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    Weird vid card/bios issue....

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by whitrzac, Sep 20, 2011.

  1. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    Backstory: I picked up a gateway nx850/m680 for cheap. It has a MXM ati x700 64mb card that 'should' be upgradable. The nx860 and m685 use nvidia video cards without issue



    Problem: After I swap the x700 for ether a 7950m or 8600m nothing is displayed on the screen, the backlight comes on, BUT it will display some of the time. The laptop will still boot into windows, and the 1/10 times that it does display on the laptop screen there aren't any issues/artifact.


    Any ideas? I've been in contact with davyGT, but he is busy most of the time...
     
    whitrzac, Sep 20, 2011
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Where did you buy the 8600m?
    Sure it's not faulty?

    Have you tried an external monitor?
     
    moral hazard, Sep 22, 2011
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    I'm not 100% about the 8600m because I haven't tested in in another laptop, but I know the 7950 works...
     
    whitrzac, Sep 22, 2011
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    anyone????????
     
    whitrzac, Sep 24, 2011
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Yeah, the 8400m and the 8600m had the faulty solder problem, nicknamed Bumpgate.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Sep 24, 2011
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    I don't care about the 8600m! :mad:

    I'm trying to use the 7950gtx, I know that it is not faulty(yet), I have tested it in my other laptop and everything works...
     
    whitrzac, Sep 24, 2011
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    Is it possible to flash the BIOS from a gateway nx860/m685 onto your nx850/m680?

    Does the ati x700 always work fine?
     
    moral hazard, Sep 24, 2011
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    the nx680 uses SATA rather than IDE, I'm not sure if it would work...

    the x700 always works...
     
    whitrzac, Sep 24, 2011
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