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    Alienware 2008

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by phanganalien, Nov 26, 2011.

  1. phanganalien

    phanganalien Newbie

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    HI Alien users, My first post and ive been reading alot here, but getting know where...

    I brought an Alienware Mx17 R1 in 10/24/2008.

    Both Graphics cards NVIDIA 9800M-GT 512MB have failed. creating blue screens, black screens, lock-ups and now they are dead.

    What can I buy to replace them? I know nothing about heat sinks, gpu's etc.. Can I buy something off the shelf and just plug them in, or is it going to take some soldering, configuring etc..?? Or is my Alienware dead!!

    Thankyou to anyone who can point me in the right direction...

    The machaine details from Hive:

    AREA-51 M17X
    AREA-51 M17X 17" WUXGA W/CAM BLK-RIP-PNT R1
    AREA-51 M17X ACCESSORY SET BLACK-PNT
    CPEN,INTEL T9300 CPU,2500/800,6M,FCPGA6 SCREENED
    ELPIDA 1GB PC2-5300 SO-DIMM Y9535
    M17X PRIMARY 12 CELL BATTERY-ACCESS
    M17X PRIMARY 230W AC ADAPTER-ACCESS
    AVERMEDIA MINI CARD TV TUNER A301
    M17X MINI CARD TV TUNER ADAPTER CABLE
    M15X / M17X BLUE TOOTH REMOTE CONTROL
    M17X / M15X NVIDIA 9800M-GT 512MB
    M17X SLI CABLE (NB8EGTX-ONLY)
    SAMSUNG 250GB 7200RPM FFS SATA HDD
    8X DVD+/-RW NEC AD-7590A
    M17X ALIENFX KB W/ NUMERIC PAD UK
     
    phanganalien, Nov 26, 2011
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  2. Brabostaan

    Brabostaan Notebook Deity

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    You can buy the best that was offered in the R1, dunno what that is but somebody will.
     
    Brabostaan, Nov 26, 2011
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  3. svl7

    svl7 T|I

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    You can get them here for example: MXM Store Legacy cards

    Also, the old m15x works with the GTX 260m and 280m (MXM 2.1 Type HE), chances are that your system supports it as well.
     
    svl7, Nov 26, 2011
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  4. inzelux

    inzelux Notebook Evangelist

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    Edit: SORRY FOR BAD INFORMATION!.
     
    inzelux, Nov 26, 2011
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  5. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    @inzelux, this guy has a pre Dell lagacy Alienware system. Uses MXM 2.1. The most powerful of which is the 280m or the 3870 (I think).

    @OP Perhaps post this in the legacy section, could get more help there :)
     
    widezu69, Nov 26, 2011
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