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    Alienware m7700 d900t d900k PLZ help

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by jingles111, Aug 28, 2011.

  1. jingles111

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    I recently purchased an alienware m7700 off ebay, it would only show the power light on with no display on screen. I placed a music cd in the drive and used the feature to play that without booting the system and that worked. Long story short i put a new pentium 4 in it and bam working system. So heres my questions it says it only supports 1gb of ram per dimm slot, i have placed 2gb sticks in dimm 1 and dimm2= 4gb's will this then support another 2 more sticks in the remaining dimm's. Also i have the manual and it says it only supports Intel® Pentium® 4 520/ 530/ 540/ 550/ 560 Processor with HT Technology which i googled the chipset which listed many more supported so i am running a P4 672 which does run hot, so i updated the bois to have fans on always and am running a targus cooling pad. if anyone has input to help me out on the ram and if i should be running this cpu in this unit thanks in advance
     

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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What chipset does it have?

    EDIT: nevermind, looked at your pic.
     
    moral hazard, Aug 29, 2011
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    itinerantbluez Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey moral, i became a member to just ask for your assistance. ive been recently coming past this website alot and it helped me in most cases by reading. i recently oc'ed my graphics car quadro 2700m, with quite a nice boost, with optimum temp. this comp has a core 2 duo P8700 Q45/Q43 intel chipset. i used your trial n error method to discover the PLL ID (ICS9248BF-
    26, ICS9248BF-87, ICS9248BF-96, ICS9248BF-102) They all function with no error. this is a M6400 Precision DELL laptop. please assist me, im sorry i intruded, the website wouldnt let me post up a new thread.
     
    itinerantbluez, Aug 30, 2011
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    itinerantbluez Notebook Enthusiast

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    i used setfsb, to find those compatible pll id. on top of that ive tried to set the overclocks with all those, but it wouldnt stick. so i believe i a have a lock on the Pll possibly?
     
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  5. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Could you please click on the diagnosis tab in setfsb, then click getfsb and take a screenshot? By looking at the diagnosis tab, I might be able to tell you if I think you have a lock on the pll.

    It would also be good if we continue this conversation in the following thread:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...pll-pinmod-overclocking-methods-examples.html
     
    moral hazard, Aug 30, 2011
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    I bought the same system new and I'm sure it will only take 3g.
     
    bueller, Oct 9, 2011
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    I am runing a 3.8 G in mine. Runs fine.Dont remember what kind. This lapy does run hot. I made a cooler with 4 fans that I have always used with this 7700. It is about 5 years old now , but I have replaced all components at-lest once. I have tryed all the GPUs. I have 6 dead ones here. But parts are very cheep now. You can buy complete 7700s on ebay for parts for almost nothing.
     
    bueller, Oct 13, 2011
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