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    acer aspire 7730 gfx

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by raserdk, Apr 16, 2012.

  1. raserdk

    raserdk Notebook Geek

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    hallo i have bought an acer aspire 7730 with a geforce 9600gt
    its an mxm 2 slot
    now i have an gt240 mxm 2 from my acer aspire 5920g witch works fine, now i put the gt240 in my new laptop and it boots show boot screen and windows starting but as soon it starts windows 7 there is just a blank screen, now why is that??
     
    raserdk, Apr 16, 2012
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    .NetRolller 3D Notebook Deity

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    Uninstall the Nvidia drivers from the 7730 before plugging in the GT 240M. Then, reinstall them again after Windows picks up the new card.
     
    .NetRolller 3D, Apr 16, 2012
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  3. raserdk

    raserdk Notebook Geek

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    ill try that tomorrow
    i found out that the 7730 needs the copper shim to cool the card :)
    just need to figure out if it is the same as in the 5920g or the other i recived :)
    and i need some new thermal paste

    edit:
    It works now
    what you said worked,
    i used the copper shim from the acer aspire 5920g fits perfectly
    and its even better at cooling the gfx, so now its an 7730 with a gt240m and an 5920g with a 9600gt

    what cpu would you recomend,
    what would it be able to handle,
    it has an t9400 cpu
     
    raserdk, Apr 16, 2012
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    If you got the cash to spend, go for the x9000. I'm going to get one for my aspire 6920g, so if I beat you to it ill post the results and let everyone know how well it works.
     
    ajbutch123, Apr 18, 2012
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    The X9100 is a better choice if the motherboard supports a T9400.

    Or, you may even try putting in a quad-core.
     
    .NetRolller 3D, Apr 19, 2012
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  6. raserdk

    raserdk Notebook Geek

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    i was actually looking for the quad core on ebay but im not sure if it will boot with it,
    i heard that the x9000 series gets hot, but thats just something i heard
    maybe the quad core would get hot too
     
    raserdk, Apr 21, 2012
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  7. raserdk

    raserdk Notebook Geek

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    update, bought a quad core q9100, waiting to get it

    so
    gfx nvidia gt240m upgraded from nvidia 9600gt
    4 gb ram ddr2 667 mhz, going to upgrade to 8 gb ddr2 800mhz
    500gb hdd going to install second bay hdd

    cpu t9400 going to install q9100 quad core
     
    raserdk, Jun 3, 2012
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    Hello! i also have a 7730g notebook, and i have a question. Did the upgrade with the quad core work?
     
    bagster, Aug 1, 2012
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  9. raserdk

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    i did today and it does not seem to work
    the latop powers on and the fan behaves wierd, and then it shuts down, and tries to start again and just sitting there

    so i would love some ideas to get it to work :p
     
    raserdk, Aug 3, 2012
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    try to uninstall the driver for the previous cpu.
    it work for me..
    i upgrade fm t8100 to t9500.
    successfully boot but always reboot on short of time..
    try any method...last i try reinstall the cpu driver.
    so far, it work for me..
     
    thumb2704, Oct 13, 2012
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  11. raserdk

    raserdk Notebook Geek

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    its not a driver issue, because the laptop does not get past bios, therefore its not a driver problem
     
    raserdk, Oct 21, 2012
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  12. .NetRolller 3D

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    Chances are, the extra pins used by quad-cores are simply not connected on the 7730 motherboard. (Quad-cores use the same physical socket as dual-cores, but with slightly different wiring - specifically, quad-cores use a few extra pins that were marked as Reserved or NC in the original Socket P specification.)
     
    .NetRolller 3D, Oct 22, 2012
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  13. raserdk

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    thanx for the info,
    do you think a hardware mod could do the trick?

    i have looked at the datasheet for both quadcore and the dual core
    and yes there are some extra pins that are needed to be connected, but allso 3 pins that needs to be disconnected

    CORE 2 DUO------------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUAD CORE

    T2 = RSVD - RESERVED-----------------------------------------------------T2 = THRMD A_2 - power/other
    D3 = RSVD - RESERVED------------------------------------------------------D3 = TDO_M - open Drain - output
    V3 = RSVD - RESERVED------------------------------------------------------V3 = thrmd c_2 -= Power/other
    M4 = RSVD - RESERVED------------------------------------------------------M4= bpm_2 [0]# - commen Clock - output
    N5 = RSVD - RESERVED-------------------------------------------------------N5 = bpm_2 [0]# - commen Clock - input/output
    F6 = RSVD - RESERVED-------------------------------------------------------F6 = TDi_M = TDI_M (Test Data In)
    D8 = VSS - Processor core ground node-----------------------------------D8 = RSVD = Reserved
    F8 = VSS - Processor core ground node------------------------------------F8 = gtlref count-rol - switch between Dual Core and quadcore modes

    AA7 = VCC - Processor core power supply---------------------------------AA7 =BR1 - Arbitration Request signal for the second die.
    AE8 = VSS - Processor core ground node----------------------------------AE8 = bpm_2 [3]# - BPM_2[3:0]# (Breakpoint Monitor)
    AC8 = vVSS - Processor core ground node--------------------------------AC8 = RSVD - RESERVED
    D22 = RSVD - RESERVED-----------------------------------------------------D22 = GTLREF_2 - GTL reference level for AGTL+ input pins of the second die.
     
    raserdk, Oct 23, 2012
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    I found Acer 5920G, there is only 8600M gpu, not Gt 240m. I have 7730G with 9600M gt and P7350 cpu. Looking some parts.
     
    ex.treme, May 2, 2013
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