Replace E1705 discreet vid card mobo with onboard vid mobo?

Hi,

Mobo and/or vid card fried from the well-documented heat issue (where's the class action?). I wanted to replace my discrete GPU motherboard with an onboard video mobo, just to save some money. Are there any fit issues going from one to the other?

I have a go7900gs and want to just replace the mobo with the onboard. Anyone try this before and know if they fit OK?

 

If I recall correctly, this should work fine. You shouldn't even need to replace any heatsinks. You'll just have an extra vent and fan on the right side that aren't doing anything. Good choice too; those discrete graphics chips for the 9400/E1705 are ridiculously expensive.

 

Well I'm going to try it. There must be someone who has done this.

 

where can i find a mobo with integrated gfx? I have a m1710 and i am also suffering from overheating video card! my motherboard is the version without integrated gfx, and i cant find the mobo with integrated anywhere

 

There is no motherboard with integrated graphics for the M1710. If you want such a thing, you'll need the board from an E1705/9400. I don't actually know if it'll fit (though it most likely will), and you may lose some features specific to the M1710 (if there are any; I was thinking about the LCD pinout that the M1730 has and that the 1720 doesn't).

 

Well, I finally did it, I got the integrated video mobo off of eBay and stuck it in my dead-arse E1705 to replace the board that had a discrete GPU. Fits OK. Just a missing fan on the right side. Too bad there was no fan header on this board, or I would have left it. Still not sure if the previous mobo is bad, or just the vid card, but I was getting lots of HDD errors. We'll see if it was the board or the HDD.

Boots and Windows 7 is installed (nice try Dell, claiming these aren't 7-capable, and thus no driver support - you just alienate me more by the day). One thing, it doesn't like my aftermarket power supply, won't charge the battery, so ordered a Dell one off of eBay for $10. Was nice to see A08 BIOS installed, as the Merom I upgraded to needed a recent bios.

It never ceases to amaze me how much dust gets inside to foul up fans and heatsinks in this model. Plus some corrosion, not sure where that comes from. It is sad how poorly these were designed. Destined for heat-related problems. Is there a class-action yet on these?

Typical race-to-the-bottom by Dell. Never again.

 

You're blaming Dell for issues that either aren't specific to Dell or are outside their control.

Corrosion inside a computer comes from humidity. Dust, also an environment thing. If the intakes are filtered, the filters gets clogged, the fan has to pull harder or become less efficient, and ultimately it just overheats. These are user environment issues above anything else.

Windows 7, it's more like that it was never tested. The E1705 was sold roughly 2005-2007, Windows 7 came out in 2009. They have no incentive to create driver for hardware that's 2-4 years older than the operating system. This isn't a Dell-specific issue.