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Help!!! Can Dell 9400 inspiron upgrade with quadro FX workstation card?
Hi, I have a dell e1705 with windows xp pro, the bios version is 006; last week I tried to replace my 7900gs to Quadro FX 2500m graphic card.
I took out some small plastic pieces from the left up side of my down case to make the 2500m fit into the place perfectly; however it seems not working after I boot up. it shows a lot pixels in the screen and pop out blue screen before into the xp system, I also tried a 1500m and get the same result.
Anyone tried this before? does it work? Help!!!
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Re: Help!!! Can Dell 9400 inspiron upgrade with quadro FX workstation card?
I have no input in this matter whatsoever... I'm just here to ask WHY?
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because my 7900gs would fail some applications when I run MAYA7.
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Does the blue screen bring up an error code of any sort. Also, I know this sounds stupid, but have you uninstalled the previous drivers, then replaced the card and then installed the newer drivers.
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you can only use cards that are available options for your system, that would be the x1400,the 7800 and 7900gs, the bios doesnt support quadros
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thank you for reply.
no, I didn't uninstalled the previous driver. I replaced the card first, then installed the new driver by the only chance I can log in to the XP.
the blue screen shows: NMI: Parity check / Memory Parity Error
by the way, my memory is 2gb 533 mhz from dell, and these large pixels are happen and keeping flash from the very begining when see thr Dell logo.
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you can only use cards that are available options for your system, that would be the x1400,the 7800 and 7900gs, the bios doesnt support quadros
chengstudio, I think Iceman0124 is right here. I was just wondering that the BIOS of the notebook has to support the card. The Quadros are found in workstation notebooks, and not the E1705, which is a consumer notebook.
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your notebook doesnt support the card, you will need bios support for it, and unless you can happen to find a hacked bios,or hack it yourself, your SOL
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you can only use cards that are available options for your system, that would be the x1400,the 7800 and 7900gs, the bios doesnt support quadros
He is right, only the three card can go into a i9400/e1705
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How come i saw on NotebookForums there is a guy who able to put the 1500M card in? and he's for sale that laptop. Either with 7900GTX or quaddro?? You might want to ask that guy how to make the quadro works with E1705.