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 08/14/2006 01:35:52 PM · #1
I need a new port for where my microphone plugs into my Inspiron 9300. The warranty is now through and Dell has told me they didn't have the part in (although now I wonder because one of the reseller #s they gave me said the part # was for a USB port).

Any help here? Either navagating the Dell site so I can find the proper part # myself, or with a reasonable reseller?
 08/14/2006 01:39:06 PM · #2
Toss it and get a mac :)
 08/14/2006 01:45:39 PM · #3
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I need a new port for where my microphone plugs into my Inspiron 9300. The warranty is now through and Dell has told me they didn't have the part in (although now I wonder because one of the reseller #s they gave me said the part # was for a USB port).

Any help here? Either navagating the Dell site so I can find the proper part # myself, or with a reasonable reseller?

you can find many parts like that on ebay / (uggh..) /
i found a couple of laptop screens & keyboards that way

08/14/2006 02:09:09 PM · #4
You can try calling these guys. The website didn't list the 9300 but they sure have a lot of parts for other Dells. Maybe it is a standard part used in several models.

//www.impactcomputers.com/dellparts-dell-laptops.html

FWIW - you seem so not a Dell guy!
08/14/2006 02:18:33 PM · #5
Originally posted by scarbrd:
You can try calling these guys. The website didn't list the 9300 but they sure have a lot of parts for other Dells. Maybe it is a standard part used in several models.

//www.impactcomputers.com/dellparts-dell-laptops.html

FWIW - you seem so not a Dell guy!


It's for work. I tend to build my own, but I don't really know if that's an option in laptops...
 08/14/2006 02:27:59 PM · #6
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by scarbrd:
You can try calling these guys. The website didn't list the 9300 but they sure have a lot of parts for other Dells. Maybe it is a standard part used in several models.

//www.impactcomputers.com/dellparts-dell-laptops.html

FWIW - you seem so not a Dell guy!


It's for work. I tend to build my own, but I don't really know if that's an option in laptops...


I had you down as a Mac guy. Creative, a little cocky, knows something others don't . . . you know, that type of guy. ;-)
 08/14/2006 02:31:03 PM · #7
Originally posted by scarbrd:
I had you down as a Mac guy. Creative, a little cocky, knows something others don't . . . you know, that type of guy. ;-)


My brother and father and soon to be my sister work for Microsoft. The evil empire owns my family...
 08/14/2006 02:56:45 PM · #8
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by scarbrd:
I had you down as a Mac guy. Creative, a little cocky, knows something others don't . . . you know, that type of guy. ;-)


My brother and father and soon to be my sister work for Microsoft. The evil empire owns my family...


Make them crazy, buy a Mac but run Windows on it!
 08/14/2006 03:15:21 PM · #9
whats the part number ?
08/14/2006 03:22:22 PM · #10
Originally posted by Di:
whats the part number ?


Well, there's conficting information. One Dell guy told me the part was R8383. Another said it was an integral part of the motherboard.

Basically I have a short in my microphone jack and need to find a way to replace it or work around. The second guy told me I could get an external audio card which has a mic jack for about $47.
 08/14/2006 04:15:23 PM · #11
Here's what I'd do... I'd do enough disassembly to figure out what the part looks like, take a close-up pic, then go to Digi-Key. If the connector is soldered to the MOBO, as I suspect it is, I bet Digi-Key will have it.
Of course, you'd have to replace it yourself, which may or may not be problematic depending on your soldering skills.
 08/14/2006 04:32:21 PM · #12
Found this for part numbers. It may help. It's a link to a downloadable spreadsheet.

warrantypartsdirect.dell.com/us/program/Inspiron_Part_Guide.xls

Here's the google search page where it resides if the link doesn't work from here.

//www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Inspiron+9300%22+%2B+%22part+numbers%22+%2B+microphone&meta=

edit: my excel crashes when loading the spreadsheet. could be just my computer

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