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    Do these HP MXM cards work with normal notebooks?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by moral hazard, Jul 24, 2010.

  1. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    So while I was trying to improve my cooling, I ruined my heatsink (completely fell apart into 7 peices :eek:, because while I was heating it I walked away and it got too hot).

    I did manage to get the heatsink back together, but it's a huge mess.
    Anyway, I have to run my 9600m at 300/300 to keep it cool.

    I've got another heatsink, but it's for a large type III mxm card.
    I was thinking I would buy a new card, use my good heatsink and sell the 9600m to make back some cash.

    I was looking at this card:
    HP COMPAQ 8710P-256MB LS-333AP FX 3600M VIDEO CARD - eBay (item 250670532766 end time Aug-01-10 00:29:43 PDT)

    It should be an upgrade (bonus), but I'm not sure if it will work. In the back of my mind I keep remembering something about HP cards not working with other notebooks, I think I read it on an ebay listing.
    Don't know if it's true or not.

    So should I get that card for my GT627?

    Is there any other card I should look at (something around $100USD)?


    I wish I bought this:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-1GB-Laptop-Video-Card-Nvidia-QuadroFX-3700M-/250666835351

    But I didn't realize it was a 280m when I saw it...
     
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  2. lappyftw

    lappyftw Notebook Guru

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    Hp cards not working on other notebooks?It should work,because Nvidia or Ati makes graphic cards not hp.Hp can only mod it by changing bios options,but I do not belive a idea like hp cards not working on other notebooks.
     
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  3. Fintan

    Fintan Notebook Consultant

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    Things are a little bit more complicated than that.
    Don't know too much about mxm, but you might want to check out mxm-upgrade.com
     
    Fintan, Jul 24, 2010
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    I have MSI 4850 for sale...
     
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  5. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That's what I thought, but then how do you explain this:
    Video Card NVIDIA G84-950-A2 HP 8510W 8510P TYPE MXM II - eBay (item 270514135132 end time Aug-10-10 03:29:01 PDT)

    It's a great card, but out of my budget :(
     
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