Acer AS8735ZG motherboard

I played with fire and got burned.
Now I have to buy a new motherboard for my Acer 8735G. I found motherboards with Intel GM45 chipset. My motherboard had PM45. The 8735ZG (the one with GM45) motherboard has the MXM slot and 8735ZG machines seem to be equipped with NVIDIA GT230 or GT210 graphic cards.
My question is: given the fact that the GM45 chipset has integrated graphics and the motherboard has also an MXM slot, does this motherboard support switchable graphics? Also, does it support the FullHD display?
Maybe someone with an 8735ZG could clear this up a bit...

 

No it doesn't support switchable graphics.
To simplify none of the MXM ones do. (that has nothing to do with MXM but that's the fact- switchable graphics is available only on some notebooks with dedicated GPUs and all of them are soldiered in)

 

So I can't use the graphics capability of the GM45, can I?
Is the Acer 8735ZG fully compatible with the 8735G one? I've looked on the internet and everywhere says that it's the same motherboard - same code (SJM80-MV) though one has PM45 chipset and the other has GM45.
What's the difference really between the PM45 and GM45 chipset on this motherboard (besides the higher TDP of the GM45)?

 

Higher TDP of GM45 is due to integrated graphics.
That's the main difference. Apart from that there are minor differences- Dual Independent Display and list of graphics output <strike>which does not seem to be entirely correct as PM45 has to support at least some of those listed for GM45.</strike>

EDIT: Not true off course. I mixed PM45 and GM45 in the part that's now removed. PM45 doesn't support any of those as it doesn't have integrated graphics.

 

Is the GM45 chipset worth the 5W extra dissipated power or should I try to find a motherboard with PM45?

 

It doesn't really dissipate 5W more as integrated graphics is not in use. That's just a theoretical limit.
Besides MXM being present or absent is probably far more important when choosing a mobo than those 5W.

 

I agree on that. The ones I saw looked identical to what I have except for the chipset which is GM45 instead of PM45. I'll go for one of those then, hoping it's gonna fit.

 

Chinese are now on holiday and I couldn't talk to any seller that has MB.PH F01.001 motherboard (the Acer 8735G motherboard) only to one seller that has just the MB.PH H01.001 (8735 ZG mobo).
What's the difference between the two mobos apart from the chipset? Am I able to replace the MB.PHF01.001 with the MB.PHH01.001 without side effects?
Is there any advantage in replacing with MB.PHH01.001?

 

I hope to get my hands on a PM45 based motherboard but in case I can't find one at a reasonable price: is there any chance that the GM45 motherboard would have a more powerful power supply circuitry due to the GM45 chipset (higher TDP)?

 

No. The difference is minimal so that wouldn't warrant a new power supply.