. I have a 9300 2.0Ghz, 1 gig RAM, 6800 go, etc etc. I love this laptop and it works pretty good for gaming. Does adding the 7800 gtx and overclocking it make that big of a difference? If it does, if i get the 7800, power brick and battery, does anyone have the bios flash? older sites have a dead link for it. it looks like there is one bios flash to trick the latop into thinking its a xps2 and another bios flash to overclock the 7800? is that right? if everyone on this post is thinking "ohhh jeeeez" i appologize, but this mod intrigues me. if nothing else maybe a good project to occupy my time for a few days. thanks

atwood7fan · 10-03-2007, 07:15 PM

Yes, it makes a HUGE difference; with the 7800gtx all of a sudden you can play games like hl2, cs:s, doom3 at native resolution all on high settings; its pretty nice. As for the bios flash, as long as you have the latest inspiron bios, you *may* not need it at all since for some (including myself), the 9300 a05 bios works with the 7800gtx

ccrrkp · 10-03-2007, 07:22 PM

thx for the reply. ill look into the a05 bios. i guess thats on dell's website? also, do i need a bios flash to overclock the 7800gtx? it looked like some of the older webpages on this subject had one. do you overclock your cpu or is the 2.0 Ghz good enough? thx

melshaw · 10-03-2007, 07:24 PM

Yeah the 7800GTX will flat out bury the 6800. If you plan on keeping the 9300 for another couple years the upgrade will be a worthy one. They are pricey but the performance is killer. Here is the thread on overclocking the video card. It's an easy flash job. Anyone can do it.

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread185501.html

ccrrkp · 10-03-2007, 08:04 PM

so let me make sure im not oversimplifying this. i get the 9 cell battery, 130 watt power brick, install a 7800 gtx, flash the bios from that thread you gave me to overclock the card and im in business? theres nothing more to it than that? they were discussing different cards on that thread, just out of curiosity is the 7800 gtx the only card i can use to bump up my 9300?

melshaw · 10-03-2007, 08:09 PM

Yup Yup. Unless the AO5 bios doesn't recognize the 7800GTX. You may have to find the Modded bios as Atwood stated but I'm sure someone here has it. You're not oversimplifying it. It really is that simple. I had a 9300 and did the mod.

breakeRR · 10-03-2007, 10:12 PM

Is anybody willing to trade 7900 GS Go for 7800Go GTX ?

At end of the week I will have GeForce 7900Go GS 256Mb GP. I will attempt to put it into my I9300 ( I found some articles about Gen2 mod that people were able to stuff this card in) so I will try this since lappys have almost identical chassis.

I am gonna have some more parts from I9400 to the end of this week

so possibly will replace my regular crappy screen with shinny , glossy super -drupper WXGA + blah blah screen

P.S. Sorry for posting it here since I am not allowed yet to post in Buy/Sell thread.

ccrrkp · 10-05-2007, 10:00 AM

ok im going to order the stuff and if anyone has the modded bios for the 9300 i would appreciate it, in case i end up needing it when i do all this. thx

melshaw · 10-05-2007, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breakeRR

Is anybody willing to trade 7900 GS Go for 7800Go GTX ?

At end of the week I will have GeForce 7900Go GS 256Mb GP. I will attempt to put it into my I9300 ( I found some articles about Gen2 mod that people were able to stuff this card in) so I will try this since lappys have almost identical chassis.

I am gonna have some more parts from I9400 to the end of this week

so possibly will replace my regular crappy screen with shinny , glossy super -drupper WXGA + blah blah screen

P.S. Sorry for posting it here since I am not allowed yet to post in Buy/Sell thread.

7900 GS will Not work in a 9300, XPS gen2, Or XPS M170. It will fit but your 9300 won't know what it is. There is no support for it in the 9300 bios.

Primu$ · 10-05-2007, 11:39 AM

Hi there, Did you Flash your I9300 BIOS? before installing and updating the drivers on your video card?

Quote:

Originally Posted by sakanaou

I just upgrade my 9300 with Nvidia 7800 gtx, everything works fine. the only problem is before i install the driver I can see the screen and everything. once driver installed and reboot. it will show black screen right before loading windows. but if I boot in to VGA or Safe mode. it works fine again. just can not run after driver. it will show black screen even i manually install driver by select the folder that has driver files in there. it only work with 640x420 mode. after i manually install driver, black screen show out once i change resolution to 800x600. why ????? anyone can help me ?

10-02-2007, 03:38 PM	#887
breakeRR nVIDIA mod Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 41 Credits: 92	Hey guys! Just wanted to ask you if there is a way to buy original parts directly from dell? I found a thread here that has links in it to the Dell parts Direct or something but you have to be a member(tech ?) to login ? I just wanted to buy some parts to mod my 9300 ....Something from XPS 2 I guess . THere are some parts (cases , covers .... ) on Ebay but ZI thought maybe there is some other place . Last edited by breakeRR; 10-02-2007 at 03:43 PM.

10-02-2007, 09:15 PM	#889
breakeRR nVIDIA mod Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 41 Credits: 92	Well , right now I am looking for GPU but I don't know the price for that from Dell.... In the long run I might need parts like base, LCD cover maybe some small parts and some of them are not always present on Ebay .... I thought they would have some more parts on their website under Service .. Well it looks like I will have to give them a call.... __________________ IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Dual boot: Windows 7 Linux Mint >>n00b: Heatware score<<

10-02-2007, 09:27 PM	#890
melshaw Yup That's Me Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,169 Credits: 632	Better place to get the cases supplies. Dell charges alot more than you think. Alot more. I wanted the Pentium M 780 chip for my 9300. Dell wanted 900. I got it for 225 on ebay. http://www.parts-people.com/ __________________ Dell XPS M1710 l Core 2 Duo T7200 l 3Gb Corsair 667 l 80Gb 7200 RPM SATA l Nvidia 7900 GS l Sharp WUXGA l Sony DVDRW l Intel Pro Wireless 3945 l Internal Bluetooth 355 l

10-03-2007, 07:08 PM	#891
ccrrkp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Credits: -350	Bare with me im a big time noob. I see this has been talked about for a couple years but ive just stumbled on this mod. I have a 9300 2.0Ghz, 1 gig RAM, 6800 go, etc etc. I love this laptop and it works pretty good for gaming. Does adding the 7800 gtx and overclocking it make that big of a difference? If it does, if i get the 7800, power brick and battery, does anyone have the bios flash? older sites have a dead link for it. it looks like there is one bios flash to trick the latop into thinking its a xps2 and another bios flash to overclock the 7800? is that right? if everyone on this post is thinking "ohhh jeeeez" i appologize, but this mod intrigues me. if nothing else maybe a good project to occupy my time for a few days. thanks Last edited by ccrrkp; 10-03-2007 at 07:11 PM.

10-03-2007, 07:15 PM	#892
atwood7fan www.wcugaming.org Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cullowhee, NC Posts: 665 Credits: 1,860	Yes, it makes a HUGE difference; with the 7800gtx all of a sudden you can play games like hl2, cs:s, doom3 at native resolution all on high settings; its pretty nice. As for the bios flash, as long as you have the latest inspiron bios, you may not need it at all since for some (including myself), the 9300 a05 bios works with the 7800gtx __________________ CHECK OUT THE WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GAMING CLUB AT WCUGAMING.ORG (find me there under Nickname) XPS M1530: Core 2 Duo T8300 \| 4GB DDR-2 \| 160gb 5400rpm \| 256MB 8600M GT \| DVD+RW \| WUXGA \| Dell 355 BT \| Logitech MX 1000 \| Vista Home Premium 64 Desktop: Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.0Ghz \| 6GB DDR-2 \| eVGA GTX 260 Superclocked 896MB \| ASUS P5B-E \| DVD+RW \| 1TB Hitachi SATA2 \| Ideazon Merc Stealth \| Logitech G5 \| 20" BenQ \| Vista Business 64

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10-03-2007, 07:22 PM	#893
ccrrkp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Credits: -350	thx for the reply. ill look into the a05 bios. i guess thats on dell's website? also, do i need a bios flash to overclock the 7800gtx? it looked like some of the older webpages on this subject had one. do you overclock your cpu or is the 2.0 Ghz good enough? thx

10-03-2007, 07:24 PM	#894
melshaw Yup That's Me Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,169 Credits: 632	Yeah the 7800GTX will flat out bury the 6800. If you plan on keeping the 9300 for another couple years the upgrade will be a worthy one. They are pricey but the performance is killer. Here is the thread on overclocking the video card. It's an easy flash job. Anyone can do it. http://www.notebookforums.com/thread185501.html __________________ Dell XPS M1710 l Core 2 Duo T7200 l 3Gb Corsair 667 l 80Gb 7200 RPM SATA l Nvidia 7900 GS l Sharp WUXGA l Sony DVDRW l Intel Pro Wireless 3945 l Internal Bluetooth 355 l

10-03-2007, 08:04 PM	#895
ccrrkp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Credits: -350	so let me make sure im not oversimplifying this. i get the 9 cell battery, 130 watt power brick, install a 7800 gtx, flash the bios from that thread you gave me to overclock the card and im in business? theres nothing more to it than that? they were discussing different cards on that thread, just out of curiosity is the 7800 gtx the only card i can use to bump up my 9300? Last edited by ccrrkp; 10-03-2007 at 08:08 PM.

10-03-2007, 08:09 PM	#896
melshaw Yup That's Me Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,169 Credits: 632	Yup Yup. Unless the AO5 bios doesn't recognize the 7800GTX. You may have to find the Modded bios as Atwood stated but I'm sure someone here has it. You're not oversimplifying it. It really is that simple. I had a 9300 and did the mod. __________________ Dell XPS M1710 l Core 2 Duo T7200 l 3Gb Corsair 667 l 80Gb 7200 RPM SATA l Nvidia 7900 GS l Sharp WUXGA l Sony DVDRW l Intel Pro Wireless 3945 l Internal Bluetooth 355 l

10-03-2007, 10:12 PM	#897
breakeRR nVIDIA mod Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 41 Credits: 92	Is anybody willing to trade 7900 GS Go for 7800Go GTX ? At end of the week I will have GeForce 7900Go GS 256Mb GP. I will attempt to put it into my I9300 ( I found some articles about Gen2 mod that people were able to stuff this card in) so I will try this since lappys have almost identical chassis. I am gonna have some more parts from I9400 to the end of this week so possibly will replace my regular crappy screen with shinny , glossy super -drupper WXGA + blah blah screen P.S. Sorry for posting it here since I am not allowed yet to post in Buy/Sell thread. __________________ IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Dual boot: Windows 7 Linux Mint >>n00b: Heatware score<<

10-05-2007, 10:00 AM	#898
ccrrkp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Credits: -350	ok im going to order the stuff and if anyone has the modded bios for the 9300 i would appreciate it, in case i end up needing it when i do all this. thx

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