Dead Radeon 5870 on Clevo w86cu

So my 5870 has failed after just over 3 years, laptop will only turn on after taking it out.

Any chance of a compatible replacement being available in the UK? I have a w86cu bought from (the now defunct) Kobalt.

Any help would be much appreciated, no luck on my initial google hunting.

Thanks

 

you could always try the baking method to resurect the card.

The Oven Trick (repairing your broken video card with an oven) | Overclockers

http://forum.notebookreview.com/zep...znote-6224w-but-works-all-brands-modells.html

worked for hundreds of people on here over the years.

you could also look in the market place NBR Marketplace

or clevoweb clevoweb, the one stop source for all clevo and clevo brankded product spares and repairs

 

I found the card for sale in China.

Wholesale Radeon Mobility HD5870 5870 1GB GDDR5 DDR5 DX 11 MXM 3.0b MXMB MXM3 MXM3.0 VGA card for Clevo W860CU, $287.57-299.07/Piece | DHgate

It's £210, what do you think the value of the laptop would be if I were to sell it? Obviously its only worth as much as somebody is willing to pay for it but I'd like a rough valuation to see if the cost is likely to be worth it.

 

no idea on value of laptop now with or without card. why not try and fix it first before forking out over £200

 

umm, I'd imagine there are cheaper options like GTX560M, 570M and 580M since it's mxm 3b. Heck, I think a HM vbios 7970M might fit into his laptop and it's worlds apart from 5870M.

 

7970 is eol so will be very hard to find now. i think whats available now is being kept for warranty repairs by suppliers.

 

True and mostly true; some units are still up for grabs but many are either low or out of stock by now.