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    Dell 7970m and Sager p150HM

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Lenxal, Nov 3, 2012.

  1. Lenxal

    Lenxal Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I wanted to upgrade my card and I found someone selling it locally. Was wondering if this was possible?
     
    Lenxal, Nov 3, 2012
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  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    No, the EC does not like the dell cards and will shut down the machine after a few seconds.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 3, 2012
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    4st3risk Notebook Evangelist

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    ^ What about Dell 680m? The one with 2GB of memory.
     
    4st3risk, Nov 4, 2012
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  4. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    as far as ive seen,clevos seem to be pretty picky about gpu upgrades and will mostly only accept clevo cards.

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    jaybee83, Nov 4, 2012
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    Which makes absolutely NO SENSE.
    Even alienware (which is Dell practically) is friendly to other cards.
    Only Clevo is incompatible.
    Why?
    No idea.
     
    b0b1man, Nov 4, 2012
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    As far as I can tell, they report temperatures to the machine's EC firmware in different ways, and the clevo expects it in a very specific way, if that is not meant it treats it as a hardware error.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 4, 2012
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