My thoughts in e-text

I received my Dell E1705 laptop and as I said in my previous post. One of the first things I wanted to do was to swap the LCD screens. Well I started out with confidence, but ended in a futile result. The whole ordeal lasted less than 15 minutes and left me devastated (well I really didn't need such a strong word just because it didn't work). Anyone who has experience in opening dell laptops already know all this but just a picture story goes here. I opened the plastic covering and then the keyboard, its connection and the LCD controller connection. Since the WiFi antenna resides inside the LCD display I also had to remove the connections from WiFi at the back of the laptop. I proceeded with the same steps for my Dell 9300 laptop too, and swapped the displays. Now is the time to know the truth! After I switched on my E1705 with it's UXGA screen from my older 9300, I saw the screen go all white, then BIOS messages appeared as normal, no indication of any errors or anything. ...

After waiting for a long time (from July 27th, till September 12th), I finally ordered a Dell E1705 with Core 2 Duo Merom processor (not to be confused with the older Core Duo Yonah processor)! It is such a happy feeling, to finally be able to use a dual core processor. Configuration Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processor running at 2.00 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 667 MHz FSB 17" XGA+ (I will swap this display with my UXGA display from my Dell 9300) 1 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667 MHz 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 80 GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive Rest of the usual stuff like CD/DVD, wireless, network card etc. I ordered an XGA+ display because as soon as the laptop arrives I will exchange the UXGA from my Dell 9300 which the E1705 will replace ;-). I called Dell technical support to make sure that they can be swapped and the result was a positive reply. I have to live with the slower NVIDIA 7900 GS since the GTX card was not available for E1705. Other than that I am very happy with the confi...