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    AREA-51 M5550 Graphics Card

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by GethinOgwen, May 28, 2008.

  1. GethinOgwen

    GethinOgwen Newbie

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    A few months ago the graphics card on my notebook went caput [NVIDIA GeForce NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 256Mb] I phoned up Alienware customer service and asked what I could do, and they said that another graphics card would cost £130 which is stupidly overpriced.
    I take it that the pc and notebook NVIDIA cards are different right?
    Does anybody know anywhere where I could buy the notebook graphics card from? (preferably in the uk). Any help would be much apreciated, thanks.
     
    GethinOgwen, May 28, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You are right - PC cards cannot be used in notebooks.

    If Alienware does not use a straight-up MXM card, you'll have to buy it from them or find a part of eBay or something.
     
    Greg, May 28, 2008
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  3. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    Were they replacing it with another 7600? Because an 8600 for £130 would be a nice upgrade.
     
    WILLY S, May 28, 2008
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  4. GethinOgwen

    GethinOgwen Newbie

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    Well the laptop's problem is that it's overheating all the time, so I would assume that it would overheat a lot more with a more upgraded card :( Thanks a lot for the advice though guys, guess I'll have to buy it from the company then, ah well hehe :p
     
    GethinOgwen, May 30, 2008
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  5. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    The overheating sounds like my Frist Motherboard GethinOgwen. I am on my 3 Motherboard and the laptop still not working right.

    Is the problem where you are running 90c or higher depending on the cpu.
     
    AtolSammeek, May 30, 2008
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  6. GethinOgwen

    GethinOgwen Newbie

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    yeah it overheats all the time, I heard it's a fault in the model itself or something right?
     
    GethinOgwen, Jun 1, 2008
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    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    I wish I could help you. I been fighting Alienware for a while.
     
    AtolSammeek, Jun 1, 2008
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  8. GethinOgwen

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    hmm yeah, ah well I will at least know next time not to buy a laptop from them. It was a very bad mistake :( Thanks for the feedback anyway guys
     
    GethinOgwen, Jun 1, 2008
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  9. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The M5550 was known to overheat all the time. Getting a new graphics card won't solve your problem unfortunately.

    Take a look at the cooling guide - get yourself a nice cooling pad. When I tested the M5550, I found it ran much cooler with one.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 1, 2008
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  10. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    They fix my overheating problem. If your still under Warrintee ask them to replace the Motherboard.

    It took them 4 times untel they listen to me.

    1 Frist time Grapics card and heatsink
    then 3 heatsink
    Then they replaced the motherboard which seems to fix the overheating problem.
     
    AtolSammeek, Jun 1, 2008
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