Comments on: How to take apart Dell Inspiron 1720 or Dell Vostro 1700 laptop

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:48:32 +0000

esteban,

I found very useful your article. I want to add an extra hard disk to my 1721, what do I need besides the new HDD?

You'll need a hard drive caddy connector kit for Inspiron 1720. This kit included the hard drive caddy, SATA connector and screws. Check out this post. It explains how to install a second hard drive.

By: esteban

esteban — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:41:26 +0000

Hello,
I found very useful your article. I want to add an extra hard disk to my 1721, what do I need besides the new HDD?

Thanks in advanced,
Esteban

By: Le Chat Noir

Le Chat Noir — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:42:05 +0000

You can replace the graphics card only if your laptop doesn’t have integrated graphics like the “Mobile Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD”

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:56:16 +0000

Robbie,

I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 with an nVidia 8600m graphics card. Do you know how or if it’s possible, to upgrade it?

It depends. I don’t know if your video card is integrated into the motherboard or it’s a discrete module.
Some Dell Inspiron 1720 laptops come with a discrete video card. Not sure if Dell makes better cards for this model.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:41:13 +0000

This is really helpful. I was always told that upgrading or changing laptop components was impossible. I have a question though.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 with an nVidia 8600m graphics card. Do you know how or if it’s possible, to upgrade it?

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:22:42 +0000

Kevin,

is there away to unlock my memory bios in my dell 1720? the specs say it can use pc-6400 but when i install them they still read pc-5400 and when i go into the bios there no option to change the settings

I checked specification Dell Inspiron 1720 and it says:
Memory type: 667 MHz SoDIMM DDR2 (PC2-5300).
PC2-6400 will work but slow down to PC2-5300 speed. You cannot make it run faster.

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:22:11 +0000

Hello is there away to unlock my memory bios in my dell 1720? the specs say it can use pc-6400 but when i install them they still read pc-5400 and when i go into the bios there no option to change the settings

By: JesusLuvsU

JesusLuvsU — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:17:41 +0000

Dell stopped making my charger but they reccomended “Kensington chargers” to me, first charger i got off ebay wasnt an origional, and the kensington one i got works on 2 other laptops we have but not mine.. so im getting some parts and things off ebay to sort it out thanks for the reply anyway

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:02:47 +0000

JesusLuvsU,

The new charger only worked if the battery was in and had charge.
The new charger wont charge the battery, and now the battery is dead the new charger wont work as the laptop needed the battery to start up the laptop before the charger would work.

Basically as the battery is now dead it wont turn on the laptop and give chance for the new charger to start working.

Did you buy the original Dell replacement adapter or a generic one? Maybe that’s the problem.

By: JesusLuvsU

JesusLuvsU — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:38:42 +0000

Hey im loving the tutorial, just wondering if you can help me.
My origional charger got eaten by a rabbit and so i bought a new one.
The new charger only worked if the battery was in and had charge.
The new charger wont charge the battery, and now the battery is dead the new charger wont work as the laptop needed the battery to start up the laptop before the charger would work.

Basically as the battery is now dead it wont turn on the laptop and give chance for the new charger to start working.
Any idea whats wrong? or what needs to be replaced..