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    Acer 5920G Nvdia failure > ati upgrade but problem encounted

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by toodle, Feb 6, 2013.

  1. toodle

    toodle Newbie

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    friend Acer 5920G stopped working due to GPU failure. Card was Nvdia 8600M GS

    Advice was taken from here and I purchased ATI 3650 from Ebay.

    Thought it would straight swap > laptop on and appears to boot up but just before going into windows black screen appears and nothing.
    I put some thermal compound in cente but left the original pads in place (see picture)

    Am I doing something wrong here? please help me

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    toodle, Feb 6, 2013
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    toodle Newbie

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    Can nobody help?
     
    toodle, Feb 7, 2013
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    I've got exactly the same problem, does anyone have an idea?
     
    patrickvh, Apr 15, 2013
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    also the same problem here! Some support would be great.
     
    donTomato, Sep 6, 2013
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