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Dell Precision M4800 - Can GPU be upgraded?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by SengXun, May 30, 2016.

  1. John Carlson

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    Yes.

    Can I use X-bracket from old AMD M5100?
    My M5100 has X bracket.
     
  2. Vaardu

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    I believe you can yes. But they're difficult to remove from the adhesive they use and need a bit of force, and preferably some heat to soften the glue.
     
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    Thanks! I was able to remove M5100's x-bracket and install it on WX 4130! it fits very well.
     
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    Oh....

    I ran into black screen problem after I accidentally turned on 3D mode on windows.
    Now I have to flash a bios to WX 4130 card.
    Do you know which bios can be flashed to WX 4130?

    Thanks
     
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    I'm getting this error every time I try to re-install the radeon wx driver.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    I just had a nosy and found this: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/231980/231980 Says its Dell, but the VBIOS says 4GB in the title, and the editor only lists Samsung memory at 2048MB... A bit weird. You have switchable graphics, right?


    Which driver is this? Direct from AMD for the Dell?
     
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    Weird, I don't have the toggle on my system at all. I'd just leave the toggle off. Alright so if you have switchable graphics, I'd DDU the current AMD driver in safe mode and install that driver again.
     
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    Holy god... I rolled it back to M5100 now everything's working fine.
    I think this WX 4130 card isn't for every OS and system.

    It can cause unknown behaviors on Windows 10.

    I don't recommend this upgrade to anyone.... you can end up wasting 10 hours.
    Thankfully, I paid only $70 for this WX 4130 card.
     
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