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    oven trick works on m1330

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Rnewman612, Jun 3, 2009.

  1. Rnewman612

    Rnewman612 Notebook Consultant

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    yah i was reading about the "oven trick" so i decided i should try this on something. i went to craigslist found a bad m1330 for 300 dollars. it had artifacts all over screen. so i took the mother board and preformed said oven trick and guess what! no more artifacts. this blew my mind
     
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    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

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    Laptop bake sale anyone? Sounds like a successful school fundraiser event.
     
    zergslayer69, Jun 4, 2009
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  3. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    ya, but after 3 months, it'll probably die again...

    i thought the m1330 was released in july 2007.... standard 1 year warranty, plus 1 year GPU extension should last til today... hmm....
     
    paper_wastage, Jun 4, 2009
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    catacylsm Notebook Prophet

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    After 3 months he can cook it again :D
     
    catacylsm, Jun 4, 2009
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    Rnewman612 Notebook Consultant

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    Oo do you think dell takes back baked motherboards?
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    maybe? you could try, but they could probably find out... suggesting not to try...

    if you want to fix something, look at this...
    http://cnj.craigslist.org/sys/1189395386.html
     
    paper_wastage, Jun 4, 2009
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    Ferretwulf Notebook Consultant

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    /Dell Tech Support: XPS Support, this is Sakip. How can I help you today, Mr. Bean?
    /Mr. Bean: My M1330 has artifacts and stripes on the screen. I think my GPU has died.
    /Dell Tech Support: Have you tried baking it yet, Mr. Bean?
    /Mr. Bean: eh?
     
    Ferretwulf, Jun 4, 2009
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