Upgrading Mx17 r3 Gpu

Hey been great admire of the forum and found huge amount of information, i just have one small question. I just brought 7970m AMD graphics card for my laptop i currently have gtx560m wondering, if the bracket i currently have will be ok to use with new graphics card or would i have to buy new brackets? If so could anyone link me in direction to where i could get affordable/rite one please.

One more question i thinking of upgrading my ram and cpu could anyone link me in direction for some top end stuff? i Currently have 2630QM and also 12g ram at 1333 i wondering if i could get in range of 1600? if that can go in my system.

Thanks Lorenzo

 

Hi Lorenzo25!
No, the NVIDIA bracket will not fit to your new card, you need this
GPU Spreader x Bracket w Screws for MXM 3 0B AMD HD69X0M 79XXM 89XXM VGA Modules | eBay

About memory I'd recomend this
CORSAIR Vengeance Model CMSX16GX3M2A1600C10 Laptop Memory - Newegg.com

 

Thanks for the replies, i thought so as well i order bracket. About the memory that would only work on a new CPU rite? 27xxQM and above?

 

Yes, memory will work at 1600MHz with 27xxQM and above, and at 1333MHz with your 2630QM.

 

Mentioned memory is fully programable and it has realy good latencies. Good choise to increase computer performance. Good luck!

 

And one more thing: check carefuly the thermal package of new card (gtx560m has 75w. I suspect the 7970m AMD has 100w). The heatsink can be different.

 

Really appreciate the help thank you.

 

1600mhz memory will work well. If you need any part send us an e-mail to [email protected] and we'll take care of the request.

 

So i have upgraded to 7970m and followed the install guide on here yet after installing the drives and my laptop reloads, the graphic card don't work and comes up in device manager as not working.

Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

That is what comes up inside the box, anyone have any ideas?

 

Now I tried to reinstall the latest drives and all went well till I got white screen and that's all it's been for last 10mins or so.... This meant to happen,?

 

Where did you buy your card from?

Last time I had error 43, it was a dud card...

Try this:
- uninstall drivers
- use Driver sweeper right after to clean all GPU related stuff
- reboot into safe mode
- use Driver sweeper again to clean remaining stuff
- reboot to normal mode
- install drivers

 

From upgrade monkey, I think it maybe the drive every time I try install a drive it crashes when installing going black then to white screen. Any working drives from anyone?

 

Ok it seems to be drive but i can't seem to find drive that works it installs but at end come sup with big yellow question mark saying something failed when i look at log it shows everything installed success. I tried install the graphics card via device manager and its worked but then when i reload my laptop i get bluescreen just been i meant to log into windows.

I then can't log in and i have to f8 and drive sweep and delete the files and then i can log in again.

 

What do you see in BIOS? New card was recognized correctly?

 

Yes its coming up ATI but then when i log on after installing drives new ones or few i found on forum it does bluescreen and restarts and i have to drive sweep in safe mode to be able to log on.

 

This is what i get when i install a drive C:\Program Files\ATI\CIM\Reports\Report.xml

Catalyst™ Install Manager
Installation Report
03/06/13 00:42:10


Hardware information
Name AMD Radeon Graphics Processor
Manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Device ID 0x6800
Vendor ID 0x1002
Class Code 0x030000
Revision ID 0x00
Subsystem ID 0x0490
Subsystem vendor ID 0x1028
Other hardware

Existing packagesAMD APP SDK Runtime
HDMI Audio Driver
AMD Video Converter
HydraVision
AMD Steady Video Plug-In
AMD Accelerated Video Transcoding
AMD Drag and Drop Transcoding
AMD Media Foundation Transcoders

Packages for install
AMD Catalyst Install ManagerFinal Status: Success
Version of Item: 8.0.903.0
Size: 20 Mbytes
AMD Display DriverFinal Status: Success
Version of Item: 9.010.8.0000
Size: 90 Mbytes
Catalyst Control CenterFinal Status: Success
Version of Item: 2012.1202.303.5362
Size: 150 Mbytes


Other detected devices

Manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Device ID 0xaab0
Vendor ID 0x1002
Class Code 0x040300
Revision ID 0x00
Subsystem ID 0x0490
Subsystem vendor ID 0x1028


Error messages

Then it ask me to reboot and upon reboot once i get to windows stage it bluescreen before i can type in password etc and log in.

 

Hi, Lorenzo!
It looks like NVIDIA/ATI driver conflict. That is realy hard to find and correct OS registry manualy to make system working. Consider it as your OS is damaged.
The fastest way - boot in safe mode, back up all your info to separate (i.e. external) HDD, format disk C, do fresh OS intallation, drivers in srict order.
I don have experience with ATI video drivers for long time so I can not give you proper advise.Go to software part of forum and find proper ATI driver, possibly modified for your system.
Also, if you have extra 2.5 HDD you can just swap HDDs, install OS and drivers to see how new card works.
And again: What do you see in BIOS? Was new card recognized correctly?
Good luck!

 

Thanks for reply, I did a fresh install of windows which stopped the crashing. Only crash when trying install drives and yes grp is showing up in bios as ati gpu and not showing windows error code 43 anymore in device manager. Only trouble I am having as I said is installing drives it gets to display and flicks black then goes white and crashes. Have to hard restart and then go safe mode and delete all files to log back in or take gpu out and it works again. Any ideas of good set of drives tried loads it seems no differences.

 

Tried another fresh install and when installing it went to flicker and then turned white and stayed that. I pushed my power button to go sleep and then wake back up and my screen was back to normal and it says install complete and this is the log.

Catalyst™ Install Manager
Installation Report
03/06/13 14:35:54


Hardware information
Name AMD Radeon Graphics Processor
Manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Device ID 0x6800
Vendor ID 0x1002
Class Code 0x030000
Revision ID 0x00
Subsystem ID 0x04ba
Subsystem vendor ID 0x1028
Other hardware

Existing packagesAMD Catalyst Install Manager
AMD APP SDK Runtime
AMD Display Driver
HDMI Audio Driver
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable
AMD Accelerated Video Transcoding
AMD Drag and Drop Transcoding
AMD Media Foundation Transcoders
Catalyst Control Center

Packages for install
AMD Catalyst Install ManagerFinal Status: Success
Version of Item: 8.0.903.0
Size: 20 Mbytes
AMD Display DriverFinal Status: Success
Version of Item: 9.012.0.0000
Size: 90 Mbytes
HDMI Audio DriverFinal Status: Success
Version of Item: 7.12.0.7712
Size: 1 Mbytes


Other detected devices

Manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Device ID 0xaab0
Vendor ID 0x1002
Class Code 0x040300
Revision ID 0x00
Subsystem ID 0x0490
Subsystem vendor ID 0x1028


Error messages

Went in device manager and still has problem with gpu its showing 7970m but Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

 

Just did reload to finish install and got to log in screen then it turn white again the restart and got bsod which had atikmdag then loads numbers. In bois it comes up gpu, but I just can't seem to install any drives and this is after fresh is install.

 

Hi. Lorenzo!
Strange situation. Go to m17r3 specialized forum, ask owners with exactly your hardware for drivers. Probably someone else got similar situation. Also, the problem can be your new card. Try to exchange the card (If I were you, I'd chose NVIDIA card ) .Upgrademonkey provides a warranty for their VGA cards.

 

Can not imagine this is a driver problem if you do a fresh install and have your symptoms.
I think it's very likely you have a defective card.

 

Think it maybe due to me having to flash the card to get it to work or something along the lines, as i never did this before and don't want to damage it. Going return it and go for the gtx 680m, i never had problem with gtx as well and i feel better using that thanks for all the help.

Funny thing about all this since i re-install all my old card,its been running much better same with my cpu it seems