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    The old Compal IFT00

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by martinlu16, Sep 13, 2012.

  1. martinlu16

    martinlu16 Newbie

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    Hi everyone, I created this new thread because it seems that not a lot of people owns this laptop. (I do)

    The COMPAL IFT00 is the one of:

    Santa Rosa model - IFT00 - 14.1" wxga (glossy) Nvidia 8400 256mb.
    compal-ift00.jpg

    I guess you guys who own it will know which one i'm talking about.

    Recently (8 months ago) I got my graphics card dead. It was the one mentioned (Nvidia GeForce 8400GS - 256mb - MXM II). I tried to bake it and I got nothing. The only way to have it back was by covering the whole laptop with a towell and warming it to the hells. It worked for 3 days...

    Now I'm trying to remplace my graphics card... After reading a lot of the Compal FL90/91, webpages like MXM-upgrade... I will probably get the "ATI Movility 3650 - 512mb - DDR2".
    HAS ANYONE CHANGED ITS GRAPHIC CARD on IFT00?
    HAS ANYONE BOUGHT THIS CARD ON EBAY? HOW WAS IT?
    ARE THERE ANY RELIABLE SELLERS ON EBAY FOR COMPAL USERS??

    I was using it with the latest stable BIOS (1.18). 4Gb RAM (2x 2GbDDR2 800). And Windows 7 64bits.

    Does anyone know if i burnt my graphics by using this RAM? or it's just the ty Nvidia chips?

    BTW: I got the official disassembly guide for the IFT00/01 some time ago, but It is on the laptop HDD, if someone needs it, let me know and ill get it.

    Thanks to everyone
     
    martinlu16, Sep 13, 2012
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  2. Dr.Colossos

    Dr.Colossos Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    there is this post ...

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/compal/467871-fl90-videocard-trouble-5.html#post6148401

    ... where one guy got the IFT00 back to work with an ATI 3650.

    As the IFT00 has the same BIOS as the FL90, I assume they are practically identical.

    So, in conclusion, do what I wrote in the FL90 thread - get an ATI 3650 DDR2 512MB and hope the best.

    You never can tell if it really works, but it's worth a try.

    Also, did you try to bake your broken card? If you get it back to work with the broken/repaired card, you at least know that it really is the grafics card that has a fault, and not the mainboard, display, CPU, RAM, wires ...

    Also, do a forum search again, there is quite a bit information about the IFT00, mostly hidden in thread about the (more popular) FL90/91.

    Good luck!
     
    Dr.Colossos, Sep 14, 2012
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