Is it really possible (8600m gt to any mxm II)?

So it has finally happened.
The GPU (8600m gt) on my Asus V1s died yesterday.
From overheating I believe.
The rest of the laptop is fine though.

(It boots, with a blank screen, and when connected with an ethernet cable I can still ssh in and do my non-gfx-business as regular)

I've found a replacement, identical to my card, (nVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT G84 600 A2 512M MXM II VGA Card) on ebay so there's still hope.

But while I'm at it I figured I might as well upgrade.
My question is;
Can I upgrade to ANY mxm II card (DDR2/DDR3, any memorysize, provider etc), provided it's the same type of mxm and of course physically fits and so on?

(If you already know what would be the best card to upgrade to, feel free - let me know, would be a much appreciated answer)

Thank you

 

Did you try the "oven trick" to fix your bad card yet?

 

Searched the net for "gpu oven trick" and wow, no I haven't tried it!
I don't want to get my hopes up but I most certainly will try it now!

(although I have tried blowing with a blow-dryer through the vent to no avail)

 

The odds are against it. Your best bet would be the 8600M GT again. While the physical dimensions of the card might fit, the machine also needs to recognize the card.

As far as I know, the best MXM II card is the ATI 4650. Perhaps you can try it.

 

Dear moral hazard.
In me there is now an intense feeling.
An intense feeling of joy. Joy sprinkled with a healthy dose of YAAAAAAAAY!!

Man... I really can't thank you enough!
Thank you for informing me about this rather unorthodox method
And a BIG Thank you to whomever first posted about this "oven trick".

It's funny because some months ago when the problem of overheating started to show I used to put my whole laptop inside a freezer for a cpl of minutes and it helped.
Now the opposite did the trick!

THANK YOU thank you

edit: Forgot to mention - If it isn't clear - Yes it did work

 

The only problem with that is that its bound to happen again... the card ill fail again, possibly sooner than the original first time taken until failure.

Your best bet would be a newer card where the soldering has been redesigned.

Because NVidia did change the solder/substrate and new 8 series cards shouldn't have this issue.
Getting them via Ebay may be a tad difficult - and you'd need to research how to identify the newer reworked cards.

 

firstly , ASUS doesn't use MXM cards... it uses flipped MXM cards and secondly , you would most probably find another 8600M GT which would fail again.. best thing is to do the oven bake trick untill u finally decide to retire the laptop..

 

check this thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=4726590#post4726590

 

No problem

That is true, but then you can just bake it again

I would also do this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=414147

You will need this (the best one):
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180445309575&_trkparms=tab=Watching

and this:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320455766247

 

Since Asus uses it's proprietory flipped connector, it's not possible to replace it with anything other than the 8600M GT that was in it originally. If you had a laptop that was upgradeable, then you could have picked up a 3650 or a 9600M GT off Ebay for $120 US. I know for a fact that someone has replaced an 8600M GT with a 3650 in their Compal, and they are pretty much the same fit. The 9600M GT may be a little larger and hotter though. The only difference between the 8600M GT and the 3650 is that a small capacitor or something is a tiny bit larger on the 3650, and that some heatsinks may have to be resized slightly to compensate for that.