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    HP Pavillon DV5-1170ew - change GPU?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by julekmen, Jul 7, 2010.

  1. julekmen

    julekmen Newbie

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    In my laptop, GPU was overheated some days ago. When I watch fullscreen films, after a few minutes artifacts appears and computer freezes. When I run GPU stability test, computer freezes after 2sec...
    Can I change my GPU in this model? Corrently I have a standard GF 9600M GT 512MB DDR2 GPU. Can I change it to the same GPU model? Can I change it to some better GPU, like 9700M 512MB DDR3?
     
    julekmen, Jul 7, 2010
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    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    No, the GPU is soldered to the motherboard. To repair, you''ll have to swap out the motherboard.

    Only options are Intel integrated graphics, Nvidia 9200M GS or what you have.
     
    2.0, Jul 7, 2010
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    hiero Notebook Consultant

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    Do you know if it was damaged or just overheating? It may just need new thermal paste.
     
    hiero, Jul 7, 2010
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    blackshard83 Notebook Consultant

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    Use tools like gpu-z, hwmonitor or nvidia control panel to check temperatures.
    If it is above 80°C while idling on desktop, probably you need to change thermal compound (or maybe the screws just got loose, it is possible due to vibrations).

    hwmonitor is pretty nice because it will also log your minimum and maximum temperature. Those chips (9600M GT) are reported to go as up as 120°C in some dv5s. It's a pretty high temperature and should be not reached at all.

    Anyway if you are seeing artifacts, it could be a memory problem too, but usually when it's a memory problem you see artifacts also on windows desktop and during the boot process.
     
    blackshard83, Jul 9, 2010
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