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    Acer Aspire 5520G Upgrade to 9600MGT DDR3 512MB

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by skaramanlis, Oct 17, 2012.

  1. skaramanlis

    skaramanlis Newbie

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    Hi everyone...
    My current video card 9300M is not working and I ve just took in my hands from ebay, a brand new 9600M GT DDR3 512MB
    The two cards seems same, and the new card fixed fine in my laptop, but...
    When the laptop is turning on, is displaying on the top left of the monitor,
    the message

    ERROR: MXM Structure not found or invalid. Reflash MXM ROM or add MXM structure and associated callbacks to SBIOS!

    After 30 seconds its booting, but its runing on safe mode, and no drivers can be loaded

    Can you help me please????
     
    skaramanlis, Oct 17, 2012
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  2. traxtext90

    traxtext90 Notebook Enthusiast

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    did you checked if the other one was compatible with your laptop?
     
    traxtext90, Oct 17, 2012
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  3. .NetRolller 3D

    .NetRolller 3D Notebook Deity

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    There is a patched BIOS in the MXM BIOS modding topic, that should fix this.
     
    .NetRolller 3D, Oct 19, 2012
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  4. skaramanlis

    skaramanlis Newbie

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    I ve found and update to a bios which is still displaying the message and counting 30 seconds, but who cares?
    The laptop is fast as never before with the new card.
    I am suggesting this upgrade to 9600GT DDR3 to every person who got this old laptop.
    With 4GB RAM, this video card, and a new SSD hard disk, this laptop can stand alive for some more years against many new laptops of the market.
     
    skaramanlis, Dec 26, 2012
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