MXM card to test display for Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6914

Hello all!

Working with a Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6914. Thinking that the dedicated video card, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650, might be shot, so would like to test the video with a cheap MXM card. The HD 3650 maybe sells for $90 on Ebay right now. So, for testing purposes, are there any cheap MXM cards, for testing, that would be compatible with the A305D-S6914?

Information for the card online seems to say it is MXM II. Is there a list online of compatible MXM I and MXM II cards for the Satellite A305D-S6914?

Thanks!

Some more info on the laptop's status...

Dedicated card is HD 3650 512MB. Operating system might be Windows Vista - or it might be Windows 7.

The testing, thus far:

Screen is not turning on. No display. Test with external monitor, HDMI and VGA, both do not show the display. The computer loads up OK, however. When power button is pressed the lights all turn on, and stay on.

Notes:
- Hard drive works in another computer. Loads the operating system.
- Has two pieces of RAM. Tried each piece of RAM individually, after reseating - still no display. Tried with a different piece of known working RAM - still no display.

Things still to try:
- Have not tried: make sure that it is not an issue with the power adapter. 1) Make sure adapter is plugged into itself correctly. This is mentioned here ( Toshiba Satellite A305 no post - [H]ard|Forum), specifically post 11 ( [H]ard|Forum - View Single Post - Toshiba Satellite A305 no post). 2) Try plugging the laptop into a different 19 volt power adapter.
- Have not tried: reset the CMOS battery. Remove the power adapter and battery, and then hold down the power button for 30 seconds.

Just before the display stopped working:
- There were some "Hardware Changed" notifications in Windows. The notifications mentioned "PCI" or "PCI e".

Other questions:
- Assuming the HD 3650 card is faulty, would the display work if the card were to be entirely removed? I.e., might there be an on-board integrated video card, maybe, that would work as a back-up?

Thanks once again!

 

Same issue with mine it has 2 cards on board one dedicated and one integrated. The dedicated card is bad(poor joint) and it doesn't boot with integrated only. What helps for testing is to detach fan and allow it to bake for 5min without working fan. Then afterwards it at least boots and can be checked.
Looking if it is possible to disable dedicated chip in BIOS and use only integrated card.

 

Found out that there is a hidden menu in Phoenix BIOS - "Special graphics features" (Enable one of the special ATI graphics features (if supported)such as: PowerXpress or HCF (Hybrid CrossFire): Discrete Gfx primary/Integrated Gfx primary. Due to inter-dependency the Primary Display menu will not be available if any one of these are enabled. )

We need to set option “HCF-Discrete Graphics”. Hybrid CrossFireX (HCF) is a technology allowing the (IGP Integrated Graphics Processor) and the discrete GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to form a CrossFire setup to enhance the system capability to render 3D scenes.

Now checking how to enable this in CMOS or by modding BIOS.