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    My m1730 rebuild experience......

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jimgpayne, Dec 5, 2011.

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    jimgpayne Newbie

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    This past summer, I took it upon myself to completely tear down an old xps m1730 and completely rebuild it from scratch.

    I updated the ram, Bluetooth, blu-ray, processor, battery, keyboard, and even replaced all the plastics!

    Today my laptop looks better then it did when it was new ( figuratively speaking of course)

    My full report is on my blog at http://jimgpayne.com/2011/09/18/did-you-ever-build-a-computer/.

    Jim
     
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    Sam_A_1992 Notebook Evangelist

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    Good job! Just read it all. If you could of gotten the 9800's it would of been perfect though ;) did you take any pictures at all during the rebuild?
     
    Sam_A_1992, Dec 6, 2011
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    I took some with my cell while I was doing it. But am not sure if I saved them. I'll have to check.
     
    jimgpayne, Dec 6, 2011
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