Hello again!
Within my collection I own a Dell XPS M2010 it's been a computer I've Allways wanted in my collection and I was super happy to finally own one.
However it doesn't seem to POST. The light all come on....semi normally. And the lights only Pulse when there's No RAM inserted.
Without the GPU both fans spin up and run. However with the GPU installed it acts pretty dead.
Sombody had mentioned to me that the ATI Radeon X1800 was a known defective chip though I can't find any information on anything else with this chip going bad... nothing at all...not even the iMac's with them or the desktop cards.
Which leads me to my question, is it possible to replace the GPU with one from an Inspiron 6400, it has the same connector and hasn't once let me down and I own two of the same model, but I only want one 6400 and I'll be cannibalising the other for parts.
Somebody did mention that some Dell GPUs are part of a BIOS Whitelist, how easy is this whitelist to modify? And can the XPS M2010 work with another GPU from the radeon X series.
Furthermore can I install the X1800 into the Inspiron 6400 for testing? As I'd like to confirm it's definitely Faulty before I go about trying to swap it out for something less "overheatey" and to prevent any heating issues from starting I plan to use a tool someone made to peg the fans at full tilt all the time.
I don't care what performance I've lost, I just want this gorgeous 20.1inch behemoth to finally boot up.
Apparently the motherboards in these sometimes have issues but I don't know what specifically on the board fails.
For reference this poor M2010 was dropped by it's previous owner.. but I can obtain a replacement motherboard if need be.
Within my collection I own a Dell XPS M2010 it's been a computer I've Allways wanted in my collection and I was super happy to finally own one.
However it doesn't seem to POST. The light all come on....semi normally. And the lights only Pulse when there's No RAM inserted.
Without the GPU both fans spin up and run. However with the GPU installed it acts pretty dead.
Sombody had mentioned to me that the ATI Radeon X1800 was a known defective chip though I can't find any information on anything else with this chip going bad... nothing at all...not even the iMac's with them or the desktop cards.
Which leads me to my question, is it possible to replace the GPU with one from an Inspiron 6400, it has the same connector and hasn't once let me down and I own two of the same model, but I only want one 6400 and I'll be cannibalising the other for parts.
Somebody did mention that some Dell GPUs are part of a BIOS Whitelist, how easy is this whitelist to modify? And can the XPS M2010 work with another GPU from the radeon X series.
Furthermore can I install the X1800 into the Inspiron 6400 for testing? As I'd like to confirm it's definitely Faulty before I go about trying to swap it out for something less "overheatey" and to prevent any heating issues from starting I plan to use a tool someone made to peg the fans at full tilt all the time.
I don't care what performance I've lost, I just want this gorgeous 20.1inch behemoth to finally boot up.
Apparently the motherboards in these sometimes have issues but I don't know what specifically on the board fails.
For reference this poor M2010 was dropped by it's previous owner.. but I can obtain a replacement motherboard if need be.
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