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    Dell Gtx 460m in Asus G73jh ?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by ll_r1d0_ll, Jul 20, 2015.

  1. ll_r1d0_ll

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    hi i will be getting a spare gtx 460m from friend's alienware... so the card is of dell ...is it going to work perfectly without flashing any modded bios ? can anyone help me with this ? please ?
     
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    so here is the difference between both the GPUs ...Left one is the Nvidia and right one is the ATI .... when i inserted the Nvidia both the fans started to spin at normal speed but there was no image and then i removed and reinserted it again then it didnt even turned on ! the blue led just turned on and off again ...nothing else
     

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    I'm not completely sure about compatibility issues, chances are you would need some sort of flash for the GeForce. Is there something wrong with the HD5870?

    EDIT: I saw your post looking for a used HD5870, I'm sorry it died on you. I found this link here that might be of help

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/g73jh-and-gtx-460m.705244/
     
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    Don't asus put the vbios on the system bios in that model, the system bios would need to have the new vbios Incorporated IIRC.
     
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    yeah mine is dead ! and btw in that thread the guy used the gtx 460m from g73jw and that worked for him ...and i am having the gtx460 from alienware
     
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    and how can i do that ?
     
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    Not easily, it involves unpacking it, replacing the file with your own and packaging it back up in a fashion that will compile back into a package that wont brick the machine. Maybe you could try finding an active member who has done the mod and PM them, but it was a while back so that may be tricky.

    At this point that generation of machine is going beyond economic repair at this point.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 25, 2015
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    Hmm so instead of messing with the bios i guess its better for me to buy a 5870m
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Jul 25, 2015
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    Yes if you can find it.
     
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    they are around 130-180$ ,...it is and old card but the price is still too much
     
    ll_r1d0_ll, Jul 27, 2015
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    Mobile cards do tend to retain their value over time it's true, good in some ways, annoying in others.
     
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    yeah exactly ! btw i am getting a dell ati 5870m .. is it going to post the screen without flashing bios ? i dont have issue if the fans run at full but atleast the video should work
     
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    I'm not totally sure, the 6970M from Dell did seem to.
     
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    hey it worked like a charm only the fans i guess are spinning at full speed...now i have another problem lol...the lcd cable is i guess making the problem now the colors of the screen are different ...i am attaching the photos kindly check them...my original cable was damaged so i replaced it with a new one i can only see blurry text and weird colors...i thought of using the old damaged cable it also showed me the display but same colors but much clearer than the new one
     
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