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    Problem with my brother's old Acer Aspire 5520 (graphic card)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by OmarAn, Jun 22, 2011.

  1. OmarAn

    OmarAn Notebook Geek

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    The Graphic Card is a Nvidia 9600M GS! I think It's a 512 DDR2 Dedicated.
    It's not working anymore! it's trashed! it haded overheat and it stopped working! Can I replace it! what other type of graphics does the 5520 motherboard support?
    It's a 2GHz 2x AMD Turion 64 Processor
    2GB DDR2
    160HHD
    You know.. it's a outdated laptop with a outdated gpu!
    I think my bro overcharged it by making it working to its max! I guess he set in games graphics to high although the gpu doesn't support and it wasn't well cooled so it's trashed.
    We tried to fix it but no luck! can i change it and replace it with a new one?
    thanks.

    here it is!!!
    http://cgi.ebay.com/nVIDIA-Geforce-...QcategoryZ3762QQvarZQQcmdZViewItem#vi-content

    here is it's part number MBAJ702003
     
    OmarAn, Jun 22, 2011
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  2. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    I already answered your PM, but here it is again:


    I took a look through the service manual and The GPU is soldered to the motherboard, unless you are really good with a soldering iron I would suggest a new motherboard. Does the system not turn on? Also, What where the temperatures before this happened? It may be better to just get the entire motherboard because it may not be just the GPU it could be the Chipset that failed. The GPU's that are available for the 5520 are a Nvidia 7000m, 8400m G, 8600m GS.

    here is the service manual:
    http://tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire 5520 5220.pdf


    You may also want to try this a hair dryer is said to be able to work as well:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by4yJ...eature=related

    Here are some motherboards as well:
    Google
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    Mechanized Menace, Jun 22, 2011
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