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    How do knoe if I qualify for upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sunnah, Nov 28, 2009.

  1. sunnah

    sunnah Notebook Geek

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    I have xn XPS x1730 with the 8700 m display card. I have been reading that Dell has been upgrading certain users. How can I know if I qualify for the upgrade to the 8800 GT?
     
    sunnah, Nov 28, 2009
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    twinpeaks Notebook Guru

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    You "qualify" from a hardware perspective. If you buy the card from Dell and do the upgrade yourself, you should be covered under warranty unless you damage something upon re-assembly of your laptop.

    The card is impossible to find, though, as many of these cards have failed due to overheating and those who are covered straight out under Dell warranty often have had to have their entire systems replaced with Alienware.
     
    twinpeaks, Nov 29, 2009
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