xps 170 switch

[songokussm]

I left my GF borrow my XPS 170 and she dropped it. 🙁 Cracked the case pretty good. everything is still fictional. i took it to a dell repair shop and they were like $300 to fix it. ouchies.

so i have a few ideas. My GF has an I9300 (that i was wiping at the time). I was thinking about gutting my XPS and swapping our parts, but that seems like a lot of work. and to many chances to mess up both of our warranties. So my next thought is to swap our video cards, batteries, and power supplies. And using the famous i9300 to xps bois mod. which can easily be redone if the need for warranty repair arises.

I have two concerns. One, is will my xps 170 run with a standard 6800? Two is, this seems to easy. is there something i am leaving out? Something i should be concerned about?

 

[dementedlemur]

If you contact dell spare parts, I'm sure you could get just the pieces you need for well under $300. I don't know if they have xps170 parts yet, but you could also check out parts-people.com as they carry many dell spares.

 

[songokussm]

after weighing the pros and cons i went ahead and did the swap. (graphics cards only, as everything else was the same anyways.)

my only problem is that my girls machine wont boot with a 90w power adapter and a 6 cell battery. is it safe to flash it to the i9300 bios?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I can't remember, but you can't boot without one of them. I want to say the battery. You can use the 90w adapter but it won't run the card at full speed until it sees a 130w. Or it could be backwards and will boot only with a 130w adapter but half speed with the 6 cell.

 

[JRock]

http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=129

They have cheap replacement parts for the XPS Gen2 Chassis. Whatever is not listed on the site send them an email and odds are they can get it.

 

[songokussm]

thanks alot. i made my order and it was under $20!

 

[RedWolf]

Great site, JRock. Very useful for anyone who wants to do things themself.