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    What is this thing made of?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ninjatorpedo, Mar 6, 2006.

  1. ninjatorpedo

    ninjatorpedo Notebook Guru

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    Anybody have any idea what the surfaces of the e1705 are made of? I suspect it is primarily plastic, but I remember somebody saying somwhere that they used MAGNESIUM on the screen cover??? That is expensive stuff. Is that true? What about the rest of the machine? How bout' inside the machine? How bout the power button: platinum???

    Thanks
     
    ninjatorpedo, Mar 6, 2006
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  2. 4W4K3

    4W4K3 Notebook Evangelist

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    Magnesium alloy - I think just the lid and bottom are "reinforced" with it. Meaning I doubt the entire laptop casing is this material, and it's probably jsut a frame like structure. I wouldn't know first hand though. All Google reviews say this...
     
    4W4K3, Mar 6, 2006
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    It should say it somewhere on the dell site
     
    gridtalker, Mar 6, 2006
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    UNICRON-WMD Notebook Guru

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    The only metal support parts in my 9300 are the back of the LCD lid which has a thin stiff piece of metal alloy. Also, if you notice the pic below, the palm rest on the right has 2 parts that have metal alloy framing. If you look at the bottom on the left, I don't think there are any frame supports.

    [​IMG]
     
    UNICRON-WMD, Mar 7, 2006
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  5. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Take a bow dude. You are one brave soul... I like to consider myself technical, especially with desktops. I draw the line with my E1705 though. No way in hell am I going to take apart this thing.

    Thanks for the 'guts' look!
     
    BatBoy, Mar 7, 2006
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  6. UNICRON-WMD

    UNICRON-WMD Notebook Guru

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    Hey, I had to get that 6800 Ultra in there some how :D
     
    UNICRON-WMD, Mar 7, 2006
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    Nice pic! So what do you think, is your Inspiron RoadReady (tm) like Dell claims? :)
     
    zerowind, Mar 7, 2006
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  8. UNICRON-WMD

    UNICRON-WMD Notebook Guru

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    Right now? Not at all! hehehehe

    I don't have a power adapter that works yet and my battery is down to 28%, so I'm running at 318Mhz :eek: I should get my new PA some time this week, then I'll be full mobile :D
     
    UNICRON-WMD, Mar 7, 2006
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  9. Reaper21

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    Hey wait a second, does that mean that you can in fact change the screen card in the inspiron 9300 and does that mean i'll be able to upgrade the 7800 go in my 9400 (9300 and 9400 are basically the same computer anyway)??
     
    Reaper21, Mar 8, 2006
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  10. UNICRON-WMD

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    Nope. The new 9400/E1705 have Duo Cores with different motherboards.

    The XPS Gen2 and M170 is the compatible with the 9300 because it is the same "basic" computer. The 9300 just need a BIOs hack and bigger power adapters to work. If I really wanted, I could have gotten a 7800 GTX but the price difference was too much.
     
    UNICRON-WMD, Mar 9, 2006
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  11. azntiger1000

    azntiger1000 Notebook Deity

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    haha wow. that is pretty nice! i do not have the guts to open my laptop. XD
     
    azntiger1000, Mar 9, 2006
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