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    G73JW Reball alternative

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by cantevenidlecrysis, Oct 14, 2012.

  1. cantevenidlecrysis

    cantevenidlecrysis Notebook Guru

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    I recently purchased a G73JW which requires a gpu reball.

    I can't say I'm particularly skilled with a soldering gun though. The last time I had a soldering gun in my hand, I balled a MX-era processor. That didn't turn out so well...

    I'm thinking about just removing the stock 460M and replacing it with another a 460M or something higher. From what I know, all of the J series runs on the same MXM board. Would a 560/660/670/680 (pulled from an alienware, clevo, or something else) work with the G73JW's mobo?
     
    cantevenidlecrysis, Oct 14, 2012
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  2. evgasr2

    evgasr2 Notebook Deity

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    you just need to replace the gpu thats it , reballing is waste of time .
    a gtx 560 would go for 90$ , get it and get back to game.
     
    evgasr2, Oct 15, 2012
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