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    M51Sn - Video card failure? :(

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by M51sn, Jun 10, 2012.

  1. M51sn

    M51sn Newbie

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    For the last 4 years or so I have been a happy ASUS first time owner, with my M51sn being my gaming, work and digital tv machine.

    The video card is now kaput - lines everywhere and external monitors display the same rubbish.

    I left unanswered messages on the ASUS Technical Support webpage - very disappointed. Is it possible to replace the Nvidia 9500m GS card at all like some eBay sellers suggest?

    I opened the laptop and the chipset is soldiered on the motherboard... so it would be more economic to buy a new laptop? If so, goodbye ASUS I think!

    My laptop:
    ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting

    Ebay part:
    Asus M51 G1s VX 9500M GS G84 625 A2 512MB MXM VGA card | eBay

    Advise please?
     
    M51sn, Jun 10, 2012
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  2. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    Not sure. If the mxm contact isn't exposed, and you can't get to it on your laptop config, then.. it won't work. Probably wouldn't work even if you replaced the actual chip.

    ..probably not the advice you want :p, but I think you should ditch it. Buy a u32, or one of the newer ones with an nvida 610m card. And essentially get twice the battery life, half the weight, while running on 25-30 degrees(C) on the core, at similar or better graphics performance.

    Only problem, obviously, is the resolution. New laptops don't come with higher resolution screens any more for some reason..

    The positive part is that you will have a type-writer, semi-light office tasks computer, etc, for the next 5-6 years, maybe longer.

    Btw - how in the world did you manage to have the computer run until it fried the cooling pad tape thing under the chip? :D Seriously, it must have been smelling crematorium fumes for weeks.
     
    nipsen, Jun 10, 2012
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  3. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    I couldn't tell from your pic because its resolution is too low, but I found other pics of the M51Sn and it looks like the NVIDIA GPU is onboard.

    There are other versions of the M51 that had a GPU card.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jun 10, 2012
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  4. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    I had a M51Sn as well that I gave away to a family member a few years ago. Unfortunately, the Geforce 9500M GS onboard that machine is basically a renamed Geforce 8600M GT which runs on the defective G84 architecture. As a result mine died about a year ago and there is not much that can be done about it, because the GPU is soldered into the motherboard. Your best bet is to replace the entire motherboard if you want to repair it.
     
    Cheeseman, Jun 12, 2012
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