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New Vostro Lineup (3350, 3450..)

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Cocozebra, Mar 17, 2011.

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  1. mkj

    mkj Notebook Consultant

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    Nope, it's soldered to the mobo. As in all business and most consumer laptops.
     
    mkj, Dec 31, 2011
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    mrniceguy Notebook Consultant

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    That seems to be the trend lately....I wish it had Toshiba's topside speakers but can't stand the look of Toshiba's latest treebark woodgrain chassis finish lol...
     
    mrniceguy, Dec 31, 2011
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    azrash Newbie

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    I was in the same situation as well, reformatted only to find out that the application is not provided in Dell's driver & software page. bigdogchris from hardforum.com managed to recover the installer from a hidden partition in this thread Dell digitalPersona Download? Vostro 3550 - [H]ard|Forum

    he has provided me the installer, PM me for the installer
     
    azrash, Jan 28, 2012
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    prosetheus Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all,

    Can anyone tell me if the 3750's nvidia discrete gpu, GT 525M is using DDR3 or DDR5 Ram?

    Thanks
     
    prosetheus, Feb 2, 2012
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    bisklimpkit Notebook Consultant

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    I chatted with a Dell rep and this is what he said:

    "The GF108 core of the GT 525M is related to the GF100 core of the GeFore GTX 480M and offers 96 shaders and a 128 Bit memory bus for DDR3."

    So I would then assume it is DDR3 and not DDR5. Hope this helps!
     
    bisklimpkit, Feb 2, 2012
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    prosetheus Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks a lot for that quick and very helpful reply bisklimpkit. I was hoping it might have ddr5 so it might run premiere pro cs5 withhardwsre accel but can't seem to find the right laptop.
     
    prosetheus, Feb 2, 2012
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  7. [GMT]Demolisher

    [GMT]Demolisher Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone tried upgrading the processor on a vostro3450 from an i5 to an i7? I think Sandy Bridge processors use the same socket now...
     
    [GMT]Demolisher, Feb 7, 2012
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    Yes, they do. And so will Ivy Bridge processors. I haven't tried it, though.
     
    mkj, Feb 8, 2012
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    HairyCube Notebook Guru

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    [GMT]Demolisher, I don't know if quad-core i7's will be compatible, but my Vostro 3450 came with Core i7-2620M. It's not quad-core though.
     
    HairyCube, Feb 11, 2012
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    Sakke1994 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't know if the question came by already but: is it possible to change the screen to a higher res screen on the Vostro 3550? The screen quality on the 1336*786 screen isn't that good.
     
    Sakke1994, Feb 20, 2012
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