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    Problems upgrading acer 6930 GPU

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by arone8900, Sep 7, 2011.

  1. arone8900

    arone8900 Newbie

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    hav recently bought
    nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512MB MXM2
    nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512MB MXM2 MXM II NEW from USA | eBay

    for my acer 6930 (original gpu was 9300m gs)

    unfortunatly didn't come with any screws so i cant' hold it in place anyway a computer savvy friend of mine installed the driver and switched it over to quickly test if it would work, unfortunatly this didn't work and the computer booted with a black screen. he says that most likely its not connecting due to lack of screws.

    could anyone offer an plausible explanation, tell me if its compatible or where on earth i could find the screws as i've had no luck.

    thanks

    aron :D
     
    arone8900, Sep 7, 2011
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  2. Xonar

    Xonar Notebook Deity

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    You generally reuse the screws from the old GPU to install the new GPU with. What happened to those?

    A slot is a slot, if the GPU slides in, it's connected. . . The screws apply pressure on the heatsink to make contact with the GPU die.

    I've used mini pci-e cards unscrewed and they sat on a 30* angle in and they worked fine.
     
    Xonar, Sep 8, 2011
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  3. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    In one laptop I had, the clips for the ram were completely broken off. I just stuck the memory in at an angle, and it worked.
     
    Nick, Sep 8, 2011
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  4. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I would get a mod to move this to the Acer subforum. There are several users who have done the upgrade and I'm sure this would get more (and first-hand) responses to your inquiry. Another suggestion would be to get some pictures up.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 8, 2011
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  5. arone8900

    arone8900 Newbie

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    thanks sgogeta4 i'll will get on that, cheers every one else for the info.
     
    arone8900, Sep 9, 2011
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