M17x R2 RGBLED owners help please

ya from what spare parts told me it includes everything except the back lcd cover...

 

usually its just the screen and front part since its sealed... there would be additional part numbers if it included webcam, bracket for it, and the light in the logo along with back cover and light.. believe me.. I have swapped out the screens on the r1... they all have diff part numbers..

 

ya well judging from the one that is on ebay 150420751182
it looks like the kit with the front glass...

 

i want to buy one but don't want to spend that kind of money.
for 600 more I could have a 27" imac!

 

It iwll include the front glass as its sealed... let me find my old pictures

 

ya the alien head is installed in the lcd cover. i remember taking it off and plugging it into the lcd assembly.

 

here is the post i had on the pics
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5035760&postcount=569

Topic is located
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=391325&page=57

It was no quickneasy task.. took forever on transferring everything over.

 

another thing that i noticed is that on the r2 lcds it comes with three wifi antennas instead of 2 that are found on my r1. that way you can fully utilize the 6300 intel

 

Yea when they did the replacement they didnt do the ultimate card. Its the base line one.. I am probably going to order the better card and install it myself.

 

ya i bought a 6300 of ebay a few weeks ago. thing is a ton better than the 1510 card

 

Got the R2, will do the trick in about 5 hrs from now, as I'm @work

Is it for the part only or including the installation?
You can always order the part by itself.
Plus, you can sell your CCFL later on.

 

Please take pictures if you can so we can see.. I know I will take a look once I have both.

Thanks!!

 

Of course!
Just remind me not to forget to swap them back later. Wouldn't be too great to send the RGB back with the R1

 

I look forward to this, doubt it will work but wouldn't mind being wrong so the R1 guys could have RGB.

 

lol
I will try not to.. that would be bad ahaha

 

Heck, can't focus on working today with all the excitement...

 

oh i bet.. i cant wait till i get my replacement.. i will have to take the day off. ahaha

 

any update yet?

 

Bad news, it didn't even post. The only thing that worked is the ALIENWARE title that lit up with the correct color.
Some pics will follow, too tired and need to assemble the R2 now....

 

Just to prove that I'm not joking and did the freaking operation (had to do it 4 times, due to my own mistakes )
here is a pic. That's all for today, it's 1:30 AM and I'm too tired to think.

 

Hmmmm strange....any chance you forgot something? Since the other guy said it worked for him...he did just register to post it worked for him though so maybe he is lying .

 

They are not the same connectors or ports. I had an R-1 and I now have an R-2 and have opened both. The r-1 port and connector is larger. you couldn't use an RGB LED in the R-1 without changing the motherboard... in which case its not really an R-1 anymore, now is it?

 

Appriciate the effort!
I'd +rep you for it, if I didn't get the "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Aikimox again." message.

 

WOW.. That sucks.. Well thanks for trying!!!!!
+rep for your efforts!

 

the reason it didnt post is because you did not unplug the cmos battery for 30 seconds. My computer did the same thing. Try unplugging the cmos and you will see that it works. The connectors from both the r1 lcd and r2 lcd are identical. I wouldn't just waste my time posting something....

 

Ouch... If that is true and he didn't do this CMOS flash... It was actually waste of time.
But wB' I hope your right, because some R1 ppl are hoping to get their rig working with a RGB screen.

 

im 100% correct I can assure you. I will post a pic in a second because I did it again last night because I was honestly just tired of people doubting me.

 

here is a pic

 

really !!!!???!!!!

Thats freaking sweet.... Thanks alot!!!

 

You don't have to prove to us you're on the level m8

Thanks for all your trouble, some of us are just listening in out of curiosity and it's fun to here what the results are.

 

...............e

 

Hmm we need a picture if were ganna play pictionary

 

The connectors ARE IDENTICAL!
I'll do it again guys, and this time will clear CMOS.
Thanks for the tip, wish I thought about it yesterday.

 

Good luck!!!

 

ya once you clear the cmos for 30 seconds or so it will fire right up

 

Well, I for one hope this works (it seems like it will). No one should be left with that other CCLF on this computer. And I know someone who would love it. But $1,174.99? Are they serious? That is crazy expensive. I hope it includes labor, shipping, etc, so there is a chance to get the part alone cheaper.

 

from the info that I received over the phone from the spare parts department it seems there is no discounting. The kit includes the display and the front glass. (it doesn't include the webcam). I think she mentioned the webcam was around 75 or so dollars.

 

You'll be able to buy them for 500-700$ on Ebay soon enough. The CCFLs cost around 500$.

 

man i hope that i can get one for 500

 

I was going to try to get one out of them to make up for the poor quality and dissapointment that the CCFL is.....but I need to be able to prove to them beyond a doubt that it works!

wB can you take a better picture that you can more clearly see the monitor model as well as the CPU-Z window?

Thanks a ton guys, you have given us hope!

 

hey i would take another picture but i have my crappy ccfl wuxga back on now and don't think my friend will let me tear down his computer again

 

and Aikimox, you tore your machine down a little more than needed. You can leave that huge magnesium plate on and just remove the wires for the BT and wireless and feed them through the holes. I hate having to deal with the huge stupid plate....like 10 extra screws

 

Wish that was so, but to actually remove the LCD panel you need to remove the magnesium plate or at least shift it a little because a part of the magnesium is blocking the panel (overlapping it), so you must unscrew all of its screws.

@work right now, will do the nasty in the evening.

On a side note, my CF is mulfunctioning, tried running Crysis but the picture is trembling and floating, though both cards heat up. During normal use there are no issues. Updating to 10.3 didn't help, so I'll reseat the GPUs and the CF cable and then try again from scratch (fresh install), if it doesn't work, will try a single GPU. Will be very disappointed if they sent me the machine with faulty parts.

 

I would agree. That woudl be bad. I have seen that happen on these systems quite a bit.. Fortunately for me, if that was the case, I would take the ATI's out of my current m17xr1 and put in the r2 as the ones I have right now work properly..

 

Lol, my R1 GPUs are even worse (the CF cable is apparently dead), plus since they are from Dell replacement parts, - they are probably used.

 

true... still sucks.. :-( even if you have to get it replaced right now, it would be refurb most likely

 

My 4870s seemed new when I got them, hope it works out ok for you and excited to see the monitor results!

Please include a picture like that from wB so I can show it to Dell folks

 

Good NEWS! It's working!
Just gimme a few sec to upload the pic...

 

Hopefully the quality is sufficient to see the numbers...

 

There were quite a few fellaz that said it's impossible, lol.
Scook! Hooah, m8
Now if you don't mind I have to trace back all the steps...