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    Clevo M57U/M570U Help

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Tonecat, May 12, 2011.

  1. Tonecat

    Tonecat Newbie

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    Hello everyone,
    I finally found a video card that will physically fit into my laptop. It is from a Clevo D900T. However, when I boot it up, the screen has a red tint to it and it is divided into 4 sections. I can use the mouse and click on things, but it is difficult. Extremely frustrating!! I have searched high and low for a card that will work in this machine. The card from the D900T has the exact part# as the one that was in my M57U? ? Is this a video bios problem? If it is, I have looked everywhere for a video bios for a M57U to no avail. Can someone please help me?? I have been without my laptop for 3 months due to this video card issue. I tried baking mine which didn't work, I have tried to find a new one from several manufacturers with no luck. I thought for sure with the same part # I couldn't go wrong. If anyone has any ideas, please share them!! I can't afford a new machine right now thanks to the current economic crunch. This has to be do able. BTW, the card is a Nvidia Geforce Go 7900GTX 512mb. If anyone still has one of these awesome old machines and they can upload a video bios and it works, I would be willing to send a little cash your way for your troubles!! Thanks so much for any help you can give me!!!!
     
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    Thanks for posting the link for me pkhetan!! Unfortunately, it did not work. The card I got from the D900T has the same part # 6-71-D90TL-D31 on the card itself as my old 7900GTX, but it turns out it is actually a Nvidia Quadro FX2500 (G71GLM-U). When I try to flash it, I get a error message about the device ID's not matching. The 2500FX is compatible with my M57U. It is listed as an upgrade option in the Clevo manual. I guess what I need now is a M57U video bios for a Quadro 2500FX. This is soooo frustrating!! I cant find anywhere to download Clevo vbios. If anyone can shed any light on this, your help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank You and have a great weekend!!