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    m15x Upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Deschain24, Apr 27, 2011.

  1. Deschain24

    Deschain24 Newbie

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    I want to upgrade from a 260m to a better card, as well as add more ram. Is there any way to have them correctly installed without having to do it myself? Please help!!
     
    Deschain24, Apr 27, 2011
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    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    Without doing it yourself? Now that Dell is out of 5850 stock, probably not. Unless you have a buddy that can do it.

    It's really not that hard to do though, and there's lots of information on the topic in this forum.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Apr 27, 2011
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    LxGST Notebook Consultant

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    It's not hard. Really just removing a few screws...
     
    LxGST, Apr 27, 2011
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  4. Aliened

    Aliened Notebook Consultant

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    Upgrading the RAM is a piece of cake, just remove the cover (2 screws), unplug the old RAM, plug the new one and put the cover on again (the step by step procedure is in your m15x manual actually). About the GPU, its very easy too, Inap made a very helpful guide, heres the link to it:

    Download M15x GPU.rar from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way
     
    Aliened, Apr 28, 2011
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    doc0075579 Notebook Consultant

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    Dell is out of 5850? I bought mine last week, arrived on Monday. They even scheduled a tech to come install for an extra 100. I ended up doing it myself since the last tech that came to my house did not even know how to take apart the system.
     
    doc0075579, Apr 28, 2011
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  6. Aliened

    Aliened Notebook Consultant

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    Lucky you, I just called dell today to ask for a 5850 or a 460m and they told me that they where out of stock, maybe you got one of the last ones.
     
    Aliened, Apr 28, 2011
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    Laxxi Notebook Evangelist

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    That's just Dell getting back at you for threatening to sue them.

    :p
     
    Laxxi, Apr 28, 2011
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  8. Deschain24

    Deschain24 Newbie

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    Thanks for the link; Which card would you guys recommend based on my specs?

    Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
    4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz 2 x 2048MB
    1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
    320GB SATAII 7,200RPM
     
    Deschain24, Apr 29, 2011
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  9. Aliened

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    Aliened, Apr 30, 2011
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  10. akiratang

    akiratang Notebook Guru

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    Yea its definately not hard to upgrade and do it yourself there is plenty of vids on youtube already
     
    akiratang, May 1, 2011
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