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    Where is the North Bridge here?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Impactor, Nov 14, 2010.

  1. Impactor

    Impactor Notebook Consultant

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    Impactor, Nov 14, 2010
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Northbridge is under heatsink/heatpipe assembly. Remove that to expose it.
     
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    Impactor Notebook Consultant

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    So NB is the GPU?
     
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    weinter /dev/null

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    Interesting board...

    Potentially hackable to add a GPU if you know how to mod the BIOS plus BGA Soldering...
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    weinter, Nov 14, 2010
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    Well, I can hack bios but can't solder.

    This board is very common (although prone to overheating damage - this one is already dead). Comes in every amd based HP dv6000 and Compaq v6000 series laptop.
     
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