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    Inspiron 1720 Intergrated Card Upgradable?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Rahzer, Apr 18, 2008.

  1. Rahzer

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    Is a intel intergrated accelator card able to be upgraded in my Inspiron 1720?
     
    Rahzer, Apr 18, 2008
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    Yes and no. It will not be easy, it will void your warranty and it will not be cheap.

    You will need to get the motherboard out of a 1720 or 1700 that has the nvidia card along with the nvidia card itself. Then you will need the heat sync for the CPU because the intergrated gfx and dedicated gfx use different heat syncs.

    You can use the same CPU heat sync, but it will require some modifications - currently I am having overheating problems with mine.

    So ... you will need
    1) Motherboard out of 1700/1720 that came with the nvidia
    2) Nvidia Card out of 1700/1720
    3) Heat sinc - possibly
     
    millermagic, Apr 18, 2008
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    If Rahzer does find any other cards that will work, he will need to get a different motherboard.
     
    millermagic, Apr 18, 2008
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    but what happens if my board is not the nvidia one but the one that has the intel intergrated card?
     
    Rahzer, Apr 18, 2008
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    You need the motherboard from an nvidia laptop. The motherboard with the intel is not upgradeable.
     
    millermagic, Apr 18, 2008
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    Ah ok so that board that comes with the Intel Intergrated GPU is not upgradeable whatsoever, but if i had the Nvidia board then i Could
     
    Rahzer, Apr 18, 2008
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    The motherboard with the Intel graphics is all on the one board with an LCD out on the motherboard to output to the screen.

    The motherboard to run the Nvidia cards has a proprietary socket to connect either the 8400 or 8600 card to the motherboard and the LCD output is on the card.
     
    SteveJonesy, Apr 18, 2008
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