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    Changing intel gma mobility 965 by replacing the MOTHERBOARD. POSSIBLE?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tetutato, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Cool, glad that worked out.
    He couldn't come to me because I live 2 hours away...
    so he wanted me to come to him :eek:
     
    Hep!, Mar 11, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

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    Glad to hear that worked out.

    Just remember, when you're installing the new heatsink, whatever you do, don't forget the thermal compound! A heatsink on a CPU is useless if there's no thermal grease or paste to conduct the heat!
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 11, 2009
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I gave him some thermal compound in a plastic cup, so all he needs to do is use a q-tip to put the paste onto the cpu and gpu.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 11, 2009
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  4. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    Everything is succesful!! YAY!
    Credits to K-Tron. and also, how do you know if the heatsink is working properly? The temperature is very cool.
     
    tetutato, Mar 12, 2009
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Download core temp, and rivatuner. I sent you a PM with information about the software, and links where you can download it.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 12, 2009
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  6. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    I really love to see this worked. A gpu upgrade finally now everyone can shut up with " its not possible "
     
    Tippey764, Mar 12, 2009
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  7. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    It worked, but I mean I had to take the entire system apart down to an empty plastic shell to swap the motherboard. I do not think he was expecting that I would have to take his entire machine apart, but it works so I am happy and so is chlwotjd678.
    Tippey thanks for helping out on this, chlwotjd678 bought exactly what you said and everything worked out.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 12, 2009
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  8. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    lol not a problem. I have done this on an HP zv5000 well it all ready had a bad motherboard but regardless it worked.
     
    Tippey764, Mar 12, 2009
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  9. tetutato

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    Yea Thanks SO MUCH ALL OF YOU GUYS.
    Mostly K-Tron. Also Tippey since he put the links up.
     
    tetutato, Mar 12, 2009
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  10. hgfdsa

    hgfdsa Notebook Consultant

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    Does the gpu on studio 15 or 17 sloderd on the MB?
     
    hgfdsa, Mar 12, 2009
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  11. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Yes it is. The ATi 3450 is about the size of a penny. The only notable difference between chlwotjd678 intel graphics motherboard and the 3450 motherboard was the actual 3450 chip, the onboard memory and the screw mounts.

    The PCB is just blank on the intel graphics model, so there is no way you can just solder the 3450 in, Dell unfortunately did not put the solder tracings on, so you need to buy a whole new motherboard to upgrade the graphics

    Please note that you need to buy a new motherboard and a new heatsink to upgrade to the 3450 graphics
    The same should apply with the studio 17 model as well

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 12, 2009
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  12. Hep!

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    Yes, because anyone can buy just the GPU to solder on.
    And then we all know how easy it is to surface mount solder a 500 pin BGA the size of a penny.

    Well, what I'm really saying is this wasn't a GPU upgrade, as some people have mentioned. It was A MOTHERBOARD upgrade. Upgrading GPUs IS STILL IMPOSSIBLE. Replacing motherboards, now we're going down a totally different road. That's half of the system in most laptops.
     
    Hep!, Mar 12, 2009
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  13. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    This is true, this was a motherboard replacement to upgrade a graphics card.

    You can actually solder BGA, my brother showed me a few weekends ago. Some of the onboard memory on his Dell Inspiron 2200 became loose, and well he is an electrical engineer who never ceases to amaze me. I can say that today his laptop works and that memory card has now been replaced.

    You can only really do it with memory cause it has relatively few pins.
    Upgrading integrated graphics is impossible, unless their was a different motherboard you could get

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 12, 2009
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  14. Edas

    Edas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Back to topic?
    My lenovo n200 has same video chip, as i understand its possible to change Mboard and then put new chip. How much would it cost.?.
     
    Edas, Mar 14, 2009
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  15. flipfire

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    Good job Ktron. Glad it turned out well for this youngen. Could have been a nightmare on his own.

    Depends how much it costs for a new motherboard with dedicated graphics. Labour work is free if you do it yourself but will cost more if you get a shop to do it.
     
    flipfire, Mar 14, 2009
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  16. Edas

    Edas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thats my first laptop and i haven't even took it apart and i dont really want to.
    so im thinking about shop and i want to know how much would cost the motherboard with some better graphic
     
    Edas, Mar 14, 2009
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  17. tetutato

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    The motherboard costed me 100 bucks and 35 dollars for the heatsink.
     
    tetutato, Mar 14, 2009
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  18. Edas

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    without graphic chip, right?
     
    Edas, Mar 14, 2009
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  19. Xiphias

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    The motherboard comes with the graphic chip soldered on...so with the ATI 3450.
     
    Xiphias, Mar 14, 2009
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  20. tetutato

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    Yup. The ati 3450 is soldered on to the motherboard. Make sure that when you buy a motherboard it has the ati on it and when you buy the heatsink, make sure that it covers the ati 3450
     
    tetutato, Mar 14, 2009
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