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upgrade graphic card

#1 Post by ethanjorg » Thu May 31, 2007 5:13 am

is it possibleto upgrade the graphic card in z61m??

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#2 Post by tomh009 » Thu May 31, 2007 6:14 am

No, it's not. While some graphics options are described as "discrete", it really means just that they are separate from the core Intel chipset; they are still surface-mounted onto the motherboard and non-replaceable.
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#3 Post by PointZero » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:24 am

Not possible, try agian.

The graphics card is soldered into the motherboard, so you can't access it for removal. Even then, you'd have to find a pretty specific graphics card to fit in the same spot as the old one.

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#4 Post by jkahng » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:25 am

the only(and pretty expensive) way is to swap the motherboard with a better graphics card.
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#5 Post by ryengineer » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:05 am

Upgrading gpu on a notebook? such machine does not exist.....

However, Asus has been looking forward to manufacturing such laptops with the implementation of nVidia chipsets. More info. can be found here.
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#6 Post by Pepa » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:15 am

ryengineer wrote:Upgrading gpu on a notebook? such machine does not exist.....
Ah yes, they exists. Upgradeable graphics are found in many barebones of second-tier manufacturers like Clevo (which are widely used with colored chassis by brands like Alienware or Voodoo PC), AOpen in past times, VBI makers etc.

for example http://www.clevo.com.tw/products/M570U.asp

In our company we were assembling 15,4" AOpen barebones with user upgradeable graphic cards and those MXM modules were sold separately without problem.

But i do not know any notebooks with upgradeable graphics from large vendor like Lenovo, Acer or HP.
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