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    MSI GX740 in 2013

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Nab374, Apr 20, 2013.

  1. d3s4nn

    d3s4nn Notebook Enthusiast

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    won't work..

    You only can use first generation i7's .. like 740QM 840QM 920XM...
     
    d3s4nn, May 14, 2013
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  2. kothletino

    kothletino Notebook Evangelist

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    Guys if any of you have something like RBE but for amd radeon 7970m,
    i would like to customize the vbios for my liking, if you have could you be so nice and host it for me please ?
    And please dont give a links from foruminferno ...
    Or if you can make it here is what i need:
    -850/1200/0.950
    -900/1200/0.950
    -900/1300/0.950
    -950/1300/0.950

    -900/1200/1.050
    -900/1300/1.050
    -950/1300/1.050

    greetings
     
    kothletino, May 16, 2013
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    There is no such program (only for dell cards does one exist), all files must be hand tweaked for now. If you have a non enduro machine you can use Asus GPU tweak to change the voltage however.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 16, 2013
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  4. Nab374

    Nab374 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Cool thanks i found some 740QM on Ebay for around 60$ I'll probably end up getting it ^^ After installing so I have to change anything else? Will I be good to boot into my OS?
     
    Nab374, May 17, 2013
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    Windows will detect the new CPU, install some drivers and you are good to go.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 18, 2013
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  6. Nab374

    Nab374 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Awesome thank you! And once I install the I7 I can use up to 16gb ram correct?
     
    Nab374, May 18, 2013
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    Yeap, but only with quad-cpu.
     
    kothletino, May 18, 2013
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  8. d3s4nn

    d3s4nn Notebook Enthusiast

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    put it in, it will work ;)
     
    d3s4nn, May 19, 2013
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    machbio, Sep 15, 2013
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    Hello! I know that the thread is called MSI GX740 in 2013, not MSI GX740 in 2014, but I have a problem and I don't know who to ask.
    I have MSI GX740 and today my new HD7970 has arrived, but when I plugged it in my notebook it just didn't show anything on the display.
    Here's the photo of the card:
    https://yadi.sk/d/F61G-U-xTDKog
    I'd like to know is there something special that I should do to make it work? Should I flash custom vbios? If yes, then what version should I search for?
    Please, help me with advice, I spent almost the same ammount of money on the card as on the whole laptop.
     

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    Hello again! They helped me on another forum. It's appeared that all that I had to do is to flash Unlocked bios and switch PCI to Legacy ROM.
    Somebody wrote that their GX740 worked with HD7970M but showed nothing. I have another issue, my laptop didn't power on to Windows (just power led was on and nothing else), but with this BIOS update everything started to work properly. Now I'm waiting for 3D Mark to finish benchmarking.
     
    Conquistador, Jun 20, 2014
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