The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Just bought a like new Inspiron 8000...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ellandry, Dec 7, 2004.

  1. ellandry

    ellandry Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    113
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Should be here by saturday. Just wondering what previous 8000 owners have to say. Hopefully you guys have had good experiences.

    Here are my specs:

    p3 1ghz
    512 megs ram
    Geforce2 Go 32 meg
    cdrw/dvdrom combo drive
    wifi card
    15" UXGA
    etc etc

    Guy had a gf4 440 64 meg in it but he said it started causing white screens in games etc so he took it out. (overheating issue?) BTW anyone have an extra GF4 440 go 64 meg lying around I would really to try that card again as I suspect it is much better than the gf2 32 meg the laptop is coming with
     
    ellandry, Dec 7, 2004
    #1
  2. eskimo_socks

    eskimo_socks Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    61
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Have fun - you could try dells component replacement service for a different graphics card.

    Have
    Dell Inspiron 2500, 800 Mhz P3, 312 MB Ram, 6.5 MB Onboard Graphics

    Want
    Dell 9200, 2.0 GHz, 1024 MB Ram, 128 MB Ati Mobility Radeon 9700 Graphics
     
    eskimo_socks, Dec 8, 2004
    #2
  3. ellandry

    ellandry Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    113
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    no other 8000 users?
     
    ellandry, Dec 9, 2004
    #3