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    R4 Which fans can I upgrade to? GPU listed by wrong name

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Link941, Jun 13, 2014.

  1. Link941

    Link941 Notebook Guru

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    So the inside of my laptop got a bit moist and seemed to damage my GPU, got it replaced but now I'm wondering what fans I can get that are compatible and where to get them from. After my GPU got fried I upgraded to GTX 780M from a 675M. The problem is Alien Autopsy and Geforce experience and Device manager list it as 870M after I had to get the drivers elsewhere since Nvidia and Dell didn't seem to help. Is this something I can ignore or will it cause problems?
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    The fans are the same across.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 14, 2014
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