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    Upgrading 915 GM

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by blackfly, Jul 22, 2007.

  1. blackfly

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    Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 2200 notebook and would really love to have the aero effect on my Windows Vista Home Premium. Is there any way that I would be able to upgrade my Intel 915 Chipset in my notebook? I don't want to buy a completely new notebook, but would only like to upgrade what I need to.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks and cheers,

    Josh
     
    blackfly, Jul 22, 2007
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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    It's not going to happen, at least not on this planet. Sorry.
     
    Dreamer, Jul 22, 2007
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    Oh well, I thought that was how it was going to end up. Intel could write a driver, but want more money I guess... Whatever.

    Thanks for the help!
     
    blackfly, Jul 22, 2007
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    Dreamer, Jul 22, 2007
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    Aero reportedly works just fine on the Vista Beta versions with the GMA 900.
     
    Rahul, Jul 22, 2007
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    The GMA 900 cannot run Aero since lacks of WDDM driver support (read the link above), otherwise I don't know what is reported...
     
    Dreamer, Jul 22, 2007
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    There is driver support for it in the Vista Beta's but not in the final version.
     
    Rahul, Jul 22, 2007
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