Dell XPS 17 (L702x) Thread

[ZippoMan]

Was wondering if the brackets for the hard drives are interchangeable? :

Yes they are the same.

[htfan]

Thanks Zippo!

[whackamac]

What happened? Does the Momentus XT not work OK in this system for some reason?

Thanks

The Momentus XT works great in mine... 15 sec boot time and epic system performance.

Sorry to hear about your horrible Dell experience, whackamac. I hope what you are experiencing is a fluke, but that doesn't make it suck any less.

Other than the "uglies" the system works reeeeeealllly nice. It smokes my Toshiba by quite a bit. The cooling must be better or something. It may be the 12GB ram too, but those are the only real differences... I have been playing with the audio system and it is first class. Never heard anything like this on a laptop. It has BASS!!!!

The 3D gaming kicks butt so far too... They better give me a 2820QM and a bit more ram for my troubles...

Was wondering if the brackets for the hard drives are interchangeable? For example, when adding a 2nd HDD to a new system can you simply remove HDD-1, leave the bracket on, and slip it into the slot for HDD-2? Then put the new drive in the bracket from the HDD-2 slot and slip it into the HDD-1 slot?

Thanks!

They interchange. I did it today personally.

The best thing is that the Toshiba had almost all the same hardware so "reinstalling" this computer when it got here took all of about 15 min... Gonna run the Windows Experience Index now... Then 3D mark 06...

[ZippoMan]

The 3D gaming kicks butt so far too... They better give me a 2820QM and a bit more ram for my troubles...

What games have you played so far? Any 3D Blurays? Did you receive your 3D glasses from Dell? It seems like they are backordered for everyone. Sorry for all the questions My glasses come tomorrow, and I have a few things waiting to go.

[htfan]

The Momentus XT works great in mine... 15 sec boot time and epic system performance.
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They interchange. I did it today personally.

The best thing is that the Toshiba had almost all the same hardware so "reinstalling" this computer when it got here took all of about 15 min... Gonna run the Windows Experience Index now... Then 3D mark 06...

Thanks whacamac

[yarosus]

BTW sorry for commercial, by any chance if somebody want to buy new in box XPS 17 3D, 6gb, 640gb, GT 550M, WiFi N 6210, backlit keyboard, 2 year warranty. On ebay item # 220761573593 for $1473.99 and I also have 15" item # 220758860708 for $1173.99.

[ZippoMan]

Shipping: $1,099.00 lol Isn't that against eBay rules?

[Scott_RC-TEK]

Actually, is it $1,399 shipping...

eBay/PayPal fees are out of control, but this type of selling is not ethical and I suspect someone is going to be banned soon. At any rate, begining this month (April), eBay will start applying the final value fee to the shipping as well, which will further suck legit sellers dry, but also combat the type of marketing we see here.

Scott-

[yarosus]

Actually, is it $1,399 shipping...

eBay/PayPal fees are out of control, but this type of selling is not ethical and I suspect someone is going to be banned soon. At any rate, begining this month (April), eBay will start applying the final value fee to the shipping as well, which will further suck legit sellers dry, but also combat the type of marketing we see here.

Scott-

Well I know that sucks to do that way, but I need sell it really quick before new ebay spring rules come.

[whackamac]

Mine came with the 3D screen and the GT555M for that price...

Oh and I had a set of glasses stashed away in my shop for a rainy day That day was today...