Dell 9300 owners report in

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Originally posted by coolqf
Why didn't you check before posting?


The drivers I used were from the link below:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
I used the 76.50 from the site.
You can also use the ExtremeG drivers that are found at guru3d.com.
As for which is better, hard to decide. Last time I checked many had a preference for the ones from laptopvideo2go.com. With VC drivers the tides change a lot, so who knows. Give them botha try if you like. You will find that these two are the two most recommended for NVIDIA. for ATI, the OMEGAS

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Is it true you have to download a program to convertthe inf files from the desktop drivers to laptop ones?

Mine came in yesterday, and the extra ram came today. Expect a review soon with pictures. I am very happy with the display but the whites are not good but its torable. I did get an LG screen and the colors are great. I think I will hang onto it. And for people say Dells are poorly made, from what I can tell, there XPS Gen 2 and 9300 are built very well. Besides the screen, the machine is almost perfect.(Please note I am not a picky persion.)

Note my LG has no light leakage:cool:

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Originally posted by D3Fan
Is it true you have to download a program to convertthe inf files from the desktop drivers to laptop ones?

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For the one's a provided a link for, yes. The ExtremeG, no.

The "light leakage" is only apparent on the very sides of the screen when looking at an ALL black screen

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Originally posted by Vengance_01
Mine came in yesterday, and the extra ram came today. Expect a review soon with pictures. I am very happy with the display but the whites are not good but its torable. I did get an LG screen and the colors are great. I think I will hang onto it. And for people say Dells are poorly made, from what I can tell, there XPS Gen 2 and 9300 are built very well. Besides the screen, the machine is almost perfect.(Please note I am not a picky persion.)

Note my LG has no light leakage:cool:

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How do you investigate the manufacture of the screen?

by looking the screen. If you have sparkles, its an LG, if the color look dull its a samsung. Also Powerstrip will tell you.

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Originally posted by coolqf
The "light leakage" is only apparent on the very sides of the screen when looking at an ALL black screen

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Yes you are corect, also you can see if watching a movie in the dark. If you are thinking of getting one, just do it. You will not regret it.

i just bought a i9300 :D
2ghz pm
2gigs
go6800
100gb hardrive

just a few questions
1. ive herd that if you download new drivers for the go 6800 it messes up doom3. if somone down loaded a new driver that works well can you post a link for it.
2. i got the screen with a resolution of 1440x900. can doom3 be set to play at that resolution. if not can i mod it some how so it can and if so can you tell me how.
3. i have the 9cell badery if im playing doom 3 what is my badery life like.

thank you

I am fixing to order my i9300... I am only ordering a 1.6GHz because of money limitations..

But I don't need ultra performance

1.6GHz Dothan
512MB RAM (Getting 1GB later)
40GB HDD
Go 6800

If I order with 2 DIMM 512MB RAM, will I have any problems upgrading 1 DIMM 1GB in the future?

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Originally Posted by DJ-phYre

If I order with 2 DIMM 512MB RAM, will I have any problems upgrading 1 DIMM 1GB in the future?

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Yes cause you only have two memory slots. You will have to remove one of your 512 sticks to put in the 1gig stick.

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Originally Posted by DJ-phYre

If I order with 2 DIMM 512MB RAM, will I have any problems upgrading 1 DIMM 1GB in the future?

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If I were you I would order the 9300 with either just one 256 or 512 and buy a 1 gig stick later from newegg it will be alot cheaper then buying the ram from dell direct.

I have already ordered the laptop now... I just upgraded to 1GB without the hassle of finding and installing myself.... I have no interest on my DPA until January so I will just pay it off over time....

I received my i9300 yesterday. I am quite dissappointed. I have major backlight leakage along the bottom of the screen.

Also I didn't receive any software CDs with my package. The only CD that came with my laptop was a Word Perfect CD. Was I not supposed to receive a CD with Diags and Drivers, and maybe even a Windows XP OEM CD?

I know I am calling and demanding CDs when I get free time today, hope I get someone that I can understand :o

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Originally Posted by DJ-phYre

I received my i9300 yesterday. I am quite dissappointed. I have major backlight leakage along the bottom of the screen.

Also I didn't receive any software CDs with my package. The only CD that came with my laptop was a Word Perfect CD. Was I not supposed to receive a CD with Diags and Drivers, and maybe even a Windows XP OEM CD?

I know I am calling and demanding CDs when I get free time today, hope I get someone that I can understand :o

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I was disappointed, or maybe unaccustomed(????) when my lappy came like this.
The backlight leakage will reduce and you will get use to it to a point that it doesn't even bother you OR you'll hate it and need to return it. I say give it a week and decide.
The CDs you're asking for are actually in the HD. I forget how you can access them, but it's very easy.
The Windows XP CD is also in the HD, you can use a software in Windows that DELL provided to create the CD. I also forget how to do this. Calling up DELL will give you both these answer with ease.
After sometime I realized that I didn't care for these CDs. Instead i've put all the data that would have come on CDs into a single DVD (which also has WInXP)