i8000/SXGA+ Radeon 7500 Upgrade Phase 1 SUCCESS!

Is this the 15" or 14" SXGA+?

nry

Inspiron 8100, P3-M 1Ghz, 128MB Dell RAM 128MB Crucial, 20GB ATA-100 HD, Win XP Pro, 8xDVD, 15.1" 1400 x 1050 SXGA display, 2nd battery, 32MB GeForce2 Go, 56k Modem/LAN....V sweet!

Whoops, I knew I'd forget some detail or another. I'm using the 15-inch SXGA+ display. But when the UXGA display arrives, I'll REALLY be in business. :-)

Now to finish tackling the Win2K driver installation... more details later!

jeremy_r wrote:
- I'll post more info as I find it out, including
- whether the M4 will fit into/work with the i4000...

We'll be waiting!! Congrats on your success - is it a 14.1 or 15 inch SXGA+?


John
_________________________________________________________________
I4000 700Mhz W98se
Fix for "Black Border Syndrome" = Fn + F7 key combo
Inspiron Fn Key Combos
3Com mini-PCI combo 10-100 NIC/56k Modem (part #313-7776)
GeForce2 Go video board part number - 4D597
ATI Radeon 7500 video board part numbers - 9J057 $169 and 9J066 $179 (both same part)
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 4169D = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 12.5mm drives
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 29MFN = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 9.5mm drives
I7.5 Media Bay parts: 4124T = carrier, 11 x 3771U = screws | $32.00
This Media Bay carrier holds 9.5 and 12mm 2.5" drives but not 19mm.
I8x00 internal hd carrier AND screws - 169CN - $4.95
Actiontec (Lucent 6.00) Driver link
Dell IBM Noise
IBM Travelstar Noise
8000 Updates for WinME (OSUPA00.EXE)
8100 Updates for W2K and WinME (28226.EXE)
I8kfangui
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US Mobile Computing Hotlines
Corporate/Government Accounts - 800-822-8965
Direct Accounts - 800-247-9252
Outside of the United States - Contact Dell in your global area.
Dell Spare Parts - 1-800-624-9896, select option 2, then 2, then 4

Oh my stars!!! Remember folks, quantities are limited! Get yours before they get theirs!!!

John
_________________________________________________________________
I4000 700Mhz W98se
Fix for "Black Border Syndrome" = Fn + F7 key combo
Inspiron Fn Key Combos
3Com mini-PCI combo 10-100 NIC/56k Modem (part #313-7776)
GeForce2 Go video board part number - 4D597
ATI Radeon 7500 video board part numbers - 9J057 $169 and 9J066 $179 (both same part)
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 4169D = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 12.5mm drives
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 29MFN = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 9.5mm drives
I7.5 Media Bay parts: 4124T = carrier, 11 x 3771U = screws | $32.00
This Media Bay carrier holds 9.5 and 12mm 2.5" drives but not 19mm.
I8x00 internal hd carrier AND screws - 169CN - $4.95
Actiontec (Lucent 6.00) Driver link
Dell IBM Noise
IBM Travelstar Noise
8000 Updates for WinME (OSUPA00.EXE)
8100 Updates for W2K and WinME (28226.EXE)
I8kfangui
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Mobile Computing Hotlines
Corporate/Government Accounts - 800-822-8965
Direct Accounts - 800-247-9252
Outside of the United States - Contact Dell in your global area.
Dell Spare Parts - 1-800-624-9896, select option 2, then 2, then 4

His origional post said IBM

John
_________________________________________________________________
I4000 700Mhz W98se
Fix for "Black Border Syndrome" = Fn + F7 key combo
Inspiron Fn Key Combos
3Com mini-PCI combo 10-100 NIC/56k Modem (part #313-7776)
GeForce2 Go video board part number - 4D597
ATI Radeon 7500 video board part numbers - 9J057 $169 and 9J066 $179 (both same part)
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 4169D = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 12.5mm drives
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 29MFN = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 9.5mm drives
I7.5 Media Bay parts: 4124T = carrier, 11 x 3771U = screws | $32.00
This Media Bay carrier holds 9.5 and 12mm 2.5" drives but not 19mm.
I8x00 internal hd carrier AND screws - 169CN - $4.95
Actiontec (Lucent 6.00) Driver link
Dell IBM Noise
IBM Travelstar Noise
8000 Updates for WinME (OSUPA00.EXE)
8100 Updates for W2K and WinME (28226.EXE)
I8kfangui
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Mobile Computing Hotlines
Corporate/Government Accounts - 800-822-8965
Direct Accounts - 800-247-9252
Outside of the United States - Contact Dell in your global area.
Dell Spare Parts - 1-800-624-9896, select option 2, then 2, then 4

Interesting.
I wonder if there has been a BIOS update?
Do you know what brand LCD it is?

thanks, I missed that.
time to do some research on IBM 15 SXGA+

its a driver issue... ;)

I dunno what IBM is hiding, I got a big fat Japanese 404 error.
it just irks me to no end when companies try to hide information about products we purchase.

btw, thanks for looking that up.
I finally gave up, couldn't find anything helpful.

Message Edited on 04/05/02 09:40PM by 0ldman

This is what I was able to find out on the panels Electircal interface:

>>Electrical Interface 8 pairs LVDS?iEven/Odd R/G/B Data?i6bit?j,
3sync signals, Clock<<

The information for the ITSX93 specifies Dual in electrical interface so I suspect since the ITSX95 does not that it is single LVDS. Here is the url for the information: http://www-6.ibm.com/jp/oemj/lcd/products.html. Please note that IBM has removed this from the US sites so they may alsotake it down from here.

This leaves us back to the question of why was that first person who tried it on the SXGA+ on this forum unable to get the LCD to work on the 8100? I'm begining to think it would have worked if he had flashed it with the ATI bios update before he gave up. (BTW-if anyone says it is a driver issue I'll scream!)

Bob

How do i find out my LCD manufacturer? Note: i run Windows XP.

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Dell Inspiron 8100, P-III M 1ghz, 256mb, 30gb HD, Geforce2 Go 32mb, 15.1" SXGA, DVD/CDRW Drive etc...

To recap, I'm using the 15" IBM SXGA+ panel (the original message indicated the part number, etc. as reported by the video BIOS, but not the screen size). Someone asked the question of how to determine the panel type from Windows--I don't know how to do this, but I guess any app that inspects the video BIOS should tell you. XFree86 under Linux shows all this information in its log files, so that's how I know. By the way, assuming that Phase 2 goes ok (which consists up upgrading the SXGA+ panel to a UXGA panel) then I will be offering this panel for sale. :-) If no one here is interested, it will most likely be going to eBay.

The most difficult part of this entire process, by far, was getting Win2K drivers to work. I finally was able to use the Omega drivers (from www.omegacorner.com). What I found to be a little odd is that I had to "point" Windows at the proper directory (with the INF file) and let it choose the correct driver. This in itself isn't odd I guess, but when I tried to pick the device manually from the INF file, no device types showed up. Because I'm a control freak or something, I kept trying to do this (unsuccessfully, I might add) until i finally gave up and let Windows pick the driver from that directory. Sure enough, it chose Mobility M7, and it worked the first time. So if anyone else is planning to do this upgrade, and likes to do everything manually like I do, be warned. :-)

Anyway, things still appear to be working great. I ran the DirectX tests and a few 3D games but haven't really done any benchmarking (I don't have any benchmark data from the old setup anyway).

Oh, and I also have an "extra" Mobility M4 with 32MB if anybody's interested. :-)

Cheers,
Jeremy

Go and register at the Dell Premier Support site and it will have a link to the parts put in your notebook (using your Service tag number).

John
_________________________________________________________________
I4000 700Mhz W98se
Fix for "Black Border Syndrome" = Fn + F7 key combo
Inspiron Fn Key Combos
3Com mini-PCI combo 10-100 NIC/56k Modem (part #313-7776)
GeForce2 Go video board part number - 4D597
ATI Radeon 7500 video board part numbers - 9J057 $169 and 9J066 $179 (both same part)
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 4169D = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 12.5mm drives
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 29MFN = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 9.5mm drives
I7.5 Media Bay parts: 4124T = carrier, 11 x 3771U = screws | $32.00
This Media Bay carrier holds 9.5 and 12mm 2.5" drives but not 19mm.
I8x00 internal hd carrier AND screws - 169CN - $4.95
Actiontec (Lucent 6.00) Driver link
Dell IBM Noise
IBM Travelstar Noise
8000 Updates for WinME (OSUPA00.EXE)
8100 Updates for W2K and WinME (28226.EXE)
I8kfangui
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Mobile Computing Hotlines
Corporate/Government Accounts - 800-822-8965
Direct Accounts - 800-247-9252
Outside of the United States - Contact Dell in your global area.
Dell Spare Parts - 1-800-624-9896, select option 2, then 2, then 4

I had suggested his doing the ATI vbios upgrade, but he ignored it and bailed. It would have been interesting if he tried.

John
_________________________________________________________________
I4000 700Mhz W98se
Fix for "Black Border Syndrome" = Fn + F7 key combo
Inspiron Fn Key Combos
3Com mini-PCI combo 10-100 NIC/56k Modem (part #313-7776)
GeForce2 Go video board part number - 4D597
ATI Radeon 7500 video board part numbers - 9J057 $169 and 9J066 $179 (both same part)
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 4169D = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 12.5mm drives
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 29MFN = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 9.5mm drives
I7.5 Media Bay parts: 4124T = carrier, 11 x 3771U = screws | $32.00
This Media Bay carrier holds 9.5 and 12mm 2.5" drives but not 19mm.
I8x00 internal hd carrier AND screws - 169CN - $4.95
Actiontec (Lucent 6.00) Driver link
Dell IBM Noise
IBM Travelstar Noise
8000 Updates for WinME (OSUPA00.EXE)
8100 Updates for W2K and WinME (28226.EXE)
I8kfangui
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Mobile Computing Hotlines
Corporate/Government Accounts - 800-822-8965
Direct Accounts - 800-247-9252
Outside of the United States - Contact Dell in your global area.
Dell Spare Parts - 1-800-624-9896, select option 2, then 2, then 4

So, it appears that I8100 owners with an IBM SXGA 1400x1050 LCD can successfully upgrade to the Radeon Mobility 7500?!

All us UK users now need is to be able to easily get hold of the card!

nry

Inspiron 8100, P3-M 1Ghz, 128MB Dell RAM 128MB Crucial, 20GB ATA-100 HD, Win XP Pro, 8xDVD, 15.1" 1400 x 1050 SXGA display, 2nd battery, 32MB GeForce2 Go, 56k Modem/LAN....V sweet!

Does this mean the GForce4 Go will fit in my 8000?

heh heh heh

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