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    Inspiron 1420 No Video

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by 95GTSpeedDemon, Aug 23, 2011.

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    NVIDIA chip has croaked.
    I haggled with Dell after i sent the BBB a message.
    The laptop of course is out of warranty. They offered to fix it for $300 and some change. I told them i could buy a new board for $230, he came back and said they would do it for $159.

    I am considering just replacing the board with the Intel chip instead so i dont have to deal with this again.

    Are the boards Dell is replacing with better than the originals?
    If i use the intel board, will i need a new heatsink; as i was told it was different?

    Thanks guys/gals.
     
    95GTSpeedDemon, Aug 23, 2011
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