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!
One of my mates has a dead M1330. I told him about the "oven" trick but his wife might hurt the both of us. It is however possible to replace the motherboard with the integrated X3100 motherboard correct?
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have xps gen 2 with a faulty video card and i was wondring if its possible to replace the motherboard with M1710 motherboard so i can fit my 7900 gs video card in it and put all the other hardware parts for the xps gen2 motherboard to the M1710 motherboard in the XPS Gen2 palmrest ... so can u please give me some hints if its possible to do it or not,so basiclly its replacing a motherboard and putting all the old part in the new 1 ..
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have a DV9000, 17inch. A number (that I think is significant) 439112-001 is on the bottom of the laptop.
I need to buy a refurbished/spare part motherboard to replace the one that died in my other computer, but I can't figure out which one to buy. At first I thought it was as simple as buying a used DV9000 laptop or motherboard, but apparently not only does the screen size (13 vs 19 inch) matter, but also a number.
I see numbers on ebay with stuff like "447983-001"--that's why I thought that one number on the bottom of mine was important. But I can't find that number on any motherboard on ebay, and it only turns up 300 pages on google, which leads me to believe it isn't the right number.
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 Relatedso 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
Dell came and replaced my motherboard the other day, I was wondering if this also means that I got my GPU replaced?
I was told that my GPU was part of my motherboard by a friend.
does anyone have a burnt motherboard for a m1730 that they would either donate or sell very cheaply i am in need of some connectors and i dont wanna buy a good mobo on ebay for 150+ just to scrap it
View 3 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.
i'm having trouble with my XPS m170.
It has:
Pentium M 760 2Ghz
1Gb Ram
60Gb HDD
Geforce Go 7800GTX 256mb
17" WUXGA
Windows Media Center 2005
I was playing CS:S, and all of a sudden i was getting artifacts on the display. Than the computer froze up and i had to power the laptop down manually.
I was able to restart the computer in safe mode a couple times.
But wow when i try to restart the computer, i'm getting artifacts on the Dell Splash screen. And then it would freeze up.
What do you think the issue is? At first i was thinking the GPU is the problem. But now i'm beginning to think its the motherboards.
I have recently put an M1710 LCD screen cover on my I9400, and the palmrest with the XPS logo in it.
I saw while I had my system apart my motherboard has the solder joints on it for the plugs for the LED's but no plugs for them(has them at the front for the speakers, next to the fans and next to the connection for the monitor).
Is it possible to solder the plugs on, will they work ?? I guess I will need a new BIOS for them ? anyone done it. Would appreciate any info/help. what plugs are they ?
Also is the XPS logo in the touchpad controlable ? mine isn't working at the moment (it's plugged in and was bought second hand but supposidly working ?) anyone know. I know others have done this mod.
my motherboard crashed and my harddrive has some important files, is there a way to extract the files from the hard drive with my current pc?
View 10 Replies View RelatedAfter some issues i had with my GPU, Dell agreed to replace both my Heatsink and Motherboard, and i wanted to ask those who have had replacements in the past; has anything changed since july 2008? (when i bought my m1530)
have they improved the heatsink, or even changed it? ( i got the aluminum one, crappy piece of engineering right there )
and im sure the GPU issues are still present, but do they run cooler now ?
im asking this because in July the "defective Nvidia GPUs" were still in the dark, and the news about them was a mere rumor...
My E6500 is having the motherboard replaced later today. Is there anything I should be aware of or that I should check out once it's done?
View 10 Replies View RelatedI bought a Dell XPS from a friend of mine and the motherboard packed it in, what kind of motherboard is in the XPS 1710. I want to buy one so I can get this machine up and running again.
View 10 Replies View RelatedThe motherboard on my XPS M1330 needs replacing for the second time. First time it was replaced under warranty, but my system is now out of warranty so I'm going to replace it myself.
I phoned Dell and they're charging €400 for a replacement but I can get it cheaper if I knew the Dell part number. I have the NVIDIA 8400M GS.
From doing some research, here are some part numbers for motherboards for XPS M1330's:
PU073
GM848
CX062
D057F
K984J
How can I check my existing motherboard's part number to ensure I order the correct part?
Dell has replaced my SXPS 16s motherboard thrice in order to solve my overheating issues and some usb errors in the diagnostics and each time i have noticed that my motherboard has been downgraded.
The initial one was an A02, replaced by an A02 (new), replaced by an A01 (new), and then replaced by an A00 (refurbed).
All this hassle never solved my problems but introduced a new one - the sound latency issue. I just play a song in WMP and start browsing and the sound crackles and pops so badly that I feel like bloody throwing this thing out of the window, although I cant coz its darn expensive
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?