so it is definately possible - I've seen the Dell guy do it to my machine when it went "phut".
I doubt I'll ever do it, cos I don't really play games and the Fx2700m gives enough power for what I do do
Yup me again, in my hunt to determine if M6400 is right for me as it costs just about as much as a used car, I want to make sure its a good investment before I buy it.
What is the main difference with the M6400 and the M6400 Covet?
I configured both with the same specs and the Covet is about $900 more in price?
Does orange paint really cost that much?
So I have a good feeling the harddrive on my XPS m1530 is about to die. Naturally, I would want to be prepared to replace it so im doing the research now.
the current hdd:
Samsung Spinpoint M6 251JI 8mb cache 540RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s
what concerns me is the sata plug... are they all the same?
more recent lappy hdds are SATA 3Gb/s 16 mb cache or something on that line. so im wondering if a hdd like that would work with my laptop.
Would it be feasible to replace the1280x800 LED LCD with a 1440x900 LED LCD on my e6400?
View 5 Replies View RelatedAnd how do they determine it? My word? Tests?
My M1530 will hit one year old at the end of the month. My battery life is just sort of crappy. As a test I charged it up to 100% then unplugged it. I dimmed the screen to about 50%, turned off Wifi, then just let it sit idle. Nothing running. The battery lasted about 90 minutes.
Clearly not great, but does that sort of performance warrant a replacement?
My laptop is still having heat issues and they told me I could exchange the M1730 for a new XPS 16 with the 4670 and 1080P screen... I asked about the M17x and he says they cannot switch brands (LIE!) So should I take this or push for a M17x?
My system's specs:
Core 2 Duo Merom T7800 (2.6GHz, 4Mb L2)
2Gb 667MHz RAM
2 Geforce 8700M GT's in SLI
Ageia PhysX M100
17" WUXGA
80Gb 7200RPM HDD
I changed motherboard (GPU fail), bought used one, which is from vostro 1400, so now I have inspiron 1420 with vostro 1400 BIOS..................
View 4 Replies View Relatedhere it goes:
My NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS has just failed in my Inspiron 9400 a few days ago and Dell is sending out a tech to replace it. Problem is, is that when I bought this laptop back in February 2006 it originally came with the GeForce Go 7800, the 7900 card was an upgrade that I purchased myself from Dell spare parts in October last year(it only had a 90 day warranty).
So because the 90 day warranty is up on my 7900 card Dell tech support told me that since the 7800 card can be the only card covered by my 3 year complete care warranty the tech being dispatched will come out with a 7800 Go card to replace my busted Go 7900 GS. Do you guys think this makes any sense? First of all, I thought that there were no more refurbished 7800 cards even left!
What are the chances that the support tech did not know what he was talking about and the tech being dispatched will be showing up with a 7900 GS anyways?
The GPU (8400M GS) temp at normal activities (web browsing, no Flash) is around 80-85 C, and under stress it's 100 C (yes, 100 degrees, just like boiling water). The CPU at normal is around 50 and HDD around 47 degrees. I am going to call Dell, but I was wondering what should I ask them: to replace the motherboard with the graphics card OR to replace the computer? I don't have any extra warranty, just the default minimum. I bought it about 10 months ago, so it's still under the "main" warranty.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI found a Dell 1525 on craigslist, and it has a Celeron cpu. In the case that it is to slow for my liking, [I didn't buy it yet,] I was wondering how easy it was to replace the CPU with, for example, a Core™2 Duo Processor (i.e. T5450).
So, I googled Dell 1525 motherboard and came up with this. From the looks of that it does not look easy to replace. But on this topic, [scroll down] it says it takes 10 minutes to replace .........
So my brother xps 1530 stopped working a couple months ago and we just got around to taking it to a local computer repair shop.
They took a look at it and determined that he needed a new mother board. he was quoted $400.
question is if anyone knows of a good place to send it in to?
and has anyone else have had to do this and how much they charged you.
Just out of curiosity, if I purchase an XPS 1330, and have overheating problems, hardware failures, etc.
that are covered by the warranty, will they send me a Studio XPS 13, if the 1330 are being discontinued?
Drops from 6 feet up onto concrete are bad for laptops. It's got fractures all over the base, busted DVD-ROM drive, busted USB port, cracked battery casing, screen broken, screen torn loose from one hinge, won't power up.
I have a full replacement warranty. Since they don't make the 1520 anymore, what will they replace it with? Does Dell have bins of new, older parts that they can use to put together a new 1520 or would they just replace it with a Studio 15 or something
Like every horror story you hear about the XPS M1710 with constant complaints regarding overheating issues with useless refurbished replacement parts constantly being sent to your residence by DELL with no fix, DELL has finally decided to replace my notebook.
After speaking with the manager I get a feeling that they may try and shaft me with a non-gaming laptop by handing me down a Studio series Notebook .....
I want to replace the whole bezel that goes around my slim and light led screen. I also need to replace the cover on top of that which is tuxedo black. Is it difficult to do? Where do i buy it from?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have been with dell for 15 years and owned 9 of their laptops throughout the family.
My M1530 has been a disaster. I have had the GPU replaced, the motherboard replaced, the battery replaced, the DVD drive replaced, the speakers replaced, the palm rests replaced, the heatsink and fan replaced, and now the speakers have gone bad again.
6 months or so ago I spilled coke on my laptop, im under complete care so it was sent in and repaired. Today a Dell Tech just came to replace my motherboard and fan due to overheating. He disassembled my laptop and I discover that:
My hard drive and bay are corroded!
My cpu still had (caramelized) coke on it!
I've had my 1737 since Dec 19th of 2008 so the battery is a month or so past being 6 months old.
And on the battery health meter, the LED's on the back when you hold it in for 4 seconds it shows 5 bad LED's meaning its significantly degraded.
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this video will help show what I mean.
What words can I use what should I say to try and convince them?
About a week ago, I had my motherboard replaced due to overheating.
Yesterday, before I had a chance to shut it down properly, I removed the AC power from the laptop and the laptop immediately powered off. I tried again, and the same thing happened.
I called Dell and asked for a warranty replacement and after determining that the battery had indeed failed, the XPS tech support rep told me that the battery is only covered for one year as it's a consumable and they offer a separate battery warranty, so she could not replace it.
So I explained to her that they did not offer that option when I purchased my system (as far as I recall) and I understand the cells wear out and don't hold a charge as they do when they are new, but, regardless, for the battery to completely fail is a defect and should be covered for the length of the system's limited warranty .....
I have a HP computer and I was wondering if it is possible to replace the Dell hard drive with the HP and save myself some money.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI need to replace the cooling fan on my dell inspiron b120 but I have one question.... do I need to do any programming after I'm done with the job? or I just need to turn on my pc and its going to start working like always?
I need to take everything apart to get to the cooling fan, that includes, taking the hard drive off, the keyboard, speakers, dvd room...
I read that if the mobo is replaced while under warranty the warranty won't be extended;
so it only applies to mobos that melt after the warranty has run out or is this Dells way of trying to get you to buy an extended warranty? Just want to be clear on that before i buy one.
I'm still on the fence about these laptops but having the option of getting a replacement should one fail outside it's warranty would definitely hel
I heard that the speaker quality is poor for these series.
Has anyone successfully replace the speaker? or is this possible?
On my one year old Dell XPS M1530, with Blu-Ray CD drive, the CD drive stopped working.
It used to work but I haven't used it in a few months. I've tried 3 different data CD's (not a Blu-Ray movie DVD), & they all had the same error.
In My Computer, when I double click on the CD drive, I get another window that says to insert a disk & it ejects the disk that is in the drive
I was wondering if any of you knew if it was possible to change the stock dell 1515 wireless card with a real card like intel's 5300 ? (the same one you can find in the 1640)
I'm asking because i want to install linux on my lappy and besides having crappy performance, those dell cards are not really compatible with linux.
if any diffrence between this 2 video cards for this 2 models XPS 1710 7900GS AND inspiron 1705 7900gs.
DELL will replace my Inspiron 1705 for XPS 1710 and come with 7900gs i have the 7900gs or ready in 1705 just i'm curious if the performace it's the same or more Powerfull.
And It's possible change the 7900gs for the 7950gtx, and where i can find it.
I want my XPS with the 7950 GTX
My temps are starting to creep up and I suspect the thermal paste is the culprit. I'm looking to replace it. If anyone has done it before. My question is, does the Vostro use a thermal pad or just a heatsink on on top of the CPU?
I checked the service manual and it made no mention of a thermal pad. Just looking to make sure before I tear it down.
Is the i7-820QM or 720QM accptable as a direct replacment for my P8600 in my Dell Studio XPS 1640 that is now out of warranty?
View 6 Replies View Relatedanyone has managed to get an upgrade (free or otherwise) out of Dell to change their 8700 for 8800?
View 11 Replies View RelatedSo my girlfriend just received her new dell studio 1458 and the dvd drive just wreck 2 dvds, the sims 3 and modern warfare 2. There is now a circle ring etched onto each dvd by the dvd drive,
Now the dvds are not readable anymore, speaking to technical support right now and they refused to replace those dvds, she just received this computer and this drive is already faulty!
Spoke to a supervisor and all he said dell will replace the dvd drive and I am thinking no sh*t sherlock of course you have to