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    inspiron 1720: want to upgrade video card (intel 965)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by leyneslr, Jan 7, 2010.

  1. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes that is right, there is another user wanting to do the same pin mod.
    I gave him a link to this thread.
     
    moral hazard, Feb 13, 2010
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  2. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Sounds good. Is that all that would be required to go from 200MHz to 266? Or is there a next step?
     
    DR650SE, Feb 14, 2010
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    dbpaddler Notebook Enthusiast

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    anyone know why my nvidia card is no longer recognized by my 1720? upgraded to win7 with the original hard drive and it was fine. Did a clean install to the SSD and now it's non existent. I just have the PnP monitor and that's it. There's a 256mb 8400 in there that can no longer be found.

    And to really me off, dell chat entered the room and left two seconds later after I was sitting around for a half hour waiting to chat. was freaking ticked.
     
    dbpaddler, Feb 22, 2010
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The 8400m has a known fault. Your warranty might be extended for free if that GPU has failed.
     
    moral hazard, Feb 22, 2010
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  5. SomeFormOFhuman

    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    Moral, there is no free extended warranty as the 1720 is not under Dell's list of known defective Nvidia cards. Free extended warranty only applies to the listed, defective models, eg. M1530, M1330.

    dbpaddler, what drivers are you using for your 8400M GS? I recommend DOX's and Nvidia's 195.65 drivers. Can you exactly describe the problem?
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Feb 22, 2010
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  6. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    I second what SomeFormOfHuman said, we need more info on the drivers.
     
    DR650SE, Feb 22, 2010
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  7. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    The card hasn't failed if it's outputting video ...
     
    millermagic, Feb 22, 2010
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