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    Graphic Card Issue

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Eckhornsol, Jun 13, 2015.

  1. Eckhornsol

    Eckhornsol Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright, so I have a Sager NP9150EM or Clevo p150EM which originall had a Nvidia GTX 675M in it. The card crapped out on me, so I purchased a Nvidia GTX 670MX that was previously in a Clevo P570WM. The install went smooth. I didn't remove any previous drivers which may have been stupid.

    THE ISSUE: My Intel HD 4000 is now giving me the error code 12, and will not function. Installing the GTX 670MX driver "appears" to work, but then my laptop just hangs at the splash screen (can still hear the startup sound). Which forces me to go into safe mode and disable the card.

    WHAT I have tried: Clean install of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit ->chipset driver from factory disc -> Intel driver from factory disc -> latest Nvidia driver for GTX 670MX. Tried using DDU removing both drivers and reinstalling latest intel -> latest Nvidia. I also put my bios settings to default, removed the batter, held down power button. I was going to re-seat my RAM, but the screws are stripped above my keyboard.... I'll figure that out later.

    Forgot to mention I also uninstalled motherboard resources and PCI BUS from device manager, but no luck.

    Stuck at 640x480 @ 16-bit color =(
     
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    Eckhornsol, Jun 13, 2015
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  2. Brent R.

    Brent R. Notebook Evangelist

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    I think you might need bios update to beable to use a diff card than what the system came with.....not positive but from what I have read on this forum...I am sure someone with more knowledge will know.
     
    Brent R., Jun 14, 2015
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    Eckhornsol Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was starting to think the same thing. My bios is 1.00.04LS1 and KBC/EC is 1.00.04. I have never updated a bios though. Hopefully someone with some experience will chime in. Thanks!
     
    Eckhornsol, Jun 14, 2015
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  4. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Good time to try the Prema bios :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 15, 2015
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  5. Eckhornsol

    Eckhornsol Notebook Enthusiast

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    What advantage would I have with the Perma bios over an updated bios from Sager?
     
    Eckhornsol, Jun 16, 2015
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  6. Brent R.

    Brent R. Notebook Evangelist

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    The ability to use your graphics card for one


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    Brent R., Jun 16, 2015
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  7. Eckhornsol

    Eckhornsol Notebook Enthusiast

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    You're saying the Perma bios would give me a better chance at getting my GPU operational than using an updated Sager BIOS?
     
    Eckhornsol, Jun 16, 2015
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    Well it makes the newer cards an option certainly it enables the 970M and 980M.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 17, 2015
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    exactly, always you can update to GTX 965/970/980m :)
     
    clevo-extreme, Jun 21, 2015
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