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    cost for replacing geforce 8600MGT

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dodgeqwe, Mar 21, 2009.

  1. dodgeqwe

    dodgeqwe Notebook Guru

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    hi ,

    what is the cost for replacing geforce 8600mgt , if it fails after warranty period??? does i have to pay for motherboard also or gpu only ????
     
    dodgeqwe, Mar 21, 2009
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    The GPU is soldered to the motherboard. You would have to buy a whole motherboard and replace the whole board.
    You can get boards on ebay for about 100-150 bucks, so it's not too costly.
     
    Hep!, Mar 21, 2009
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  3. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    its about $150 ebay, or you could ask dell to sell the part to you(more expensive, but definitely wont crap out)....

    or you could ebay the broken laptop and buy a better one now for cheape :)
     
    paper_wastage, Mar 21, 2009
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  4. keebz

    keebz Notebook Consultant

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    can you really sell broken parts (assuming you say its broken)? is it just for people who want to get parts (ones that aren't broken..example: everything besides gpu)?

    wondering..
     
    keebz, Mar 21, 2009
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  5. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    You sell the broken laptop for someone to either part out or fix.
     
    Hep!, Mar 21, 2009
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