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    GO 6800 upgrade for Dell 9300

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jrk, Apr 2, 2007.

  1. jrk

    jrk Newbie

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    I have a Dell 9300 with the ATI X300 GPU. I want to upgrade it to the Go 6800. I've read it can be without having to do anything else to the computer.

    Can you use any Go 6800 in this laptop. I found one for sale on Ebay but it was out of a different laptop. Are these video cards all the same or designed specifically for different laptops? or are the laptops designed to fit the video card?
     
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  2. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    If your Mobility X300 is in a graphics card form factor (it is a PCB card), then you should be able to do the upgrade. Graphics cards are specifically for one type of notebook, so it is normally not possible to replace a graphics card from one manufacturer into a notebook from another. When looking for a graphics card, you will have to get one from another Dell 9300.
     
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    Notebook Solutions Company Representative NBR Reviewer

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    I am not sure but I think you should take a look at Ebay for a member (of NBR) that sells a 6800Go for his M3438G F&S. I am not sure if it is compatible, but maybe worth to find out.
     
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    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    I'm certain that the 6800 Go inside M3438G is an MXM card but DELL 9300 does not use these cards.It has it's own special kind of daughter GPU board for this.I think I remember a site that sold these.You should search for 6800 Go for 9300 or like that and try to find results.
    See here it's defiantly not MXM compatible.
     
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