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    Compal IFL90 & 9600M GT

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by masterbw, Mar 28, 2009.

  1. masterbw

    masterbw Notebook Evangelist

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    I obtained a 9600M GT and was going to use it in my Compal IFL90.

    First a spot of the heatsink was blocked by a circuit on the new card. So I used a dremel tool to grind off that spot and then I was able to install the video card.

    Unfortunately, the system was not able to display both internally and externally via the d-sub connector. I had to put my old card back and then system works fine again.

    Any ideas?
     
    masterbw, Mar 28, 2009
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    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    the card needs a vbios flash
     
    aan310, Mar 28, 2009
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  3. masterbw

    masterbw Notebook Evangelist

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    The card has its BIOS, what do you suggest?
     
    masterbw, Mar 28, 2009
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    zfactor Mastershake

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    the 9600gt was never fully confirmed working in this notebook its trial and error with that card. a few got it to work and most did not.
     
    zfactor, Mar 28, 2009
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  5. Ayle

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    Where does the card come from? I was on the mxm-upgrade forum and from what I've seen only Engineering Sample work without problem save for the 30 sec message during the boot and locked clocks....
     
    Ayle, Mar 28, 2009
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    I borrowed it from a friend's MSI notebook.
     
    masterbw, Mar 28, 2009
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  7. Ayle

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    Probably a vbios incompatibility... You could try dumping the card vbios and including it in the ifl90 with Phoenix Bios Editor but I don't think that would really be worth the risk....
     
    Ayle, Mar 29, 2009
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    damir855 Notebook Enthusiast

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    And did you make it?

    I m just thinking about buying 9600M GT DDR3 like this one(http://cgi.ebay.at/Mobility-NVIDIA-GeForce-9600M-GT-512-MB-GDDR3-MXM-II_W0QQitemZ280349777146QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Elektronik_Computer_Computer_Graphikkarten?hash=item4146261cfa&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50) in Austria...

    so is there any possibility to do that?
    can someone give me a link with a compatible 9600M or 8600M DDR3 card with COMPAL IFL90.

    So am I right that 8600 GT DDR3 512MB should work instead of my old 8600M 256DDR2 without bios flashing?
     
    damir855, May 24, 2009
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  9. RocketFord

    RocketFord Newbie

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    Hi,
    did you managed the problem. I got pretty the same result after installing m9600GT in my FL90. Are there any solutions?
    thanks!
     
    RocketFord, Jun 28, 2009
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  10. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Sell the card and get a hd3650 instead. :D Nvidia cards don't play happily with the ifl90...
     
    Ayle, Jun 28, 2009
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  11. RocketFord

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    Well that would be the easiest way... but maybe some modification to computer bios could be made na d this would fix the problem? have anyone tried that?

    is it possible to flash compal FL90 with bios from C90s?

    Cheers,
     
    RocketFord, Jun 29, 2009
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